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CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301161 IRS NUMBER: 541770794 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-10 FILM NUMBER: 04993409 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cadmus Journal Services, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301163 IRS NUMBER: 540157890 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-09 FILM NUMBER: 04993408 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301164 IRS NUMBER: 540177079 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-08 FILM NUMBER: 04993407 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cadmus Printing Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301165 IRS NUMBER: 541770795 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-07 FILM NUMBER: 04993406 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mack Printing CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301166 IRS NUMBER: 232612625 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-06 FILM NUMBER: 04993405 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Port City Press, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301167 IRS NUMBER: 520736485 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-05 FILM NUMBER: 04993404 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Science Craftsman INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301168 IRS NUMBER: 132922794 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-118509-04 FILM NUMBER: 04993403 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 BUSINESS PHONE: 804-287-5680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 BAYBERRY COURT, SUITE 200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23226 S-4 1 ds4.htm FORM S-4 Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2004

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

Form S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia   2750   54-1274108

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

(804) 287-5680

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Bruce V. Thomas

President and Chief Executive Officer

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

(804) 287-5680

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

Jeffrey M. Gill, Esquire

Troutman Sanders LLP

1111 East Main Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(804) 697-1332

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:    As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of this registration statement.

 

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

 

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 registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of each class of

securities to be registered

  

Amount

to be
registered

    Proposed maximum
offering price
per unit (1)
  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (1)
  

Amount of
registration

fee (1)

 

8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014

   $ 125,000,000     100%   $ 125,000,000    $ 15,837.50  

Guarantees by certain subsidiaries of Cadmus Communications Corporation(2)

     —   (3)   —       —        —   (3)

Total

   $ 125,000,000     100%   $ 125,000,000    $ 15,837.50  

(1) Determined in accordance with Rule 457(f) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) The guarantors are each of our subsidiaries who have guaranteed the notes being registered, which are identified on the following page.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) no separate fee for the guarantees is payable because the guarantees relate to other securities that are being registered concurrently.

 

Each registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until such registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the SEC, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 



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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

The following domestic subsidiaries of Cadmus Communications Corporation are guarantors of the new notes and are co-registrants:

 

Name of Additional Registrant:


   State of Incorporation
or Formation


   I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number


    Primary Standard
Industry Classification
Code Number


Cadmus International Holdings, Inc.

   Virginia    54-1770794     2750

Cadmus Journal Services, Inc.

   Virginia    54-0157890     2750

Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc.

   Virginia    54-1770793     2750

Cadmus Printing Group, Inc.

   Virginia    54-1770795     2750

Mack Printing Company

   Pennsylvania    23-2612625     2750

Port City Press, Inc.

   Maryland    52-0736485     2750

Science Craftsman Incorporated

   New York    13-2922794     2750

Washburn Graphics, Inc.

   North Carolina    56-1063805     2750

Cadmus Investments, LLC

   Delaware    —   (4)   2750

CDMS Management, LLC

   Delaware    —   (4)   2750

(4) These entities do not have separate tax identification numbers.

 


 

c/o Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

(804) 287-5680

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area codes, for each of the co-registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

Bruce V. Thomas

President and Chief Executive Officer

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

(804) 287-5680

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service for each co-registrant)

 

Copy to:

Jeffrey M. Gill, Esquire

Troutman Sanders LLP

1111 East Main Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(804) 697-1332


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED AUGUST 24, 2004

 

LOGO

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

Offer to Exchange Up To

$125,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014,

that have been Registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for

$125,000,000 Outstanding Unregistered 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on

 

            , 2004, unless extended.

 

Terms of the exchange offer:

 

We are offering to exchange up to $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of registered 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014, which we refer to as the new notes, for any and all of our original outstanding unregistered 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014, which we refer to as the old notes, that were issued on June 15, 2004.

 

We will exchange all outstanding old notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer for an equal principal amount of new notes.

 

The terms of the new notes are substantially identical to those of the outstanding old notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the old notes do not apply to the new notes.

 

You may withdraw tenders of old notes at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

The exchange of new notes for old notes generally will not be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

The old notes are, and the new notes will be, guaranteed on an unsecured, senior subordinated basis by our current and future restricted subsidiaries which guarantee our other indebtedness.

 

There is no established trading market for the new notes or the old notes. We do not intend to apply for listing of the new notes on any national securities exchange or for quotation through any quotation system including The Nasdaq National Market.

 


 

See “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 for a discussion of risks you should consider before participating in the exchange offer.

 


 

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 


 

The date of this prospectus is             , 2004


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Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus

   ii

Where You Can Find More Information

   ii

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

   ii

Forward-Looking Statements

   iv

Prospectus Summary

   1

Risk Factors

   7

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

   16

Use of Proceeds

   16

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

   16

The Exchange Offer

   17

Description of the New Notes

   25

Registration Rights

   63

Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

   64

Plan of Distribution

   66

Legal Matters

   67

Experts

   67

 


 

This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about Cadmus that is not included in or delivered with this document. This information is available without charge to noteholders upon written or oral request, by contacting Cadmus Communications Corporation, 1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200, Richmond, Virginia 23226, Telephone: (804) 287-5680; Attention: Investor Relations, by [insert date which is 5 business days before the date the exchange offer expires], 2004.

 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

 

In this prospectus, references to “Cadmus,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Cadmus Communications Corporation, unless the context indicates that “Cadmus,” “we,” “us” or “our” refers to Cadmus Communications Corporation, together with its consolidated subsidiaries. The terms “guarantors” and “guarantees” have the meanings defined in the “Description of The New Notes — Certain Definitions.” Unless the context indicates or requires otherwise, references to the “new notes” as used in this prospectus shall be deemed to include the applicable guarantees associated with such new notes. We use the term “notes” in this prospectus to collectively refer to the old notes and the new notes.

 

THIS PROSPECTUS IS PART OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR SEC. IN MAKING YOUR INVESTMENT DECISION, YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, IN THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR THE INFORMATION TO WHICH WE HAVE REFERRED YOU. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION. IF YOU RECEIVE ANY UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION, YOU MUST NOT RELY ON IT. THIS PROSPECTUS MAY ONLY BE USED WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO EXCHANGE THE OLD NOTES. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, OR THE DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PROSPECTUS, IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN THE DATE ON THE FRONT COVER OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE DATE OF SUCH DOCUMENT, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

 

Until [insert date which is 40 days after the closing of the exchange offer], 2004, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this exchange offer, may be required to deliver a prospectus.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and current and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission, referred to as the SEC, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, referred to as the Exchange Act. You may read and copy the registration statement, including exhibits and schedules filed with it, and reports or other information we may file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain copies of this information at prescribed rates by mail from the Public Reference Section of the SEC. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. In addition, you can find our SEC filings at the SEC’s internet site at http://www.sec.gov and on our internet site at http://www.cadmus.com. However, any information that is included on or linked to our internet site is not a part of this prospectus.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

We are “incorporating by reference” herein important business and financial information that we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will be deemed to update automatically and supersede this incorporated information.

 

We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this prospectus and prior to the completion of this exchange offer (excluding any information furnished to the SEC pursuant to Item 9 or Item 12 on any current report on Form 8-K). We also incorporate by reference any future filings made with the SEC under the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the termination of the offering of the new notes offered by this prospectus. Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or

 

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in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

We have filed the following documents with the SEC which are incorporated into this prospectus by reference:

 

  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2003, including the information incorporated by reference from our proxy statement relating to our annual meeting of stockholders.

 

  Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2003, December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004.

 

  Our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed January 29, 2004, January 30, 2004, April 7, 2004, April 29, 2004, May 14, 2004, May 27, 2004, June 10, 2004, June 16, 2004, August 5, 2004 and August 20, 2004 (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 9 or Item 12 on any such report).

 

You can get a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference by making an oral or written request directed to:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

Telephone: (804) 287-5680

Attention: Investor Relations

 

If you would like to request documents, you must do so no later than five business days prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. The exchange offer will expire on                     , 2004.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus includes forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” or “will,” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. In particular, statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance contained in this prospectus, including certain statements under the heading “Prospectus Summary” and “Risk Factors” are forward-looking statements.

 

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors, including those discussed in this prospectus under the heading “Prospectus Summary,” and “Risk Factors” may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some of the key factors that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations are:

 

  the overall economic environment;

 

  the equity market performance and interest rate environment, which can impact our pension liability;

 

  our ability to develop and market new capabilities and services to take advantage of technology changes in the publishing process, especially for scientific, technical and medical journals;

 

  our ability to grow revenue and market share in the educational market;

 

  significant price pressure in the markets in which we compete;

 

  the loss of significant customers or the decrease in demand from customers;

 

  our ability to continue to obtain improved efficiencies and lower production costs;

 

  the financial condition and ability to pay of certain customers;

 

  the impact of industry consolidation among key customers; and

 

  our ability to operate effectively in markets outside of North America.

 

Other risk factors are detailed from time to time in our other SEC filings.

 

Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus are made only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake and specifically decline any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any such statements to reflect future events or developments.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

The following summary highlights selected information from the prospectus and may not contain all of the information that is important to you. This prospectus includes specific terms of the new notes, as well as information regarding our business and detailed financial data. We encourage you to read this entire prospectus carefully, including the discussion of the risks and uncertainties affecting our business included under the caption “Risk Factors,” and the documents that have been incorporated into this prospectus, before making a decision about whether to invest in the notes and the note guarantees.

 

About Cadmus

 

Cadmus is a leading provider of end-to-end integrated graphic communications and content processing services to professional publishers, not-for-profit societies and corporations. We provide a wide range of technology-enabled content management, composition, editorial, prepress, printing, article reprint, digital rights management, fulfillment and distribution services. We focus primarily on niche markets where we see underlying demand strength, a willingness on the part of customers to outsource non-core activities and relatively few large and well-positioned competitors. We believe we are the world’s largest provider of content processing and production services to scientific, technical and medical (“STM”) journal publishers, the fourth largest periodicals printer in North America, and a leading provider of specialty packaging and related marketing materials for corporations.

 

We organize our operations in two primary segments, Publisher Services and Specialty Packaging. Our Publisher Services segment provides a full range of customized content processing, production and distribution services for the STM, educational and special interest magazine markets. Our Specialty Packaging segment provides high quality package design, engineering, production and fulfillment services primarily to healthcare, consumer products and telecommunications corporations.

 

The majority of our net sales are derived from the STM market, where we typically enter into multi-year service contracts providing us with a high degree of revenue predictability. We have also developed proprietary content processing and content management technologies that have greatly expanded our capabilities and resulted in new service offerings, including our KnowledgeWorks and ArticleWorks suite of services. These market-focused solutions are designed to automate and accelerate the content processing function, increase the usefulness of our customers’ content, improve cost efficiency, generate incremental revenue opportunities and safeguard the value of our customers’ content by limiting unauthorized access.

 

Our focus on the attractive and growing scholarly publishing and healthcare packaging markets, combined with our strategy of developing and delivering market-focused, technology-enabled outsourcing solutions differentiates us from our competitors within the highly commoditized traditional printing industry. As a result of this strategy, our net sales and income are becoming less dependent on traditional print products and services, and we have been able to achieve stable financial performance and declining leverage compared to our traditional print competitors.

 

We are a publicly owned company whose stock is traded on The NASDAQ National Market under the symbol “CDMS”. Our principal executive offices are located at:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

Telephone: (804) 287-5680

 

The Exchange Offer

 

On June 15, 2004, we completed a private offering of the old notes. As part of the private offering, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the old notes in which we agreed, among

 

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other things, to deliver this prospectus to you and to use our best efforts to complete the exchange offer. The following is a summary of the exchange offer.

 

Old notes   8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due June 15, 2014, which were issued on June 15, 2004.
New notes   8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due June 15, 2014. The terms of the new notes are substantially identical to those terms of the outstanding old notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the old notes do not apply to the new notes.
Exchange offer   We are offering to exchange up to $125.0 million principal amount of our new notes that have been registered under the Securities Act for an equal amount of our outstanding old notes to satisfy our obligations under the registration rights agreement.
    The new notes will evidence the same debt as the old notes and will be issued under and be entitled to the benefits of the same indenture that governs the old notes. Holders of the old notes do not have any appraisal or dissenter rights in connection with the exchange offer. Because the new notes will be registered, the new notes will not be subject to transfer restrictions, and holders of old notes that have tendered and had their old notes accepted in the exchange offer will have no registration rights.
Expiration date   The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2004, unless we decide to extend it.
Procedures for tendering old notes   Unless you comply with the procedures described below under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery,” you must do one of the following on or prior to the expiration of the exchange offer to participate in the exchange offer:
   

•      tender your old notes by sending the certificates for your old notes, in proper form for transfer, a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as exchange agent, at the address listed below under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Exchange Agent”; or

 

•      tender your old notes by using the book-entry transfer procedures described below and transmitting a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an agent’s message instead of the letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent. In order for a book-entry transfer to constitute a valid tender of your old notes in the exchange offer, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as exchange agent, must receive a confirmation of book-entry transfer of your old notes into the exchange agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. For more information regarding the use of book-entry transfer procedures, including a description of the required agent’s message, please read the discussion below under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Book-Entry Transfer.”

     

 

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Guaranteed delivery procedures

 

If you are a registered holder of the old notes and wish to tender your old notes in the exchange offer, but

 

•      the old notes are not immediately available,

 

•      time will not permit your old notes or other required documents to reach the exchange agent before the expiration of the exchange offer, or

 

•      the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the exchange offer,

 

then you may tender old notes by following the procedures described below under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery.”

Special procedures for beneficial owners  

If you are a beneficial owner whose old notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your old notes in the exchange offer, you should promptly contact the person in whose name the old notes are registered and instruct that person to tender on your behalf.

 

If you wish to tender in the exchange offer on your own behalf, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering the certificates for your old notes, you must either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the old notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the person in whose name the old notes are registered.

Withdrawal; Non- acceptance

  You may withdraw any old notes tendered in the exchange offer at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on     . If we decide for any reason not to accept any old notes tendered for exchange, the old notes will be returned to the registered holder at our expense promptly after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer. In the case of old notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, any withdrawn or unaccepted old notes will be credited to the tendering holder’s account at The Depository Trust Company. For further information regarding the withdrawal of tendered old notes, please read “The Exchange Offer — Withdrawal Rights.”
United States federal income tax considerations   The exchange of new notes for old notes in the exchange offer should not be a taxable event for United States federal income tax purposes. Please read the discussion below under the caption “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” for more information regarding the tax consequences to you of the exchange offer.
Use of proceeds   The issuance of the new notes will not provide us with any new proceeds. We are making this exchange offer solely to satisfy our obligations under the registration rights agreement.

 

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Fees and expenses   We will pay all of our expenses incident to the exchange offer.
Exchange agent   We have appointed Wachovia Bank, National Association as exchange agent for the exchange offer. You can find the address and telephone number of the exchange agent below under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Exchange Agent.”
Resales of new notes   Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC, as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that the new notes you receive in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act so long as certain conditions are met. Please read “The Exchange Offer — Resales of New Notes” for more information regarding resales.

Consequences of not exchanging your old notes

 

If you do not exchange your old notes in this exchange offer, you will no longer be able to require us to register your old notes under the Securities Act except in the limited circumstances provided under the registration rights agreement. In addition, you will not be able to resell, offer to resell or otherwise transfer your old notes unless we have registered the old notes under the Securities Act, or unless you resell, offer to resell or otherwise transfer them under an exemption from the registration requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act.

 

For information regarding the consequences of not tendering your old notes and our obligation to file a registration statement, please read “The Exchange Offer — Consequences of Failure to Exchange Outstanding Securities” and “Description of the New Notes.”

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account in exchange for old notes, where such old notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new notes during the exchange offer registration period (generally, the 180-day period following the consummation of the exchange offer). See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Description of the New Notes

 

The terms of the new notes and those of the outstanding old notes are substantially identical, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the old notes do not apply to the new notes. As a result, the new notes will not bear legends restricting their transfer and will not have the benefit of the registration rights and special interest provisions contained in the old notes. The new notes represent the same debt as the old notes for which they are being exchanged. Both the original notes and the exchange notes are governed by the same indenture.

 

Issuer   Cadmus Communications Corporation
Notes offered   $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014
Maturity date   June 15, 2014

 

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Interest payment dates   We will make interest payments on the notes semiannually, on each June 15 and December 15, beginning December 15, 2004.
Guarantees  

The notes will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by our current and future restricted subsidiaries which guarantee our other indebtedness.

Ranking  

The notes and the related guarantees are unsecured senior subordinated obligations. Accordingly, they will rank:

 

•      behind all of our and, with respect to the guarantees, the respective guarantors’ existing and future senior debt;

 

•      equally with all of our and, with respect to the guarantees, the respective guarantors’ existing and future senior subordinated, unsecured debt that does not expressly provide that it is subordinated to the notes or the respective guarantee;

 

•      ahead of any of our and, with respect to the guarantees, the respective guarantors’ future debt that expressly provides that it is subordinated to the notes and the related guarantees; and

 

•      structurally behind the liabilities of any of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.

 

As of June 30, 2004, we had $42.8 million of senior debt, excluding approximately $54.9 million of additional borrowing capacity available under our senior credit facility, after taking into account $2.3 million of outstanding letters of credit. In addition, our subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes had $0.2 million of liabilities, including trade payables, to which the notes would have been effectively subordinated.

Optional redemption   We may redeem some or all the notes at any time on or after June 15, 2009, at the redemption prices set forth in “Description of the New Notes — Optional Redemption.” In addition, at any time prior to June 15, 2007, we may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the notes at a redemption price equal to 108.375% of their aggregate principal amount plus accrued interest with the net cash proceeds of certain public equity offerings. See “Description of the New Notes —Optional Redemption.”
Change of control offer   If we undergo a change of control, we must offer to repurchase the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase. See “Description of the New Notes —Repurchase Upon a Change in Control.”
Asset sale offer   If we engage in certain asset sales, we generally must invest the net cash proceeds from such sales in our business within a period of time, repay senior debt or make an offer to purchase a principal amount of notes equal to the net cash proceeds. The purchase price of the notes will be 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest. See “Description of the New Notes —Certain Covenants —Asset Sales.”
Basic indenture covenants  

The indenture governing the notes contains covenants that limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to, among other things:

 

•      pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions or restricted payments;

 

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•      incur indebtedness;

 

•      make certain investments;

 

•      create liens on our assets to secure debt;

 

•      agree to restrictions on the payment of dividends;

 

•      consolidate or merge;

 

•      sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of assets, including equity interests of restricted subsidiaries;

 

•      enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

•      designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries;

 

•      use the proceeds of permitted sales of assets; and

 

•      change our line of business.

 

These covenants will be subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. See “Description of the New Notes —Certain Covenants.”

 

Risk Factors

 

Investing in the notes involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the specific risk factors described in “ Risk Factors” on page 7 before investing in the new notes.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

You should consider carefully the following factors, as well as the other information set forth or incorporated by reference in the prospectus (including the risks and other disclosure that are presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2003 or other document filed by us with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus), before deciding to participate in the exchange offer. When we use the term “notes” in this prospectus, the term includes the old notes and the new notes.

 

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer and the New Notes

 

If you do not properly tender your old notes, you will continue to hold unregistered outstanding notes and your ability to transfer outstanding notes will be adversely affected.

 

We will only issue new notes in exchange for old notes that you timely and properly tender. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the old notes and you should carefully follow the instructions on how to tender your old notes. Neither we nor the exchange agent is required to tell you of any defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of old notes. Please read “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering.”

 

If you do not exchange your old notes for new notes in the exchange offer, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer of your old notes described in the legend on the certificates for your old notes. In general, you may only offer or sell the old notes if they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or offered and sold under an exemption from these requirements. We do not plan to register any sale of the old notes under the Securities Act. For further information regarding the consequences of tendering your old notes in the exchange offer, please read the discussions below under the captions “The Exchange Offer — Consequences of Failure to Exchange Outstanding Securities.”

 

You may find it difficult to sell your new notes.

 

Because there is no public market for the new notes, you may not be able to resell them.

 

The new notes will be registered under the Securities Act but will constitute a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We cannot assure you that an active market will exist for the new notes or that any trading market that does develop will be liquid. We do not intend to apply to list the new notes for trading on any securities exchange or to arrange for quotation on any automated dealer quotation system. The trading market for the notes may be adversely affected by:

 

  changes in the overall market for non-investment grade securities;

 

  changes in our financial performance or prospects;

 

  the prospects for companies in our industry generally;

 

  the number of holders of the notes;

 

  the interest of securities dealers in making a market for the notes; and

 

  prevailing interest rates and general economic conditions.

 

Some holders who exchange their old notes may be deemed to be underwriters.

 

If you exchange your old notes in the exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the new notes, you may be deemed to have received restricted securities and, if so, will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction.

 

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Risks Related To Our Indebtedness

 

Our significant indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from meeting our obligations under the notes and our other indebtedness.

 

We have now and will continue to have after this offering a significant amount of indebtedness. As of June 30, 2004, we have total debt of approximately $167.6 million. As of June 30, 2004, our ratio of total debt to shareholders’ equity was 3.3x.

 

Our significant indebtedness could have important consequences to you. For example, it could:

 

  make it more difficult for us to meet our payment and other obligations under the notes and our other indebtedness;

 

  require us to dedicate a significant portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund future working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes;

 

  increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

  limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

 

  place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt or are less leveraged; and

 

  limit our ability to borrow additional funds or raise additional financing.

 

In addition, the indenture contains financial and other restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interests. Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all of our debt.

 

Despite current indebtedness levels, we may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could exacerbate further the risks associated with our significant leverage.

 

We may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of the indenture governing the notes restricts, but does not completely prohibit, us from doing so. Our senior secured bank credit facility provides for a $100 million revolving credit facility that will mature in January 2008 (our “senior credit facility”). At June 30, 2004, we had $54.9 million available for borrowing under our senior credit facility, after taking into account $2.3 million of outstanding standby letters of credit. Borrowings under our senior credit facility rank senior in right of payment to the notes and guarantees. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we now face could intensify.

 

Restrictions in the indenture governing the notes and in our other outstanding debt instruments could adversely affect our operating flexibility, resulting in a failure to meet our obligations under the notes and our other debt.

 

Our senior credit facility and the indenture governing the notes contain, and any future debt agreements may contain, covenants that impose financial and operating restrictions on our business. These covenants will restrict our ability to, among other things:

 

  pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions or restricted payments;

 

  incur indebtedness;

 

  make certain investments;

 

  create liens on our assets to secure debt;

 

  agree to restrictions on the payment of dividends;

 

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  sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of assets, including equity interests of our restricted subsidiaries;

 

  enter into transactions with our affiliates;

 

  designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries;

 

  use the proceeds of permitted sales of our assets; and

 

  change our line of business.

 

In addition, our senior credit facility requires us to meet certain financial ratios and financial condition tests. You should read the discussions under the heading “Description of the New Notes—Certain Covenants” for further information about these covenants.

 

Events beyond our control can affect our ability to meet these financial ratios and financial condition tests and to comply with other provisions governing our senior credit facility. Our failure to comply with these obligations could cause an event of default under our senior credit facility. If an event of default occurs under our senior credit facility, our lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding and accrued and unpaid interest under our senior credit facility to be immediately due, and the lenders thereafter could foreclose upon the assets securing our senior credit facility. An event of default under our senior credit facility could result in an event of default under our other debt instruments, including the notes. In that event, we cannot assure you that we would have sufficient assets to repay all of our obligations, including the notes and the guarantees. We may incur other indebtedness in the future that may contain financial or other covenants more restrictive than those applicable to our senior credit facility or the indenture governing the notes.

 

To service our indebtedness, we will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.

 

Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness, including the notes, and to fund capital expenditures and other obligations will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future, which is dependant on our successful financial and operating performance and on our ability to successfully implement our business strategy. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

 

We cannot assure you that our business will generate cash flow from operations, that currently anticipated cost savings and operating improvements will be realized on schedule or that future borrowings will be available to us under our senior credit facility in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness, including the notes, and to fund our other liquidity needs. If we are not able to generate sufficient cash flow for these purposes, we may need to refinance or restructure all or a portion of our indebtedness, including the notes, on or before maturity, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments or seek to raise additional capital. We cannot assure you that we will be able to implement one or more of these alternatives, on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

 

Your right to receive payments on the notes is subject to prior claims of lenders under our senior credit facility.

 

The notes and the subsidiary guarantees rank behind all of our and the subsidiary guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness. As a result, upon any distribution to our creditors or the creditors of the subsidiary guarantors in a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to us or the subsidiary guarantors or our or their property, the holders of our senior debt and the senior debt of the subsidiary guarantors will be entitled to be paid in full in cash before any payment may be made with respect to the notes or the subsidiary guarantees.

 

In addition, all payments on the notes and the subsidiary guarantees will be blocked in the event of a payment default on senior debt and may be blocked for up to 180 of 360 consecutive days in the event of certain non-payment defaults on senior debt.

 

In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to us or the subsidiary guarantors, holders of the notes will participate with trade creditors and all other holders of our subordinated indebtedness and the subordinated indebtedness of the subsidiary guarantors in the assets remaining

 

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after we and the subsidiary guarantors have paid all senior debt. However, because the indenture requires that amounts otherwise payable to holders of the notes in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding be paid to holders of senior debt instead, holders of the notes may receive less, ratably, than holders of trade payables in any such proceeding. In any of these cases, we and the subsidiary guarantors may not have sufficient funds to pay all our creditors and holders of notes may receive less, ratably, than the holders of senior debt.

 

The notes are effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities, including trade payables, of our subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes. Holders of indebtedness of, and trade creditors of, such subsidiaries, would, in a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to us or our property, generally be entitled to payment of their claims from the assets of the affected subsidiaries before such assets would be made available for distribution to our creditors, including holders of the notes.

 

As of June 30, 2004, the notes and the subsidiary guarantees were subordinated to $42.8 million of senior debt, excluding approximately $54.9 million of additional borrowing capacity we have available under our senior credit facility, after taking into account $2.3 million of outstanding letters of credit. In addition, our subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes had $0.2 million of liabilities, including trade payables, to which the notes were effectively subordinated. We will be permitted to borrow substantial additional indebtedness, including senior debt, in the future under the terms of the indenture.

 

Not all of our subsidiaries guarantee the notes, and the assets of our non-guarantor subsidiaries may not be available to make payments on the notes.

 

The guarantors of the notes do not include all of our subsidiaries. Only Cadmus International Holdings, Inc., Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc., Cadmus Printing Group, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, Washburn Graphics, Inc., Cadmus Investments, LLC and CDMS Management, LLC guarantee the notes. In particular, KnowledgeWorks Global Limited and all of our future unrestricted subsidiaries do not guarantee the notes. Payments on the notes are only required to be made by us and the subsidiary guarantors. As a result, no payments are required to be made from assets of subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes, unless those assets are transferred by dividend or otherwise to us or a subsidiary guarantor. In fiscal 2004, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had net sales of $2.4 million, or less than 1% of our consolidated fiscal 2004 net sales. At June 30, 2004, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had total assets of $4.0 million.

 

In the event that any non-guarantor subsidiary becomes insolvent, liquidates, reorganizes, dissolves or otherwise winds up, holders of its debt and its trade creditors generally will be entitled to payment on their claims from the assets of that subsidiary before any of those assets are made available to us. Consequently, your claims in respect of the notes will be effectively subordinated to all of the liabilities of our non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade payables. As of June 30, 2004, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had $0.2 million of debt and other liabilities.

 

We may not have the ability to repurchase the notes upon a change of control as required by the indenture.

 

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase. We may not have sufficient funds to make the required repurchase in cash at such time or the ability to arrange necessary financing on acceptable terms. In addition, our ability to repurchase the notes in cash may be limited by law or the terms of other agreements relating to our debt outstanding at the time, including our senior credit facility, which restricts our ability to purchase notes for cash until all debt under our senior credit facility is repaid in full. If we fail to repurchase any notes submitted in a change of control offer, it would constitute an event of default under the indenture which would, in turn, constitute an event of default under our senior credit facility and could constitute an event of default under our other indebtedness, even if the change of control itself would not cause a default. Important corporate events, such as takeovers, recapitalizations or similar transactions, may not constitute a change of control under the indenture governing the notes and thus not permit the holders of the notes to require us to repurchase or redeem the notes. See “Description of the New Notes—Repurchase Upon a Change in Control.”

 

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The guarantees may not be enforceable because of fraudulent conveyance laws.

 

The guarantors’ guarantees of the notes may be subject to review under federal bankruptcy law or relevant state fraudulent conveyance laws if a bankruptcy lawsuit is commenced by or on behalf of our or the guarantors’ unpaid creditors. Under these laws, if there were such a lawsuit and the court were to find that, at the time a guarantor incurred debt (including debt represented by the guarantee), such guarantor:

 

  incurred this debt with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding current or future creditors; or

 

  received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for incurring this debt and the guarantor:

 

  was insolvent or was rendered insolvent by reason of the related financing transactions;

 

  was engaged, or about to engage, in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital to carry on its business; or

 

  intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay these debts as they mature, as all of the foregoing terms are defined in or interpreted under the relevant fraudulent transfer or conveyance statutes;

 

then the court could void the guarantee or subordinate the amounts owing under the guarantee to the guarantor’s presently existing or future debt or take other actions detrimental to you.

 

The measure of insolvency for purposes of the foregoing considerations will vary depending upon the law of the jurisdiction that is being applied in any such proceeding. Generally, an entity would be considered insolvent if, at the time it incurred the debt or issued the guarantee:

 

  it could not pay its debts or contingent liabilities as they become due;

 

  the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, is greater than its assets, at fair valuation; or

 

  the present fair saleable value of its assets is less than the amount required to pay the probable liability on its total existing debts and liabilities, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature.

 

If a guarantee is voided as a fraudulent conveyance or found to be unenforceable for any other reason, you will not have a claim against that obligor and will only be our creditor or that of any guarantor whose obligation was not set aside or found to be unenforceable. In addition, the loss of a guarantee will constitute a default under the indenture, which default would cause all outstanding notes to become immediately due and payable.

 

We believe that, at the time the guarantors initially incurred the debt represented by the guarantees, the guarantors:

 

  were not insolvent or rendered insolvent by the incurrence;

 

  had sufficient capital to run our or their businesses effectively; and

 

  were able to pay obligations on the notes and the guarantees as they mature or become due.

 

In reaching the foregoing conclusions we have relied upon our analyses of internal cash flow projections and estimated values of the assets and liabilities of the guarantors. In addition, we have relied on a limitation contained in the guarantors’ guarantees that limits each guarantee as necessary to prevent it from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. However, a court passing on these questions might not reach the same conclusions.

 

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Risks Relating To Our Business

 

The printing industry is competitive and evolving; this competition may adversely affect our business.

 

The printing industry is extremely competitive. We compete with numerous companies, some of which have greater financial resources than we do. We compete on the basis of ongoing customer service, quality of finished products, range of services offered, distribution capabilities, use of state of the art technology and price. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully with respect to any of these factors. In certain circumstances, due primarily to factors such as freight rates and customer preference for local services, printers with better access to certain regions of the country may have a competitive advantage in such regions. Our failure to compete successfully could cause us to lose existing business or opportunities to generate new business and could result in decreased profitability, adversely affecting our business.

 

Certain revenues in the Publisher Services segment of our business are cyclical and dependent upon general economic conditions.

 

Revenues from our customers who publish special interest and trade magazines and professional books and directories are dependent upon general economic conditions. Although the special interest magazine market is traditionally less advertising sensitive than the general interest magazine market, demand in this market does depend in part on advertising revenue. In 2001 through 2003, our special interest magazine segment was negatively impacted by the significant downturn in advertising spending resulting in fewer page counts and correspondingly lower net sales. We experienced continued pricing pressure in this market in 2004.

 

In addition, both our STM and special interest magazine segments derive incremental revenue from the publication of special supplements to regular publications. Many of the special supplements are sponsored by advertisers or otherwise depend on advertising revenue. The number of special supplements that we produced for our publishing customers experienced a decline during the downturn in the advertising market.

 

The evolution of technology and alternative delivery media may decrease the demand for our products and services.

 

The technology we use in our operations is evolving. We could experience delays or difficulties in responding to changing technology, in addressing the increasingly sophisticated needs of our customers or in keeping pace with emerging industry standards. In addition, the cost required to respond to and integrate changing technologies may be greater than we anticipate. If we do not respond adequately to the need to integrate changing technologies in a timely manner, or if the investment required to so respond is greater than anticipated, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and ability to make payments on the notes may be adversely affected.

 

Although an increasing portion of the net sales and profitability of our Publisher Services segment is derived from editorial, issue management, content processing, marketing, electronic media and other non-print revenues, we remain dependent on the distribution of scientific, technical, medical and other scholarly information in printed form. Usage of the internet and other electronic media continues to grow. We cannot assure you that the acceleration of the trend toward such electronic media will not decrease the demand for certain of our products which could result in lower profits and reduced cash flows.

 

Our ability to attract, train and retain key executives and other qualified employees is crucial to our results of operations and future growth.

 

We rely to a significant extent on our executive officers and other key management personnel. There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to retain our executive officers and key management personnel or attract additional qualified management in the future. Our business strategy also depends on our ability to attract and retain associates who have relevant experience in the publishing industry. There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to attract and retain such associates.

 

The editorial services we provide as part of our content processing business relies on a pool of qualified copy editors. In our STM business, we also rely on the services of specialized editors, and some of these positions require a minimum of a Master’s or Ph.D. degree in the specific field. Our ability to provide quality editorial services will depend on our ability to access and retain this pool of editors.

 

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In addition, to provide accurate, high-quality digital content printed products in a timely fashion we must maintain an adequate staff of skilled technicians, including compositors, desktop publishing technicians, prepress personnel, pressmen, bindery operators and fulfillment personnel. Accordingly, our ability to maintain and increase our productivity and profitability will depend, in part, on our ability to employ, train and retain the skilled technicians necessary to meet our commitments. From time-to-time:

 

  the industry experiences shortages of qualified technicians, and we may not be able to maintain an adequate skilled labor force necessary to operate efficiently;

 

  our labor expenses may increase as a result of shortages of skilled technicians; or

 

  we may have to curtail our planned internal growth as a result of labor shortages.

 

If any of these events were to occur, it could adversely affect our business.

 

Decreases in the types and amount of research funding could decrease the demand for our journal services.

 

In our Publisher Services business, we provide content processing and production services primarily to publishers of scientific, technical, medical and other scholarly journals. The supply of research papers published in these journals is related to the amount of research funding provided by the federal government and private companies. In the future, the federal government or private companies could decrease the type and amount of funding that they provide for scientific, technical, medical and other scholarly research. A significant decrease in research funding might decrease the number or length of journals that we process and produce for our customers, which would decrease our cash flow and ability to make payments on the notes.

 

Some of our employees belong to labor unions and certain actions by such employees, such as strikes or work stoppages, could adversely affect our operations or cause us to incur costs.

 

We employ approximately 2,800 persons, approximately 16% of whom are covered by collective bargaining agreements. If unionized employees were to engage in a concerted strike or other work stoppage, or if other employees were to become unionized, we could experience a disruption of operations, higher labor costs or both. We cannot assure you that a strike or other disruption of operations or work stoppage would not have a material adverse effect on our ability to serve our customers.

 

Our foreign operations subject us to additional operational and financial risk.

 

We have increased our overseas activities in recent years. Our KnowledgeWorks Global Limited joint venture is located in India. In our specialty packaging business, we have a network of affiliated packaging printers co-located with our customers’ offshore assembly operations in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Costa Rica. As a result, our results of operations may be increasingly affected by international and foreign political, economic and operating conditions in or affecting these countries. Our foreign operations also subject us to currency exchange fluctuations and the risk of imposition of exchange controls. For example, an appreciation in the Indian rupee against the U.S. dollar would increase our cost of operations in India. Increases in our cost of operations or losses on foreign currency exchange may negatively impact our results of operations.

 

We may not be able to acquire other companies, and companies we do acquire may not perform as well as expected.

 

Our business strategy includes pursuing acquisitions. We believe opportunities exist both to consolidate market share and broaden our solutions in our markets and other related markets. We intend to pursue complementary acquisitions that enhance our position in content processing, production and distribution. We also seek opportunities that create operating efficiencies and cost savings.

 

Nonetheless, we cannot assure you that we will identify suitable acquisitions or that such acquisitions can be made at an acceptable price. If we acquire additional businesses, those businesses may require substantial capital. Although we will be able to borrow under our senior credit facility under certain circumstances to fund acquisitions, we cannot assure you that such borrowings will be available in sufficient amounts or that other financing will be available in amounts and on terms that we deem acceptable. Furthermore, the integration of

 

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acquired businesses may result in unforeseen difficulties that require a disproportionate amount of management’s attention and our other resources. Finally, we cannot assure you that we will achieve synergies and efficiencies anticipated when making acquisitions or comparable to those from past acquisitions.

 

Our principal stockholders could exercise their influence over us to your detriment.

 

One of our non-executive directors, Nathu R. Puri, beneficially owned 19.38% of our common stock as of July 31, 2004. By virtue of his stock ownership, he may be able to affect the outcome of many matters required to be submitted to the stockholders for approval, including the election of our directors and the approval of mergers, consolidations and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The interests of Mr. Puri may differ from your interests as a noteholder, and, as such, he may take actions which may not be in your interest. For example, if we encounter financial difficulties or are unable to pay our debts as they mature, the interests of one equity owner might conflict with your interests as a noteholder. In addition, equity owners may have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures, financings or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their equity investments, even though such transactions might involve risks to you as a holder of the notes.

 

Industry consolidation of customers and increased competition for those customers may result in increased expenses and reduced revenue and market position.

 

The continuing consolidation of publishing companies has shrunk the pool of available customers. In addition, large publishing companies often have preferred provider arrangements with specific printing companies. As smaller publishing companies are consolidated into the larger companies, the smaller publishing companies are often required to use the printing company with which the acquiring company has established an arrangement. If our customers were to merge or consolidate with publishing companies utilizing other printing companies, we could lose our customers to competing printing companies. If we were to lose a significant portion of our current base of customers to competing printing companies, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and ability to make payments on the notes could be materially adversely affected.

 

Increases in prices or shortages of paper and other raw materials could cause disruptions in our services to customers.

 

The principal raw material used in our business is paper, which represents a significant portion of our cost of materials. Historically, we have generally been able to pass increases in the cost of paper on to our customers. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to do so. Although we believe that we have been successful in negotiating favorable price relationships with our paper vendors, prices in the overall paper market are beyond our control. If we are unable to continue to pass any price increases on to our customers, future paper price increases could adversely affect our margins and profits.

 

Due to the significance of paper in our business, we are dependent upon the availability of paper. In periods of high demand, certain paper grades have been in short supply, including grades we use in our business. In addition, during periods of tight supply, many paper producers allocate shipments of paper based upon historical purchase levels of customers. Although we generally have not experienced significant difficulty in obtaining adequate quantities of paper, unforeseen developments in the overall paper markets could result in a decrease in the supply of paper and could cause either or both of our net sales or profits to decline.

 

Over 85% of our paper requirements are purchased through one primary distributor. If that distributor is unwilling or unable to fulfill our future paper requirements, we would be forced to contract with a different supplier for the majority of our paper needs. We believe that we have good relationships both with our primary distributor and with the paper mills that produce the paper we purchase from this distributor. In addition, we believe that there are other suppliers that are familiar with our business that, if necessary, could fulfill our paper requirements in the long term. However, we cannot assure you that the loss of services of our primary distributor would not cause an interruption in our business in the short term or what impact, if any, such an event would have on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

 

We use a variety of other raw materials including ink, film, offset plates, chemicals and solvents, glue, wire and subcontracted components. In general, we have not experienced any significant difficulty in obtaining these raw materials. We cannot assure you, however, that a shortage of any of these raw materials will not occur in the future or will not potentially adversely affect the financial results of our business.

 

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Our cost reduction initiatives may not produce the expected cost savings or improve our profitability.

 

Over the last four years, we have implemented a number of cost reduction initiatives. We expect that these initiatives will result in cost savings and will position us to capitalize on improving economic conditions. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve all of the cost savings that we expect to realize from our recent initiatives. In particular, we may experience unexpected cost increases that offset the savings that we achieve. Our failure to realize cost savings could adversely affect our profitability.

 

Our production facilities may suffer business interruptions which could increase our operating costs, decrease our sales or cause us to lose customers.

 

The reliability of our production facilities is critical to the success of our business. Our facilities might be damaged or interrupted by fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, break-ins, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, war or similar events. Equipment malfunctions, computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions might cause interruptions and delays in our printing services and could significantly diminish our reputation and brand name and prevent us from providing services. Although we believe we have taken adequate steps to address these risks, damage to, or unreliability of, our production facilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and ability to make payments on the notes.

 

Our printing and other facilities are subject to environmental laws and regulations, which may subject us to liability or require us to incur costs.

 

We use various materials in our operations which contain substances considered hazardous or toxic under environmental laws. In addition, our operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations relating to, among other things, air emissions, waste generation, handling, management and disposal, waste water treatment and discharge and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination. Permits are required for the operation of certain of our businesses, and these permits are subject to renewal, modification and, in some circumstances, revocation. Our operations also generate wastes which are disposed of off-site. Under certain environmental laws, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (“CERCLA,” commonly referred to as “Superfund”) and similar state laws and regulations, we may be liable for costs and damages relating to soil and groundwater contamination at these off-site disposal locations, or at our own facilities. In the past, such matters have not had a material impact on our business or operations. We are not currently aware of any environmental matters that are likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and ability to make payments on the notes. However, we cannot assure you that such matters will not have such an impact on us. Furthermore, future changes to environmental laws and regulations may give rise to additional costs or liabilities that could have a material adverse impact on us.

 

We may not protect our technology effectively, which would allow competitors to duplicate our products and services, or our products and services may infringe on claims of intellectual property rights of third parties.

 

Our success and ability to compete depend, in part, upon our technology. Among our assets are our proprietary information and intellectual property rights. We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and patent laws, trade secrets, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect these assets. Unauthorized use and misuse of our intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, and there can be no assurance that our legal remedies would adequately compensate us for the damages caused by unauthorized use. In addition, licenses for a number of software products have been granted to us.

 

Some of these licenses, individually and in the aggregate, are material to our business. Although we believe that the risk that we will lose any material license is remote, any loss could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and ability to make payments on the notes.

 

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We do not believe that any of our products, services or activities infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties in any material respect. There can be no assurance, however, that third parties will not claim infringement by us with respect to current or future products, services or activities. Any infringement claim, with or without merit, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management and financial resources, and a successful claim could effectively block our ability to use or license products and services or cost us money.

 

You are unlikely to be able to seek remedies against Arthur Andersen LLP, our former independent auditor.

 

Our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, our former independent auditor. On June 15, 2002, Arthur Andersen LLP was convicted of a federal obstruction of justice charge arising from the federal government’s investigation of Enron Corporation. On August 31, 2002, Arthur Andersen LLP ceased practicing before the SEC. SEC rules require us to present our audited financial statements in various SEC filings, along with Arthur Andersen LLP’s consent to our inclusion of its audit report on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, included in this prospectus, and we do not expect to receive Arthur Andersen LLP’s consent in any filing that we make with the SEC, including the registration statement we are required to file with respect to the notes. Without this consent, it may become more difficult for you to seek remedies against Arthur Andersen LLP. Furthermore, relief in connection with claims which may be available to investors under the federal securities laws against auditing firms may not be available as a practical matter against Arthur Andersen LLP. You are unlikely to be able to exercise effective remedies or judgments against Arthur Andersen LLP.

 

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 

The following table sets forth our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods shown:

 

     Year Ended June 30,

     2004

    2003

    2002

    2001

   2000

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

   1.63 x   1.30 x   1.52 x         

 

The ratio was computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. For this purpose, “earnings” consist of income from continuing operations before income taxes plus fixed charges. “Fixed charges” consist of interest and securitization expense, capitalized interest and a portion of rent expense we believe to be representative of interest. Earnings for fiscal 2001 and 2000 were inadequate to cover fixed charges with a deficiency of $7.0 million and $18.1 million, respectively, primarily due to the impact of restructuring and other charges on earnings in those years.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

The exchange offer is intended to satisfy our obligations under the registration rights agreement we entered into in connection with the private offering of the old notes. We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the new notes in the exchange offer. In consideration for issuing the new notes as contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive, in exchange, outstanding old notes in like principal amount. We will cancel all old notes surrendered in exchange for new notes in the exchange offer. As a result, the issuance of the new notes will not result in any increase or decrease in our indebtedness.

 

The net proceeds from the offering of the sale of the old notes in the initial private placement were approximately $120.8 million in the aggregate after deducting expenses of the offering. The net proceeds to us from the sale of the old notes, together with borrowings under our revolving credit facility, were used to repurchase $125 million principal amount outstanding of our 9 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2009 and to pay the premium, accrued interest, fees and expenses in connection therewith.

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

On April 1, 1999, Cadmus purchased all of the outstanding shares of Melham Holdings, Inc., whose principal operating subsidiary was Mack Printing Company. As a result of the purchase, Nathu R. Puri, a Class I director, directly and indirectly received as partial consideration approximately $5.8 million in subordinated notes of Cadmus. These subordinated notes were redeemed by us effective May 3, 2004.

 

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In addition, pursuant to a lease agreement entered into in August 1998, Port City Press, Inc., a subsidiary of Cadmus which operates within the Publisher Services segment, leases its manufacturing and distribution facility in Baltimore, Maryland from an indirect subsidiary of a company whose majority shareholder is Mr. Puri. The initial term of the lease agreement is 20 years, with options available to the tenant to extend the lease for four additional terms of five years each. For the first five years of the lease, the annual rent was $1.0 million, with the rent increasing approximately 14.5% every fifth year, so that the annual rent is currently $1.1 million and will be $1.5 million for years 16 through 20. The annual rent for the first extension term is $1.6 million. The annual rent for subsequent extension terms is to be based on fair market rent not less than $1.5 million.

 

Russell M. Robinson, II, a member of our board of directors, currently serves as a member of the executive committee and as chairman of the nominating and governance committee and served as chairman of the board of directors from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. The firm of Robinson, Bradshaw and Hinson, P.A., of which Mr. Robinson is president and a shareholder, was retained to perform legal services for Cadmus during fiscal year 2004. It is anticipated that the firm will continue to provide legal services to Cadmus during fiscal year 2005.

 

From time to time, Cadmus and its subsidiaries may purchase products from or utilize services of other corporations of which a Cadmus director is a director, officer or employee. Such transactions occur in the ordinary course of business and are not deemed material.

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

 

Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offer

 

On June 15, 2004, we sold $125.0 million in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the old notes in a private placement. The old notes were sold to the initial purchasers who in turn resold the notes to a limited number of “Qualified Institutional Buyers,” as defined under the Securities Act, and to non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act.

 

In connection with the sale of the old notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the old notes, pursuant to which we agreed to file and to use our reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective by the SEC a registration statement with respect to the exchange of the old notes for the new notes. We are making the exchange offer to fulfill our contractual obligations under that agreement. A copy of the registration rights agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

Pursuant to the exchange offer, we will issue the new notes in exchange for old notes. The terms of the new notes are identical in all material respects to those of the old notes, except that the new notes (1) have been registered under the Securities Act and therefore will not be subject to certain restrictions on transfer applicable to the old notes and (2) will not have registration rights or provide for any additional interest related to the obligation to register. Please read “Description of the New Notes” for more information on the terms of the respective notes and the differences between them.

 

We are not making the exchange offer to, and will not accept tenders for exchange from, holders of old notes in any jurisdiction in which an exchange offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction. Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “holder” with respect to the exchange offer means any person in whose name the old notes are registered on our books or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered holder, or any person whose old notes are held of record by The Depository Trust Company, referred to as DTC, who desires to deliver such old notes by book-entry transfer at DTC.

 

We make no recommendation to the holders of old notes as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their old notes pursuant to the exchange offer. In addition, no one has been authorized to make any such recommendation. Holders of old notes must make their own decision whether to tender pursuant to the

 

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exchange offer and, if so, the aggregate amount of old notes to tender after reading this prospectus and the letter of transmittal and consulting with the advisers, if any, based on their own financial position and requirements.

 

In order to participate in the exchange offer, you must represent to us, among other things, that:

 

  you are acquiring the new notes in the exchange offer in the ordinary course of your business;

 

  you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a distribution of the new notes;

 

  you do not have and to your knowledge, no one receiving new notes from you has, any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the new notes;

 

  you are not a broker-dealer tendering old notes acquired directly from us for your own account or if you are a broker-dealer, you will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the new notes; and

 

  you are not one of our “affiliates,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

Terms of Exchange

 

Upon the terms and conditions described in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, which together constitute the exchange offer, we will accept for exchange old notes that are properly tendered at or before the expiration time and not withdrawn as permitted below. As of the date of this prospectus, $125.0 million principal amount of 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014, are outstanding. This prospectus, together with the letter of transmittal, is first being sent on or about the date on the cover page of the prospectus to all holders of old notes known to us. Old notes tendered in the exchange offer must be in denominations of principal amount of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.

 

Our acceptance of the tender of old notes by a tendering holder will form a binding agreement between the tendering holder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions provided in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal.

 

The form and terms of the new notes being issued in the exchange offer are the same as the form and terms of the old notes except that:

 

  the new notes being issued in the exchange offer will have been registered under the Securities Act;

 

  the new notes being issued in the exchange offer will not bear the restrictive legends restricting their transfer under the Securities Act; and

 

  the new notes being issued in the exchange offer will not contain the registration rights contained in the old notes.

 

Expiration, Extension and Amendment

 

The expiration time of the exchange offer is 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on     . However, we may, in our sole discretion, extend the period of time for which the exchange offer is open and set a later expiration date for the offer. The term “expiration time” as used herein means the latest time and date to which we extend the exchange offer. If we decide to extend the exchange offer period, we will then delay acceptance of any old notes by giving oral or written notice of an extension to the holders of old notes as described below. During any extension period, all old notes previously tendered will remain subject to the exchange offer and may be accepted for exchange by us. Any old notes not accepted for exchange will be returned to the tendering holder after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.

 

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Procedures for Tendering

 

Valid Tender

 

Except as described below, a tendering holder must, prior to the expiration time, transmit to Wachovia Bank, National Association, the exchange agent, at the address listed below under the caption “— Exchange Agent”:

 

  a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by the letter of transmittal; or

 

  if old notes are tendered in accordance with the book–entry procedures listed below, an agent’s message transmitted through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program, referred to as ATOP.

 

In addition, you must:

 

  deliver certificates, if any, for the old notes to the exchange agent at or before the expiration time; or

 

  deliver a timely confirmation of the book–entry transfer of the old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, the book–entry transfer facility, along with the letter of transmittal or an agent’s message; or

 

  comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

 

The term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the exchange agent and forming a part of a book–entry confirmation, that states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment that the tendering holder agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce the letter of transmittal against such holder.

 

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of old notes, the letter of transmittal must be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer or exchange in satisfactory form duly executed by the registered holder with the signature guaranteed by an eligible institution. The old notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate powers of attorney. In either case, the old notes must be signed exactly as the name of any registered holder appears on the old notes.

 

If the letter of transmittal or any old notes or powers of attorney are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys–in–fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, these persons should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us, proper evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to so act must be submitted.

 

By tendering, each holder will represent to us that, among other things, the person is not our affiliate, the new notes are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving the new notes, whether or not that person is the holder, and neither the holder nor the other person has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the new notes. If you are a participating broker–dealer, you are representing to us that you will receive the new notes for your own account in exchange for old notes that were acquired by you as a result of your market–making or other trading activities and that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the new notes you receive.

 

The method of delivery of old notes, letters of transmittal and all other required documents is at your election and risk, and the delivery will be deemed made only upon actual receipt or confirmation by the exchange agent. If the delivery is by mail, we recommend that you use registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested. In all cases, you should allow sufficient time to assure timely delivery. Holders tendering through DTC’s ATOP system should allow sufficient time for completion of the ATOP procedures during the normal business hours of DTC on such dates.

 

No old notes, agent’s messages, letters of transmittal or other required documents should be sent to us. Delivery of all old notes, agent’s messages, letters of transmittal and other documents must be made to the exchange agent. Holders may also request their respective brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect such tender for such holders.

 

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If you are a beneficial owner whose old notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and wish to tender, you should promptly instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf. Any registered holder that is a participant in DTC’s ATOP system may make book–entry delivery of the old notes by causing DTC to transfer the old notes into the exchange agent’s account. The tender by a holder of old notes, including pursuant to the delivery of an agent’s message through DTC’s ATOP system, will constitute an agreement between such holder and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the letter of transmittal.

 

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt and withdrawal of the tendered old notes will be determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all old notes not validly tendered or any old notes which, if accepted, would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular old notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of this exchange offer, including the instructions in the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of old notes must be cured within such time as we shall determine. Although we intend to notify you of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of old notes, none of us, the exchange agent, or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of old notes, nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of old notes will not be deemed to have been made until such irregularities have been cured or waived. Any old notes received by the exchange agent that are not validly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned without cost to such holder by the exchange agent, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as practicable following the expiration date of the exchange offer.

 

Although we have no present plan to acquire any old notes that are not tendered in the exchange offer or to file a registration statement to permit resales of any old notes that are not tendered in the exchange offer, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to purchase or make offers for any original notes after the expiration date of the exchange offer, from time to time, through open market or privately negotiated transactions, one or more additional exchange or tender offers, or otherwise, as permitted by law, the indenture and our other debt agreements. Following consummation of this exchange offer, the terms of any such purchases or offers could differ materially from the terms of this exchange offer.

 

Signature Guarantees

 

Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed, unless the old notes surrendered for exchange are tendered:

 

  by a registered holder of the old notes who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal, or

 

  for the account of an “eligible institution.”

 

If signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal are required to be guaranteed, the guarantees must be by an “eligible institution.” An “eligible institution” is an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the registrar for the notes within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act.

 

Book-Entry Transfer

 

The exchange agent will make a request to establish an account for the old notes at DTC for purposes of the exchange offer. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book–entry delivery of old notes by causing DTC to transfer those old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedure for transfer. The participant should transmit its acceptance to DTC at or prior to the expiration time or comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below. DTC will verify this acceptance, execute a book–entry transfer of the tendered old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC and then send to the exchange agent confirmation of this book–entry transfer. The confirmation of this book–entry transfer will include

 

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an agent’s message confirming that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from this participant that this participant has received and agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce the letter of transmittal against this participant.

 

Delivery of new notes issued in the exchange offer may be effected through book–entry transfer at DTC. However, the letter of transmittal or facsimile of it or an agent’s message, with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must:

 

  be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent at the address listed under “— Exchange Agent” at or prior to the expiration time; or

 

  comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

 

Delivery of documents to DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

 

Guaranteed Delivery

 

If a registered holder of old notes desires to tender the old notes, and the old notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit the holder’s old notes or other required documents to reach the exchange agent before the expiration time, or the procedures for book–entry transfer described above cannot be completed on a timely basis, a tender may nonetheless be made if:

 

  the tender is made through an eligible institution;

 

  prior to the expiration time, the exchange agent receives by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery from such eligible institution a properly and validly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the form provided by us:

 

  1. stating the name and address of the holder of old notes and the amount of old notes tendered,

 

  2. stating that the tender is being made, and

 

  3. guaranteeing that within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration time, the certificates for all physically tendered old notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book–entry confirmation, as the case may be, and a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or an agent’s message, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

 

  the certificates for all physically tendered old notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book–entry confirmation, as the case may be, and a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or an agent’s message, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, are received by the exchange agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery.

 

Determination of Validity

 

We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility of old notes tendered for exchange. This discretion extends to the determination of all questions concerning the timing of receipts and acceptance of tenders. These determinations will be final and binding. We reserve the right to reject any particular old note not properly tendered or of which our acceptance might, in our judgment or our counsel’s judgment, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any defects or irregularities or conditions of the exchange offer as to any particular old note either before or after the expiration time, including the right to waive the ineligibility of any tendering holder. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer as to any particular old note either before or after the applicable expiration time, including the letter of transmittal and the instructions to the letter of transmittal, shall be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of old notes must be cured within a reasonable period of time.

 

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Neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity in any tender of old notes. Moreover, neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failing to give notifications of any defect or irregularity.

 

Acceptance of Old Notes for Exchange; Issuance of New Notes

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offer, we will accept, promptly after the expiration time, all old notes properly tendered. We will issue the new notes promptly after acceptance of the old notes. For purposes of an exchange offer, we will be deemed to have accepted properly tendered old notes for exchange when, as and if we have given oral or written notice to the exchange agent, with prompt written confirmation of any oral notice.

 

For each old note accepted for exchange, the holder will receive a new note registered under the Securities Act having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered old note. As a result, registered holders of old notes issued in the exchange offer on the relevant record date for the first interest payment date following the completion of the exchange offer will receive interest accruing from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the old notes, from June 15, 2004. Old notes that we accept for exchange will cease to accrue interest from and after the date of completion of the exchange offer. Under the registration rights agreement, we may be required to make additional payments in the form of additional interest to the holders of the original notes under circumstances relating to the timing of the exchange offer.

 

In all cases, issuance of new notes for old notes will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of:

 

  certificate for the old notes, or a timely book-entry confirmation of the old notes, into the exchange agent’s account at the DTC;

 

  a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal or an agent’s message; and

 

  all other required documents.

 

Unaccepted or non-exchanged old notes will be returned without expense to the tendering holder of the old notes. In the case of old notes tendered by book-entry transfer in accordance with the book-entry procedures described above, the non-exchanged old notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer. For each old note accepted for exchange, the holder of the old note will receive a new note having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered old note.

 

Interest Payments on the New Notes

 

The new notes will bear interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the old notes for which they were exchanged. Accordingly, registered holders of new notes on the relevant record date for the first interest payment date following the completion of the exchange offer will receive interest accruing from the most recent date to which interest has been paid. Old notes accepted for exchange will cease to accrue interest from and after the date of completion of the exchange offer and will be deemed to have waived their rights to receive the accrued interest on the old notes.

 

Withdrawal Rights

 

Tender of old notes may be properly withdrawn at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer.

 

For a withdrawal to be effective with respect to old notes, the exchange agent must receive a written notice of withdrawal before the expiration time delivered by hand, overnight by courier or by mail, at the address indicated under “— Exchange Agent” or, in the case of eligible institutions, at the facsimile number, or a properly transmitted “Request Message” through DTC’s ATOP system. Any notice of withdrawal must:

 

  specify the name of the person, referred to as the depositor, having tendered the old notes to be withdrawn;

 

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  identify the old notes to be withdrawn, including certificate numbers and principal amount of the old notes;

 

  contain a statement that the holder is withdrawing its election to have the old notes exchanged;

 

  other than a notice transmitted through DTC’s ATOP system, be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which the old notes were tendered, including any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer to have the trustee with respect to the old notes register the transfer of the old notes in the name of the person withdrawing the tender; and

 

  specify the name in which the old notes are registered, if different from that of the depositor.

 

If certificates for old notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the exchange agent, then, prior to the release of these certificates the withdrawing holder must also submit the serial numbers of the particular certificates to be withdrawn and signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution, unless this holder is an eligible institution. If old notes have been tendered in accordance with the procedure for book-entry transfer described below, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn old notes.

 

Any old notes properly withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange. New notes will not be issued in exchange unless the old notes so withdrawn are validly re-tendered.

 

Properly withdrawn old notes may be re-tendered by following the procedures described under “— Procedures for Tendering” above at any time at or before the expiration time.

 

We will determine all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of notices of withdrawal.

 

Resales of New Notes

 

Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC, as described in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that new notes issued in the exchange offer in exchange for old notes may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by holders of the new notes without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, if:

 

  the new notes are acquired in the ordinary course of the holder’s business;

 

  the holders have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the new notes; and

 

  the holders are not “affiliates” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

However, the SEC has not considered the exchange offer described in this prospectus in the context of a no-action letter. The staff of the SEC may not make a similar determination with respect to the exchange offer as in the other circumstances. Each holder who wishes to exchange old notes for new notes will be required to represent that it meets the above three requirements.

 

Any holder who is an affiliate of ours or who intends to participate in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing new notes or any broker-dealer who purchased old notes directly from us to resell pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act:

 

  cannot rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC mentioned above;

 

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  will not be permitted or entitled to tender the old notes in the exchange offer; and

 

  must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction.

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account in exchange for old notes must acknowledge that the old notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and agree that it will deliver a prospectus that meets the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the new notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. Please read “Plan of Distribution.” A broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with the resales of exchange notes received in exchange for private notes that the broker-dealer acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities. Any holder that is a broker-dealer participating in the exchange offer must notify the exchange agent at the telephone number set forth in the enclosed letter of transmittal and must comply with the procedures for broker-dealers participating in the exchange offer. We have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the exchange notes to be received in the exchange offer.

 

In addition, to comply with state securities laws, the new notes may not be offered or sold in any state unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification, with which there has been compliance, is available. The offer and sale of the new notes to “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined under Rule 144A of the Securities Act, is generally exempt from registration or qualification under the state securities laws. We currently do not intend to register or qualify the sale of new notes in any state where an exemption from registration or qualification is required and not available.

 

Exchange Agent

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association has been appointed as the exchange agent for the exchange offer. All executed letters of transmittal and any other required documents should be directed to the exchange agent at the address or facsimile number set forth below. Questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for notices of guaranteed delivery should be directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By Facsimile for Eligible Institutions:    By Mail/ Overnight Courier/ Hand:    Confirm By Telephone:

(704) 590-7628

Attention: Marsha Rice

  

Corporate Actions – NC1153

1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., 3C3

Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

Attention: Marsha Rice

   (704) 590-7413

 

DELIVERY OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF SUCH LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

Fees and Expenses

 

The expenses of soliciting tenders pursuant to this exchange offer will be paid by us. We have agreed to pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the exchange offer. We will also pay brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in forwarding copies of this prospectus and related documents to the beneficial owners of old notes, and in handling or tendering for their customers. We will not make any payment to brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer.

 

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Holders who tender their old notes for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes on the exchange. If, however, new notes are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the old notes tendered, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of old notes in connection with the exchange offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange Outstanding Securities

 

Holders who desire to tender their old notes in exchange for new notes registered under the Securities Act should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. Neither the exchange agent nor Cadmus is under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of original notes for exchange.

 

Old notes that are not tendered or are tendered but not accepted will, following the completion of the exchange offer, continue to be subject to the provisions in the indenture regarding the transfer and exchange of the original notes and the existing restrictions on transfer set forth in the legend on the old notes set forth in the indenture for the notes. Except in limited circumstances with respect to specific types of holders of old notes, we will have no further obligation to provide for the registration under the Securities Act of such old notes. In general, old notes, unless registered under the Securities Act, may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

We do not currently anticipate that we will take any additional action to register under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws any old notes that are not tendered or tendered but not accepted. Upon completion of the exchange offer, holders of the old notes will not be entitled to any further registration rights under the registration rights agreement, except under limited circumstances.

 

Holders of the new notes issued in the exchange offer and any old notes which remain outstanding after completion of the exchange offer will vote together as a single class for purposes of determining whether holders of the requisite percentage of the class have taken certain actions or exercised certain rights under the indenture.

 

Accounting Treatment

 

We will record the new notes at the same carrying value as the old notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes. The expenses of the exchange offer will be amortized over the term of the new notes.

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW NOTES

 

We issued the old notes under an indenture, dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “indenture”), between us and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “trustee”). We will issue the new notes under the same indenture under which we issued the old notes, and the new notes will represent the same debt as the old notes for which they are exchanged.

 

The indenture is governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture Act”). The terms of the notes include those stated in the indenture and those made part of the indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The registration rights agreement referred to under the caption “Registration Rights” sets forth the rights holders of the notes have to require us to register their notes with the SEC.

 

Old notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the exchange offer, together with the exchange notes, will be treated as a single class of securities under the indenture. Otherwise unqualified references herein to “notes” shall, unless the context requires otherwise, include both the old notes and the new notes, and all references to specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the notes shall be deemed to mean, at any time after the exchange offer is completed, such percentage in aggregate principal amount of the old notes and the new notes then outstanding.

 

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The terms of the new notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the existing notes, except that the new notes:

 

  will have been registered under the Securities Act;

 

  will not be subject to transfer restrictions applicable to the old notes; and

 

  will not have the benefit of the registration rights agreement applicable to the old notes.

 

We urge you to read the indenture and the registration rights agreement because they, and not this description, define your rights as a holder of the notes. Copies of the indenture and the registration rights agreement are available upon request to us at the address indicated under “Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference.”

 

You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this description under the caption “— Certain Definitions.” In this description, the words “Cadmus”, “we” or “us” refer only to Cadmus Communications Corporation and not to any of its subsidiaries.

 

General Description of the Notes

 

The Notes

 

The new notes will mature on June 15, 2014 and will initially be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $125 million. We may issue an unlimited principal amount of additional notes from time to time after this offering subject to the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” The notes and any additional notes subsequently issued under the indenture would be treated as a single class for all purposes under the indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. We will issue new notes in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.

 

Interest on the notes accrues at the rate of 8 3/8% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2004. Cadmus will make each interest payment to the holders of record on the immediately preceding and June 1 and December 1, respectively.

 

Interest on the notes will accrue from the date of original issuance or, if interest has already been paid, from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

The notes are:

 

  general unsecured obligations of Cadmus;

 

  subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt of Cadmus;

 

  pari passu in right of payment with any future senior subordinated indebtedness of Cadmus; and

 

  guaranteed by the subsidiary guarantors.

 

The Subsidiary Guarantees

 

The notes are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of our principal subsidiaries as described below under “—Certain Covenants—Guarantee by Subsidiary Guarantors.” Each subsidiary guarantee of the notes is:

 

  a general unsecured obligation of the subsidiary guarantor;

 

  subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt of the subsidiary guarantor; and

 

  pari passu in right of payment with any future senior subordinated indebtedness of the subsidiary guarantor.

 

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As of June 15, 2004, all of our subsidiaries were “restricted subsidiaries.” However, under the circumstances described below under the subheading “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” we will be permitted to designate certain of our subsidiaries as “unrestricted subsidiaries.” Any unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants in the indenture and will not guarantee the notes.

 

Each subsidiary guarantee will be subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all senior debt of that subsidiary guarantor. The obligations of each subsidiary guarantor under its subsidiary guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that subsidiary guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

 

Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes

 

All payments on notes will be made at the office or agency of the paying agent and registrar within the City and State of New York unless we elect to make interest payments by check mailed to the holders at their addresses set forth in the register of holders.

 

Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes

 

The trustee will initially act as paying agent and registrar. We may change the paying agent or registrar without prior notice to the holders, and Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries may act as paying agent or registrar.

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

A holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and we may require a holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the indenture. We are not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption. Also, we are not required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.

 

The registered holder of a note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

Subordination

 

The payment of principal, interest and premium and additional interest, if any, on the notes is subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all senior debt of Cadmus, including senior debt of Cadmus incurred after the date of the indenture.

 

The holders of senior debt of Cadmus will be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all obligations due in respect of senior debt of Cadmus (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable senior debt of Cadmus) before the holders of notes will be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the notes or any distribution of assets (except that holders of notes may receive and retain permitted junior securities and payments made from the trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance”), in the event of any distribution to creditors of Cadmus in connection with:

 

  (1) any liquidation or dissolution of Cadmus, whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

  (2) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to Cadmus or its property, whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

  (3) any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

  (4) any marshaling of Cadmus’s assets and liabilities.

 

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We also may not make any payment in respect of the notes or any distribution of assets (except in permitted junior securities or from the trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance”) if:

 

  (1) a payment default on designated senior debt of Cadmus occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period; or

 

  (2) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of designated senior debt of Cadmus that permits holders of that series of designated senior debt of Cadmus to accelerate its maturity and the trustee receives a notice of such default (a “payment blockage notice”) from us, any agent with respect to the designated senior debt or the holders of such designated senior debt (a “nonpayment default”).

 

Payments on the notes may and shall be resumed:

 

  (1) in the case of a payment default on designated senior debt of Cadmus, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived; and

 

  (2) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on which such default is cured or waived or 180 days after the date on which the applicable payment blockage notice is received by the trustee, unless the maturity of such designated senior debt of Cadmus has been accelerated.

 

No new payment blockage notice may be delivered unless and until:

 

  (1) 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior payment blockage notice; and

 

  (2) all scheduled payments of principal, interest and premium and additional interest, if any, on the notes that have come due have been paid in full in cash.

 

No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any payment blockage notice to the trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent payment blockage notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

 

If the trustee or any holder of the notes receives a payment in respect of the notes (except in permitted junior securities or from the trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance”) when:

 

  (1) the payment is prohibited by these subordination provisions; and

 

  (2) the trustee or the holder has actual knowledge that the payment is prohibited;

 

the trustee or the holder, as the case may be, shall hold the payment in trust for the benefit of the holders of senior debt of Cadmus and shall deliver notice thereof to the agent or other representative of the holders of senior debt. Upon the proper written request of the agent or the holders of designated senior debt of Cadmus, or, if no such designated senior debt exists, the holders of senior debt of Cadmus, the trustee or the holder, as the case may be, shall deliver the amounts in trust to the holders of senior debt of Cadmus or their representative.

 

We must promptly notify holders of our senior debt and any agent or other representative with respect to such senior debt if payment of the notes is accelerated because of an event of default.

 

As a result of the subordination provisions described above, in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of Cadmus, holders of notes may recover less ratably than creditors of Cadmus who are holders of senior debt of Cadmus. In addition, because the subordination provisions of the indenture require that amounts otherwise payable, or assets distributable, to holders of the notes in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding be paid to holders of senior debt instead, holders of the notes may receive less ratably than other creditors of Cadmus, including holders of trade payables in any such proceeding.

 

Payments under the subsidiary guarantee by each subsidiary guarantor will be subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all senior debt of such subsidiary guarantor, including senior debt of such subsidiary guarantor incurred after the date of the indenture, on the same basis as provided above with respect to the subordination of payments on the notes by Cadmus to the prior payment in full in cash of senior debt of Cadmus.

 

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Optional Redemption

 

Except as provided below, the notes are not redeemable at our option prior to June 15, 2009. After June 15, 2009, we may redeem all or a part of the notes, subject to any restriction or other provisions relating thereto contained in any senior debt, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2009

   104.188 %

2010

   102.792 %

2011

   101.396 %

2012 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to June 15, 2007, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the indenture, subject to any restriction or other provisions relating thereto contained in any senior debt, at a redemption price of 108.375% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more public equity offerings; provided that:

 

  (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes originally issued under the indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding notes held by Cadmus and our subsidiaries); and

 

  (2) the redemption must occur within 90 days of the date of the closing of such public equity offering.

 

If less than all of the notes are to be redeemed at any time, the trustee will select notes for redemption on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. No notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

 

If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original note will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon cancellation of the original note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on notes or portions of them called for redemption.

 

Mandatory Redemption

 

We are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the notes.

 

Repurchase Upon a Change of Control

 

If a change of control occurs, each holder of notes will have the right to require Cadmus to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of that holder’s notes pursuant to a change of control offer on the terms set forth in the indenture. In the change of control offer, we will offer a change of control payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, thereon, to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any change of control, we will mail a notice to each holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the change of control and offering to repurchase notes on the change of control payment date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the indenture and described in such notice. We will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under

 

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the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the notes as a result of a change of control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the change of control provisions of the indenture, we will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations under the change of control provisions of the indenture by virtue of such compliance.

 

On the change of control payment date, we will, to the extent lawful:

 

  (1) accept for payment all notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the change of control offer;

 

  (2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the change of control payment in respect of all notes or portions thereof so tendered; and

 

  (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the notes so accepted together with an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of notes or portions thereof being purchased by Cadmus.

 

The paying agent will promptly mail or wire transfer to each holder of notes so tendered the change of control payment for such notes, and the trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each holder a new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.

 

Prior to accepting notes for payment as provided in this “change of control” covenant, but in any event within 60 days following a change of control, we will either repay all outstanding senior debt or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all agreements governing outstanding senior debt to permit the repurchase of notes required by this covenant. We will publicly announce the results of the change of control offer on or as soon as practicable after the change of control payment date.

 

The agreements governing our outstanding designated senior debt currently prohibit us from purchasing any notes, and also provide that certain change of control events with respect to us would constitute a default under these agreements. Any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to senior debt to which we become a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a change of control occurs at a time when we are prohibited from purchasing notes, we could seek the consent of the holders of such senior debt to the purchase of notes or could attempt to refinance any such senior debt that contains such prohibition. If we do not obtain such a consent or repay such senior debt, we will remain prohibited from purchasing notes. In such case, our failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an event of default under the indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under such senior debt. In any of the foregoing circumstances, the subordination provisions in the indenture would likely restrict payments to the holders of notes.

 

The provisions described above that require us to make a change of control offer following a change of control will be applicable regardless of whether any other provisions of the indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a change of control, the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require that we repurchase or redeem the notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

 

We will not be required to make a change of control offer upon a change of control if a third party makes the change of control offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the indenture applicable to a change of control offer made by Cadmus and purchases all notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such change of control offer.

 

The definition of change of control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of Cadmus and our subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of notes to require us to repurchase such notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of Cadmus and our subsidiaries taken as a whole to another person or group may be uncertain.

 

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Certain Covenants

 

Restricted Payments

 

  (A) We will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

  (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of Cadmus’s or any of our restricted subsidiaries’ equity interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of our or any of our restricted subsidiaries’ equity interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable (i) in equity interests (other than disqualified stock) of Cadmus or (ii) to Cadmus or a restricted subsidiary of ours);

 

  (2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving us) any equity interests of Cadmus or any subsidiary of ours (other than any such equity interests owned by us or any of our restricted subsidiaries);

 

  (3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any indebtedness that is subordinated to the notes or any subsidiary guarantee, except a payment of interest or principal at the stated maturity thereof; or

 

  (4) make any restricted investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “restricted payments”),

 

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such restricted payment:

 

  (1) no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and

 

  (2) we would, at the time of such restricted payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such restricted payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional indebtedness pursuant to the fixed charge coverage ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described below under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and

 

  (3) such restricted payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other restricted payments made by us and our restricted subsidiaries after the date of the indenture (excluding restricted payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (5) and (7) of the next succeeding paragraph (B)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

  (a) 50% of the cumulative consolidated net income of Cadmus for the period (taken as one accounting period) from April 1, 2004 to the end of our most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such restricted payment (or, if such cumulative consolidated net income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus

 

  (b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by us since the date of the indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of equity interests of Cadmus (other than disqualified stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable disqualified stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Cadmus that have been converted into or exchanged for such equity interests (other than equity interests (or disqualified stock or debt securities) sold to a subsidiary of Cadmus); plus

 

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  (c) to the extent that any restricted investment that was made after the date of the indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such restricted investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such restricted investment; provided, however, that no amount shall be included under this clause (c) to the extent it is already included in consolidated net income.

 

  (B) The preceding provisions will not prohibit:

 

  (1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of the indenture;

 

  (2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated indebtedness of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor or of any equity interests of Cadmus in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a subsidiary of Cadmus) of, equity interests of Cadmus (other than disqualified stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph (A);

 

  (3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated indebtedness of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of permitted refinancing indebtedness;

 

  (4) the payment of any dividend by a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus to the holders of our common equity interests on a pro rata basis;

 

  (5) investments acquired as a capital contribution to, or in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of us; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such acquisition or exchange shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph (A);

 

  (6) the repurchase of capital stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or warrants, or lapse of restrictions on other equity interest awards to employees, if such capital stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price or award thereof;

 

  (7) repurchases by us of equity interests of Cadmus from employees of Cadmus or any of our subsidiaries pursuant to an equity incentive plan or repurchase program approved by the board of directors of Cadmus (or the compensation committee thereof), or from the authorized representatives of such employees upon the death or disability of such employees, in the aggregate not to exceed $1.0 million in any fiscal year;

 

  (8) the payment of dividends on capital stock not to exceed $3.0 million per fiscal year; or

 

  (9) other restricted payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million,

 

provided that, except in the case of clause (1), no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing as a consequence of such actions or payments.

 

The amount of all restricted payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the restricted payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by Cadmus or such subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the restricted payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this covenant shall be determined by the board of directors whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the trustee. The board of directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $10.0 million. Not later than the date of making any restricted payment (other than

 

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restricted payments permitted under clauses (B)(1) through (B)(9) above), we shall deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate stating that such restricted payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this “restricted payments” covenant were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by the indenture.

 

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

 

We will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any indebtedness (including acquired debt), and we will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries that are not subsidiary guarantors to issue any preferred stock; provided, however, that if no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such indebtedness, Cadmus and any subsidiary guarantor may incur indebtedness (including acquired debt), if the fixed charge coverage ratio for Cadmus’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional indebtedness had been incurred at the beginning of such four quarter period.

 

The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of indebtedness (collectively, “permitted debt”):

 

  (1) the incurrence by Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor of indebtedness under credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding (with letters of credit issued under the credit facilities being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $100 million, less (i) the aggregate amount of all net proceeds of asset sales applied by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary to permanently repay any such indebtedness (and, in the case of any revolving credit indebtedness, to effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder) pursuant to the covenant “asset sales” and (ii) the aggregate amount of indebtedness of securitization entities in qualified securitization transactions at the time outstanding, to the extent that the proceeds from such indebtedness are not used (within five business days after the incurrence of such indebtedness) to make mandatory principal payments or required permanent repayments in accordance with clause (i) above;

 

  (2) existing indebtedness;

 

  (3) the incurrence by Cadmus and the subsidiary guarantors of indebtedness represented by the notes and the related subsidiary guarantees issued on the date of the indenture and the new notes and the related subsidiary guarantees issued pursuant to the registration rights agreement;

 

  (4) the incurrence by Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor of indebtedness represented by capital lease obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of Cadmus or such subsidiary guarantor, in an aggregate principal amount, including all permitted refinancing indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $7.5 million at any time outstanding;

 

  (5) the incurrence by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of permitted refinancing indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness) that was permitted by the indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), or (8) of this paragraph;

 

  (6) the incurrence by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries of intercompany indebtedness owing to and held by Cadmus or any of our wholly owned restricted subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

 

  (a) if Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor is the obligor on such indebtedness and such indebtedness is owned to a restricted subsidiary that is not a guarantor, such indebtedness

 

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must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the notes, in the case of Cadmus, or the subsidiary guarantee, in the case of a subsidiary guarantor;

 

  (b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of equity interests that results in any such indebtedness being held by a person other than Cadmus or a wholly owned restricted subsidiary and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such indebtedness to a person that is not either Cadmus or a wholly owned restricted subsidiary, shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such indebtedness by Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6); and

 

  (c) indebtedness owed to Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor must be evidenced by an unsubordinated promissory note.

 

  (7) the guarantee by Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantors of indebtedness of Cadmus or a restricted subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant;

 

  (8) the incurrence by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of additional indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all permitted refinancing indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (8), not to exceed $20.0 million;

 

  (9) indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such indebtedness is extinguished within two business days of incurrence;

 

  (10) the incurrence by a securitization entity of indebtedness in a qualified securitization transaction that is not recourse to Cadmus or any subsidiary (except for standard securitization undertakings); and

 

  (11) (i) indebtedness of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries under agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case incurred in connection with the disposition of any business or assets, so long as the principal amount does not exceed the gross proceeds actually received by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary in connection with such disposition, and (ii) indebtedness of Cadmus of any of our restricted subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary, as the case may be, issued in the ordinary course of business of Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary to provide security for workers’ compensation claims or payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this “incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of preferred stock” covenant, in the event that any proposed indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted debt described in clauses (1) through (11) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, we will be permitted to classify on the date of its incurrence such item of indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant. Indebtedness under the credit agreement outstanding on the date on which notes are first issued under the indenture shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of permitted debt.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this “limitation on indebtedness and issuance of preferred stock” covenant, the maximum amount of indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this “limitation on indebtedness and issuance of preferred stock” covenant will not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding indebtedness due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.

 

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Asset Sales

 

We will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, consummate an asset sale unless:

 

  (1) Cadmus (or the restricted subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such asset sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or equity interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

 

  (2) such fair market value is determined by our board of directors and evidenced by a resolution of the board of directors set forth in an officers’ certificate delivered to the trustee (it being understood that this requirement to deliver an officers’ certificate shall be deemed satisfied so long as such officers’ certificate is delivered to the trustee on a quarterly basis with respect to transactions occurring within the preceding three months); and

 

  (3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary is in the form of cash or replacement assets or a combination of both. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

 

  (a) any liabilities (as shown on Cadmus’s or such restricted subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms pari passu or subordinated to the notes or any subsidiary guarantee and liabilities that are owed to Cadmus or any affiliate of Cadmus) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary written novation agreement that releases Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary from further liability; and

 

  (b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by Cadmus or any such restricted subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously (subject to ordinary settlement periods) converted by Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received in that conversion).

 

Within 360 days after the receipt of any net proceeds from an asset sale, we may apply such net proceeds at our option:

 

  (1) to repay senior debt and, if the senior debt repaid is revolving credit indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; or

 

  (2) to purchase replacement assets or to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a permitted business.

 

Pending the final application of any such net proceeds, we may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such net proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the indenture.

 

Any net proceeds from asset sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute “excess proceeds.” Within 30 days after the aggregate amount of excess proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, we will make an asset sale offer to all holders of notes and all holders of other indebtedness that is pari passu with the notes or any subsidiary guarantee containing provisions similar to those set forth in the indenture with respect to offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of notes and such other pari passu indebtedness that may be purchased out of the excess proceeds. The offer price in any asset sale offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any excess proceeds remain after consummation of an asset sale offer, we may use such excess proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of notes and such other pari passu indebtedness tendered into such asset sale offer exceeds the amount of excess proceeds, the trustee shall select the notes and such other pari passu indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of notes and such other pari passu indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each asset sale offer, the amount of excess proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

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We will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of notes pursuant to an asset sale offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the asset sales provisions of the indenture, we will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the asset sale provisions of the indenture by virtue of such conflict.

 

The agreements governing our outstanding designated senior debt currently prohibit us from purchasing any notes, and also provide that certain asset sale events with respect to Cadmus would constitute a default under these agreements. Any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to senior debt to which Cadmus becomes a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event an asset sale occurs at a time when Cadmus is prohibited from purchasing notes, we could seek the consent of the holders of its senior debt to the purchase of notes or could attempt to refinance any such senior debt that contain such prohibition. If we do not obtain such a consent or repay such senior debt, we will remain prohibited from purchasing notes. In such case, our failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an event of default under the indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under such senior debt. In any of the foregoing circumstances, the subordination provisions in the indenture would likely restrict payments to the holders of notes.

 

Limitation on Senior Subordinated Debt

 

We will not incur any indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any of our senior debt unless it is pari passu or subordinate in right of payment to the notes. No subsidiary guarantor will incur any indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the senior debt of such subsidiary guarantor unless it is pari passu or subordinate in right of payment to such subsidiary guarantor’s subsidiary guarantee.

 

Liens

 

We will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any lien of any kind securing indebtedness (other than permitted liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under the indenture and the notes are secured equally and ratably with (or, in the event such indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the notes or the applicable subsidiary guarantee, prior to) the indebtedness so secured until such time as such indebtedness is no longer secured by a lien.

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

 

We will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any restricted subsidiary to:

 

  (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock to Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries;

 

  (2) make loans or advances to Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries; or

 

  (3) transfer any of its properties or assets to Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries.

 

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under, by reason of or with respect to:

 

  (1) the credit agreement, existing indebtedness or any other agreements in effect on the date of the indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the indenture;

 

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  (2) the indenture, the notes and the subsidiary guarantees;

 

  (3) applicable law;

 

  (4) any person, or the property or assets of such person, acquired by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries, existing at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any person or the properties or assets of any person, other than the person, or the property or assets of such person, so acquired and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the acquisition;

 

  (5) indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a securitization entity in connection with a qualified securitization transaction or the charter documents of such securitization entity; provided that, in any case, such restrictions apply only to such securitization entity;

 

  (6) in the case of clause (3) of the first paragraph of this covenant, encumbrances or restrictions:

 

  (a) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset,

 

  (b) existing by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or lien on, any property or assets of Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by the indenture, or

 

  (c) arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary in any manner material to Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary;

 

  (7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the capital stock of, or property and assets of, a restricted subsidiary; and

 

  (8) permitted refinancing indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such permitted refinancing indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the indebtedness being refinanced.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

 

We will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into, make, amend, renew or extend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any affiliate (each, an “affiliate transaction”), unless:

 

  (1) such affiliate transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to Cadmus or the relevant restricted subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary with a person that is not an affiliate of ours; and

 

  (2) we deliver to the trustee:

 

  (a) with respect to any affiliate transaction or series of related affiliate transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $1.0 million, a resolution of the board of directors set forth in an officers’ certificate certifying that such affiliate transaction or series of related affiliate transactions complies with this covenant and that such affiliate transaction or series of related affiliate transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors; and

 

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  (b) with respect to any affiliate transaction or series of related affiliate transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary of such affiliate transaction or series of related affiliate transactions from a financial point of view issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

 

The following items shall not be deemed to be affiliate transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:

 

  (1) transactions between or among Cadmus and/or our restricted subsidiaries;

 

  (2) payment of reasonable and customary directors fees and reasonable and customary indemnification and similar arrangements;

 

  (3) restricted payments that are permitted by the provisions of the indenture described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments”;

 

  (4) any sale of capital stock (other than disqualified stock) of Cadmus;

 

  (5) any agreement as in effect as of June 15, 2004 or any amendment thereto, any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) or in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such agreement is disclosed in this Prospectus and any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on June 15, 2004; and

 

  (6) transactions effected as part of a qualified securitization transaction.

 

Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

 

The board of directors of Cadmus may designate any restricted subsidiary to be an unrestricted subsidiary; provided that:

 

  (1) any guarantee by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of any indebtedness of the subsidiary being so designated will be deemed to be an incurrence of indebtedness by Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of such designation, and such incurrence of indebtedness would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

 

  (2) the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding investments owned by Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries in the subsidiary being so designated (including any guarantee by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of any indebtedness of the such subsidiary) will be deemed to be a restricted investment made as of the time of such designation and that such Investment would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

 

  (3) the subsidiary being so designated:

 

  (a) is a person with respect to which neither Cadmus nor any of our restricted subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation, other than pursuant to standard securitization undertakings, (i) to subscribe for additional equity interests or (ii) to maintain or preserve such person’s financial condition or to cause such person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

 

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  (b) has no indebtedness a default with respect to which (including any right which the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against such subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other indebtedness of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries to declare a default on such other indebtedness of Cadmus or our restricted subsidiaries or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its final stated maturity; and

 

  (c) does not own any capital stock of, or hold any liens on any property of, Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary; and

 

  (4) no default or event of default would be in existence following such designation.

 

Any designation of a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus as an unrestricted subsidiary shall be evidenced to the trustee by filing with the trustee a certified copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the indenture.

 

The board of directors of Cadmus may at any time designate any unrestricted subsidiary to be a restricted subsidiary; provided that:

 

  (1) such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of indebtedness by a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus of any outstanding indebtedness of such unrestricted subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if such indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period;

 

  (2) all outstanding investments owned by such unrestricted subsidiary will be deemed to be made as of the time of such designation and such investments shall only be permitted if such investments would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

 

  (3) all liens of such unrestricted subsidiary existing at the time of such designation would be permitted under the caption “—Certain Covenants – Liens”; and

 

  (4) no default or event of default would be in existence following such designation.

 

Guarantee by Subsidiary Guarantors

 

Cadmus will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to guarantee or pledge any assets to secure the payment of any other indebtedness of Cadmus, unless such restricted subsidiary is a subsidiary Guarantor or simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing for the guarantee of the payment of the notes by such restricted subsidiary, which subsidiary guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such subsidiary’s guarantee of or pledge to secure such other indebtedness unless such other indebtedness is senior debt, in which case the subsidiary guarantee of the notes may be subordinated to the guarantee of such senior debt to the same extent as the notes are subordinated to such senior debt. The form of the supplemental indenture evidencing such guarantee will be attached as an exhibit to the indenture.

 

A subsidiary guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such subsidiary guarantor is the surviving person), another person, other than Cadmus or another subsidiary guarantor, unless:

 

  (1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no default or event of default exists; and

 

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  (a) the person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the obligations of that subsidiary guarantor under the indenture, its subsidiary guarantee and the registration rights agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the trustee; or

 

  (b) such sale or other disposition complies with the “asset sale” provisions of the indenture, including the application of the net proceeds therefrom.

 

The subsidiary guarantee of a subsidiary guarantor will be released:

 

  (1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of a subsidiary guarantor to a person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus, if the sale or other disposition complies with the “asset sale” provisions of the indenture;

 

  (2) if Cadmus properly designates any restricted subsidiary that is a subsidiary guarantor as an unrestricted subsidiary; or

 

  (3) in connection with the release or discharge of the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such subsidiary guarantee pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, except a discharge or release by, or as a result of, a payment under such guarantee.

 

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

 

Cadmus will not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another person (whether or not Cadmus is the surviving corporation) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of Cadmus and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another person or persons, unless:

 

  (1) either: (a) Cadmus is the surviving corporation; or (b) the person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Cadmus) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (i) is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) assumes all the obligations of Cadmus, as the case may be, under the notes, the indenture and the registration rights agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the trustee;

 

  (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no default or event of default exists;

 

  (3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, Cadmus or the person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Cadmus), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made:

 

  (a) will have consolidated net worth immediately after the transaction equal to or greater than the consolidated net worth of Cadmus immediately preceding the transaction; and

 

  (b) will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional indebtedness pursuant to the fixed charge coverage ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and

 

  (4) each subsidiary guarantor, unless such subsidiary guarantor is the person with which Cadmus has entered into a transaction under this “merger, consolidation or sale of assets” covenant, shall have by amendment to its subsidiary guarantee confirmed that its subsidiary guarantee shall apply to the obligations of Cadmus or the surviving person in accordance with the notes and the indenture.

 

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In addition, neither Cadmus nor any restricted subsidiary may, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other person. Clause (3) above of this “merger, consolidation or sale of assets” covenant will not apply to any merger, consolidation or sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among Cadmus and any of our restricted subsidiaries.

 

Business Activities

 

Cadmus will not, and will not permit any restricted subsidiary to, engage in any business other than permitted businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Payments for Consent

 

Cadmus will not, and will not permit any of our restricted subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the indenture or the notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all holders of the notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

Reports

 

Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any notes are outstanding, Cadmus will furnish to the trustee, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:

 

  (1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Cadmus were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by Cadmus’s certified independent accountants; and

 

  (2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if Cadmus were required to file such reports.

 

In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, Cadmus will file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, Cadmus and the subsidiary guarantors have agreed that, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, they will furnish to the holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

If Cadmus has designated any of its significant subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of the financial condition and results of operations of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the unrestricted subsidiaries of Cadmus.

 

Events of Default and Remedies

 

Each of the following is an event of default:

 

  (1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including any additional interest) on the notes whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the indenture;

 

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  (2) default in payment when due (whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the notes (including the failure to make a payment to purchase notes tendered pursuant to a change of control offer or an asset sale offer), whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the indenture;

 

  (3) failure by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries for 30 days after written notice by the trustee or holders representing 25% or more of the aggregate principal amount of notes outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in the indenture;

 

  (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries (other than a securitization entity) or the payment of which is guaranteed by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the indenture, if that default:

 

  (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such indebtedness at final maturity thereof; or

 

  (b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its final maturity,

 

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there has been a similar default aggregates $10.0 million or more;

 

  (5) failure by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

 

  (6) except as permitted by the indenture, any subsidiary guarantee of a significant subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any such subsidiary guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of any such subsidiary guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its subsidiary guarantee; and

 

  (7) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Cadmus or any significant subsidiary of Cadmus (or any subsidiaries that together would constitute a significant subsidiary).

 

In the case of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to Cadmus or any significant subsidiary of Cadmus (or any subsidiaries that together would constitute a significant subsidiary), all outstanding notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may declare all the notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to Cadmus specifying the respective event of default; provided, however, that so long as any indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the credit agreement shall be outstanding, the acceleration shall not be effective until the earlier of (1) an acceleration of indebtedness under the credit agreement; or (2) five business days after receipt by Cadmus and the agent under the credit agreement of written notice of the acceleration of the notes.

 

Holders of the notes may not enforce the indenture or the notes except as provided in the indenture. Subject to certain limitations, holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may direct the trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The trustee may withhold from holders of the notes notice of any default or event of default (except a default or event of default relating to the payment of principal or interest or additional interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding by notice to the trustee may on behalf of the holders of all of the notes waive any existing default or event of default and its consequences under the indenture except a continuing default or event of default in the payment of interest or additional interest on, or the principal of, the notes. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then

 

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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. However, the trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the indenture, that may involve the trustee in personal liability, or that the trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of notes not joining in the giving of such direction and may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from holders of notes. A holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to the indenture or the notes unless:

 

  (1) the holder gives the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default;

 

  (2) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding notes make a written request to the trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

  (3) such holder or holders offer the trustee indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against any costs, liability or expense;

 

  (4) the trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

 

  (5) during such 60-day period, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes do not give the trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.

 

However, such limitations do not apply to the right of any holder of a note to receive payment of the principal of, premium or additional interest, if any, or interest on, such note or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date expressed in the notes, which right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the holder.

 

In the case of any event of default occurring by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of Cadmus with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that Cadmus would have had to pay if Cadmus then had elected to redeem the notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of the indenture, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the notes. If an event of default occurs during any time that the notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of Cadmus with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the notes, then the premium specified in the indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the notes.

 

Cadmus is required to deliver to the trustee annually within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year a statement regarding compliance with the indenture. Upon becoming aware of any default or event of default, Cadmus is required to deliver to the trustee a statement specifying such default or event of default.

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of Cadmus or the subsidiary guarantors under the notes, the indenture, the subsidiary guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of notes by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

 

Cadmus may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding notes and all obligations of the subsidiary guarantors discharged with respect to their subsidiary guarantees (“legal defeasance”) except for:

 

  (1) the rights of holders of outstanding notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and additional interest, if any, on such notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to below;

 

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  (2) Cadmus’s obligations with respect to the notes concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

 

  (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the trustee, and Cadmus’s and the subsidiary guarantor’s obligations in connection therewith; and

 

  (4) the legal defeasance provisions of the indenture.

 

In addition, Cadmus may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of Cadmus and the subsidiary guarantors released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the indenture (“covenant defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants shall not constitute a default or event of default with respect to the notes. In the event covenant defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described under “events of default” will no longer constitute an event of default with respect to the notes.

 

In order to exercise either legal defeasance or covenant defeasance:

 

  (1) Cadmus must irrevocably deposit with the trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the holders of the notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable government securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, and interest and premium and additional interest, if any, on the outstanding notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and Cadmus must specify whether the notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

 

  (2) in the case of legal defeasance, Cadmus shall have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that (a) Cadmus has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the indenture, there has been a change in the applicable 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 notes 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 covenant defeasance, Cadmus shall have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that the holders of the outstanding notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

  (4) no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (a) on the date of such deposit; or (b) insofar as events of default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 

  (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 to which Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries is bound;

 

  (6) Cadmus must have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that, (1) assuming no intervening bankruptcy of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and assuming that no holder is an “insider” of Cadmus under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar state law affecting creditors and (2) the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940;

 

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  (7) Cadmus must deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by Cadmus with the intent of preferring the holders of notes over the other creditors of Cadmus with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of Cadmus or others;

 

  (8) if the notes are to be redeemed prior to their stated maturity, Cadmus must deliver to the trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem all of the notes on the specified redemption date; and

 

  (9) Cadmus must deliver to the trustee 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.

 

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

 

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the indenture or the notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the indenture or the notes may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, notes).

 

Without the consent of each holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any notes held by a non-consenting holder):

 

  (1) reduce the principal amount of notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

  (2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any note or alter the provisions, or waive any payment, with respect to the redemption of the notes;

 

  (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any note;

 

  (4) waive a default or event of default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, or liquidated damages, if any, on the notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the notes by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

  (5) make any note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;

 

  (6) make any change in the provisions of the indenture relating to waivers of past defaults or the rights of holders of notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or additional interest, if any, on the notes;

 

  (7) release any subsidiary guarantor from any of its obligations under its subsidiary guarantee or the indenture, except in accordance with the terms of the indenture;

 

  (8) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the notes or the subsidiary guarantees;

 

  (9) amend, change or modify the obligation of Cadmus to make and consummate an asset sale offer with respect to any asset sale in accordance with the “—Certain Covenants—Asset Sales” covenant or the obligation of Cadmus to make and consummate a change of control offer in the event of a change of control in accordance with the “repurchase upon a change of control” covenant, including, in each case, amending, changing or modifying any definition relating thereto;

 

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  (10) except as otherwise permitted under the “merger, consolidation or sale of assets” covenant, consent to the assignment or transfer by Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor of any of their rights or obligations under the indenture;

 

  (11) amend or modify any of the provisions of the indenture or the related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the notes or any subsidiary guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders of the notes or any subsidiary guarantee; or

 

  (12) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any holder of notes, Cadmus and the trustee may amend or supplement the indenture or the notes:

 

  (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

  (2) to provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes;

 

  (3) to provide for the assumption of Cadmus’s or any subsidiary guarantor’s obligations to holders of notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of Cadmus’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s assets;

 

  (4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the indenture of any such holder;

 

  (5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

  (6) to comply with the provision described under “Guarantee by Subsidiary Guarantors”; or

 

  (7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

The indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all notes issued thereunder, when:

 

  (1) either:

 

  (a) all notes that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to Cadmus) have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation; or

 

  (b) all notes that have not been delivered to the trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, 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 the notes not delivered to the trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and additional interest, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

  (2) no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor is a party or by which Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor is bound;

 

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  (3) Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the indenture; and

 

  (4) Cadmus has delivered irrevocable instructions to the trustee under the indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

In addition, Cadmus must deliver an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel to the trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

Concerning the Trustee

 

If the trustee becomes a creditor of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor, the indenture limits its right 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.

 

The indenture provides that in case an event of default shall occur and be continuing, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own 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 notes, unless such holder shall have offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

Book-Entry; Delivery and Form

 

We will issue new notes in exchange for existing notes currently represented by one or more fully registered global notes. The new notes will be represented by one or more fully registered global notes, and will be deposited upon issuance with DTC or a nominee of DTC.

 

We will issue new notes in certified form without interest coupons in exchange for existing notes which were issued originally in certified form without interest coupons.

 

The new notes will trade in DTC’s Same Day Funds Settlement System until maturity, and secondary market trading activity in such new notes will therefore be required by DTC to settle in immediately available funds. We cannot assure you as to the effect, if any, of settlement in immediately available funds on trading activity in the new notes.

 

So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner or holder of the global notes, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole record owner or holder of the notes represented by such global notes for all purposes under the indenture and the notes. No beneficial owners of an interest in a global note will be able to transfer that interest except in accordance with DTC’s applicable procedures, in addition to those provided for under the indenture and, if applicable, the Euroclear or Cedel.

 

Payments of the principal of, and interest on, a global note will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner thereof. Neither Cadmus, the trustee nor any paying agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a global note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

We expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest in respect of a global note will credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such global note, as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global note held through such

 

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participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in the names of nominees for such customers. Such payments will be the responsibility of such participants.

 

DTC has advised us as follows: DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code and a “Clearing Agency” registered pursuant to the provision of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities for its participants and facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Indirect access to the DTC system is available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly (“indirect participants”).

 

Neither Cadmus, nor the trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

 

If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the global notes and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days, we will issue definitive notes in exchange for the global notes.

 

Certain Definitions

 

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indenture. Reference is made to the indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

 

Acquired debt” means, with respect to any specified person:

 

  (1) indebtedness of any other person existing at the time such other person is merged with or into, or becomes a subsidiary of, such specified person, whether or not such indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other person merging with or into, or becoming a subsidiary of, such specified person; and

 

  (2) indebtedness secured by a lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified person.

 

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,” 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. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person (other than Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus) in whom a securitization entity makes an investment in connection with a qualified securitization transaction shall be deemed to be an affiliate of Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries solely by reason of such investment.

 

“Asset sale” means:

 

  (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the indenture described above under the caption “—Repurchase upon a Change of Control” and/or the provisions described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” and not by the provisions of the asset sale covenant; and

 

  (2) the issuance of equity interests by any of Cadmus’s restricted subsidiaries or the sale by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of equity interests in any of its subsidiaries.

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be asset sales:

 

  (1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million;

 

  (2) a transfer of assets between or among Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries;

 

  (3) an issuance of equity interests by a restricted subsidiary to Cadmus or to another restricted subsidiary;

 

  (4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (5) the sale of accounts receivable and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of “qualified securitization transaction” to a securitization entity for the fair market value thereof, including cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the fair market value thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP (for the purposes of this clause (5), purchase money notes shall be deemed to be cash);

 

  (6) the transfer of accounts receivable and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of qualified securitization transaction (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a securitization entity in a qualified securitization transaction;

 

  (7) the sale or other disposition of cash equivalents;

 

  (8) a restricted payment that is permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”; and

 

  (9) any sale or disposition of any property or equipment that has become damaged, worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection with the business of Cadmus or our restricted subsidiaries.

 

Attributable debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value 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 shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Beneficial owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “beneficially owns” and “beneficially owned” shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

Board of directors” means:

 

  (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;

 

  (2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

 

  (3) with respect to any other person, the board or committee of such person serving a similar function.

 

Capital lease obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Capital stock” means:

 

  (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

  (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

 

  (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

 

  (4) 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.

 

Cash equivalents” means:

 

  (1) United States dollars;

 

  (2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

 

  (3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;

 

  (4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

 

  (5) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and

 

  (6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute cash equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.

 

Change of control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

  (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

 

  (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Cadmus;

 

  (3) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting power of the voting stock of Cadmus;

 

  (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of Cadmus are not continuing directors; or

 

  (5) Cadmus consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into Cadmus, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding voting stock of Cadmus or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash,

 

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securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the voting stock of Cadmus outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for voting stock (other than disqualified stock) of the surviving or transferee person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such voting stock of such surviving or transferee person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance).

 

Consolidated cash flow” means, with respect to any specified person for any period, the consolidated net income of such person for such period plus:

 

  (1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such person and our restricted subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such consolidated net income; plus

 

  (2) fixed charges to the extent deducted in computing such consolidated net income; plus

 

  (3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such person and its subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such consolidated net income; minus

 

  (4) non-cash items increasing such consolidated net income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, the fixed charges and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus shall be added to consolidated net income to compute consolidated cash flow of Cadmus only to the extent that a corresponding amount of consolidated net income of such restricted subsidiary would be permitted to be dividended to Cadmus by such restricted subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that subsidiary or its stockholders.

 

Consolidated net income” means, with respect to any specified person for any period, the aggregate of the net income of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

 

  (1) after-tax gains from asset sales (without regard to the $1.0 million limitation set forth in the definition thereof) or abandonments or reserves relating thereto shall be excluded;

 

  (2) after-tax items classified as extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring, excluding any item or items that require an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period shall be excluded;

 

  (3) the net income (but not loss) of any person that is not a restricted subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified person or a wholly owned restricted subsidiary thereof;

 

  (4) the net income of any restricted subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that restricted subsidiary of that net income is not permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that restricted subsidiary or its equityholders;

 

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  (5) the net income of any person acquired during the specified period for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;

 

  (6) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded;

 

  (7) premiums paid and expensed during such period in connection with the refinancing of all or substantially all of Cadmus’s 9 3/4% notes in a single transaction or series of transactions and any written-off deferred loan costs during such period in connection with any such refinancing shall be excluded;

 

  (8) any non-cash compensation expense realized for grants of performance shares or stock options to officers, directors or employees of Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary shall be excluded, provided that such shares or options can be redeemed at the option of the holders thereof for capital stock of Cadmus (other than disqualified stock); and

 

  (9) the net income (but not loss) of any unrestricted subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified person or one of its subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated net worth” means, with respect to any specified person as of any date, the sum of:

 

  (1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such person and its consolidated restricted subsidiaries as set forth on the most recently available quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries (which shall be as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the date of computation, and which shall not take into account unrestricted subsidiaries); plus

 

  (2) the respective amounts reported on such person’s balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than disqualified stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such person upon issuance of such preferred stock.

 

Continuing directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of Cadmus who:

 

  (1) was a member of such board of directors on the date of the indenture; or

 

  (2) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election.

 

Credit agreement” means that certain credit agreement, dated as of January 28, 2004, by and among Cadmus, the guarantor subsidiaries named therein, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as Lead Arranger, Bank of America, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger and the other lenders named therein, including any related letters of credit, notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder, provided any such increase complies with the covenant “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) by one or more credit facilities, in which case, the credit agreement or similar agreement together with all other documents and instruments related shall constitute the “credit agreement,” whether with the same or new agents and lenders.

 

Credit facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the credit agreement (and any hedging arrangements with the lenders thereunder or affiliates of such lenders, secured by the collateral securing Cadmus’s obligations under the credit agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through a qualified securitization transaction) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by one or more of such facilities, whether with the same or new banks and lenders.

 

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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.

 

“Designated senior debt” means:

 

  (1) any indebtedness outstanding under the credit facilities; and

 

  (2) after payment in full of all obligations under the credit facilities, any other senior debt permitted under the indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been designated by Cadmus as “designated senior debt.”

 

Disqualified stock” means any capital stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any capital stock that would constitute disqualified stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require Cadmus to repurchase such capital stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute disqualified stock if the terms of such capital stock provide that Cadmus may not repurchase or redeem any such capital stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The term “disqualified stock” shall also include any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible into disqualified stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the notes mature.

 

Domestic restricted subsidiary” means any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Equity interests” means capital stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire capital stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, capital stock).

 

Existing indebtedness” means the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of Cadmus and its subsidiaries (other than indebtedness under the credit agreement) in existence on the date of the indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

 

Fair market value” means the price that would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the board of directors, whose determination shall be conclusive if evidenced by a board resolution.

 

Fixed charges” means, with respect to any specified person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

  (1) the consolidated interest expense of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with capital lease obligations, imputed interest with respect to attributable debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to hedging obligations; provided that any amount with respect to the non-cash amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs shall be excluded from consolidated interest expense; plus

 

  (2) the consolidated interest of such person and our restricted subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

 

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  (3) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of disqualified stock or preferred stock of such person or any of our restricted subsidiaries, other than dividends on equity interests payable solely in equity interests of Cadmus (other than disqualified stock) or to Cadmus or a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

Fixed charge coverage ratio” means with respect to any specified person for any period, the ratio of the consolidated cash flow of such person for such period to the fixed charges of such person for such period. In the event that the specified person or any of its subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any indebtedness or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the fixed charge coverage ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the fixed charge coverage ratio is made (the “calculation date”), then the fixed charge coverage ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

 

In addition, for purposes of calculating the fixed charge coverage ratio:

 

  (1) acquisitions and dispositions of business entities or property and assets constituting a division or line of business of any person that have been made by the specified person or any of our restricted subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the calculation date shall be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and consolidated cash flow for such reference period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act;

 

  (2) the consolidated cash flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

 

  (3) the fixed charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such fixed charges will not be obligations of the specified person or any of its subsidiaries following the calculation date; and

 

  (4) consolidated interest expense attributable to interest on any indebtedness (whether existing or being incurred) computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the calculation date (taking into account any interest rate option, swap, cap or similar agreement applicable to such indebtedness if such agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining term of such indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire period.

 

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, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and in the 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 were in effect on June 15, 2004.

 

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, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any indebtedness.

 

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Hedging obligations” means, with respect to any specified person, the obligations of such person under:

 

  (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such person against fluctuations in interest rates; and

 

  (2) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such person against fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

“Incur” means, with respect to any indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such indebtedness; provided that (1) any indebtedness of a person existing at the time such person becomes a restricted subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by such restricted subsidiary at the time it becomes a restricted subsidiary and (2) neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount nor the payment of interest in the form of additional indebtedness (to the extent provided for when the indebtedness on which such interest is paid was originally issued) shall be considered an incurrence of indebtedness.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified person, any indebtedness of such person, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

 

  (1) borrowed money;

 

  (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), but excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) securing obligations described in clause (5) below entered into in the ordinary course of business of such person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third business day following receipt by such person of a demand for reimbursement);

 

  (3) banker’s acceptances;

 

  (4) capital lease obligations and attributable debt;

 

  (5) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable;

 

  (6) hedging obligations, other than hedging obligations that are incurred for the purpose of protecting Cadmus or our restricted subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates, and not for speculative purposes, and that do not increase the indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; or

 

  (7) disqualified stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued dividends.

 

In addition, the term “indebtedness” includes (x) all indebtedness of others secured by a lien on any asset of the specified person (whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by the specified person), provided that the amount of such indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such indebtedness, and (y) to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified person of any indebtedness of any other person. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any disqualified stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such disqualified stock as if such disqualified stock were purchased on any date on which indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such disqualified stock, such fair market shall be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the issuer of such disqualified stock.

 

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The amount of any indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, and shall be:

 

  (1) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and

 

  (2) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other indebtedness;

 

provided that the obligation to repay money borrowed and set aside at the time of the incurrence of any indebtedness in order to pre-fund the payment of the interest on such indebtedness shall be deemed not to be “Indebtedness” so long as such money is held to secure the payment of such interest.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any person, all direct or indirect investments by such person in other persons (including affiliates) in the forms of loans or other extensions of credit (including guarantees or other arrangements, but excluding advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of Cadmus or our restricted subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business), advances (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made consistent with past practices), capital contributions (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of indebtedness, equity interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

If Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus sells or otherwise disposes of any equity interests of any direct or indirect restricted subsidiary of Cadmus such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such person is no longer a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus, Cadmus shall be deemed to have made an investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the investment in such restricted subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The acquisition by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus of a person that holds an investment in a third person shall be deemed to be an investment by Cadmus or such restricted subsidiary in such third person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the investment held by the acquired person in such third person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, 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 statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

Net income” means, with respect to any specified person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

 

Net proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries in respect of any asset sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any asset sale), net of the direct costs relating to such asset sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of indebtedness, secured by a lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such asset sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

 

9 3/4% notes” means Cadmus’s 9 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2009 issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of June 1, 1999 among Cadmus, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly First Union National Bank), as trustee.

 

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Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness.

 

Permitted business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries on the date of the indenture and other businesses reasonably similar, related or ancillary thereto or constituting a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof.

 

“Permitted investments” means:

 

  (1) any investment in Cadmus or in a wholly owned restricted subsidiary of Cadmus that is a subsidiary guarantor;

 

  (2) any investment in cash equivalents;

 

  (3) any investment by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus in a person, if as a result of such investment:

 

  (a) such person becomes a wholly owned restricted subsidiary of Cadmus that is a subsidiary guarantor; or

 

  (b) such person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Cadmus or a wholly owned restricted subsidiary of Cadmus that is a subsidiary guarantor;

 

  (4) any investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an asset sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Asset Sales”;

 

  (5) investments acquired solely in exchange for the issuance of equity interests (other than disqualified stock) of Cadmus;

 

  (6) hedging obligations that are incurred for the purpose of protecting Cadmus or our restricted subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates, and not for speculative purposes, and that do not increase the indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;

 

  (7) other investments in any person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other investments made pursuant to this clause (7) since the date of the indenture, not to exceed $5.0 million;

 

  (8) investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers;

 

  (9) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments;

 

  (10) loans and advances to employees and officers of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

  (11) any investment by Cadmus or a restricted subsidiary of Cadmus in a securitization entity or any investment by a securitization entity in any other person in connection with a qualified securitization transaction; provided that any investment in a securitization entity is in the form of a purchase money note or an equity interest; and

 

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  (12) investments in permitted businesses made by Cadmus or any wholly owned restricted subsidiary of Cadmus that is a subsidiary guarantor having an aggregate fair market value, when taken together with all other investments made pursuant to this clause (12) after June 15, 2004, not to exceed $8.0 million (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 

Permitted junior securities” means:

 

  (1) equity interests in Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor or any other business entity provided for by a plan of reorganization; or

 

  (2) debt securities of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor or any other business entity provided for by a plan of reorganization, in each case, that are subordinated to all senior debt and any debt securities issued in exchange for senior debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the notes and the subsidiary guarantees are subordinated to senior debt under the indenture.

 

Permitted liens” means:

 

  (1) liens on the assets of Cadmus and any subsidiary guarantor securing senior debt that is permitted by the terms of the indenture to be incurred;

 

  (2) liens securing the notes and the subsidiary guarantees;

 

  (3) liens in favor of Cadmus or any wholly owned restricted subsidiary of Cadmus on assets of any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus;

 

  (4) liens on property of a person existing at the time such person is merged with or into or consolidated with Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus; provided that such liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the person merged into or consolidated with Cadmus or the restricted subsidiary;

 

  (5) liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus, provided that such liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by Cadmus or the restricted subsidiary;

 

  (6) liens existing on the date of the indenture;

 

  (7) liens securing permitted refinancing indebtedness which is incurred to refinance any indebtedness which has been secured by a lien permitted under the indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the provisions of the indenture; provided that such liens:

 

  (a) are no less favorable to the holders and are not more favorable to the lienholders with respect to such liens than the liens in respect of the indebtedness being refinanced; and

 

  (b) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries not securing the indebtedness so refinanced;

 

  (8) liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of Cadmus or any restricted subsidiary of Cadmus with respect to obligations that do not exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

  (9) liens to secure indebtedness (including capital lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness) permitted by clause (4) of the second paragraph of the covenant entitled “Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covering only the assets acquired with such indebtedness;

 

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  (10) liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either:

 

  (a) not delinquent; or

 

  (b) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;

 

  (11) statutory liens of landlords and liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen and repairmen and other liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;

 

  (12) liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money-bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

 

  (13) judgment liens not giving rise to an event of default so long as any such lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

 

  (14) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries;

 

  (15) liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any person securing such person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

  (16) liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

 

  (17) liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off;

 

  (18) liens securing indebtedness that constitute hedging obligations;

 

  (19) liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods; and

 

  (20) liens on assets transferred to a securitization entity or on assets of a securitization entity, in either case incurred in connection with a qualified securitization transaction.

 

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Permitted refinancing indebtedness” means any indebtedness of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other indebtedness of Cadmus or any of our restricted subsidiaries (other than intercompany indebtedness); provided that:

 

  (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such permitted refinancing indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount of any reasonably determined premium necessary to accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith);

 

  (2) such permitted refinancing indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

 

  (3) if the indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the notes or the subsidiary guarantees, such permitted refinancing indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of notes as those contained in the documentation governing the indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

 

  (4) if the indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is pari passu in right of payment to the notes or the subsidiary guarantees, such permitted refinancing indebtedness is pari passu or subordinated in right of payment to the notes; and

 

  (5) such indebtedness is incurred either by Cadmus or by the restricted subsidiary who is the obligor on the indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

 

Public equity offering” means an offer and sale of common stock (other than disqualified stock) of Cadmus pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of Cadmus).

 

Purchase money indebtedness” means indebtedness of Cadmus and our restricted subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price, or the cost of construction or improvement, of property or equipment.

 

Purchase money note” means a promissory note of a securitization entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus in connection with a qualified securitization transaction to a securitization entity, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the securitization entity, other than amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables.

 

Qualified securitization transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to which Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a securitization entity (in the case of a transfer by Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries) or (b) any other person (in the case of a transfer by a securitization entity), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.

 

Replacement assets” means (1) non-current tangible assets that will be used or useful in a permitted business or (2) substantially all the assets of a permitted business or a majority of the voting stock of any person engaged in a permitted business that will become on the date of acquisition thereof a restricted subsidiary.

 

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Restricted investment” means an investment other than a permitted investment.

 

Restricted subsidiary” of a person means any subsidiary of the referent person that is not an unrestricted subsidiary.

 

“Sale and leaseback transaction” means, with respect to any person, any transaction involving any of the assets or properties of such person whether now owned or hereafter acquired, whereby such person sells or transfers such assets or properties and then or thereafter leases such assets or properties or any part thereof.

 

Securitization entity” means a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cadmus (or another person in which Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus makes an investment and to which Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the board of directors of Cadmus (as provided below) as a securitization entity:

 

  (a) no portion of the indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of which:

 

  (i) is guaranteed by Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, indebtedness) pursuant to standard securitization undertakings);

 

  (ii) is recourse to or obligates Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus in any way other than pursuant to standard securitization undertakings; or

 

  (iii) subjects any property or asset of Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to standard securitization undertakings;

 

  (b) with which neither Cadmus nor any subsidiary of Cadmus has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to Cadmus or such subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from persons that are not affiliates of Cadmus, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity; and

 

  (c) to which neither Cadmus nor any subsidiary of Cadmus has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

 

Any such designation by the board of directors of Cadmus shall be evidenced to the trustee by filing with the trustee a resolution of the board of directors of Cadmus giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

Senior debt” means:

 

  (1) all indebtedness of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor outstanding under the credit facilities or any guarantee thereof and all hedging obligations with respect thereto;

 

  (2) any other indebtedness of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of the indenture, unless the instrument under which such indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the notes or any subsidiary guarantee; and

 

  (3) all other obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1) and (2).

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, senior debt will not include:

 

  (1) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor;

 

  (2) any indebtedness of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor to any subsidiaries or other affiliates of Cadmus;

 

  (3) any trade payables;

 

  (4) the portion of any indebtedness that is incurred in violation of the indenture;

 

  (5) any indebtedness of Cadmus or any subsidiary guarantor that, when incurred, was without recourse to Cadmus or such subsidiary guarantor;

 

  (6) any repurchase, redemption or other obligation in respect of disqualified stock or any rights with respect thereto; or

 

  (7) any indebtedness owed to any employee of Cadmus or any of its subsidiaries.

 

“Significant subsidiary” means any subsidiary that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.

 

Standard securitization undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by Cadmus or any subsidiary of Cadmus which are reasonably customary in accounts receivable transactions.

 

Stated maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such indebtedness, and shall 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 specified 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 one or more subsidiaries of such person (or any combination thereof).

 

Subsidiary guarantee” means the guarantee by any subsidiary guarantor of Cadmus’s payment obligations under the notes on a senior subordinated basis.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors” means:

 

  (1) each of Cadmus International Holdings, Inc., Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc., Cadmus Printing Group, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, Washburn Graphics, Inc., Cadmus Investments, LLC and CDMS Management, LLC; and

 

  (2) any other restricted subsidiary that executes a guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the indenture;

 

and their respective successors and assigns until released from their obligations under their guarantees and the indenture in accordance with the terms of the indenture.

 

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Unrestricted subsidiary” means any subsidiary of Cadmus that is designated by the board of directors as an unrestricted subsidiary pursuant to a board resolution in compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants – Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” and any subsidiary of such subsidiary.

 

Voting stock” of any person as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such person.

 

Weighted average life to maturity” means, when applied to any indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

  (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

  (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness.

 

Wholly owned restricted subsidiary” of any specified person means a restricted subsidiary of such person all of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such person or by one or more wholly owned restricted subsidiaries of such person.

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

We entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers. Under the registration rights agreement, we agreed for the benefit of the holders of the original notes, that we will, at our cost and subject to certain exceptions, consummate the exchange offer described in this prospectus. For details regarding the exchange offer, see “The Exchange Offer.”

 

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement, we agreed to:

 

  file by the 90th day after the date we issued the notes, a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange the notes for the exchange notes that are identical in all material respects to the notes except that they will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions or registration rights and will be registered under the Securities Act;

 

  cause the registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act by the 180th day after the date on which we issued the notes; and

 

  consummate the offer to exchange by the 30th day after the effective date of the registration statement.

 

In addition, under certain circumstances, we may be required to file a shelf registration statement to cover resales of the notes held by you.

 

If we do not comply with certain covenants set forth in the registration rights agreement, we must pay additional interest to holders of the notes.

 

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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

Set forth below is a discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exchange as well as the ownership and disposition of the new notes. This discussion is based on the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), final, temporary and proposed tax regulations issued thereunder (“Treasury Regulations”), and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject to change (possibly on a retroactive basis).

 

This summary is intended for general information only and does not purport to address all of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to a holder of notes. The tax treatment of a holder of notes will vary depending on its particular situation. For example, certain holders may be subject to special rules not discussed herein (including, for example, individual retirement and other tax-deferred accounts, insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions, broker-dealers, U.S. persons whose functional currency (as defined in Section 985 of the Code) is not the U.S. dollar, and persons holding notes as part of a hedging transaction, “straddle,” conversion transaction or other integrated transactions). In addition, this discussion only addresses the tax consequences of the exchange and ownership of notes to holders that acquired the old notes upon original issuance at their “issue price” as defined in Section 1273 of the Code and who hold both the old and new notes as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. As used herein, the term “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of a note who is for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (1) a citizen or individual resident of the U.S.; (2) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the U.S. or of any political subdivision thereof; (3) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (4) a trust if both (A) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust, and (B) one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. As used herein, the term “non-U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is not a U.S. holder.

 

If any notes are held by a partnership, the tax treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partners in partnerships holding notes should consult their tax advisors.

 

EACH HOLDER SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES SET FORTH BELOW AND ANY OTHER U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, ESTATE OR FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF EXCHANGING AND HOLDING THE NOTES.

 

Tax Consequences of the Exchange

 

The exchange of old notes for new notes in the exchange offer will not be treated as an “exchange” for federal income tax purposes because the new notes do not differ materially in kind or extent from the old notes. Accordingly:

 

  holders will not recognize taxable gain or loss upon the receipt of new notes in exchange for old notes in the exchange offer;

 

  the holding period for a new note received in the exchange offer will include the holding period of the old note surrendered in exchange therefor; and

 

  the adjusted tax basis of a new note immediately after the exchange will be the same as the adjusted tax basis of the old note surrendered in exchange therefor.

 

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders

 

Stated Interest

 

A U.S. holder of a new note will be required to include in gross income the stated interest on a new note in accordance with the U.S. holder’s regular method of tax accounting. As a general rule, a U.S. holder of a new note using the accrual method of tax accounting is required to include stated interest on a new note in gross income as such interest accrues, while a cash basis U.S. holder must include stated interest on a new note in gross income when cash payments of such interest are received (or made available for receipt) by such U.S. holder.

 

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Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of a Note

 

Upon the sale or other taxable disposition of a new note, the U.S. holder of such note generally will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between (1) the amount of cash and the fair market value of property received (other than the portion of such amount, if any, attributable to accrued and unpaid interest not previously included in gross income, which amount will be treated as interest received), and (2) the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the new note. A U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in a new note generally will equal the cost of the old note to the U.S. holder, subject to certain adjustments. Provided that the new note is a capital asset in the hands of the U.S. holder and has been held for more than one year, any gain or loss recognized by the U.S. holder generally will be a long-term capital gain or loss and, in the case of certain non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals), will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax at preferential rates.

 

U.S. Federal Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders

 

The discussion set forth below is a summary of certain U.S. federal income and withholding tax considerations that may be relevant to a non-U.S. holder of new notes.

 

A non-U.S. holder of a new note generally will not be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax in respect of payments of interest on the new note, provided that the interest income of the non-U.S. holder qualifies for the “portfolio interest exception” and is not effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. A non-U.S. holder of a new note generally will qualify for the portfolio interest exception if:

 

  the non-U.S. holder does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock;

 

  the non-U.S. holder is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us through stock ownership; and

 

  the non-U.S. holder is not a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

If a non-U.S. holder of a new note is engaged in a trade or business in the U.S. and interest on the new note is effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, such non-U.S. holder, although exempt from the U.S. federal withholding tax (provided the non-U.S. holder files the appropriate certification with us or our U.S. agent), generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such interest in the same manner as if it were a U.S. holder. In addition, if such non-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% of its effectively connected earnings and profits (subject to adjustment) for that taxable year unless it qualifies for a lower rate under an applicable income tax treaty.

 

If the interest income of a non-U.S. holder does not qualify for the portfolio interest exception (described above), and is not effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, it is subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a 30% rate unless the holder establishes it is entitled to an exemption or a reduced rate of tax pursuant to a treaty between the U.S. and the non-U.S. holder’s country of residence. Generally, the tax is only payable to the extent payments are made with respect to the new notes. Accordingly, if a non-U.S. holder receives an interest or principal payment with respect to the new notes that is subject to the 30% tax, the portion of such payment which is taxable is equal to the accrued interest on such notes that has not previously been subject to tax. This could include both the interest that accrued since the last payment date and, to the extent not previously taxed, prior period interest accruals.

 

To claim the benefit of a tax treaty or any exemption from withholding either under the portfolio interest exception or because the income is effectively connected to a U.S. trade or business, the non-U.S. holder must provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8IMY or W-ECI, as applicable, prior to the payment of the interest. These forms must be periodically updated. The Treasury Department issued new tax regulations that took effect on January 1, 2001 relating to the withholding of payments made to foreign persons. Non-U.S. holder are advised to consult their tax advisors to ensure compliance with the new rules.

 

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Any capital gain realized upon a sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of a new note by a non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless (i) such gain is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business of the non-U.S. holder, or (ii) in the case of an individual, such non-U.S. holder is present in the U.S. for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition and certain other conditions are satisfied.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

 

In general, information reporting requirements will apply to certain U.S. holders who are not corporations with respect to payments of principal and interest on a new note and to the proceeds of the sale of a new note. Information reporting requirements generally will not apply to payments of interest and principal on a new note to a non-U.S. holder who has certified its non-U.S. status on properly executed IRS forms, as described above.

 

A holder of new notes also may be subject, under certain circumstances, to backup withholding with respect to payments received with respect to the new notes. This withholding generally applies:

 

  if the holder fails to furnish a social security or other taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) in the manner required by the Treasury Regulations or furnished an incorrect TIN;

 

  if we are notified by the IRS that such holder has failed to properly report payments of interest or dividends and the IRS has notified us or our agent that such holder is subject to backup withholding; or

 

  if the holder fails, under certain circumstances, to provide a certified statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that the TIN provided is such holder’s correct TIN and that such holder is not subject to backup withholding.

 

Any amount withheld from a payment to a holder under the backup withholding rules is allowable as a refundable credit against such holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. Certain holders are not subject to backup withholding, including, among others, corporations and a non-U.S. holder who has certified its non-U.S. status on properly executed IRS forms or has otherwise established an exemption (provided that neither us or our agent has actual knowledge that such holder is a U.S. person or that the conditions of any other exemption are not in fact satisfied). Holders should consult their tax advisors as to their ability to qualify for an exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining such an exemption.

 

The foregoing discussion is intended for general information and is not tax advice. Accordingly, each holder should consult its own tax advisor as to the particular tax consequences to such holder of the exchange of notes, and the ownership and disposition of new notes, including the applicability and effect of any state, local, or foreign tax laws and any recent or prospective changes in applicable tax laws.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that you will be allowed to resell the new notes to the public without registration under the Securities Act, and without delivering a prospectus that satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, if:

 

  you are acquiring the new notes in the ordinary course of your business;

 

  you are not engaged in, and you do not intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the federal securities laws) of the new notes;

 

  you have no arrangement or understanding with anyone to participate in a distribution of the new notes; and

 

  you are not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of Cadmus.

 

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If our belief is inaccurate and you transfer any new certificate without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an exemption from registration of your notes from these requirements, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. We do not assume any liability or indemnify you against any liability under the Securities Act.

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account pursuant to the registered exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new notes during the exchange offer registration period (generally, the 180-day period following the consummation of the exchange offer). This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new notes received in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Cadmus and the guarantors have agreed that, during the exchange offer registration period, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

 

Cadmus and the guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new notes by broker-dealers. New notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new notes. Any broker-dealer that resells new notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit from any such resale of new notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

During the exchange offer registration period, Cadmus and the guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer other than dealers’ and brokers’ discounts, commissions and counsel fees and will indemnify the holders of the old notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the new notes will be passed upon for us by Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond, Virginia.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements and schedules of Cadmus Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2003 and 2002, and for the two years then ended, included or incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2003, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included or incorporated by reference therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

Our financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2003, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent auditors as stated in their report with respect thereto. We have been unable to obtain, after reasonable efforts, a written consent from Arthur Andersen LLP to incorporate by reference its report on the financial statements in this prospectus. Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act permits us to use this prospectus without a written consent from Arthur Andersen LLP. The absence of such written consent may limit a shareholder’s ability to assert claims against Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP or any omissions to state a material fact required to be stated therein.

 

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LOGO

Offer to Exchange

 

$125,000,000

 

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

That Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933

For $125,000,000 Outstanding Unregistered

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 


 

PROSPECTUS

            , 2004

 


 

Until         , 2004, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus where acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account pursuant to the registered exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer during the exchange offer registration period (generally, the 180-day period following the consummation of the exchange offer) in connection with resales of new notes received in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Cadmus and the guarantors have agreed that, during the exchange offer registration period, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”


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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

As permitted by Virginia law, the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cadmus Communications Corporation limit the liability of officers and directors to Cadmus Communications Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages except for liabilities resulting from such persons having engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or any federal or state securities law. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation eliminate director and officer liability to Cadmus or its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted under Virginia corporate law, as now or hereafter in effect. Virginia corporate law permits, and the Restated Articles of Incorporation require, indemnification of Cadmus’s directors against all liabilities imposed or asserted against them by reason of having been a director of Cadmus (including derivative actions), except in the case of willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. The Restated Articles of Incorporation also permit Cadmus to indemnify officers, employees or agents of Cadmus to the same extent as is mandated for directors. The Restated Articles of Incorporation require indemnification of directors, and permit indemnification of officers, to the fullest extent permitted under Virginia corporate law, as now or hereafter in effect.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling Cadmus pursuant to the foregoing provisions, Cadmus has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Exhibits

 

The following instruments and documents are included as Exhibits to this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit


2.1   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1999, by and among Cadmus Communications Corporation, Melham U.S. Inc., Purico (IOM) Limited and Paul F. Mack (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 1, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
2.2   Stock and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1999, by and among Mack Printing Company, Mack Printing Group, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, Port City Press, Inc., Melham, Inc. and G. S. Mezzanine Partners, L.P., G. S. Mezzanine Partners Offshore, L.P., Stone Street Fund 1997, L.P. and Bridge Street Fund 1997, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 1, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
2.3   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 20, 1999, by and among Washburn Graphics, Inc., Washburn of New York, Inc., Cadmus Communications Corporation and R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 1, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
3.1   Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cadmus Communications Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1993 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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3.2   Bylaws of Cadmus Communications Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 23, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.5   Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009, Series A and Series B Indenture dated June 1, 1999, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Washburn Graphics, Inc., American Graphics, Inc., Expert Graphics, Inc., Cadmus Direct Marketing, Inc., Three Score, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc., Mack Printing Group, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, each of the Cadmus Communications Corporation’s restricted subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such restricted subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this indenture as a Guarantor and First Union National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed July 19, 1999 (SEC File No. 333-83121)).
4.6   Rights Agreement dated as of February 15, 1999 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and First Union National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed February 11, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.7   Amendment dated as of February 17, 2000 to Rights Agreement dated as of February 15, 1999 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and First Union National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 17, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.8   Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 3, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.9*   Indenture dated as of June 15, 2004, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, each of the Guarantors (as defined therein) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee.
4.10*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 15, 2004, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, certain guarantors named therein and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC on behalf of the Initial Purchasers.
4.11*   Form of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (included in Exhibit 4.9).
4.12*   Form of Subsidiary Guarantees related to the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (included in Exhibit 4.9).
5.1*   Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP, as to the validity of the new notes.
8.1*   Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP, as to certain tax matters.
10.1   Cadmus FY 2003 Executive Incentive Plan dated August 13, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.2   Cadmus Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as restated effective July 1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.3   Cadmus 1984 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1985 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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10.4   Cadmus 1992 Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form SE dated September 25, 1992).
10.5   Cadmus 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan, as amended through February 17, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.6   Cadmus 1990 Long Term Stock Incentive Plan, as amended effective May 10, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.11   Employment Agreement dated as of July 1, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce V. Thomas (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.17   Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of May 17, 2000 between the Sellers (named therein), Cadmus Receivables Corp., and Cadmus Communications Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.18.2   Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 20, 2002 among Cadmus Receivables Corp., as Seller, Cadmus Communications Corporation, as Master Servicer, Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation, as Purchaser, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.18.3   First Amendment, dated as of March 27, 2003, to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 20, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.19   Retirement Agreement dated as of May 10, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and C. Stephenson Gillispie (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.20   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Wayne B. Luck (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.22   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce G. Willis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.25   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Gerard P. Lux, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.28   Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between XYVISION Enterprises, Inc. and Cadmus Communications Corporation dated as of February 16, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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10.29   $105,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 among Cadmus Communications Corporation, the Banks listed therein, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent, First Union National Bank, as Syndication Agent and Wachovia, N.A., as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.30   Swing Line Note pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31   Revolving Credit Note pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31.1   First Amendment dated as of June 21, 2002 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 21, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31.2   Second Amendment dated November 1, 2002 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31.3   Third Amendment dated as of July 3, 2003 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.32   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Joseph J. Ward (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.33   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Mark R. Ploucha (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.34   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of May 9, 2002 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Stephen E. Hare (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.35   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of May 9, 2002 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Lisa S. Licata (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.36   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of July 1, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce V. Thomas (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.37   Non-Qualified Savings Plan, as adopted effective March 15, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed March 15, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-84390)).
10.38   Agreement dated as of June 30, 2003 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Joseph J. Ward (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.39   Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2003, by and between Datamatics Technologies Limited and Cadmus KnowledgeWorks International LTD (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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10.40   Agreement dated January 20, 2003, between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Paul K. Suijk (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.41   Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004 among Cadmus Communications Corporation, the lenders party thereto, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as Co-Lead Arranger, Bank of America, N.A., as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent and BNP Paribas, ING Capital LLC, and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, as Co-Documentation Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2004 (Commission File No. 0-12954)).
10.42   Receivables Reassignment and Termination Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004, by and among Cadmus Receivables Corp. (the “Seller”), Cadmus Communications Corporation (the “Master Servicer”), Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation (the “Purchaser”), Wachovia Bank, National Association (the “Agent”), Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc. and Washburn Graphics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2004 (Commission File No. 0-12954)).
10.43   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 30, 2003 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce V. Thomas (incorporated by reference in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2004 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
12.1*   Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
13   Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 (incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
21*   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
23.1*   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*   Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
25.1*   Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, on Form T–1, of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee.
99.1*   Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*  

Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute

Form W–9.

99.3*   Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.4*   Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
99.5*   Form of Letter to Clients.
99.6*   Form of Exchange Agent Agreement.

* Indicates exhibits furnished herewith.

 

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Item 22. Undertakings

 

The undersigned Registrant 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 of 1933;

 

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the 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) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% 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 the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post–effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.

 

(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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(d) To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

 

(e) To supply by means of a post–effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and Cadmus being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the Registration Statement when it became effective.

 

(f) 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 in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement on Form S-4 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 24th day of August, 2004.

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

CADMUS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.

By:

 

*/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

CADMUS JOURNAL SERVICES, INC.

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

CADMUS MARKETING GROUP, INC.

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

CADMUS PRINTING GROUP, INC.

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

MACK PRINTING COMPANY

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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PORT CITY PRESS, INC.

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

SCIENCE CRAFTSMAN INCORPORATED

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

WASHBURN GRAPHICS, INC.

By:

 

* /s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


   

Bruce V. Thomas

   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

CADMUS INVESTMENTS, LLC

By:

 

/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. SCHOOLS


   

Christopher T. Schools

   

Manager, President and Assistant Treasurer

CDMS MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:

 

* /s/ LISA S. LICATA


   

Lisa S. Licata

   

Manager and President

 

* By:

 

/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. SCHOOLS


   

Christopher T. Schools

   

Power-of-Attorney

 

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CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and

Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ MARTINA L. BRADFORD


Martina L. Bradford

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ THOMAS E. COSTELLO


Thomas E. Costello

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

G. Waddy Garrett

  

Director

   

/s/ KEITH HAMILL


Keith Hamill

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ EDWARD B. HUTTON, JR.


Edward B. Hutton, Jr.

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

Thomas C. Norris

  

Chairman of the Board

   

/s/ NATHU R. PURI


Nathu R. Puri

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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/s/ RUSSELL M. ROBINSON, II


Russell M. Robinson, II

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ JAMES E. ROGERS


James E. Rogers

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ WALLACE STETTINIUS


Wallace Stettinius

  

Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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CADMUS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

President, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

Vice President – Finance

and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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CADMUS JOURNAL SERVICES, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

Chairman, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

President and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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CADMUS MARKETING GROUP, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

President, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

Vice President – Finance

and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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CADMUS PRINTING GROUP, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

President, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

Vice President – Finance

and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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MACK PRINTING COMPANY

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

Chairman, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

Vice President and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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PORT CITY PRESS, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

Chairman, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

President and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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SCIENCE CRAFTSMAN INCORPORATED

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

President, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

Vice President – Finance

and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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WASHBURN GRAPHICS, INC.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ BRUCE V. THOMAS


Bruce V. Thomas

  

Chairman, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ PAUL K. SUIJK


Paul K. Suijk

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE


Stephen E. Hare

  

Vice President and Director

  August 18, 2004

/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

Vice President, Secretary

and Director

  August 18, 2004

 

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CADMUS INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. SCHOOLS


Christopher T. Schools

  

President, Assistant Treasurer

and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ BETH LUCAS


Beth Lucas

  

Treasurer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ GORDON W. STEWART


Gordon W. Stewart

  

Secretary and Manager

  August 18, 2004

 

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CDMS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce V. Thomas, Paul K. Suijk and Christopher T. Schools his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the SEC or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ LISA S. LICATA


Lisa S. Licata

  

President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer

  August 18, 2004

/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. SCHOOLS


Christopher T. Schools

  

Treasurer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  August 18, 2004

/s/ HAI TRAN


Hai Tran

  

Vice President and Manager

  August 18, 2004

/s/ GORDON W. STEWART


Gordon W. Stewart

  

Secretary and Manager

  August 18, 2004

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following instruments and documents are included as Exhibits to this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit
Number


 

Description of Exhibit


2.1   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1999, by and among Cadmus Communications Corporation, Melham U.S. Inc., Purico (IOM) Limited and Paul F. Mack (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 1, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
2.2   Stock and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1999, by and among Mack Printing Company, Mack Printing Group, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, Port City Press, Inc., Melham, Inc. and G. S. Mezzanine Partners, L.P., G. S. Mezzanine Partners Offshore, L.P., Stone Street Fund 1997, L.P. and Bridge Street Fund 1997, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 1, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
2.3   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 20, 1999, by and among Washburn Graphics, Inc., Washburn of New York, Inc., Cadmus Communications Corporation and R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 1, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
3.1   Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cadmus Communications Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1993 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
3.2   Bylaws of Cadmus Communications Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 23, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.5   Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009, Series A and Series B Indenture dated June 1, 1999, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Washburn Graphics, Inc., American Graphics, Inc., Expert Graphics, Inc., Cadmus Direct Marketing, Inc., Three Score, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc., Mack Printing Group, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, each of the Cadmus Communications Corporation’s restricted subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such restricted subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this indenture as a Guarantor and First Union National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed July 19, 1999 (SEC File No. 333-83121)).
4.6   Rights Agreement dated as of February 15, 1999 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and First Union National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed February 11, 1999 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.7   Amendment dated as of February 17, 2000 to Rights Agreement dated as of February 15, 1999 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and First Union National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 17, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
4.8   Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 3, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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4.9*   Indenture dated as of June 15, 2004, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, each of the Guarantors (as defined therein) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee.
4.10*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 15, 2004, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, certain guarantors named therein and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC on behalf of the Initial Purchasers.
4.11*   Form of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (included in Exhibit 4.9).
4.12*   Form of Subsidiary Guarantees related to the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (included in Exhibit 4.9).
5.1*   Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP, as to the validity of the new notes.
8.1*   Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP, as to certain tax matters.
10.1   Cadmus FY 2003 Executive Incentive Plan dated August 13, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.2   Cadmus Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as restated effective July 1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.3   Cadmus 1984 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1985 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.4   Cadmus 1992 Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form SE dated September 25, 1992).
10.5   Cadmus 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan, as amended through February 17, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.6   Cadmus 1990 Long Term Stock Incentive Plan, as amended effective May 10, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.11   Employment Agreement dated as of July 1, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce V. Thomas (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.17   Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of May 17, 2000 between the Sellers (named therein), Cadmus Receivables Corp., and Cadmus Communications Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.18.2   Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 20, 2002 among Cadmus Receivables Corp., as Seller, Cadmus Communications Corporation, as Master Servicer, Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation, as Purchaser, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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10.18.3   First Amendment, dated as of March 27, 2003, to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of November 20, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.19   Retirement Agreement dated as of May 10, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and C. Stephenson Gillispie (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.20   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Wayne B. Luck (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.22   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce G. Willis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.25   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Gerard P. Lux, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.28   Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between XYVISION Enterprises, Inc. and Cadmus Communications Corporation dated as of February 16, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.29   $105,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 among Cadmus Communications Corporation, the Banks listed therein, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent, First Union National Bank, as Syndication Agent and Wachovia, N.A., as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.30   Swing Line Note pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31   Revolving Credit Note pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31.1   First Amendment dated as of June 21, 2002 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 21, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31.2   Second Amendment dated November 1, 2002 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.31.3   Third Amendment dated as of July 3, 2003 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.32   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Joseph J. Ward (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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10.33   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Mark R. Ploucha (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2001 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.34   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of May 9, 2002 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Stephen E. Hare (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.35   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of May 9, 2002 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Lisa S. Licata (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.36   Employee Retention Agreement dated as of July 1, 2000 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce V. Thomas (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.37   Non-Qualified Savings Plan, as adopted effective March 15, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed March 15, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-84390)).
10.38   Agreement dated as of June 30, 2003 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Joseph J. Ward (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.39   Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2003, by and between Datamatics Technologies Limited and Cadmus KnowledgeWorks International LTD (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.40   Agreement dated January 20, 2003, between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Paul K. Suijk (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
10.41   Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004 among Cadmus Communications Corporation, the lenders party thereto, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as Co-Lead Arranger, Bank of America, N.A., as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent and BNP Paribas, ING Capital LLC, and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, as Co-Documentation Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2004 (Commission File No. 0-12954)).
10.42   Receivables Reassignment and Termination Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004, by and among Cadmus Receivables Corp. (the “Seller”), Cadmus Communications Corporation (the “Master Servicer”), Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation (the “Purchaser”), Wachovia Bank, National Association (the “Agent”), Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc. and Washburn Graphics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2004 (Commission File No. 0-12954)).
10.43   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of December 30, 2003 between Cadmus Communications Corporation and Bruce V. Thomas (incorporated by reference in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2004 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).

 

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12.1*   Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
13   Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 (incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 26, 2003 (SEC File No. 0-12954)).
21*   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
23.1*   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*   Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
25.1*   Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, on Form T–1, of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee.
99.1*   Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*  

Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute

Form W–9.

99.3*   Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.4*   Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
99.5*   Form of Letter to Clients.
99.6*   Form of Exchange Agent Agreement.

* Indicates exhibits furnished herewith.

 

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EX-4.9 2 dex49.htm INDENTURE WITH WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS DATED JUNE 15, 2004 Indenture with Wachovia Capital Markets dated June 15, 2004

Exhibit 4.9

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,

 

as Issuer,

 

The Subsidiary Guarantors,

 

as Guarantors,

 

and

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

 

as Trustee

 

Indenture

 

Dated as of June 15, 2004

 

 

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   1

    Section 1.01.

   Definitions    1

    Section 1.02.

   Other Definitions    16

    Section 1.03.

   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act    16

    Section 1.04.

   Rules of Construction    16

ARTICLE TWO THE NOTES

   17

    Section 2.01.

   Form and Dating    17

    Section 2.02.

   Execution and Authentication    17

    Section 2.03.

   [Reserved]    18

    Section 2.04.

   Registrar and Paying Agent    18

    Section 2.05.

   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust    18

    Section 2.06.

   Lists of Holders of Notes    18

    Section 2.07.

   Transfer and Exchange    19

    Section 2.08.

   Replacement Notes    29

    Section 2.09.

   Outstanding Notes; Treasury Notes    29

    Section 2.10.

   Temporary Notes    29

    Section 2.11.

   Cancellation    29

    Section 2.12.

   Defaulted Interest    30

    Section 2.13.

   CUSIP Number    30

    Section 2.14.

   Persons Deemed Owners    30

    Section 2.15.

   Issuance of Additional Notes    30

ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION

   30

    Section 3.01.

   Notice to Trustee    30

    Section 3.02.

   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed    30

    Section 3.03.

   Notice of Redemption    31

    Section 3.04.

   Effect of Notice of Redemption    31

    Section 3.05.

   Deposit of Redemption Price    31

    Section 3.06.

   Notes Redeemed in Part    32

ARTICLE FOUR COVENANTS

   32

    Section 4.01.

   Payment of Notes    32

    Section 4.02.

   Commission Reports    32

    Section 4.03.

   Compliance Certificates    33

    Section 4.04.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency    34

    Section 4.05.

   Corporate Existence    34

    Section 4.06.

   Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws    34

    Section 4.07.

   Payment of Taxes and Other Claims    34

    Section 4.08.

   Business Activities    34

    Section 4.09.

   Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock    35

    Section 4.10.

   Limitation on Restricted Payments    37

    Section 4.11.

   Limitation on Sale of Assets    39

    Section 4.12.

   Limitation on Liens Securing Indebtedness    41

    Section 4.13.

   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries    41

    Section 4.14.

   Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates    43


    Section 4.15.

   Limitation on Senior Subordinated Debt    44

    Section 4.16.

   Change of Control    44

    Section 4.17.

   Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.    45

    Section 4.18.

   Payments for Consent.    46

    Section 4.19.

   Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries; Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets by Subsidiary Guarantors; Release of Subsidiary Guarantees    46

ARTICLE FIVE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

   47

    Section 5.01.

   Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.    47

    Section 5.02.

   Successor Corporation Substituted    48

ARTICLE SIX DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

   48

    Section 6.01.

   Events of Default    48

    Section 6.02.

   Acceleration    49

    Section 6.03.

   Other Remedies    50

    Section 6.04.

   Waiver of Past Defaults    50

    Section 6.05.

   Control by Majority    51

    Section 6.06.

   Limitation on Remedies    51

    Section 6.07.

   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment    51

    Section 6.08.

   Collection Suit by Trustee    51

    Section 6.09.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    52

    Section 6.10.

   Priorities    52

    Section 6.11.

   Undertaking for Costs    52

ARTICLE SEVEN TRUSTEE

   52

    Section 7.01.

   Duties of Trustee    52

    Section 7.02.

   Rights of Trustee    53

    Section 7.03.

   Individual Rights of Trustee    54

    Section 7.04.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer    54

    Section 7.05.

   Notice of Defaults    54

    Section 7.06.

   Reports by Trustee to Holders.    55

    Section 7.07.

   Compensation and Indemnity.    55

    Section 7.08.

   Replacement of Trustee    56

    Section 7.09.

   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.    56

    Section 7.10.

   Eligibility; Disqualification    56

    Section 7.11.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company    57

ARTICLE EIGHT SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

   57

    Section 8.01.

   Satisfaction and Discharge.    57

    Section 8.02.

   Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.    57

    Section 8.03.

   Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.    59

    Section 8.04.

   Application of Trust Money.    60

    Section 8.05.

   Repayment to Company.    60

    Section 8.06.

   Reinstatement.    60

ARTICLE NINE AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

   61

    Section 9.01.

   Without Consent of Holders    61

    Section 9.02.

   With Consent of Holders    61

 

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    Section 9.03.

   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act    63

    Section 9.04.

   Revocation and Effect of Consents    63

    Section 9.05.

   Notation on or Exchange of Notes    63

    Section 9.06.

   Trustee Protected.    63

ARTICLE TEN SUBORDINATION OF NOTES

   64

    Section 10.01.

   Agreement to Subordinate.    64

    Section 10.02.

   Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.    64

    Section 10.03.

   Default on Designated Senior Debt.    64

    Section 10.04.

   Acceleration of Notes    65

    Section 10.05.

   When Distribution Must Be Paid Over    65

    Section 10.06.

   Notice by the Company.    65

    Section 10.07.

   Subrogation.    66

    Section 10.08.

   Relative Rights.    66

    Section 10.09.

   Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company.    66

    Section 10.10.

   Distribution or Notice to Representative.    66

    Section 10.11.

   Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.    66

    Section 10.12.

   Authorization to Effect Subordination.    67

ARTICLE ELEVEN GUARANTEES

   67

    Section 11.01.

   Unconditional Guarantee    67

    Section 11.02.

   Limitation of Subsidiary Guarantor’s Liability    68

    Section 11.03.

   Contribution    68

    Section 11.04.

   Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees    68

    Section 11.05.

   Severability    69

    Section 11.06.

   Execution of Guarantee    69

ARTICLE TWELVE SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

   69

    Section 12.01.

   Guarantees Subordinated to Senior Debt    69

    Section 12.02.

   Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.    69

    Section 12.03.

   Default on Designated Senior Debt.    70

    Section 12.04.

   Guarantees Unconditional    70

    Section 12.05.

   When Distribution Must Be Paid Over    71

    Section 12.06.

   Notice by the Company.    71

    Section 12.07.

   Subrogation.    71

    Section 12.08.

   Relative Rights.    71

    Section 12.09.

   Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company.    72

    Section 12.10.

   Distribution or Notice to Representative.    72

    Section 12.11.

   Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.    72

    Section 12.12.

   Authorization to Effect Subordination.    72

ARTICLE THIRTEEN MISCELLANEOUS

   73

    Section 13.01.

   Trust Indenture Act Controls    73

    Section 13.02.

   Notices    73

    Section 13.03.

   Communication by Holders with Other Holders    74

    Section 13.04.

   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent    74

    Section 13.05.

   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion    74

    Section 13.06.

   Rules by Trustee and Agents    74

    Section 13.07.

   Legal Holidays    74

    Section 13.08.

   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.    74

 

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    Section 13.09.

   Governing Law    75

    Section 13.10.

   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements    75

    Section 13.11.

   Successor    75

    Section 13.12.

   Duplicate Originals    75

    Section 13.13.

   Severability    75

 

Exhibit A – Form of Note

Exhibit B – Form of Certificate of Transfer

Exhibit C – Form of Certificate of Exchange

Exhibit D – Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investor

Exhibit E – Form of Guarantee

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section


  

Indenture

Section


310 (a)(1)

   7.10

  (a)(2)

   N/A

  (a)(3)

   N/A

  (a)(4)

   N/A

  (a)(5)

   7.08

  (b)

   7.10

  (c)

   N/A

311 (a)

   7.11

  (b)

   7.11

  (c)

   N/A

312 (a)

   N/A

  (b)

   13.03

  (c)

   13.03

313 (a)

   7.06

  (b)(1)

   N/A

  (b)(2)

   7.06

  (c)

   7.06

  (d)

   N/A

314 (a)

   4.02; 4.03

  (b)

   N/A

  (c)(1)

   N/A

  (c)(2)

   N/A

  (c)(3)

   N/A

  (d)

   N/A

  (e)

   N/A

  (f)

   N/A

315 (a)

   N/A

  (b)

   N/A

  (c)

   N/A

  (d)

   N/A

  (e)

   N/A

316 (a)(1)(A)

   N/A

  (a)(1)(B)

   N/A

  (a)(2)

   N/A

  (b)

   N/A

  (c)

   N/A

317 (a)(1)

   N/A

  (a)(2)

   N/A

  (b)

   N/A

318 (a)

   N/A

  (b)

   N/A

  (c)

   13.01

N/A means Not Applicable

 

NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of June 15, 2004, among CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS listed as signatories hereto, and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee.

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance, initially, of up to $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) issuable as provided in this Indenture. All actions necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been taken.

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the holders of the Notes:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01. Definitions.

 

144A Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person: (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into, or becomes a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

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,” 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. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) in whom a Securitization Entity makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such Investment.

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Sale” means: (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 4.16 and/or Section 5.01 and not by Section 4.11; and (2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be Asset Sales: (1) any single transaction or series of related


transactions that involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million; (2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary; (4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business; (5) the sale of accounts receivable and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Securitization Transaction” to a Securitization Entity for the fair market value thereof, including cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the fair market value thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP (for the purposes of this clause (5), Purchase Money Notes shall be deemed to be cash); (6) the transfer of accounts receivable and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Securitization Transaction (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Securitization Entity in a Qualified Securitization Transaction; (7) the sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents; (8) a Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.10; and (9) any sale or disposition of any property or equipment that has become damaged, worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable for use in connection with the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value 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 shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

Board of Directors” means: (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation; (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or Richmond, Virginia are required or authorized by law or governmental action to be closed.

 

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Capital Stock” means: (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) 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.

 

Cash Equivalents” means: (1) United States dollars; (2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; (3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits,

 

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in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better; (4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above; (5) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and (6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (3) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or (5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance).

 

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” means the party named as such above, until a successor replaces such Person in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor.

 

Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus: (1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus (2) Fixed Charges to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus (3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus (4) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, the Fixed Charges and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding amount of Consolidated Net Income of such Restricted Subsidiary would be permitted to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that: (1) after-tax gains from Asset Sales (without regard to the $1.0 million

 

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limitation set forth in the definition thereof) or abandonments or reserves relating thereto shall be excluded; (2) after-tax items classified as extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring, excluding any item or items that require an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period shall be excluded; (3) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof; (4) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders; (5) the Net Income of any Person acquired during the specified period for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded; (6) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded; (7) premiums paid and expensed during such period in connection with the refinancing of all or substantially all of the Company’s 9 3/4% Notes in a single transaction or series of transactions and any written-off deferred loan costs during such period in connection with any such refinancing shall be excluded; (8) any non-cash compensation expense realized for grants of performance shares or stock options to officers, directors or employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, provided that such shares or options can be redeemed at the option of the holders thereof for Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); and (9) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated Net Worth” means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the sum of: (1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth on the most recently available quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (which shall be as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the date of computation, and which shall not take into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries); plus (2) the respective amounts reported on such Person’s balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock.

 

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who: (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Indenture; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election.

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means, for purposes of presentation or surrender of Notes for payment, registration, transfer, exchange or purchase or for service of notices or demands upon the Company, the office of the Trustee located in The City of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered (which at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 40 Broad Street, Fifth Floor, New York, New York 10004), and for all other purposes, the office of the Trustee located in the City of Richmond, Virginia (which at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 1021 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration - VA 9646), or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2004, by and among the Company, the guarantor subsidiaries named therein, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as Lead Arranger, Bank of America, N.A., as Co-Lead Arranger and the other lenders named therein, including any related letters of credit, notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder, provided any such increase complies with

 

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Section 4.09) by one or more credit facilities, in which case, the credit agreement or similar agreement together with all other documents and instruments related shall constitute the “Credit Agreement,” whether with the same or new agents or lenders.

 

Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement (and any hedging arrangements with the lenders thereunder or Affiliates of such lenders, secured by the collateral securing the Company’s Obligations under the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through a Qualified Securitization Transaction) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by one or more of such facilities, whether with the same or new agents or lenders.

 

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.

 

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.04 hereof as the depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

Designated Senior Debt” means: (1) any Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facilities; and (2) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Facilities, any other Senior Debt permitted under this Indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been designated by the Company as “Designated Senior Debt.”

 

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.10. The term “Disqualified Stock” shall also include any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the Notes mature.

 

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

Euroclear” means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

 

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Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Existing Indebtedness” means the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date hereof, until such amounts are repaid.

 

fair market value” means the price that would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive if evidenced by a Board Resolution.

 

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of: (1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations; provided that any amount with respect to the non-cash amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs shall be excluded from consolidated interest expense; plus (2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus (3) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period. In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: (1) acquisitions and dispositions of business entities or property and assets constituting a division or line of business of any Person that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act; (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded; (3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date; and (4) consolidated interest expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness (whether existing or being incurred) computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date (taking into account any interest rate option, swap, cap or similar agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining term of such Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire period.

 

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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, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as appropriate, issued in accordance with Section 2.01 of this Indenture.

 

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, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

 

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under: (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates; and (ii) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided that (i) any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount nor the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness (to the extent provided for when the Indebtedness on which such interest is paid was originally issued) shall be considered an incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

Indebtedness” means, without duplication, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of: (i) borrowed money; (ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), but excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) securing obligations described in clause (v) below entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement; (iii) banker’s acceptances; (iv) Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt; (v) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; (vi) Hedging Obligations, other than Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of protecting the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates, and not for speculative purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; or (vii) Disqualified Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued dividends. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes (x) all

 

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Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person), provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness, and (y) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock, such fair market shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Stock. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, and shall be: (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and (ii) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness; provided that the obligation to repay money borrowed and set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness in order to pre-fund the payment of the interest on such Indebtedness shall be deemed not to be “Indebtedness” so long as such money is held to secure the payment of such interest.

 

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.

 

Initial Purchasers” means Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Harris Nesbitt Corp.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans or other extensions of credit (including Guarantees or other arrangements, but excluding advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business), advances (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made consistent with past practices), capital contributions (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Investment in such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.10. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.10.

 

Issue Date” means the date hereof, which is the date on which the Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.

 

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Letter of Transmittal” means the Letter of Transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, 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 statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

Maturity Date” means June 15, 2014.

 

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

 

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

 

9 3/4% Notes” means the Company’s 9 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2009 issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of June 1, 1999 among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly First Union National Bank), as trustee.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes” means the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 of the Company issued on the date hereof. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include the Notes initially issued on the Issue Date, any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture and any other Notes issued after the Issue Date under this Indenture. For purposes of this Indenture, all Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.

 

Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary), or any successor person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.

 

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer of such Person.

 

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Officers, one of which must be the principal executive, principal financial or principal accounting officer of such Person, that satisfies the requirements set forth in Sections 13.04 and 13.05 of this Indenture.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, satisfying the requirements of Sections 13.04 and 13.05, as they relate to an Opinion of Counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company (or any Subsidiary Guarantor, if applicable).

 

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Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

 

Permitted Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture and other businesses reasonably similar, related or ancillary thereto or constituting a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof.

 

Permitted Investments” means: (1) any Investment in the Company or in a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; (2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents; (3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment: (a) such Person becomes a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; or (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; (4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.11; (5) Investments acquired solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; (6) Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of protecting the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates, and not for speculative purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; (7) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) since the date of this Indenture, not to exceed $5.0 million; (8) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers; (9) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments; (10) loans and advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2.0 million at any one time outstanding; (11) any Investment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Securitization Entity or any Investment by a Securitization Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that any Investment in a Securitization Entity is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an equity interest; and (12) Investments in Permitted Businesses made by the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Subsidiary Guarantor having an aggregate fair market value, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) after the Issue Date, not to exceed $8.0 million (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 

Permitted Junior Securities” means: (1) Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other business entity provided for by a plan of reorganization; or (2) debt securities of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other business entity provided for by a plan of reorganization, in each case, that are subordinated to all Senior Debt and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt under this Indenture.

 

Permitted Liens” means: (1) Liens on the assets of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor securing Senior Debt that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred; (2) Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees; (3) Liens in favor of the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on assets of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (4) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary; (5) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company or the

 

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Restricted Subsidiary; (6) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture; (7) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance any Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that such Liens: (a) are no less favorable to the Holders and are not more favorable to the lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being refinanced; and (b) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so refinanced; (8) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding; (9) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness) permitted by clause (4) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09 covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness; (10) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either: (a) not delinquent; or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP; (11) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen and repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof; (12) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money-bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money); (13) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; (14) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (15) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods; (16) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof; (17) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off; (18) Liens securing Indebtedness that constitute Hedging Obligations; (19) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods; and (20) Liens on assets transferred to a Securitization Entity or on assets of a Securitization Entity, in either case incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction.

 

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that: (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount of any reasonably determined premium necessary to accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith); (2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; (3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; (4) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is pari passu in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing

 

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Indebtedness is pari passu or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and (5) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

 

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Public Equity Offering” means an offer and sale of common stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the Company).

 

Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price, or the cost of construction or improvement, of property or equipment.

 

Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note of a Securitization Entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction to a Securitization Entity, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the Securitization Entity, other than amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables.

 

QIB” means a qualified institutional buyer as that term is defined in Rule 144A.

 

Qualified Securitization Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Entity), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.

 

Registered Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 15, 2004 among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, or any other Registration Rights Agreement executed in connection with the issuance of Notes after the Issue Date, as the case may be.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative in respect of any Senior Debt; provided that if, and for so long as, any such Indebtedness lacks such representative, then the Representative for such Senior Debt shall at all times constitute the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness in respect of any Senior Debt.

 

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Replacement Assets” means (1) non-current tangible assets that will be used or useful in a Permitted Business or (2) substantially all the assets of a Permitted Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of any Person engaged in a Permitted Business that will become on the date of acquisition thereof a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Period” means the 40-day restricted period as defined in Regulation S.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

sale and leaseback transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any transaction involving any of the assets or properties of such Person whether now owned or hereafter acquired, whereby such Person sells or transfers such assets or properties and then or thereafter leases such assets or properties or any part thereof.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Securitization Entity” means a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity: (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of which: (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings); (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (b) with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity; and (c) to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

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Senior Debt” means: (1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding under the Credit Facilities or any Guarantee thereof and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto; (2) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; and (3) all other Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1) and (2).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding paragraph, Senior Debt will not include: (1) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (2) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to any Subsidiaries or other Affiliates of the Company; (3) any trade payables; (4) the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture; (5) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that, when incurred, was without recourse to the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor; (6) any repurchase, redemption or other obligation in respect of Disqualified Stock or any rights with respect thereto; or (7) any Indebtedness owed to any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” means the registration statement filed by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.

 

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary in accounts receivable transactions.

 

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall 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 specified 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 one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

 

Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company’s payment obligations under the Notes on a senior subordinated basis.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors” means: (1) each of Cadmus International Holdings, Inc., Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc., Cadmus Printing Group, Inc., Mack Printing Company, Port City Press, Inc., Science Craftsman Incorporated, Washburn Graphics, Inc., Cadmus Investments, LLC and CDMS Management, LLC; and (2) any other Restricted Subsidiary that executes a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; and their respective successors and assigns until released from their obligations under their Guarantees and this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date hereof, except as provided in Section 9.03.

 

Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or

 

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any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution in compliance with Section 4.17 hereof and any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary.

 

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

 

U.S. Legal Tender” means such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or Investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term


   Defined in Section

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.14

“Asset Sale Offer”

   4.11

“Authentication Order”

   2.02

“Bankruptcy Law”

   6.01

“Change of Control Offer “

   4.16

“Change of Control Payment”

   4.16

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   4.16

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.02

“Custodian”

   6.01

“DTC”

   2.04

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.11

“Funding Guarantor”

   11.03

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.02

“Legal Holiday”

   13.07

“nonpayment default”

   10.03

“Note Register”

   2.04

“Paying Agent”

   2.04

“Payment Blockage Notice”

   10.03

“Permitted Debt”

   4.09

“Registrar”

   2.04

“Restricted Payments”

   4.10

“Subsidiary nonpayment default”

   12.03

“Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice”

   12.03

 

Section 1.03. 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, if used in this Indenture, have the following meanings:

 

Commission” means the Commission.

 

indenture securities” means the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

“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, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any other obligor on the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them therein.

 

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

 

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(5) any gender used in this Indenture shall be deemed to include the neuter, masculine or feminine genders;

 

(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

(7) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other Subdivision.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

 

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. To the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provision of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall control. The Notes may have such notations, legends or endorsements approved as to form by the Company and required, as applicable, by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject and/or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.

 

(a) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07 hereof.

 

(b) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company, by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer of the Company whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time such Note is authenticated such Note shall be valid nevertheless.

 

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee. The signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that a Note has been authenticated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

The Trustee, upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (an “Authentication Order”), shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount

 

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specified in such order. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such authenticating agent may authenticate the Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such authenticating agent of the Trustee. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.03. [Reserved].

 

Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain (i) an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (including any co-registrar, the “Registrar”); and (ii) an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Holders of Notes and of the transfer and exchange of such Notes (the “Note Register”). The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” shall include any such additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without prior notice to any Holder of a Note. The Company shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall, at the Company’s expense, notify the Holders of the Notes of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated wholly owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. Any such agency agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such, as appropriate, and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with Section 7.07.

 

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as (i) Registrar and Paying Agent, (ii) Note Custodian with respect to the Global Notes and (iii) agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes.

 

Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

On or prior to each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, and shall 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 and to account for any funds disbursed. 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 and accounting for any funds disbursed, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or one of its wholly owned Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. If the Company or one of its wholly owned Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes all money held by it as Paying Agent.

 

Section 2.06. Lists of Holders of Notes.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall

 

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furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least ten Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes, including the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each such Holder of Notes.

 

Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:

 

(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; or

 

(ii) requested by a Holder of beneficial interest in the Global Notes.

 

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11 hereof. Except as otherwise provided above in this Section 2.07(a), every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

 

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(i).

 

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding

 

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the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.07(h) hereof.

 

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

 

(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

 

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable; or

 

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive

 

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Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

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(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

 

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.

 

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.07(e).

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transfer is being made to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B) if the transfer is being made to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(C) if the transfer is being made to an Institutional Accredited Investor pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable; and

 

(D) if the transfer is being made to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3(b) thereof.

 

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(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f) Registered Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not Broker-Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under this Indenture.

 

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(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

(i) Private Placement Legend. Except as permitted below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:

 

(A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY

 

(i) (a) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS).

 

(ii) TO THE ISSUER, OR

 

(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND

 

(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.07 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the 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 taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.11, 4.16 and 9.05 hereof).

 

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(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(v) The Company or Registrar, as applicable, shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

 

(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

 

(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile with the original to follow by first class mail.

 

(j) No Obligation of the Trustee.

 

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of the Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in the Global Note) other than to make any required delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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Section 2.08. Replacement Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Company’s and the Trustee’s reasonable requirements for the replacements of Notes are met. An indemnity bond shall be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) in replacing a Note.

 

Every replacement Note shall be an obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.09. Outstanding Notes; Treasury Notes.

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company holds such Note.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as though they are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it shall cease to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that such replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.

 

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders of Notes on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) shall cease to be outstanding and interest thereon shall cease to accrue.

 

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.

 

Until certificates in definitive form for the Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate certificates in temporary form for the Notes. Certificates in temporary form for the Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificates in definitive form for the Notes but may have such variations as the Company and the Trustee consider appropriate for certificates in temporary form for the Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate certificates in definitive form for the Notes in exchange for certificates in temporary form for the Notes. Until such exchange, certificates in temporary form for the Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as certificates in definitive form for the Notes.

 

Section 2.11. Cancellation.

 

The Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation, and shall dispose of such canceled Notes in its customary manner.

 

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Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay such defaulted interest in any lawful manner. The Company may pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders of the Notes on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at the earliest practicable date but in all events at least five Business Days prior to the payment date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date, and, at least 15 days prior to the special record date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder of a Note a notice that states such special record date, such related payment date and the amount of any such defaulted interest to be paid to Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 2.13. CUSIP Number.

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use a “CUSIP” number, and, if the Company shall do so, the Trustee shall use such CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in such notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in a CUSIP number.

 

Section 2.14. Persons Deemed Owners.

 

The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any authenticating agent may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note and for all other purposes. None of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any authenticating agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

Section 2.15. Issuance of Additional Notes.

 

The Company may, subject to Article Four of this Indenture and applicable law, issue additional Notes under this Indenture. The Notes issued on the Issue Date and any additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.01. Notice to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of paragraph 7 of the Notes, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 45 days before the redemption date (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the redemption price.

 

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in multiples of $1,000 pro rata, by lot or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate; provided that if the Notes are listed on any securities exchange, that such method complies with the requirements of such exchange. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $1,000. Notes and portions of

 

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them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes selected for redemption.

 

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

 

(a) 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 of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(1) the redemption date;

 

(2) the redemption price;

 

(3) the aggregate principal amount of Notes being redeemed;

 

(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(5) if applicable, that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the address specified in such notice to collect the redemption price;

 

(6) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price or accrued interest, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date and the only remaining right of the Holders is to receive payment of the redemption price and accrued interest upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes;

 

(7) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued;

 

(8) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

(9) the CUSIP number of the Notes.

 

(b) At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption required in Section 3.03(a) in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in Section 3.03(a).

 

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

 

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

Prior to the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent funds available not later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the redemption date sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, the Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money so deposited which is not required for that purpose upon the written request of the Company, except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven.

 

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If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest will continue to be payable on the unpaid principal and premium, if any, including from the redemption date until such principal and premium, if any, is paid, and, to the extent lawful, on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new Note equal in aggregate amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

 

The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds (or segregates if the Company is the Paying Agent), as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on that date money deposited by the Company designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. Reference in this Indenture and the Notes to “interest” with respect to the Notes shall include any additional interest that accrues on the Notes as a result of the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, which additional interest on the Notes shall be due and payable as provided by the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal, and premium, if any, at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful; and it shall 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. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Section 4.02. Commission Reports.

 

(a) Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

 

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

 

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

 

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In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(b) If the Company has designated any of its Significant Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(c) Delivery of such reports, information, and documents to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.02 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).

 

Section 4.03. Compliance Certificates.

 

(a) The Company (and each Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent that such Subsidiary Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (or such Subsidiary Guarantor 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 (or such Subsidiary Guarantor) 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 (or such Subsidiary Guarantor) has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under 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 shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company (or such Subsidiary Guarantor) 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 Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company (or such Subsidiary Guarantor) is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.02 shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Company’s independent public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.

 

(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of 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.

 

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Section 4.04. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially designates the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee to be its agent for purposes of the preceding sentence. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

Section 4.05. Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to the provisions of Article Five of this Indenture, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary and all rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve the corporate existence of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any such right or franchise, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder; and provided further, that the foregoing shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a Restricted Subsidiary or any of its assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section 4.06. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

 

Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall 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 each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so), hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.07. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

 

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, any 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 the Notes.

 

Section 4.08. Business Activities.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

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Section 4.09. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors to issue any preferred stock; provided, however, that if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

 

The first paragraph of this Section 4.09 will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

 

(1) the incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding (with letters of credit issued under the Credit Facilities being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $100.0 million, less (i) the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to permanently repay any such Indebtedness (and, in the case of any revolving credit Indebtedness, to effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder) pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof and (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Securitization Entities in Qualified Securitization Transactions at the time outstanding, to the extent that the proceeds from such Indebtedness are not used (within five Business Days after the incurrence of such Indebtedness) to make mandatory principal payments or required permanent repayments in accordance with clause (i) above;

 

(2) Existing Indebtedness;

 

(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued on the date hereof and the Exchange Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(4) the incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of such assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) used in the business of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $7.5 million at any time outstanding;

 

(5) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), or (8) of this paragraph;

 

(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness owing to and held by the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

 

(a) if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and such Indebtedness is owned to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

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(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof, shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6); and

 

(c) Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor must be evidenced by an unsubordinated promissory note;

 

(7) the Guarantee by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;

 

(8) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (8), not to exceed $20.0 million;

 

(9) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of incurrence;

 

(10) the incurrence by a Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is not recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings); and

 

(11) (i) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case incurred in connection with the disposition of any business or assets, so long as the principal amount does not exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition, and (ii) Indebtedness of the Company of any its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, issued in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to provide security for workers’ compensation claims or payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that any proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (11) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.09, the Company shall be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. Indebtedness under Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09 will not be deemed to be exceeded with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.

 

Section 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(A) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable (i) in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);

 

(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries);

 

(iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or

 

(iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),

 

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and

 

(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09; and

 

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (5) and (7) of the next succeeding paragraph (B)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(a) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from April 1, 2004 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such cumulative Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus

 

(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus

 

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(c) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment; provided, however, that no amount shall be included under this clause (c) to the extent it is already included in Consolidated Net Income.

 

(B) The preceding provisions will not prohibit:

 

(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph (A);

 

(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

 

(5) Investments acquired as a capital contribution to, or in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such acquisition or exchange shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph (A);

 

(6) the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or warrants, or lapse of restrictions on other Equity Interest awards to employees, if such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price or award thereof;

 

(7) repurchases by the Company of Equity Interests of the Company from employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an equity incentive plan or repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (or the compensation committee thereof), or from the authorized representatives of such employees upon the death or disability of such employees, in the aggregate not to exceed $1.0 million in any fiscal year;

 

(8) the payment of dividends on Capital Stock not to exceed $3.0 million per fiscal year; or

 

(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million,

 

provided that, except in the case of clause (1), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as a consequence of such actions or payments.

 

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The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.10 shall be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $10.0 million. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment (other than Restricted Payments permitted under clauses (B)(1) through (B)(9) above), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 4.10 were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.

 

Section 4.11. Limitation on Sale of Assets.

 

The Company shall not and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

 

(2) such fair market value is determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee (it being understood that this requirement to deliver an Officers’ Certificate shall be deemed satisfied so long as such Officers’ Certificate is delivered to the Trustee on a quarterly basis with respect to transactions occurring within the preceding three months); and

 

(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Replacement Assets or a combination of both. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

 

(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms pari passu or subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee and liabilities that are owed to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary written novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and

 

(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously (subject to ordinary settlement periods) converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received in that conversion).

 

Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its option:

 

(1) to repay Senior Debt and, if the Senior Debt repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; or

 

(2) to purchase Replacement Assets or to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

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Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Within 30 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will make an “Asset Sale Offer” to all Holders of Notes, and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount of the Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). On the Purchase Date (as defined below), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph above (the “Offer Amount”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

 

If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

 

Within 30 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

 

(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.11 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

 

(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 30 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law, the “Purchase Date”);

 

(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest and additional interest, if any;

 

(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note (or portion thereof) accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest and additional interest, if any, after the Purchase Date;

 

(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;

 

(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer such Holder’s interest in the Note by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

 

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(7) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(8) that, if the aggregate amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.11, select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and

 

(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

 

On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful and subject to the provisions of this Section 4.11, accept for payment on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes (or portions thereof) tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes (or portions thereof) were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.11. The Paying Agent shall promptly (but in any case not later than three days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of Notes tendered by such Holder, as the case may be, and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note. The Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount at maturity equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the respective Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.

 

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sales provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

 

Section 4.12. Limitation on Liens Securing Indebtedness.

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind securing Indebtedness (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured equally and ratably with (or, in the event such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, prior to) the Indebtedness so secured until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by a Lien.

 

Section 4.13. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under, by reason of or with respect to:

 

(1) the Credit Agreement, Existing Indebtedness or any other agreements in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of this Indenture;

 

(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

(3) applicable law;

 

(4) any Person, or the property or assets of such Person, acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, existing at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of such Person, so acquired and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the acquisition;

 

(5) Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction or the charter documents of such Securitization Entity; provided that, in any case, such restrictions apply only to such Securitization Entity;

 

(6) in the case of clause (3) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.13, encumbrances or restrictions:

 

(a) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset,

 

(b) existing by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture, or

 

(c) arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of, or property and assets of, a Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

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(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.

 

Section 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into, make, amend, renew or extend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

 

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company; and

 

(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:

 

(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $1.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions complies with this Section 4.14 and that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and

 

(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions from a financial point of view issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

 

The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:

 

(1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2) payment of reasonable and customary directors fees and reasonable and customary indemnification and similar arrangements;

 

(3) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.10;

 

(4) any sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

(5) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto, any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) or in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such agreement is disclosed in the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated June 9, 2004 relating to the Notes and any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date; and

 

(6) transactions effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Transaction.

 

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Section 4.15. Limitation on Senior Subordinated Debt.

 

The Company will not incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company unless it is pari passu or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes. No Subsidiary Guarantor will incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor unless it is pari passu or subordinate in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Section 4.16. Change of Control.

 

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating (1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); (3) that any Note not tendered shall continue to accrue interest; (4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; (5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; (6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and (7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to such Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue of such compliance.

 

(b) By 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time on the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or wire transfer to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Prior to complying with this Section 4.16, but in any event within 60 days following a Change of Control, the Company shall either repay all outstanding Senior Debt or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all agreements governing outstanding Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of Notes required by this Section 4.16. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.16, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.16 and all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer, or (ii) the Company effects Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Notes under Article Eight of this Indenture prior to the occurrence of such Change of Control or otherwise discharges this Indenture under Article Eight of this Indenture.

 

Section 4.17. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:

 

(1) any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of such designation, and such incurrence of Indebtedness would be permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;

 

(2) the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary being so designated (including any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the such Subsidiary) will be deemed to be a Restricted Investment made as of the time of such designation and that such Investment would be permitted under Section 4.10 hereof;

 

(3) the Subsidiary being so designated:

 

(a) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (i) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (ii) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

 

(b) has no Indebtedness a default with respect to which (including any right which the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against such Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its final stated maturity; and

 

(c) does not own any Capital Stock of, or hold any Liens on any property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(4) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

 

Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by this Indenture.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that:

 

(1) such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such

 

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designation shall only be permitted if such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period;

 

(2) all outstanding Investments owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be made as of the time of such designation and such Investments shall only be permitted if such Investments would be permitted under Section 4.10 hereof;

 

(3) all Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary existing at the time of such designation would be permitted under Section 4.12 hereof; and

 

(4) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

 

Section 4.18. Payments for Consent.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to all Holders of the Notes and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

Section 4.19.  Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries; Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets by Subsidiary Guarantors; Release of Subsidiary Guarantees

 

(A) The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to Guarantee or pledge any assets to secure the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company, unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor or simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, which Subsidiary Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such Subsidiary’s Guarantee of or pledge to secure such other Indebtedness unless such other Indebtedness is Senior Debt, in which case the Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes may be subordinated to the Guarantee of such Senior Debt to the same extent as the Notes are subordinated to such Senior Debt. The form of the Subsidiary Guarantee is attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

(B) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, unless:

 

(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

 

(2) either:

 

(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the obligations of that Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee; or

 

(b) such sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.11 hereof, including the application of the Net Proceeds therefrom.

 

(C) The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor will be released:

 

(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.11 hereof; or

 

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(2) if the Company properly designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof; or

 

(3) in connection with the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.19, except a discharge or release by, or as a result of, a payment under such Guarantee.

 

Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing events described in this subsection (C) of this Section 4.19, the Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon receipt by the Trustee of a request by the Company accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions specified in this Indenture for such release have been satisfied in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Upon receipt of the items specified in the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company an appropriate instrument evidencing such release. Any Subsidiary Guarantee not so released remains liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes as provided in Article Eleven.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

 

Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.

 

The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person or Persons; unless:

 

(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (i) is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and (ii) assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;

 

(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made:

 

(a) will have Consolidated Net Worth immediately after the transaction equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately preceding the transaction; and

 

(b) will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09; and

 

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(4) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such Subsidiary Guarantor is the Person with which the Company has entered into a transaction under this Section 5.01, shall have by amendment to its Subsidiary Guarantee confirmed that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall apply to the obligations of the Company or the Surviving Person in accordance with the Notes and this Indenture.

 

In addition, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary may, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person. Clause (3) of this Section 5.01 shall not apply to any merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter the predecessor Company shall be relieved of all further obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

 

Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

 

(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including any additional interest) on the Notes whether or not prohibited by the provisions of Article Ten of this Indenture;

 

(2) default in payment when due (whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes (including the failure to repurchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase), whether or not prohibited by the provisions of Article Ten of this Indenture;

 

(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after written notice by the Trustee or Holders representing 25% or more of the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture;

 

(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Entity) or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:

 

(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness at final maturity thereof; or

 

(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its final maturity,

 

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and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a similar default aggregates $10.0 million or more;

 

(5) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

 

(6) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any such Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any such Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

(7) the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(a) commences a voluntary case,

 

(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

(c) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(d) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and

 

(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(a) is for relief against the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case;

 

(b) appoints a Custodian for the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the properties of the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(c) orders the liquidation of the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

 

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses 7 and 8) under Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes then outstanding to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by Holders) specifying the respective Event of Default and upon any such

 

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declaration such principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be outstanding, the acceleration shall not be effective until the earlier of (1) an acceleration of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or (2) five business days after receipt by the Company and the agent under the Credit Agreement of written notice of such declaration of acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default specified in clauses 7 or 8 of Section 6.01 occurs, all unpaid principal of, and accrued interest on, the Notes then outstanding will become due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

If any Event of Default occurs by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of paragraph 7 of the Notes, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs during any time that the Notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then, the premium specified in this Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.

 

If (i) (A) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (1) all overdue installments of interest on all the Notes, (2) the principal of, and premium, if any, on any Notes that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Notes, (3) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on the defaulted interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Notes, and (4) all money paid or advanced by the Trustee thereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; (B) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of any Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture; provided, however, that, in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clauses 7 or 8 of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived; and (C) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes give written notice to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee of their desire to rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and its consequences, then such declaration of acceleration shall be deemed rescinded and annulled. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

 

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, including any optional redemption payments or Change of Control or Asset Sale Offer payments.

 

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Section 6.05. Control by Majority

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding will have the right, by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Trustee, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee under this Indenture or exercising any trust or power conferred on such Trustee; provided that the Trustee (i) may refuse to follow any direction that is in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such direction and (ii) may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders of Notes. In the event the Trustee takes any action or follows any direction pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense caused by taking such action or following such direction.

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Remedies.

 

No Holder of any of the Notes will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or pursue any remedy under this Indenture, unless:

 

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes have made written request to such Trustee to pursue such remedy, including, if applicable, to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee under this Indenture;

 

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to such Trustee reasonable indemnity and security satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(4) such Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such requested proceeding; and

 

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to such Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

 

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over other Holders.

 

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Holder of any Notes will have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes on the Stated Maturity therefor and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right may not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest specified in Section 6.01(l) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid with respect to the Notes, and interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest, and such further amounts as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

(a) The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, their creditors or their property and may collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same.

 

(b) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10. Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First:    to the Trustee for amounts due under Sections 6.08 and 7.07;
Second:    to Holders of Senior Debt to the extent required by Article Ten;
Third:    to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Fourth:    to the Company.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s 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. The foregoing shall not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders or more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof 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:

 

(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the TIA and no others and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Trustee shall not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to (i) any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05 or (ii) any action believed by the Trustee to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture, unless, in the case of this clause (ii), it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take or omit to take any action under this Indenture or take any action at the request or direction of Holders if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or asset 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.

 

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

 

Subject to Section 7.01:

 

(a) The Trustee may rely 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 an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to the provisions of Sections 13.04 and 13.05. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney (other than an agent who is an employee of the Trustee) appointed with due care.

 

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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights, discretion or powers.

 

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

(f) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

 

(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request, order or discretion.

 

(h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture 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. If the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, the Trustee shall be entitled, upon reasonable notice to the Company and in good faith, to examine the books, records and premises of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney.

 

(i) Except with respect to Section 4.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article Four. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of an Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

 

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 30 days after the occurrence thereof. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note or a Default or Event of Default in complying with Section 5.01, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of Holders. This Section 7.05 shall be in lieu of the proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the

 

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TIA. For purposes of this Section 7.05, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Default or an Event of Default hereunder unless an officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture has actual knowledge thereof, or unless written notice of any event which is a Default or an Event of Default is received by the Trustee and such notice references the Notes or this Indenture.

 

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after each May 15 of each year, the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the events described in TIA Section 313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months, but not otherwise, mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b), 313(c) and 313(d).

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed.

 

The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes become listed on any securities exchange or of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for its services. 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 or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services except any such disbursements, expenses and advances as may be attributable to the Trustee’s negligence or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents, accountants, experts and counsel and any taxes or other expenses incurred by a trust created pursuant to Article Eight.

 

The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, officers, directors and shareholders for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense, including taxes (other than franchise taxes imposed on the Trustee and taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder (including its services as Registrar or Paying Agent, if so appointed by the Company), including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent that such loss, damage, claim, liability or expense is due to its own negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense (and may employ its own counsel) at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company’s reimbursement obligation with respect to counsel employed by the Trustee will be limited to the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.

 

The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee as a result of the violation of this Indenture by the Trustee, or arising out of the Trustee’s negligence or willful misconduct.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes against all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on particular Notes.

 

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administration under any Bankruptcy Law. The Company’s obligations under this Section 7.07 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company’s obligations pursuant to Article Eight and any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

 

The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. As promptly as practicable after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer, after payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07, all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking corporation without any further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(2). The Trustee have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of TIA Section 310(b), the Trustee and the Company shall comply with the provisions of TIA

 

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Section 310 (b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.10, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinbefore specified in this Article Seven.

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.

 

The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when:

 

(1) either:

 

(a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 8.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(b) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, pursuant to an optional redemption notice or otherwise, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and

 

(2) the Company has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture by the Company; and

 

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.

 

(a) The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, at any time, elect to have either paragraph (b) or (c) below be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.03.

 

(b) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this paragraph (b), the Company and, if it so selects each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”).

 

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For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.04 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), and Holders and any amounts deposited under Section 8.03 shall cease to be subject to any obligations to, or the rights of, any holder of Senior Debt under Article Ten or Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor under Article Eleven or Twelve, as the case may be, or otherwise, except for the following provisions, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(i) the rights of Holders to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due;

 

(ii) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article Two and Section 4.04;

 

(iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(iv) this Article Eight.

 

Subject to compliance with this Article Eight, the Company may exercise its option under this paragraph (b) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under paragraph (c) hereof.

 

(c) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this paragraph (c), the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Section 4.02, Sections 4.07 through Section 4.19 (inclusive) and clause (3) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes) and Holders and any amounts deposited under Section 8.03 and Holders and any amounts deposited under Section 8.03 shall cease to be subject to any obligations to, or the rights of, any holder of Senior Debt under Article Ten or Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor under Article Eleven or Twelve or otherwise. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01(3), but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) hereof of the option applicable to this paragraph (c), subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, Sections 6.01(3), 6.01(4), 6.01(5) and 6.01(6) shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

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Section 8.03. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02(b) or 8.02(c) to the outstanding Notes:

 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of such principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on such Stated Maturity date or such redemption date and, with respect to any redemption date, the Company shall have provided the Trustee with irrevocable instructions to redeem all of the Notes on such redemption date;

 

(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date hereof, 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 Notes 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;

 

(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either (i) on the date of such deposit; or (ii) insofar as Sections 6.01(7) and (8) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

 

(f) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, (1) assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an “insider” of the Company under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar state law affecting creditors’ rights generally and (2) the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940;

 

(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;

 

(h) if the Notes are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, the Company must deliver to the Trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem all of the Notes on the specified redemption date; and

 

(i) the Company must deliver to the Trustee 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 8.04. Application of Trust Money.

 

The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this Article Eight, and shall apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender and the money from U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to invest said U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations except as it may agree with the Company.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.03 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Anything in this Article Eight to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the Company’s request any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.03 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 8.05. Repayment to Company.

 

Subject to Section 7.07 and this Article Eight, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company, or if deposited with the Trustee by any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor, upon request any excess U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time and thereupon shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company, or if deposited by any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor, upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after the date of payment of such principal and interest; provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor. After payment to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable law designates another Person and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

 

Section 8.06. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article Eight by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court of governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eight until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Article Eight; payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE NINE

 

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.

 

The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may modify, amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder:

 

(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01 or Section 4.19(B);

 

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional benefit or rights to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any such Holder;

 

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

 

(6) to comply with Sections 4.19(A) and 4.19(C); or

 

(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee.

 

Upon the request of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, accompanied by a Board Resolution of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained. After an amendment or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of each Note affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders.

 

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes or a solicitation of consents in respect of Notes, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Notes on equal terms) of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

Upon the request of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, accompanied by a Board Resolution of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes or a solicitation of consents in respect of Notes, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of the then outstanding Notes on equal terms). However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions, or waive any payment, with respect to the redemption of the Notes;

 

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(5) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;

 

(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

 

(7) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(8) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

(9) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof or the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with Section 4.16 hereof, including, in each case, amending, changing or modifying any definition relating thereto;

 

(10) except as otherwise permitted under Sections 5.01 or 4.19(B) hereof, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any of their rights or obligations under this Indenture;

 

(11) amend or modify any of the provisions of this Indenture or the related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; or

 

(12) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

 

The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any provision of this Indenture (and the obligation of the Company to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of record of any Notes with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Trustee in a notice furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

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Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Note or portion of a Note. For such revocation to be effective, the Trustee must receive the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

 

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 or waiver. If the Company elects to fix a record date for such purpose, the record date shall be fixed at such date as the Company may designate. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless consent from the Holders of the principal amount of Notes required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective also shall have been given and not revoked within such 90-day period.

 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (12) of Section 9.02. In that case the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note.

 

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.

 

Section 9.06. Trustee Protected.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article. In signing such amendment or supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Article Seven) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment or supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by and complies with this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE TEN

 

SUBORDINATION OF NOTES

 

Section 10.01. Agreement to Subordinate.

 

The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on or any other Obligations relating to the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article Ten, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt of the Company (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.

 

This Article Ten shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Debt, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt, and such holders are made obligees hereunder and any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.

 

Section 10.02. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

 

The holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Obligations due in respect of Senior Debt of the Company (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt of the Company) before the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to or any other Obligations relating to the Notes or any distribution of assets or proceeds (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from the trust pursuant to Article Eight hereof), in the event of any distribution to creditors of the Company in connection with:

 

(i) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

(ii) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

(iii) any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(iv) any marshaling of the Company’s assets and liabilities.

 

The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

 

Section 10.03. Default on Designated Senior Debt.

 

The Company may not make any payment in respect of the Notes or any distribution of assets or proceeds (except in respect of Permitted Junior Securities or from the trust pursuant to Article Eight hereof) if:

 

(1) a payment default on Designated Senior Debt of the Company occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period; or

 

(2) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of Designated Senior Debt of the Company that permits holders of that series of Designated Senior Debt of the Company to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) of such default from the Company, or any agent or Representative with respect to such Designated Senior Debt (a “nonpayment default”).

 

Payments on the Notes may and shall be resumed:

 

(1) in the case of a payment default on Designated Senior Debt of the Company, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived; and

 

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(2) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on which such default is cured or waived or 180 days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee, unless the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt of the Company has been accelerated.

 

No new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered unless and until: (1) 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice; and (2) all scheduled payments of principal, interest and premium and additional interest, if any, on the Notes that have come due (other than as a result of any acceleration of the Notes) have been paid in full in cash.

 

No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

 

Section 10.04. Acceleration of Notes.

 

The Company shall promptly notify holders of its Senior Debt and any agent or Representative with respect to such Senior Debt if payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default.

 

Section 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

 

If the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes receives a payment in respect of the Notes (except in respect of Permitted Junior Securities or from the trust under Article Eight hereof) when:

 

(1) the payment is prohibited by this Article Ten; and

 

(2) the Trustee or the Holder has actual knowledge that the payment is prohibited;

 

the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall hold the payment in trust for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt of the Company and shall deliver notice thereof to the agent or Representative of the holders of Senior Debt. Upon the proper written request of the agent or Representative of the holders of Designated Senior Debt of the Company, or, if no such Designated Senior Debt exists, the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall deliver the amounts in trust to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company or their Representative.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article Ten, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Ten, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.

 

Section 10.06. Notice by the Company.

 

The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article Ten, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior Debt as provided in this Article Ten.

 

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Section 10.07. Subrogation.

 

After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article Ten to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.

 

Section 10.08. Relative Rights.

 

This Article Ten defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

 

(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;

 

(b) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt; or

 

(c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.

 

If the Company fails because of this Article Ten to pay principal of or interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 10.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company.

 

No right of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder to comply with this Indenture.

 

Section 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.

 

Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Ten, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Ten.

 

Section 10.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Ten or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article Ten. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article Ten shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 or any other section hereof.

 

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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

Section 10.12. Authorization to Effect Subordination.

 

Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article Ten, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the lenders under the Credit Facilities are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

GUARANTEES

 

Section 11.01. Unconditional Guarantee.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees (such guarantee to be referred to herein as the “Subsidiary Guarantee”) to each Holder and to the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due and payable under this Indenture and the Notes by the Company whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repurchase or otherwise, including, without limitation, interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, to the extent lawful, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; subject, however, to the limitations set forth in this Article Eleven and Article Twelve.

 

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the 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. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payments, 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 this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and in this Subsidiary Guarantee. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees 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 Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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The Subsidiary Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall be, in the manner and to the extent set forth in Article Twelve, subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment when due of the principal of, premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts owing on all existing and future Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor and of the Company, as the case may be, and senior to the right of payment of principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all existing and future subordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Section 11.02. Limitation of Subsidiary Guarantor’s Liability.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any federal, state or foreign law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to Section 11.03, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal, state or foreign law.

 

Section 11.03. Contribution.

 

In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Subsidiary Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under the Subsidiary Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all other Subsidiary Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes or any other Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantee. “Adjusted Net Assets” of such Subsidiary Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date), but excluding liabilities under the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on its debts, including, without limitation, Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Subsidiary Guarantee), excluding debt in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as they become absolute and matured.

 

Section 11.04. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its execution and delivery of this Indenture or any supplemental indentures hereof shall evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 without the need for any further notation on the Notes.

 

Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation relating to such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

If an Officer of a Subsidiary Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or any Supplemental indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Notes or at any time thereafter, such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

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The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 11.05. Severability.

 

In case any provision of this Subsidiary Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that portion of such provision that is not invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall remain in effect, and the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.06. Execution of Guarantee.

 

To evidence their Guarantee to the Holders set forth in this Article Eleven, the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree to execute the Guarantee in substantially the form included in Exhibit E, which shall be endorsed on each Security ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in this Article Eleven shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor by two officers (who shall have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions), and delivery of such Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of such Guarantee on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor. Such signature upon the Guarantee may be by manual or facsimile signature of such officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Guarantee, and in case any such officer who shall have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed the Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

 

Section 12.01. Guarantees Subordinated to Senior Debt.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that any payment in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article Twelve, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.

 

This Article Twelve shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Debt, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt, and such holders are made obligees hereunder and any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.

 

Section 12.02. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

 

The holders of Senior Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior Debt (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt of the Company) before the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to any such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any distribution of assets or proceeds (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from the trust pursuant to Article Eight hereof), in the event of any distribution to creditors of any such Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with:

 

(i) any liquidation or dissolution of such Subsidiary Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

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(ii) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Subsidiary Guarantor or its property, whether voluntary or involuntary;

 

(iii) any assignment for the benefit of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s creditors; or

 

(iv) any marshaling of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets and liabilities.

 

The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 12.03. Default on Designated Senior Debt.

 

No Subsidiary Guarantor may make any payment in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee or any distribution of assets or proceeds (except in respect of Permitted Junior Securities or from the trust pursuant to Article Eight hereof) if:

 

(1) a payment default on Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period; or

 

(2) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor that permits holders of that series of Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice (a “Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice”) of such default from the Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor or any agent or Representative with respect to such Designated Senior Debt (a “Subsidiary nonpayment default”).

 

Payments on such Subsidiary Guarantee may be resumed:

 

(1) in the case of a payment default on Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived; and

 

(2) in case of a Subsidiary nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on which such default is cured or waived or 180 days after the date on which the applicable Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee, unless the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor has been accelerated.

 

No new Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered unless and until: (1) 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice; and (2) all scheduled payments of principal, interest and premium and additional interest, if any, on the Notes that have come due (other than as a result of any acceleration of the Notes) have been paid in full in cash.

 

No Subsidiary nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Subsidiary Payment Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

 

Section 12.04. Guarantees Unconditional

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any Guarantee is intended to or shall impair, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Holders, the Guarantees, which are absolute and unconditional, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors of the Subsidiary Guarantors, other than the holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Twelve, of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of any Subsidiary

 

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Guarantor received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any distribution of assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor referred to in this Article Twelve, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which any insolvency or liquidation proceedings is pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve.

 

Section 12.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

 

If the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes receives a payment in respect of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee (except in respect of Permitted Junior Securities or from the trust under Article Eight hereof) when:

 

(1) the payment is prohibited by this Article Twelve; and

 

(2) the Trustee or the Holder has actual knowledge that the payment is prohibited;

 

the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall hold the payment in trust for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor and shall deliver notice thereof to the agent or Representative of the holders of such Senior Debt. Upon the proper written request of the agent or Representative of the holders of Designated Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or, if no such Designated Senior Debt exists, the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall deliver the amounts in trust to the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor or their Representative.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article Twelve, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Twelve, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.

 

Section 12.06. Notice by the Company.

 

The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees to violate this Article Twelve, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Subsidiary Guarantees to the Senior Debt as provided in this Article Twelve.

 

Section 12.07. Subrogation.

 

After all Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the payment of such Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article Twelve to holders of such Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as between any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Holders, a payment by any such Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Section 12.08. Relative Rights.

 

This Article Twelve defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and holders of Senior Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

 

(a) impair, as between any Subsidiary Guarantor and Holders of Notes, the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to make payments in accordance with the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

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(b) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of any Subsidiary Guarantor other than their rights in relation to holders of such Senior Debt; or

 

(c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of such Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes by any such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

If any Subsidiary Guarantor fails because of this Article Twelve to make a payment pursuant to the terms of its Subsidiary Guarantee, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 12.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company.

 

No right of any holder of Senior Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Holder or by the failure of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Holder to comply with this Indenture.

 

Section 12.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.

 

Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor referred to in this Article Twelve, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve.

 

Section 12.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Twelve or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee to violate this Article Twelve. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article Twelve shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 or any other section hereof.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt of any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

Section 12.12. Authorization to Effect Subordination.

 

Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article Twelve, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any

 

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proceeding referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the lenders under the Credit Facilities are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

Section 13.02. Notices.

 

Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, addressed as follows:

 

If to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, VA 23226

Attention: Paul K. Suijk

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

1021 East Cary Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration - VA 9646

 

The Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; 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 mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him by first-class mail at his address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor mails notice or communications to Holders it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

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Section 13.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (except with respect to the initial issuance of the Notes), the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee, at the request of the Trustee:

 

(1) an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, the conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such conditions precedent have been complied with and such other opinions as the Trustee may reasonably require.

 

Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(1) a statement that each person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each 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

 

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

 

Section 13.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or for a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for its functions.

 

Section 13.07. Legal Holidays.

 

If a payment date is a not a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section 13.08. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

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Section 13.09. Governing Law.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES.

 

Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 13.11. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

Section 13.12. Duplicate Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same instrument.

 

Section 13.13. Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any party hereto.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

  Christopher T. Schools

Title:

  Vice President and Treasurer

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Lee B. Bedell


Name:

  Lee B. Bedell

Title:

  Vice President

 

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

CADMUS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.,

CADMUS JOURNAL SERVICES, INC., CADMUS

MARKETING GROUP, INC., CADMUS

PRINTING GROUP, INC., MACK PRINTING

COMPANY, PORT CITY PRESS, INC., SCIENCE

CRAFTSMAN INCORPORATED, WASHBURN

GRAPHICS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

  Christopher T. Schools

Title:

  Vice President and Treasurer
CADMUS INVESTMENTS, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

  Christopher T. Schools

Title:

  President and Assistant Treasurer
CDMS MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

  Christopher T. Schools

Title:

  Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

[Private Placement Legend]

 

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:

 

(A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY

 

(i) (a) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS).

 

(ii) TO THE ISSUER, OR

 

(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND

 

(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

 

[Global Notes Legend]

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS


HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

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8 3/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

 

No.                        $ [                    ]            
    [CUSIP No.             ]            

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation, promises to pay to                                  or registered assigns the principal sum of [                    ] Dollars on June 15, 2014.

 

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2004

 

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated: June 15, 2004

 

Certificate of Authentication:

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of

the Notes referred to in the within-

mentioned Indenture.

 

By:  

 


    Authorized Signatory

 

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[Reverse of Note]

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

1. Interest. Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 8 3/8% per annum from June 15, 2004 until maturity; provided, however, that if a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this Note from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured at a rate of 0.5% per annum with respect to the first 90-day period following such Registration Default, increasing by an additional 0.5% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of additional interest of 1.0% per annum. The Company will pay interest semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from June 15, 2004; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 15, 2004. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate equal to the interest rate on the Notes then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are registered holders of Notes at the close of business on the record date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after the record date and on or before the Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay such amounts by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated wholly owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are issued provides that an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Notes may be issued thereunder.

 

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5. Guarantees. The Notes are general senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligation to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Notes is unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis, jointly and severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Article Eleven of the Indenture. Certain limitations to the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors are set forth in further detail in the Indenture.

 

6. Subordination. Each Holder by accepting this Note agrees, that payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on (or any other Obligations relating to) the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Ten of the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt of the Company (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt. Each Holder by accepting this Note agrees, that any payment in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Debt.

 

7. Optional Redemption. Except as described below, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2009. At any time on or after June 15, 2009, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or any portion of the Notes at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Notes) set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning June 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2009

   104.188 %

2010

   102.792 %

2011

   101.396 %

2012 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to June 15, 2007, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued under the Indenture with the proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 108.375%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued under the Indenture must remain outstanding after each such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (2) any such redemption must occur within 90 days of the date of the closing of the Public Equity Offering.

 

8. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

9. Selection and Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed to the Holder’s registered address at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If less than all Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in multiples of $1,000 pro rata, by lot or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate; provided that if the Notes are listed on any securities exchange, that such method complies with the requirements of such exchange. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the redemption price or accrued interest).

 

10. Repurchase upon a Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer at an offer price in cash

 

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equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing, among other things, the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice.

 

11. Asset Sales. Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its option to (1) repay Senior Debt and, if the Senior Debt repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto or (2) to purchase Replacement Assets or to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business. Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding sentence will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Within 30 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

12. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes selected for redemption. Also, it need not transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed.

 

13. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes and neither the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee nor any Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

14. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, and any past default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to: cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01, or 4.19(B) of the Indenture; make any change that would provide any additional benefit or rights to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any such Holder; comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; comply with Section 4.19(C) (release of Subsidiary Guarantees) of the Indenture; or evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee.

 

15. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default related to bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) under the Indenture occurs

 

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and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes then outstanding to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by Holders) specifying the respective Event of Default and upon any such declaration such principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Obligations under any Credit Facilities shall be outstanding, the acceleration shall not be effective until the earlier of (1) an acceleration of Indebtedness under such Credit Facilities or (2) five business days after receipt by the Company and the agent under such Credit Facilities of written notice of such declaration of acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default related to bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary occurs, all unpaid principal of, and accrued interest on, the Notes then outstanding will become due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity and security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

 

16. Trustee Dealings with Company and Subsidiary Guarantors. The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

17. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

18. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

 

19. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee, under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

20. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Cadmus Communications Corporation, 1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23226, Attention: Paul K. Suijk.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 


(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint                                                   as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 


 

 

Your Signature:

 

 


   

    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

 

Your Name:

 

 


Date:                     

Signature Guarantee:

 

 


 

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FORM OF OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the box:  ¨

 

If you want to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the amount (in integral multiples of $1,000:

 

$                                

 

Date:                     

  Signature:  

 


   

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

Name:

 

 


Capacity:

 

 


Address:  

 


Telephone No.:

 

 


Tax Identification or Social Security No.:

 

 


Medallion Signature Guarantee:

 

 



[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange


 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Note


 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note


   Principal Amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease or increase


   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee or Notes
Custodian


 


EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, VA 23226

Facsimile: (804) 287-5691

Attention: Paul K. Suijk

 

CUSIP:                    

 

Re: 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Indenture”), between Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wachovia Bank, National Association as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

                                 (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount at maturity of $                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                                  (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1. G Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

2. G Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the restricted period as defined in Regulation S, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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3. G Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

(a) G such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or

 

(b) G such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

 

(c) G such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; or

 

(d) G such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if the principal amount of Notes to be transferred is less than $100,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

4. G Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

 

(a) G Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(b) G Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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(c) G Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 


[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated:                     

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

 

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

(A) G a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) G 144A Global Note (CUSIP 127587AC7); or

 

(ii) G Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U12292AC9); or

 

(B) G a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

2. After the Transfer the Transferee shall hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

(A) G a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) G 144A Global Note (CUSIP 127587AC7); or

 

(ii) G Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U12292AC9); or

 

(iii) G Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or

 

(B) G a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

(C) G an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

 

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, VA 23226

Facsimile: (804) 287-5691

Attention: Paul K. Suijk

 

CUSIP:                     

 

Re: 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Indenture”), between Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

                                 (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount at maturity of $                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(a) G Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(b) G Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(c) G Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in

 

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accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(d) G Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.

 

(a) G Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

(b) G Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE]

 

G 144A Global Note,

 

G Regulation S Global Note

 

with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 


[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM

 

ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, VA 23226

Facsimile: (804) 287-5691

Attention: Paul K. Suijk

 

CUSIP:                     

 

Re: 8 3/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Indenture”), between Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

In connection with our proposed purchase of $                     aggregate principal amount at maturity of:

 

(a) G beneficial interest in a Global Note, or

 

(b) G a Definitive Note,

 

we confirm that:

 

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we shall do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.

 

3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we shall be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us shall bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

 

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4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 

5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.

 

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 


[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

GUARANTEE

 

For value received, each Subsidiary Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) hereby fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantees on a senior subordinated basis (such guarantee by each Subsidiary Guarantor being referred to herein as the “Subsidiary Guarantee”) (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Articles Eleven and Twelve of the Indenture (as defined below) and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with Article Eleven of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note.

 

The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth, and are expressly subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, to the extent and in the manner provided, in Article Twelve of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee therein made.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2004, among Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended or supplemented (the “Indenture”).

 

THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE UNDERSIGNED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.

 

This Subsidiary Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture and subordination as set forth in Article Twelve thereof.

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, each of the undersigned Subsidiary Guarantors has caused this Subsidiary Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.

 

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CADMUS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC., CADMUS JOURNAL SERVICES, INC., CADMUS MARKETING GROUP, INC., CADMUS PRINTING GROUP, INC.,

MACK PRINTING COMPANY,

PORT CITY PRESS, INC.,

SCIENCE CRAFTSMAN INCORPORATED, WASHBURN GRAPHICS, INC.

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   
CADMUS INVESTMENTS, LLC

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   
CDMS MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    

 

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EX-4.10 3 dex410.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 15, 2004 Registration Rights Agreement dated June 15, 2004

Exhibit 4.10

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

 

$125,000,000

 

8 3/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

June 15, 2004

 

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

One Wachovia Center

301 South College Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0604

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”) and the Company’s domestic subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”) confirm their agreement with Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (“Wachovia”), Banc of America Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and Harris Nesbitt Corp. (together, the “Initial Purchasers”) on the terms set forth herein.

 

This agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement” or this “Agreement”) is being entered into in connection with a certain purchase agreement, dated June 9, 2004, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the issuance and sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) to be unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by the Guarantors (the “Note Guarantees”). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees. The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereto.


Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified person, any other person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person. For purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is a legal holiday under the laws of New York, New York or is a day on which banking institutions therein located are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Consummate” means, with respect to a Registered Exchange Offer, the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Registered Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) hereof, (c) the Company’s acceptance for exchange of all Transfer Restricted Notes duly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (d) the delivery of Exchange Notes by the Company to the registrar under the Indenture in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes duly tendered and not validly withdrawn by Holders thereof pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the delivery of such Exchange Notes to such Holders. The term “Consummation” has a meaning correlative to the foregoing.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Exchange Notes” means debt securities of the Company, guaranteed by the Guarantors, substantially identical in all material respects to the Notes other than issue date (except that the Additional Interest provisions and the transfer restrictions pertaining to the Notes will be modified or eliminated, as appropriate), to be issued under the Indenture in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Period” means the 180-day period following the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or during which the Company has suspended the use of the Prospectus contained therein pursuant to Section 2(d); provided, however, that in the event that all resales of Exchange Notes (including, subject to the time periods set forth herein, any resales by Participating Broker-Dealers) covered by such Exchange Offer Registration Statement have been made, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement need not thereafter remain continuously effective for such period.

 

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Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means a registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Filing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereto.

 

Holder” means any holder from time to time of Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes (including the Initial Purchasers).

 

Indenture” means the indenture relating to the Notes and the Exchange Notes, dated as of June 15, 2004, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Initial Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Issue Date” means June 15, 2004.

 

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(d) hereto.

 

Majority Holders” means the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes registered under a Registration Statement.

 

Managing Underwriters” means the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering under a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

Notes” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Participating Broker-Dealer” means any Holder (which may include one of the Initial Purchasers) that is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities for Exchange Notes.

 

Private Exchange Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(g) hereof.

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Transfer Restricted Notes covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements to the Prospectus.

 

Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

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Registered Exchange Offer” means the proposed offer to the Holders to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes.

 

Registration Statement” means any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Transfer Restricted Notes (including the Note Guarantee) pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Shelf Registration” means a registration of Transfer Restricted Notes with the Commission effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(c) hereof.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” means a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof, which covers some or all of the Transfer Restricted Notes, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and which may be in the format of an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement if permitted by the Commission, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Transfer Restricted Notes” means each Note upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, each Private Exchange Note as to which Section 3(a)(iii) or Section 3(a)(iv) applies upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, until in the case of any such Note or Exchange Note, as the case may be, the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Note has been exchanged by a person other than a Participating Broker-Dealer for an Exchange Note (other than with respect to an Exchange Note as to which Section 3(a)(iii) or Section 3(a)(iv) apply), (ii) with respect to Exchange Notes received by Participating Broker-Dealers in the Registered Exchange Offer, the date on which such Exchange Note has been sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer by means of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) a Shelf Registration Statement covering such Note or Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been declared effective by the Commission and such Note or Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Shelf Registration Statement, (iv) the date on which such Note or Exchange Note, as the case may be, can be sold without any limitations under clauses (c), (e), (f) or (h) of Rule 144 under the Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, (v) the date on which such Note or Exchange Note is transferred to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or (vi) such Note or Exchange Note, as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.

 

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

Trustee” means the trustee with respect to the Notes or Exchange Notes, as applicable, under the Indenture.

 

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2. Registered Exchange Offer; Resales of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers; Private Exchange. (a) The Company and the Guarantors shall prepare and, not later than 90 days from the Issue Date (or, if such 90th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter), shall file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer (the date of such filing hereinafter referred to as the “Filing Date”). The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts (i) to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Act within 180 days from the Issue Date (or, if such 180th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter), and (ii) to Consummate the Registered Exchange Offer within 210 days from the Issue Date (or, if such 210th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter).

 

(b) The objective of such Registered Exchange Offer is to enable each Holder electing to exchange Transfer Restricted Notes for Exchange Notes (assuming that such Holder (x) is not an “affiliate” of the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of the Act, (y) is not a broker-dealer that acquired the Transfer Restricted Notes in a transaction other than as a part of its market-making or other trading activities and (z) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, is not participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes and has no arrangements or intentions with any person to make a distribution of the Exchange Notes) to resell such Exchange Notes from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States. Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that at the time of the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer each of the items listed in subsections (x), (y) and (z) of this Section 2(b) is true.

 

(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

 

(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for acceptance for not less than 30 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to Holders;

 

(iii) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open;

 

(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; and

 

(v) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to the Registered Exchange Offer.

 

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(d) The Company and the Guarantors may suspend the use of the Prospectus for a period not to exceed 30 days in any six-month period or an aggregate of 60 days in any twelve-month period for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of their obligations hereunder) to avoid premature public disclosure of a pending corporate transaction, including pending acquisitions or divestitures of assets, mergers and combinations and similar events; provided that (i) the Company and the Guarantors promptly thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 5(k) hereof, if applicable; (ii) the period during which the Registration Statement is required to be effective and usable shall be extended by the number of days during which such Registration Statement was not effective or usable pursuant to the foregoing provisions; and (iii) the Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes as provided in Section 4 hereof.

 

(e) As soon as practicable after the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i) accept for exchange all the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

 

(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all of the Notes so accepted for exchange; and

 

(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder Exchange Notes equal in principal amount to the Transfer Restricted Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

(f) The Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that, pursuant to interpretations by the staff of the Commission of Section 5 of the Act, and in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, each Participating Broker-Dealer is required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with a sale of any Exchange Notes received by such Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Transfer Restricted Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Accordingly, the Company and the Guarantors will allow Participating Broker-Dealers and other persons, if any, with similar prospectus delivery requirements to use the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement during the Exchange Offer Registration Period in connection with the resale of such Exchange Notes and shall:

 

(i) include the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover of the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (b) Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Registered Exchange Offer; (c) Annex C hereto in the plan of distribution section of the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and (d) Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and

 

(ii) use reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective (subject to Section 2(d)) under the Act during the Exchange Offer Registration Period for delivery of the Prospectus included therein by

 

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Participating Broker-Dealers in connection with sales of Exchange Notes received pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 5(h) below.

 

(g) In the event that any Initial Purchaser determines that it is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of Transfer Restricted Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3 hereof and at the request of such Initial Purchaser, the Company and the Guarantors shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser, or to the party purchasing Transfer Restricted Notes registered under the Shelf Registration Statement from such Initial Purchaser, in exchange for such Transfer Restricted Notes, a like principal amount of Exchange Notes to the extent permitted by applicable law (the “Private Exchange Notes”). The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such Private Exchange Notes as for Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.

 

3. Shelf Registration. (a) If (i) the Company and the Guarantors are not permitted to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the Registered Exchange Offer because the Registered Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 210 days (or if such 210th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter) of the Issue Date, (iii) an Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Notes acquired by it directly from the Company and the Guarantors, which have not been resold on or prior to the 30th day (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter) following the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, (iv) any Holder notifies the Company and the Guarantors on or prior to the 30th day (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter) following the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer, due to applicable law or Commission policy, (B) the Exchange Notes such Holder would receive would not be freely tradable, (C) such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer that cannot publicly resell the Exchange Notes that it acquires in the Registered Exchange Offer without delivering a Prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for resales following the completion of the Registered Exchange Offer, or (D) the Holder is a broker-dealer and owns Notes it has not exchanged and that it acquired directly from the Company, one of its Affiliates or the Guarantors, or (v) in the case where an Initial Purchaser participates in the Registered Exchange Offer or acquires Private Exchange Notes pursuant to Section 2(g) hereof, an Initial Purchaser does not receive freely tradable Exchange Notes in exchange for Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment and such Initial Purchaser notifies the Company and the Guarantors on or prior to the 30th day following the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (it being understood that, for purposes of this Section 3, (x) the requirement that the Initial Purchasers deliver a Prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 and/or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Act in connection with sales of Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for such Transfer Restricted Notes shall result in such Exchange Notes being not “freely tradable” and (y) the requirement that a Participating Broker-Dealer deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of Exchange Notes acquired in the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Transfer Restricted Notes acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities shall result in such Exchange Notes being not “freely tradable”), the following provisions shall apply:

 

(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement prior to the 45th day (or if such 45th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter) following the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the Company and the Guarantors determine that they are not permitted to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the Exchange Offer; (ii) 45 days (or if such 45th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter) after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective if the Registered Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by such date and (iii) the date notice is given pursuant to Section (a)(iii), (iv) or (v) above (or if either such 30th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter), and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission within 60 days after such filing (or if such 60th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter). With respect to Exchange Notes received by any Initial Purchaser in exchange for Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Company and the Guarantors may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508, as applicable, in satisfaction of their obligations under this paragraph (b) with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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(c) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (subject to Section 3(d)) in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by Holders until the earliest of (i) such time as the Notes or Exchange Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement can be sold without any limitations under clauses (c), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144 or similar rule adopted by the Commission, (ii) two years from the date the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or during which the Company has suspended the use of the Prospectus contained therein pursuant to Section 3(d) and (iii) such date as of which all the Transfer Restricted Notes have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (in any such case, such period being called the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such notes during that period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or (y) pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof, and, in either case, so long as the Company and the Guarantors promptly thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 5(k) hereof, if applicable.

 

(d) The Company and the Guarantors may suspend the use of the Prospectus for a period not to exceed 30 days in any six-month period or an aggregate of 60 days in any twelve-month period for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of their obligations hereunder) or to avoid premature public disclosure of a pending corporate transaction, including pending acquisitions or divestitures of assets, mergers and combinations and similar events; provided that (i) the Company and the Guarantors promptly thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 5(k) hereof, if applicable; (ii) the period during which the Registration

 

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Statement is required to be effective and usable shall be extended by the number of days during which such Registration Statement was not effective or usable pursuant to the foregoing provisions; and (iii) the Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes as provided in Section 4 hereof.

 

(e) No Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes may include any of its Transfer Restricted Notes in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company and the Guarantors in writing, within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company and the Guarantors may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes shall be entitled to Additional Interest pursuant to Section 4 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such reasonably requested information. Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company and the Guarantors all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company and the Guarantors by such Holder not misleading.

 

4. Additional Interest. (a) The parties hereto agree that Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes will suffer damages if the Company or the Guarantors fails to perform their obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages. Accordingly, in the event that (i) the applicable Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified herein for such filing, (ii) the applicable Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified herein for such effectiveness after such obligation arises, (iii) if the Registered Exchange Offer is required to be Consummated hereunder, the Registered Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the Company and the Guarantors within the time period set forth in Section 2(a) hereof, (iv) prior to the end of the Exchange Offer Registration Period or the Shelf Registration Period, the Commission shall have issued a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, or proceedings have been initiated with respect to the Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act, or (v) the Company and the Guarantors shall have initiated a suspension period pursuant to Section 2(d) or 3(d) (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (v), a “Registration Default”), then additional interest with respect to the Transfer Restricted Notes (“Additional Interest”) will accrue with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default in an amount equal to 0.5% per annum per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes and will increase by an additional 0.5% per annum per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes for each subsequent 90-day period until such Registration Default has been cured, up to an aggregate maximum amount of Additional Interest of 1.0% per annum per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for all Registration Defaults. Following the cure of a Registration Default, the accrual of Additional Interest with respect to such Registration Default will cease and upon the cure of all Registration Defaults the accrual of all Additional Interest will cease and the interest rate on the Notes shall thereafter be the coupon rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(a), the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to pay Additional Interest to a Holder of Restricted Transfer Notes if such Holder failed to comply with its obligations to make the representations set forth in the second sentence of Section 2(b) or provide the requested information pursuant to Section 3(e).

 

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(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee and paying agent under the Indenture (or the trustee and paying agent under such other indenture under which any Transfer Restricted Notes are issued) immediately upon the happening of each and every Registration Default. The Company and the Guarantors shall pay the Additional Interest due on the Transfer Restricted Notes by depositing with the paying agent (which shall not be the Company or the Guarantors for these purposes) for the Transfer Restricted Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders thereof, prior to 11:00 a.m. on the next interest payment date specified in the Indenture (or such other indenture), sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date specified by the Indenture (or such other indenture) to the record holders entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and include the date of the applicable Registration Default to, but excluding, the relevant interest payment date.

 

(c) The parties hereto agree that the Additional Interest provided for in this Section 4 constitutes a reasonable estimate of the damages that will be suffered by Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes by reason of the happening of any Registration Default and are intended to and shall constitute the sole remedy for damages that will be suffered by the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Notes by reason of any of the failures listed in Section 4(a).

 

(d) All Additional Interest which has accrued pursuant to this Section 4 and which is outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Note shall remain outstanding until paid in full (notwithstanding termination of this Agreement, Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or cessation of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Period).

 

5. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and, to the extent applicable, any Shelf Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(a) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein and shall reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchasers reasonably may propose.

 

(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall ensure that:

 

(i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus contained therein and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act;

 

(ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and

 

(iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Registration Statement, including any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in

 

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order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

provided that no representation or agreement is made hereby with respect to information with respect to the Initial Purchasers, any Underwriter or any Holder required to be included in any Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to the Act or provided by the Initial Purchasers, any Holder or any Underwriter specifically for inclusion in any Registration Statement or Prospectus.

 

(c) (1) The Company and the Guarantors shall advise the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes covered thereby, and, if requested by the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder, confirm such advice in writing:

 

(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; and

 

(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein or for additional information.

 

(2) The Company and the Guarantors shall advise the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes covered thereby, and, in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any Participating Broker-Dealer that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, confirm such advice in writing:

 

(i) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

 

(ii) of the receipt by the Company or the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Notes included in any Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(iii) of the happening of any event that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of the date of the issuance of such advice, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (which advice shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made).

 

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(d) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement at the earliest possible time.

 

(e) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).

 

(f) The Company and the Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus) or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes in connection with the offering and sale of the Transfer Restricted Notes covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

(g) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer that so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, any documents incorporated by reference therein and, if the Participating Broker-Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).

 

(h) The Company and the Guarantors shall, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period and pursuant to the requirements of the Act for the resale of the Exchange Notes during the period in which a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act (including any Commission no-action letters relating to the Registered Exchange Offer), deliver to each Participating Broker-Dealer, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus) included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus) or any amendment or supplement thereto by any such Participating Broker-Dealer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Notes, as provided in Section 2(f) above.

 

(i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Transfer Restricted Notes pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall use reasonable best efforts to register, qualify or cooperate with the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Transfer Restricted Notes for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states as any such Holders

 

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reasonably request in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Notes covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, neither the Company nor the Guarantors will be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not then so qualified, to file any general consent to service of process or to take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(j) The Company and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Notes to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in denominations and registered in such names as Holders may appropriately request prior to sales of Transfer Restricted Notes pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

(k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 2(d), 3(d) or paragraph (c)(2)(iii) of this Section 5, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to any Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Transfer Restricted Notes included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(l) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) on the first Business Day following the effective date of any Registration Statement hereunder or as soon as possible thereafter to remove (i) from any existing CUSIP number assigned to the Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, any designation indicating that such notes are “restricted securities,” which efforts shall include delivery to DTC of a letter executed by the Company substantially in the form of Annex E hereto and (ii) any other stop or restriction on DTC’s system with respect to the Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be. In the event the Company and the Guarantors are unable to cause DTC to take actions described in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall take such actions as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request to provide, as soon as practicable, a new CUSIP (if not already obtained) number for the Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes registered under such Registration Statement and to cause such CUSIP number to be assigned to the Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes (or to the maximum aggregate principal amount of the securities to which such number may be assigned).

 

(m) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to the security holders as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder.

 

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(n) The Company and the Guarantors shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

 

(o) The Company and the Guarantors may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company and the Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such Transfer Restricted Notes as may, from time to time, be reasonably required by the Act, and the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to any Holder hereunder shall be expressly conditioned on the compliance of such Holder with such request.

 

(p) The Company and the Guarantors shall, if requested, promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement (i) such information as the Majority Holders or, if the Transfer Restricted Notes are being sold in an underwritten offering, as the Managing Underwriters and the Majority Holders, reasonably provide to the Company or the Guarantors in writing for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, or Prospectus, and (ii) such information as a Holder may reasonably provide from time to time to the Company or the Guarantors in writing for inclusion in a Prospectus or any Shelf Registration Statement, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) above, concerning such Holder and/or underwriter and the distribution of such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Notes and, in either case, shall make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after being notified in writing of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

 

(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions as may be reasonably requested in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of any Transfer Restricted Notes, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 8 (or such other provisions and procedures reasonably acceptable to the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 8).

 

(r) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes to be registered thereunder, any Managing Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such Managing Underwriter, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and any of its subsidiaries reasonably requested by such persons;

 

(ii) cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders

 

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or any such Managing Underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that any information that is designated in writing by the Company and the Guarantors as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such Managing Underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless (x) disclosure thereof is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law; provided that each Holder and any such Managing Underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent will, upon learning that disclosure of such information is sought in a court proceeding or required by law, give notice to the Company and the Guarantors with enough time to allow the Company and the Guarantors to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure at the Company’s and the Guarantors’ sole expense, or (y) such information has previously been made or becomes available to the public generally through the Company, the Guarantors or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality or failure to safeguard such disclosure;

 

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes registered thereunder and the Managing Underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by the Company and the Guarantors to Managing Underwriters and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

 

(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the Managing Underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and Managing Underwriters;

 

(v) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of the Transfer Restricted Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement (provided such Holder furnishes the accountants with such representations as the accountants customarily require in similar situations) and the Managing Underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

 

(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 5(i) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

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The foregoing actions set forth in this Section 5(r) shall be performed at (i) the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto and (ii) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

 

(s) The Company and the Guarantors shall, if and to the extent required under the Act and/or the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder in order to register the Note Guarantee under the Act and qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, cause each guarantor, if any, to sign any Registration Statement and take all other action necessary to register the Note Guarantee under the applicable Registration Statement.

 

(t) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Securities Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) allowing the Company and the Guarantors to consummate a Registered Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Notes. The Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. The Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such a Registered Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission.

 

6. Registration Expenses. The Company and the Guarantors shall bear all reasonable fees and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer) incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations under Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 hereof (other than brokers’, dealers’ and underwriters’ discounts and commissions and brokers’, dealers’ and underwriters’ counsel fees) and, in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, shall reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of Shearman & Sterling LLP to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith.

 

7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes, make publicly available the applicable information necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A (or any successor rule adopted by the Commission). The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Notes without registration

 

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under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4) if applicable). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Transfer Restricted Notes identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) (i) In connection with any Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes covered thereby, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each such Holder and each person who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, in any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors will not be liable in any case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (A) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to the Holder furnished to the Company and the Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder specifically for inclusion therein, or (B) use of a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus during a period when a stop order has been issued in respect of such Registration Statement or any proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or use of a Prospectus when use of such Prospectus has been suspended pursuant to Section 2(d), 3(d) or 5(c)(2); provided that in each case, that such Holder received prior notice of such stop order, initiation of proceedings or suspension; and such Holder is required to but does not deliver a Prospectus or the then-current Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have.

 

(ii) The Company and the Guarantors also agree to indemnify or contribute to Losses, as provided in Section 8(d), of any Managing Underwriters of Transfer Restricted Notes registered under a Registration Statement, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Managing Underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the selling Holders provided in this Section 8(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 5(q) hereof.

 

(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes covered by a Registration Statement severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each person who controls either of

 

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the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company and the Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, or improper use by the Holder of a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus during a period when a stop order has been issued in respect of such Registration Statement or any proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or use of a Prospectus when use of such Prospectus has been suspended pursuant to Section 2(d), 3(d) or 5(c)(2); provided that in each case, that such Holder received prior notice of such stop order, initiation of proceedings or suspension. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder or person may otherwise have.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified parties collectively shall have the right to employ one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel (and local counsel) if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded, based on the advice of outside counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall have authorized the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party; provided further, that the indemnifying party shall not be responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with the appropriate local counsel) representing all the indemnified parties under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

 

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(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified person, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other with respect to the offering and such sale shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the sum of the net proceeds from the original issuance of the Notes received by the Company, on the one hand, bear to the total proceeds received by the Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities, on the other. Benefits received by any Managing Underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement that resulted in such Losses. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8(d), the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Notes shall in no case be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Transfer Restricted Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and in no case shall any Managing Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Transfer Restricted Notes purchased by such Managing Underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent

 

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misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an indemnified party within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such indemnified party shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party, and each person who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of the Company or the Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

(e) The provisions of this Section 8 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantors or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes covered by a Registration Statement.

 

9. Underwritten Registrations.

 

If any of the Transfer Restricted Notes covered by any Shelf Registration statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriter that will administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Transfer Restricted Notes included in such offering, subject to the consent of the Company not to be unreasonably withheld; it being expressly agreed that Wachovia is an acceptable Managing Underwriter to the Company and such Holders shall be responsible for all underwriting commissions and discounts in connection therewith.

 

No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Notes on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

10. Miscellaneous. (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors have not, as of the date hereof, entered into nor shall they, on or after the date hereof, enter into any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders; provided that additional Guarantors may become parties to this Agreement pursuant to Section 10(h) hereof by executing an amendment hereto, which need not be signed by any of the other parties hereto to become effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of the Holders whose securities are being sold pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the applicable notes being sold pursuant to such registration statement.

 

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(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

  (i) if to the Initial Purchasers, as follows:

 

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

One Wachovia Center

301 South College Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0604

Fax: (704) 383-6596

Attention: High Yield Origination

 

Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57th Street

New York, New York 10019

Fax: (646) 313-4804

Attention: Legal Department

 

(ii) if to any other Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10(c), which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchasers; and

 

  (iii) if to the Company or the Guarantors, as follows:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, VA 23226

Attention: Paul Suijk

 

With a copy to:

 

Troutman Sanders LLP

1111 East Main Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Attention: Jeffrey M. Gill

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received, if delivered by hand or air courier, and when sent, if sent by first-class mail, telex or telecopier.

 

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The Company and the Guarantors by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company or the Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders. The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder that acquired the applicable Notes from a Holder and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

 

(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(g) Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Company and the Guarantors (x) submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and of the United States sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in respect of any action, claim or proceeding (“Proceeding”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any Proceeding in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any claim that any Proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum, and (z) agree that any service of process or other legal summons in connection with any Proceeding may be served on it by mailing a copy thereof by registered mail, or a form of mail substantially equivalent thereto, postage prepaid, addressed to the served party at its address as provided for in Section 10(c). Nothing in this section shall affect the right of the parties to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(h) Obligations of New Subsidiary Guarantors. If any person becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture) after the date hereof and while the Company has continuing obligations under this Agreement, the Company will cause such person to become a party hereto including for purposes of registration obligations, the guarantee of Additional Interest on a joint and several basis and indemnification and contribution pursuant to Section 8.

 

(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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(j) Notes Held by the Company, Etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes is required hereunder, Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes held by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes or Exchange Notes if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Notes) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Very truly yours,

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

 

Christopher T. Schools

Title:

 

Vice President and Treasurer

CADMUS INVESTMENTS, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

 

Christopher T. Schools

Title:

 

President and Assistant Treasurer

CDMS MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

 

Christopher T. Schools

Title:

 

Treasurer

CADMUS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.,

CADMUS JOURNAL SERVICES, INC., CADMUS

MARKETING GROUP, INC., CADMUS PRINTING

GROUP, INC., MACK PRINTING COMPANY, PORT

CITY PRESS, INC., SCIENCE CRAFTSMAN

INCORPORATED, WASHBURN GRAPHICS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Christopher T. Schools


Name:

 

Christopher T. Schools

Title:

 

Vice President and Treasurer


The foregoing Agreement is hereby acknowledged and accepted as of the date first written above.

 

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

HARRIS NESBITT CORP.

By:

 

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

By:

 

Lewis S. Morris, III


Name:

 

Lewis S. Morris, III

Title:

 

Vice President


SCHEDULE 1

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

Cadmus International Holdings, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Investments, LLC, incorporated under the laws of Delaware;

Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Printing Group, Inc. incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

CDMS Management, LLC, incorporated under the laws of Delaware;

Mack Printing Company, incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania;

Port City Press, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Maryland;

Science Craftsman Incorporated, incorporated under the laws of New York; and

Washburn Graphics, Inc., incorporated under the laws of North Carolina.

 

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ANNEX A

 

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer during the Exchange Offer Registration Period in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Notes where such Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company and the Guarantors have agreed that, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

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ANNEX B

 

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes, where such Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes during the Exchange Offer Registration Period. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

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ANNEX C

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes during the Exchange Offer Registration Period. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Notes where such Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company and the Guarantors have agreed that, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, it will make this Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

 

The Company and the Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit from any such resale of Exchange Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

During the Exchange Offer Registration Period, the Company and the Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company and the Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Registered Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Notes) other than dealers’ and brokers’ discounts, commissions and counsel fees and will indemnify the holders of the Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.

 

[If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508.]

 

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ANNEX D

 

  ¨ CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

    Name:      

 


   

Address

 

     
           

 

 


 

The undersigned represents that it is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, that any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business and that at the time of the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer it had no arrangement with any person to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes.

 

In addition, if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes, it represents that the Notes to be exchanged for Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

 

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ANNEX E

 

FORM OF LETTER TO BE PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY TO

THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY

 

The Depository Trust Company

55 Water Street, 50th Floor

New York, NY 10041

 

Re: 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”)

      of Cadmus Communications Corporation

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Please be advised that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective a Registration Statement on [Form S-3] [Form S-4] under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with regard to all of the Notes referenced above. Accordingly, there is no longer any restriction as to whom such Notes may be sold and [any restrictions on the CUSIP designation are no longer appropriate and may be removed] [the new CUSIP number for the Notes provided should be used]. I understand that upon receipt of this letter, DTC will remove any stop or restriction on its system with respect to this issue.

 

As always, please do not hesitate to call if we can be of further assistance.

 

Very truly yours,

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

By:  

 


   

Authorized Officer

 

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EX-5.1 4 dex51.htm OPINION OF TROUTMAN SANDERS OPINION OF TROUTMAN SANDERS

EXHIBIT 5.1

 

[Troutman Sanders LLP Letterhead]

 

August 24, 2004

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

 

Re:    Cadmus Communications Corporation
     Registration Statement On Form S-4 (Filed August 24, 2004).

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8 3/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Exchange Notes”), which are to be guaranteed pursuant to guarantees thereof (the “Guarantees”) by each of the subsidiaries of the Company that are parties to the Indenture (as defined below) (collectively, the “Guarantors” and together with the Company, the “Obligors”). The Exchange Notes are to be issued under an Indenture dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Indenture”) among the Obligors and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by the Company, in exchange for a like principal amount of the Company’s issued and outstanding 8 3/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Original Notes”), as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) by and among the Obligors and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, acting on behalf of itself and as the representative of the several initial purchasers of the Original Notes.

 

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b) (5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of:

 

(i) the registration statement on Form S-4 of the Obligors, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 24, 2004 (the “Registration Statement”);

 

(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(iii) the Indenture;

 

(iv) the certificate of incorporation or formation of each of the Obligors, as amended to date;

 

(v) the by-laws or operating agreement of each of the Obligors, as amended to date;

 

(vi) certain resolutions adopted by the boards of directors or a duly constituted committee thereof of each of the Obligors relating to the Exchange Offer, the issuance of the Original Notes and the Exchange Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees and related matters;

 

(vii) the Form T-1 of the Trustee filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and

 

(viii) the form of the Exchange Notes.

 

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Obligors and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.


Cadmus Communications Corporation

August 24, 2004

Page 2

 

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of executed documents or documents to be executed, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Obligors, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties, other than the Obligors, of such documents and, except as set forth below, the validity and binding effect on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Obligors and others.

 

We are members of the Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia Bars, and we express no opinion other than as to (i) the laws of the State of New York that are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees and (ii) the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the States of Maryland and North Carolina. With respect to all matters of Delaware and Pennsylvania law, we have relied solely upon the opinions of Stewart & Associates and Buchanan Ingersoll, PC, respectively, each dated June 15, 2004.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that when the Exchange Notes (in the form examined by us) have been duly executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and have been delivered upon consummation of the Exchange Offer against receipt of Original Notes surrendered in exchange therefor in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture, (1) the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and (2) each Guarantee will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor that is a party thereto.

 

Our opinions expressed above are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance), reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, (a) the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and (b) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing. Furthermore, (a) we express no opinion regarding the validity or effect of any provision relating to severability or separability or purporting to establish any obligation of any party as absolute or unconditional regardless of the occurrence or non-occurrence or existence or non-existence of any event or other state of facts and (b) certain of the waivers included in the Indenture relating to the guaranties by the Guarantors may be unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth above, we have assumed that the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture and the Exchange Notes, the execution and delivery by each of the Guarantors of the Indenture, the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of its obligations under the Indenture and the Exchange Notes, do not and will not violate or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor or its properties is subject.


Cadmus Communications Corporation

August 24, 2004

Page 3

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable law.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
EX-8.1 5 dex81.htm OPINION OF TROUTMAN SANTERS-TAX MATTERS OPINION OF TROUTMAN SANTERS-TAX MATTERS

EXHIBIT 8.1

 

OPINION OF TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP AS TO TAX MATTERS

 

[Troutman Sanders LLP Letterhead]

 

August 24, 2004

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23226

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Cadmus Communication Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Corporation”), in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed August 24, 2004 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration under the Act of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Exchange Notes”) to be offered by the Corporation in exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014.

 

In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have examined the Registration Statement, including the prospectus included therein and the documents incorporated by reference therein, and we have made such investigations of law as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinion expressed below.

 

Subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated in the Registration Statement and the limitations and qualifications set forth herein, it is our opinion that the description of the United States federal income tax consequences appearing under the heading “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, insofar as such description constitutes legal conclusions or summaries of legal matters, is accurate.

 

This opinion letter is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no opinions are intended to be implied or may be inferred beyond those expressly stated herein. Our opinion is rendered as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion or any matter related to this opinion to reflect any change of fact, circumstances, or law after the date hereof. Furthermore, our opinion is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or a court. In addition, we must note that our opinion represents merely our best legal judgment on the matters presented and that others may disagree with our conclusion. There can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service will not take a contrary position or that a court would agree with our opinion if litigated.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, however, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.

 

    

Very truly yours,

    

/s/ Troutman Sanders LLP

EX-12.1 6 dex121.htm STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

EXHIBIT 12.1

 

STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

     Fiscal Year Ended June 30,

Dollars in Thousands    2004

   2003

   2002

   2001

   2000

Earnings:

                                  

Pretax income (loss) from continuing operations (1)

   $ 10,776    $ 5,077    $ 9,882    $ (7,177)    $ (18,201)

Fixed Charges:

                                  

Interest expensed and amortized deferred financing costs (2)

     14,192      14,602      16,093      19,666      23,002

Securitization costs

     296      634      1,110      2,748      1,489

Interest capitalized

     86      82      49      220      167

Estimate of interest within rental expense

     2,860      2,555      2,376      2,807      2,807

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

     —        —        —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

Total Fixed Charges

     17,434      17,873      19,628      25,441      27,465
    

  

  

  

  

Amortization/depreciation of capitalized interest

     221      308      341      348      317

Distributed income of equity investees

     —        —        —        —        —  

Pre-tax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges

     —        —        —        —        —  

Less:

                                  

Interest capitalized

     (86)      (82)      (49)      (220)      (167)

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

     —        —        —        —        —  

Minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges

     —        —        —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

Total Earnings, as defined

     28,345      23,176      29,802      18,392      9,414
    

  

  

  

  

Fixed Charges:

                                  

Interest expensed and amortized deferred financing costs (2)

     14,192      14,602      16,093      19,666      23,002

Securitization costs

     296      634      1,110      2,748      1,489

Interest capitalized

     86      82      49      220      167

Estimate of interest within rental expense

     2,860      2,555      2,376      2,807      2,807

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

     —        —        —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

Total Fixed Charges, as defined

   $ 17,434    $ 17,873    $ 19,628    $ 25,441    $ 27,465
    

  

  

  

  

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

     1.63      1.30      1.52      - (3)      - (4)

(1) Excludes discontinued operations and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle.
(2) Amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness included in interest expense.
(3) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges with a deficiency of $7.0 million, primarily due to the impact of restructuring and other charges on earnings in fiscal 2001.
(4) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges with a deficiency of $18.1 million, primarily due to the impact of restructuring and other charges on earnings in fiscal 2000.
EX-21 7 dex21.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

EXHIBIT 21

 

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

American Graphics, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Georgia;

Cadmus Delaware, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Delaware;

Cadmus Direct Marketing, Inc., incorporated under the laws of North Carolina;

Cadmus Financial Distribution, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Interactive, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Georgia;

Cadmus International Holdings, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Investments, LLC, formed under the laws of Delaware;

Cadmus Journal Services, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus KnowledgeWorks International Ltd., incorporated under the laws of the

    Republic of Mauritius;

Cadmus Marketing Group, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Marketing, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus/O’Keefe Marketing, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Printing Group, Inc. incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Receivables Corp., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus Technology Solutions, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Cadmus UK, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

CDMS Management, LLC, formed under the laws of Delaware;

Expert Graphics, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Garamond/Pridemark Press, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Maryland;

KnowledgeWorks Global Limited, incorporated under the laws of the Republic

    of India;

Mack Printing Company, incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania;

Old TSI, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Georgia;

Port City Press, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Maryland;

Science Craftsman Incorporated, incorporated under the laws of New York;

Vaughan Printers, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Florida;

VSUB Holding Company, incorporated under the laws of Virginia;

Washburn Graphics, Inc., incorporated under the laws of North Carolina;

Washburn of New York, Inc., incorporated under the laws of New York

EX-23.1 8 dex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Cadmus Communications Corporation for the registration of $125 million of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated July 25, 2003, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Cadmus Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2003, and the related financial statement schedules included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

    

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

August 20, 2004

    
EX-25.1 9 dex251.htm FORM T-1 FORM T-1

EXHIBIT 25.1

 

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:

 

3235-0110

Expires:

 

[        , 2004]

Estimated average burden

hours per response. . . 15

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM T-1

 

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) [    ]

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact Name of Trustee as Specified in its Charter)

 

22-1147033

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

301 S. COLLEGE STREET, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

28288-0630

(Zip Code)

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

1021 E. CARY STREET

RICHMOND, VA 23219

ATTENTION: CORPORATE TRUST ADMINISTRATION VA-9646

(804) 697-7123

(Name, address and telephone number of Agent for Service)

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Obligor as Specified in its Charter)

 

VIRGINIA

(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

54-1274108

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1801 BAYBERRY COURT

SUITE 200

RICHMOND, VA

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

23226

(Zip Code)

 

8 3/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

(Title of Indenture Securities)


1. General information.

 

Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

a)   Name and address of each examining or supervisory authority to which it is subject:
    Comptroller of the Currency
    United States Department of the Treasury
    Washington, D.C. 20219

 

Federal Reserve Bank

Richmond, Virginia 23219

 

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.

 

3. Voting securities of the trustee.

 

Furnish the following information as to each class of voting securities of the trustee:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

4. Trusteeships under other indentures.

 

If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, furnish the following information:

 

a) Title of the securities outstanding under each such other indenture

 

Not applicable – see answer to Item 13.

 

b) A brief statement of the facts relied upon as a basis for the claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of the Act arises as the result of the trusteeship under any other indenture, including a statement as to how the indenture securities will rank as compared with the securities issued under such other indenture.

 

Not applicable – see answer to Item 13.

 

5. Interlocking directorates and similar relationships with the obligor or underwriters.

 

If the trustee or any of the directors or executive officers of the trustee is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee, or representative of the obligor or of any underwriter for the obligor, identify each such person having any such connection and state the nature of each such connection.

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.


6. Voting securities of the trustee owned by the obligor or its officials.

 

Furnish the following information as to the voting securities of the trustee owned beneficially by the obligor and each director, partner, and executive officer of the obligor:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

7. Voting securities of the trustee owned by underwriters or their officials.

 

Furnish the following information as to the voting securities of the trustee owned beneficially by each underwriter for the obligor and each director, partner, and executive officer of each such underwriter:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

8. Securities of the obligor owned or held by the trustee.

 

Furnish the following information as to securities of the obligor owned beneficially or held as collateral security for obligations in default by the trustee:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

9. Securities of underwriters owned or held by the trustee.

 

If the trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for obligations in default any securities of an underwriter for the obligor, furnish the following information as to each class of securities of such underwriter any of which are so owned or held by the trustee:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

10. Ownership or holdings by the trustee of voting securities of certain affiliates or security holders of the obligor.

 

If the trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for obligations in default voting securities of a person who, to the knowledge of the trustee (1) owns 10 percent or more of the voting stock of the obligor or (2) is an affiliate, other than a subsidiary, of the obligor, furnish the following information as to the voting securities of such person:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

11. Ownership or holdings by the trustee of any securities of a person owning 50 percent or more of the voting securities of the obligor.

 

If the trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for obligations in default any securities of a person who, to the knowledge of the trustee, owns 50 percent or more of the voting securities of the obligor, furnish the following information as to each class of securities of such person any of which are so owned or held by the trustee:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

12. Indebtedness of the obligor to the trustee.

 

Except as noted in the instructions, if the obligor is indebted to the trustee, furnish the following information:

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.


13. Defaults by the obligor.

 

a) State whether there is or has been a default with respect to the securities under this indenture. Explain the nature of any such default.

 

None.

 

b) If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, or is trustee for more than one outstanding series of securities under the indenture, state whether there has been a default under any such indenture or series, identify the indenture or series affected, and explain the nature of any such default.

 

None

 

14. Affiliations with the underwriters.

 

If any underwriter is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

 

Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.

 

15. Foreign trustee.

 

Identify the order or rule pursuant to which the trustee is authorized to act as sole trustee under indentures qualified or to be qualified under the Act.

 

Not applicable - trustee is a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

 

List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility.

 

 *  1. Copy of Articles of Association of the trustee as now in effect.

 

 *  2. Copy of the Certificate of the Comptroller of the Currency dated March 27, 2002, evidencing the authority of the trustee to transact business.

 

 *  3. Copy of the Certification of Fiduciary Powers of the trustee by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency dated March 27, 2002.

 

** 4. Copy of existing by-laws of the trustee.

 

     5. Copy of each indenture referred to in Item 4, if the obligor is in default.

 

-Not Applicable.

 

 X  6. Consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

 

 X  7. Copy of report of condition of the trustee at the close of business on March 31, 2004, published pursuant to the requirements of its supervising authority.

 

     8. Copy of any order pursuant to which the foreign trustee is authorized to act as sole trustee under indentures qualified or to be qualified under the Act.

 

-Not Applicable


     9. Consent to service of process required of foreign trustees pursuant to Rule 10a-4 under the Act.

 

-Not Applicable


* Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2002 as an Exhibit to Form T-1 in connection with Registration Statement File No. 333-86036 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

** Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2003 as an Exhibit to Form T-1 in connection with Registration Statement File No. 333-105207 and is incorporated by reference herein.


SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the trustee, Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national 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 Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 24th day of August, 2004.

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:

 

/s/ Lee B. Bedell


   

Lee B. Bedell

   

Vice President


EXHIBIT T-6

 

CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and in connection with the proposed issue of Cadmus Communications Corporation 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014, Wachovia Bank, National Association, hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:  

/s/ Lee B. Bedell


   

Lee B. Bedell

   

Vice President

 

Richmond, Virginia

 

August 24, 2004


EXHIBIT T-7

 

REPORT OF CONDITION

 

Consolidating domestic and foreign subsidiaries of Wachovia Bank, N.A., at the close of business on March 31, 2004, published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, under title 12, United States Code, Section 161. Charter Number 1 Comptroller of the Currency.

 

Statement of Resources and Liabilities

 

Thousand of Dollars


    
ASSETS     

Cash and balance due from depository institutions:

    

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

   10,978,000

Interest-bearing balances

   4,227,000

Securities

   ////////

Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)

   0

Available-for-sale securities (from schedule RC-B, column D)

   101,297,000

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell

   0

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   945,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

   4,378,000

Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):

    

Loan and leases held for sale

   14,853,000

Loan and leases, net of unearned income

   162,288,000

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   2,419,000

LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve

   0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance (item.4.b minus 4.c)

   161,869,000

Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)

   27,082,000

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   3,720,000

Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)

   140,000

Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)

   903,000

Customer’s liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding

   605,000

Intangible assets

    

Goodwill

   9,592,000

Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)

   1,467,000

Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)

   22,418,000

Total assets

   364,474,000
LIABILITIES     

Deposits:

    

In domestic offices

   224,687,000

Noninterest-bearing

   14,696,000

Interest-bearing

   209,991,000

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E, partII)

   14,162,000

Noninterest-bearing

   280,000

Interest-bearing

   13,882,000

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices(2)

   2,594,000

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase(3)

   22,207,000

Trading liabilities(from Schedule RC-D)

   16,996,000

Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under Capitalized leases)(from Schedule RC-M)

   29,231,000

Bank’s liability on acceptances executed and outstanding

   613,000

Subordinated notes and debentures.

   9,352,000

Other liabilities

   11,255,000

Total liabilities

   331,097,000

Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries

   1,499,000


EQUITY CAPITAL

 

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

   0

Common Stock

   455,000

Surplus

   24,216,000

Retained Earnings

   5,533,000

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   1,674,000

Other Equity Capital components

   0

Total equity capital (sum of item 23 through 27)

   31,878,000

Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21,22, and 28

   364,474,000
EX-99.1 10 dex991.htm FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

 

For Tender of all Outstanding

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

in exchange for

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

That have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

 

Pursuant to the Prospectus, dated             , 2004

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON             , 2004, UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED. TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

 

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By Mail, Overnight Courier or Hand:   By Facsimile For Eligible Institutions:   Confirm by Telephone:

Wachovia Bank, National Association

Corporate Actions – NC1153

1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., 3C3

Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

Attention: Marsha Rice

 

(704) 590-7628

Attention: Marsha Rice

  (704) 590-7413

 

Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal to an address other than those listed above, or transmission of instructions by facsimile other than as set forth above, will not constitute a valid delivery of your Old Notes.

 

By signing this Letter of Transmittal, you hereby acknowledge that you have received the Prospectus, dated             , 2004, of Cadmus Communications Corporation and this Letter of Transmittal. The Prospectus, together with this Letter of Transmittal, constitutes Cadmus Communications Corporation’s offer to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $125,000,000 of its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “New Notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of our issued and outstanding 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Old Notes”). The Old Notes were issued in an offering under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act that were not registered under the Securities Act. This Exchange Offer is being extended to all holders of the Old Notes.

 

Unless you comply with the procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery,” you must do one of the following on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer to participate in the Exchange Offer:

 

  tender your Old Notes by sending the certificates for your Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent at the address listed above; or

 

  tender your Old Notes by using the book-entry transfer procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Book-Entry Transfer,” and transmitting this Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message (as defined below) instead of this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent.


In order for a book-entry transfer to constitute a valid tender of your Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive a confirmation of book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”) of your Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by The Depository Trust Company and received by the Exchange Agent and forming a part of the Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that The Depository Trust Company has received an express acknowledgment from you that you have received and have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal. If you use this procedure, we may enforce the Letter of Transmittal against you.

 

Delivery of documents to The Depository Trust Company’s book-entry transfer facility will not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.

 

If you are a holder of Old Notes and wish to tender your Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, but (1) the Old Notes are not immediately available, (2) time will not permit your Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, or (3) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer, you may tender Old Notes by following the procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery.”

 

Only registered holders of Old Notes - which term, for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Old Notes - are entitled to tender their Old Notes for exchange in the Exchange Offer. If you are a beneficial owner whose Old Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, you should promptly contact the person in whose name the Old Notes are registered and instruct that person to tender on your behalf. If you wish to tender in the Exchange Offer on your own behalf, prior to completing and executing this Letter of Transmittal and delivering the certificates for your Old Notes, you must either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the Old Notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the person in whose name the Old Notes are registered.

 

You must complete this Letter of Transmittal if you are a registered holder of Old Notes - which term, for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Old Notes - and either (1) you wish to tender the certificates representing your Old Notes to the Exchange Agent together with this Letter of Transmittal or (2) you wish to tender your Old Notes by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company and you elect to submit this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent instead of an Agent’s Message.

 

In order to properly complete this Letter of Transmittal, you must: (1) complete the box entitled “Description of Old Notes Tendered,” (2) if appropriate, check and complete the boxes relating to book-entry transfer and guaranteed delivery and the boxes entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions,” (3) sign this Letter of Transmittal by completing the box entitled “Sign Here” and (4) complete the box entitled “Substitute Form W-9.” By completing the box entitled “Description of Old Notes Tendered” and signing below, you will have tendered your Old Notes for exchange on the terms and conditions described in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal. You should read the detailed instructions below before completing this Letter of Transmittal.

 

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NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW

 

PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

 

BOX BELOW TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES

 

DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES TENDERED     

Name and Address of Registered Holder


   1

   2

   3

     Certificate
Numbers(s)*


  

Aggregate

Principal

Amount

of Old Note(s)


  

Principal

Amount

Tendered**


    
    
    
    
     TOTAL:          

* Need not be completed by holders who tender by book-entry transfer.
** Old Notes tendered by this Letter of Transmittal must be in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof. Unless otherwise indicated in column 3, a holder will be deemed to have tendered ALL of the Old Notes represented by the certificate(s) listed in column 1. (See Instruction 4).

 

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BOXES BELOW TO BE CHECKED AS APPLICABLE

 

¨ Check here if the certificate(s) representing your Old Notes is being tendered with this Letter of Transmittal.

 

¨ Check here if the certificate(s) representing your Old Notes has been lost, destroyed or stolen and you require assistance in obtaining a new certificate(s).

 

Certificate Number(s):

 

 


Principal Amount(s) Represented:

 

 


 

You must contact the Exchange Agent to obtain instructions for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen certificate(s) representing Old Notes. (See Instruction 12.)

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:

 

 


Address:

 

 


 


 

The undersigned represents that it is not an affiliate of Cadmus Communications Corporation or the guarantors, that any New Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business and that at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it had no arrangement with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes.

 

In addition, if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that the Old Notes to be exchanged for New Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

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SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS

 

(See Instructions 1, 5 and 6)

 

To be completed ONLY if New Notes or Old Notes not tendered or exchanged are to be issued in the name of someone other than the registered holder of the Old Notes whose name(s) appear below.

 

¨ Old Note(s) to:

 

¨ New Note(s) to:

 

Name

 

 


(Please Print)

 

Address

 


 

 


(Zip Code)

 

Telephone Number (    )    -

 

 


(Tax Identification or Social Security No.)

(See Instruction 9)

 

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SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

 

(See Instructions 1, 5 and 6)

 

To be completed ONLY if New Notes or Old Notes or Old Notes not tendered or exchanged are to be delivered to someone other than the registered holder of the Old Notes whose name(s) appear(s) below or to the registered holder at an address other than that shown below.

 

 

¨ Old Note(s) to:

 

¨ New Note(s) to:

 

Name

 


(Please Print)

 

Address

 


 


(Zip Code)

 

Telephone Number (    )    -

 


(Tax Identification or Social Security No.)

(See Instruction 9)

 

¨ Check here and enclose a photocopy of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery if tendered Old Notes are being delivered under a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery previously sent to the Exchange Agent and complete the following:

 

Name(s) of Registered Holder(s)

 


Window Ticket Number (if any)

 


Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

 


Name of Institution Which Guaranteed Delivery

 


 

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If delivered by Book-Entry Transfer, complete the following:

 

Name of Tendering Institution

 


Account Number

 


Transaction Code Number

 


 

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BOXES BELOW TO BE CHECKED BY ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY

 

¨ Check here if tendered Old Notes are being delivered by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company and complete the following:

 

Name of Tendering Institution:

 


Account Number

 


Transaction Code Number

 


 

¨ Check here if Old Notes that are not tendered or not exchanged are to be returned by crediting The Depository Trust Company account number indicated above.

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, as described in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal, I hereby tender to Cadmus Communications Corporation the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes described above in the box entitled “Description of Old Notes Tendered” in exchange for a like principal amount of New Notes with the same maturity date which have been registered under the Securities Act.

 

Subject to and effective upon the acceptance for exchange of all or any portion of the Old Notes tendered by this Letter of Transmittal in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer - including, if the Exchange Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any extension or amendment - I hereby sell, assign and transfer to, or upon the order of, Cadmus Communications Corporation all right, title and interest in and to the Old Notes tendered by this Letter of Transmittal. I hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Exchange Agent as my agent and attorney-in-fact - with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent is also acting as the agent of Cadmus Communications Corporation in connection with the Exchange Offer - with respect to the tendered Old Notes, with full power of substitution, such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest, subject only to the right of withdrawal described in the Prospectus, to (1) deliver certificates for the tendered Old Notes to Cadmus Communications Corporation together with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, Cadmus Communications Corporation, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, as my agent, of the New Notes to be issued in exchange for the tendered Old Notes, (2) present certificates for the tendered Old Notes for transfer, and to transfer the tendered Old Notes on the books of Cadmus Communications Corporation, and (3) receive for the account of Cadmus Communications Corporation all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of ownership of the tendered Old Notes, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer.

 

I hereby represent and warrant that I have full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Old Notes tendered by this Letter of Transmittal and that, when the tendered Old Notes are accepted for exchange, Cadmus Communications Corporation will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title to the tendered Old Notes, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances, and that the tendered Old Notes are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies. I will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by Cadmus Communications Corporation or the Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, sale, assignment and transfer of the Old Notes tendered by this Letter of Transmittal, and I will comply with my obligations, if any, under the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2004 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among Cadmus Communications Corporation, certain guarantors named therein and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, on behalf of the initial purchasers named therein. I have read and I agree to all of the terms of the Exchange Offer.

 

The name(s) and address(es) of the registered holder(s) - which term, for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the holder of the Old Notes - of the Old Notes tendered by this Letter of Transmittal are printed above as they appear on the certificate(s) representing the Old Notes. The certificate number(s) and the Old Notes that I wish to tender are indicated in the appropriate boxes above.

 

Unless I have otherwise indicated by completing the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” above, I hereby direct that the New Notes be issued in the name(s) of the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry transfer of Old Notes, that the New Notes be credited to the account indicated above maintained with The Depository Trust Company. Similarly, unless I have otherwise indicated by completing the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions,” I hereby direct that the New Notes be delivered to the address shown below my signature.

 

If I have (1) tendered any Old Notes that are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer for any reason or (2) submitted certificates for more Old Notes than I wish to tender, unless I have otherwise indicated by completing the boxes entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions,” I hereby direct that certificates for any Old Notes that are not tendered or not exchanged should be issued in the name of the undersigned, if applicable, and delivered to the address shown below my signature or, in the case of a book-entry transfer of Old

 

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Notes, that Old Notes that are not tendered or not exchanged be credited to the account indicated above maintained with The Depository Trust Company, in each case, at Cadmus Communications Corporation’s expense, promptly following the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

 

I understand that if I decide to tender Old Notes, and Cadmus Communications Corporation accepts the Old Notes for exchange, this will constitute a binding agreement between me and Cadmus Communications Corporation, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal.

 

By tendering Old Notes and executing this Letter of Transmittal, or delivering an Agent’s Message instead of this Letter of Transmittal, I hereby represent and agree that: (1) I am not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of Cadmus Communications Corporation; (2) any New Notes I receive in the Exchange Offer are being acquired by me in the ordinary course of my business; (3) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, neither I nor, to my knowledge, anyone receiving New Notes from me, has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (as defined in the Securities Act) of the New Notes in violation of the Securities Act; (4) if I am not a Participating Broker-Dealer (as defined below), that I am not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Notes; and (5) if I am a Participating Broker-Dealer, that I will receive the New Notes for my own account in exchange for Old Notes that I acquired as a result of my market-making or other trading activities and that I will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the New Notes I receive. As used in this Letter of Transmittal, a “Participating Broker-Dealer” is a broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that it acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities. If I am a Participating Broker-Dealer, by making the representation set forth above and delivering a prospectus in connection with any resale transaction involving the New Notes, I understand that I will not be deemed to have admitted that I am an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation has agreed, subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, that for a period of not more than 180 days after the date of acceptance of Old Notes for exchange, it will make the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time, available to any Participating Broker-Dealer for use in connection with resales of the New Notes. Each Participating Broker-Dealer, by tendering Old Notes and executing this Letter of Transmittal, or delivering an Agent’s Message instead of this Letter of Transmittal, agrees that, upon receipt of notice from Cadmus Communications Corporation of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes the Prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Participating Broker-Dealer will suspend the sale of New Notes under the Prospectus. Each Participating Broker-Dealer further agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from Cadmus Communications Corporation to suspend the sale of New Notes as provided above, the Participating Broker-Dealer will suspend resales of the New Notes until (1) Cadmus Communications Corporation has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct the misstatement or omission and has furnished copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Participating Broker-Dealer or (2) Cadmus Communications Corporation has given notice that the sale of the New Notes may be resumed, as the case may be. If Cadmus Communications Corporation gives notice to suspend the sale of the New Notes as provided above, it will extend the period referred to above during which Participating Broker-Dealers are entitled to use the Prospectus in connection with the resale of New Notes by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when Participating Broker-Dealers receive copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to permit resales of the New Notes or to and including the date on which Cadmus Communications Corporation has given notice that the sale of New Notes may be resumed, as the case may be.

 

As a result, a Participating Broker-Dealer who intends to use the Prospectus in connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Old Notes in the Exchange Offer must notify Cadmus Communications Corporation, on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer, that it is a Participating Broker-Dealer. Participating Broker-Dealers must send the required written notice to Cadmus Communications Corporation, at its executive offices located at 1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200, Richmond, Virginia 23226, Attention: Secretary, and this notice must be received by Cadmus Communications Corporation at or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer.

 

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Interest on the New Notes will accrue (1) from the last date to which interest was paid on the Old Notes surrendered in exchange for the New Notes or (2) if no interest has been paid on the Old Notes, from June 15, 2004.

 

All authority conferred in or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal will survive my death or incapacity, and any obligation of mine under this Letter of Transmittal will be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, legal representatives, successors and assigns. Except as stated in the Prospectus, this tender is irrevocable.

 

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SIGN HERE

 

(SEE INSTRUCTIONS 2, 5 AND 6)

(PLEASE COMPLETE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 BELOW)

(NOTE: SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED IF REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION 2)

 

This Letter of Transmittal must be signed by (1) the registered holder(s) - which term, for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the holder of the Old Notes - exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on the certificate(s) for the Old Notes tendered or on the register of holders maintained by Cadmus Communications Corporation, or (2) by any person(s) authorized to become the registered holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted with this Letter of Transmittal - including any opinions of counsel, certifications and other information as may be required by Cadmus Communications Corporation for the Old Notes to comply with the restrictions on transfer applicable to the Old Notes. If the signature below is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or another acting in a similar fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth the signer’s full title. See Instruction 5.

 

X


 

X

 


Signature(s) of Registered Holder(s)

 

Dated:                 , 2004

 

Name(s)

 

 


(Please Print)

 

Capacity

 

 


 

Address

 

 


 


(Zip Code)

 

Tax Identification or Social Security No.

 

 


(See Instruction 9)

 

Area Code and Telephone No.

 

 


 

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SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED

 

(See Instruction 2, if required)

 

Eligible Guarantor Institution

 

 


 

Official Signature

 

 


 

Dated:                 , 2004

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES

 

SUBSTITUTE

FORM W-9

   PART 1 PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT THE RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.   

TIN

 


 

(Social Security Number

 

or Employer

 

Identification Number)

Department of the

Treasury

Internal Revenue

Service

   PART 2 — FOR PAYEES EXEMPT FROM BACKUP WITHHOLDING (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

Payor’s Request for

Taxpayer Identification

Number (“TIN”)

and Certification

   PART 3 — CERTIFICATION — UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY, I CERTIFY THAT (1) The number shown on this form is my correct TIN (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), (2) I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and (3) I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).
    

SIGNATURE

 


     DATE                     

 

You must cross out item (2) in Part 3 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return.

 

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YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU WROTE “APPLIED FOR” IN

PART 1 OF THE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

 

I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and that I mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office (or I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future). I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number to the payor within 60 days, the Payor is required to withhold 31 percent of all cash payments made to me thereafter until I provide a number.

 

Signature:                                               Date:                         

 

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 31 PERCENT OF ANY CASH PAYMENTS. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

 

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INSTRUCTIONS

 

Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer

 

1. DELIVERY OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTIFICATES; GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES. You must complete this Letter of Transmittal if you are a holder of Old Notes- which term, for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the holder of the Old Notes - and either (1) you wish to tender the certificates representing your Old Notes to the Exchange Agent together with this Letter of Transmittal or (2) you wish to tender your Old Notes by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company and you elect to submit this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent instead of an Agent’s Message. In order to constitute a valid tender of your Old Notes, unless you comply with the procedures for Guaranteed Delivery described below, the Exchange Agent must receive the following documents at the address listed above on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer: (1) certificates for the Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, or Book-Entry Confirmation of transfer of the Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, (2) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a Book-Entry Confirmation, an Agent’s Message instead of this Letter of Transmittal, and (3) all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal. Old Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer must be in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.

 

If you are a holder of the Old Notes and wish to tender your Old Notes, but (1) the certificates for Old Notes are not immediately available, (2) time will not permit your certificates for Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, or (3) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer, you may effect a tender if: (A) the tender is made through an Eligible Guarantor Institution (as defined below); (B) prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent receives from an Eligible Guarantor Institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form we have provided, setting forth your name and address and the amount of Old Notes you are tendering and stating that the tender is being made by Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and (C) the Exchange Agent receives within three New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (“NYSE”) trading days after the date of execution of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery: (a) the certificates for all physically tendered Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, or a Book-Entry Confirmation of transfer of the Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, as the case may be, (b) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a Book-Entry Confirmation, an Agent’s Message instead of the Letter of Transmittal, and (c) all other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be sent by overnight courier, hand delivery, registered or certified mail or facsimile transmission and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Guarantor Institution in the form set forth in the notice.

 

The method of delivery of certificates for Old Notes, Letters of Transmittal, Agent’s Messages and all other required documents is at your election. If you deliver your Old Notes by mail, we recommend registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested. In all cases, you should allow sufficient time to assure timely delivery. Do not send certificates for Old Notes, Letters of Transmittal, Agent’s Messages or other required documents to Cadmus Communications Corporation.

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation will not accept any alternative, conditional or contingent tenders. Each tendering holder, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal or delivery of an Agent’s Message instead of the Letter of Transmittal, waives any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of such tender.

 

2. GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES. No signature guarantee on this Letter of Transmittal is required if:

 

(a) this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder - which term, for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company’s system whose name appears

 

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on a security position listing as the owner of the Old Notes - of Old Notes tendered with this Letter of Transmittal, unless such holder(s) has completed either the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” above, or

 

(b) the Old Notes are tendered for the account of a firm that is an Eligible Guarantor Institution.

 

In all other cases, an Eligible Guarantor Institution must guarantee the signature(s) on this Letter of Transmittal. See Instruction 5.

 

An “Eligible Guarantor Institution” (as defined in Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) means:

 

  Banks (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act);

 

  Brokers, dealers, municipal securities dealers, municipal securities brokers, government securities dealers and government securities brokers (as defined in the Exchange Act);

 

  Credit unions (as defined in Section 19B(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act);

 

  National securities exchanges, registered securities associations and clearing agencies (as these terms are defined in the Exchange Act); and

 

  Savings associations (as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act).

 

3. INADEQUATE SPACE. If the space provided in the box captioned “Description of Old Notes Tendered” is inadequate, the certificate number(s) and/or the principal amount of Old Notes and any other required information should be listed on a separate signed schedule which is attached to this Letter of Transmittal.

 

4. PARTIAL TENDERS AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS. Tenders of Old Notes will be accepted only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. If you are tendering less than all of the Old Notes evidenced by any certificate you are submitting, please fill in the principal amount of Old Notes which are to be tendered in column 3 (“Principal Amount of Old Notes Tendered”) of the box entitled “Description of Old Notes Tendered.” In that case, unless you have otherwise indicated by completing the boxes entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions”, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the Old Notes that were evidenced by your old certificate(s) will be sent to the registered holder of the Old Notes, promptly after the expiration of the Exchange Offer. All Old Notes represented by certificates delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Letter of Transmittal, tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer. For a withdrawal to be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer at the address listed above. Any notice of withdrawal must (1) specify the name of the person who tendered the Old Notes to be withdrawn, (2) include a statement that the holder is withdrawing the Old Notes, (3) identify the Old Notes to be withdrawn, including the principal amount of the Old Notes and certificate numbers, (4) specify where certificates for Old Notes have been transmitted, (5) specify the name in which the Old Notes are registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder, and (6) other than a notice transmitted through Depository Trust Company’s ATOP system, be signed by the holder in the same manner as the signature on the letter of transmittal, including any signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer to have the trustee with respect to the Old Notes register the transfer. If certificates for Old Notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Exchange Agent, then, prior to the release of the certificates, the withdrawing holder must also submit the serial numbers of the particular certificates to be withdrawn and a signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution unless the holder is an Eligible Guarantor Institution. If Old Notes have been tendered using the procedure for book-entry transfer described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Book-Entry Transfer,” any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at The Depository Trust Company to be credited with the withdrawn Old Notes and otherwise comply

 

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with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company. All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility - including time of receipt - of these notices will be determined by Cadmus Communications Corporation. Any such determination will be final and binding. Any Old Notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the Exchange Offer. Any Old Notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the registered holder without cost to that holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal, non-acceptance of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. In the case of Old Notes tendered using the procedure for book-entry transfer described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Book-Entry Transfer,” the Old Notes will be credited to the tendering holder’s account with The Depository Trust Company. Properly withdrawn Old Notes may be retendered at any time on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer by following one of the procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering.”

 

5. SIGNATURES ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, ASSIGNMENTS AND ENDORSEMENTS. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Old Notes tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificate(s) without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

If any of the Old Notes tendered hereby are registered in the name of two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

 

If any tendered Old Notes are registered in different name(s) on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registered holders.

 

When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Old Notes listed and transmitted by this Letter of Transmittal, no endorsement(s) of certificate(s) or separate bond power(s) are required unless New Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the registered holder(s). Signature(s) on the certificate(s) or bond power(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution.

 

If a person or persons other than the registered holder(s) of Old Notes signs the Letter of Transmittal, certificates for the Old Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed exactly as the name or names of the registered holder(s) that appears on the certificates for the Old Notes, and also must be accompanied by any opinions of counsel, certifications and other information as Cadmus Communications Corporation may require in accordance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to the Old Notes.

 

If you are a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation, or act in a similar fiduciary or representative capacity, and wish to sign this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates for Old Notes or bond powers, you must indicate your status when signing. If you are acting in any of these capacities, you must submit proper evidence satisfactory to us of your authority to so act unless we waive this requirement.

 

6. SPECIAL ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS. If New Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal, or if New Notes are to be delivered to someone other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown above, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. Certificates for Old Notes not exchanged will be returned by mail or, if tendered by book-entry transfer, by crediting the account indicated above maintained with The Depository Trust Company. See Instruction 4.

 

7. IRREGULARITIES. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility - including time of receipt - and acceptance of Old Notes tendered for exchange will be determined by Cadmus Communications Corporation in its sole discretion. Our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all tenders of Old Notes improperly tendered or to not accept any Old Notes, the acceptance of which might be unlawful as determined by us or our counsel. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any defects or irregularities or conditions of the Exchange Offer, other than those relating to necessary governmental approvals, as to any Old Notes, before or after the expiration of the Exchange Offer, including the right to waive the ineligibility of any holder who seeks to tender Old Notes in the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that to the extent we waive a condition of the Exchange Offer with respect to one tender, we will waive that condition for all other tenders as well. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer as to any particular Old Notes either

 

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before or after the expiration of the Exchange Offer - including the terms and conditions of the Letter of Transmittal and the accompanying instructions - will be final and binding. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Notes for exchange must be cured within a reasonable period of time, as determined by us. Neither we, the Exchange Agent nor any other person has any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity with respect to any tender of Old Notes for exchange, nor will we have any liability for failure to give such notification.

 

8. QUESTIONS, REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONAL COPIES. Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the addresses and telephone number listed on the front of this Letter of Transmittal. Additional copies of the Prospectus, this Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained from the Exchange Agent or from your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee.

 

9. TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING. Federal income tax law generally requires that a tendering holder whose Old Notes are accepted for exchange must provide the Exchange Agent (as payor) with such holder’s correct Taxpayer Identification Number (a “TIN”), which, in the case of a holder who is an individual, is such holder’s social security number. If the Exchange Agent is not provided with the correct TIN or an adequate basis for an exemption, such holder may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and backup withholding in an amount equal to 31% of the amount of any reportable payments made after the exchange to such tendering holder. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained.

 

To prevent backup withholding, each tendering holder must provide such holder’s correct TIN by completing the “Substitute Form W-9” set forth herein, certifying that the TIN provided is correct (or that such Holder is awaiting a TIN) and that (i) the holder is exempt from backup withholding, (ii) the holder has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that such holder is subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (iii) the Internal Revenue Service has notified the holder that such holder is no longer subject to backup withholding and that the holder is a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).

 

Exempt holders (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. To prevent possible erroneous backup withholding, an exempt Holder should write “Exempt” in Part 2 of Substitute Form W-9. See the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 (the “W-9 Guidelines”) for additional instructions. In order for a nonresident alien or foreign entity to qualify as exempt, such person must submit a completed applicable Form W-8, signed under penalty of perjury attesting to such exempt status. Such form may be obtained from the Exchange Agent.

 

If the Old Notes are held in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the W-9 Guidelines for information on which TIN to report.

 

If the holder does not have a TIN, such holder should consult the W-9 Guidelines for instructions on applying for a TIN, write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN in Part 1 of the Substitute Form W-9, and sign and date the Substitute Form W-9 and the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number set forth herein. If the holder does not provide such holder’s TIN to the Exchange Agent within 60 days, backup withholding will begin and continue until such holder furnishes such holder’s TIN to the Exchange Agent. Note: Writing “Applied For” on the form means that the holder has already applied for a TIN or that such holder intends to apply for one in the near future.

 

10. WAIVER OF CONDITIONS. We may waive any condition, other than those relating to necessary governmental approvals, in whole or in part at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer in our sole discretion. Our failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not constitute a waiver of that right and each right is an ongoing right that we may assert at any time.

 

11. NO CONDITIONAL TENDERS. No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders of Old Notes, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of Old Notes for exchange.

 

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12. LOST, DESTROYED OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES. If any certificate(s) representing Old Notes have been lost, destroyed or stolen, the holder should check the box above regarding lost, destroyed or stolen certificates and promptly notify the Exchange Agent. The holder will then be instructed as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the certificate(s). This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen certificate(s) have been followed.

 

13. TRANSFER TAXES. Cadmus Communications Corporation will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer of Old Notes to it or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however, New Notes and/or substitute Old Notes not exchanged are to be delivered to, or are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the Old Notes tendered hereby, or if tendered Old Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the transfer of Old Notes to Cadmus Communications Corporation or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted herewith, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder. Except as provided in this Instruction 13, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the Old Notes specified in this Letter of Transmittal.

 

IMPORTANT: Unless you comply with the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures described above, this Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile of this Letter of Transmittal), or, in the case of Old Notes tendered by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, an Agent’s Message instead of this Letter of Transmittal, and all other required documents must be received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer.

 

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EX-99.2 11 dex992.htm FORM OF GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION FORM OF GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

EXHIBIT 99.2

 

GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

 

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

 

Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number to Give the Requester Social Security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: i.e. 000-00-0000. Employer identification numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen: i.e. 00-0000000. The table will help determine the number to give the requester.

 

For this type of account:


 

Give the SOCIAL SECURITY

Number of —


1.

  An individual’s account   The individual

2.

  Two or more individuals (joint account)   The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, any one of the individuals(1)

3.

  Husband and wife (joint account)   The actual owner of the account or, if joint funds, either person(1)

4.

  Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)   The minor(2)

5.

  Adult and minor (joint account)   The adult or, if the minor is the only contributor, the minor(1)

6.

  Account in the name of guardian or committee for a designated ward, minor, or incompetent person   The ward, minor, or incompetent person(3)

7.

  a. The usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also trustee)   The grantor-trustee(1)
    b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under State law   The actual owner(1)

For this type of account:


 

Give the EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION number of —


8.

  Sole proprietorship account or single-owner LLC   The owner(1)

9.

  A valid trust, estate, or pension trust   Legal entity (Do not furnish the identifying number of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.)(4)

10.

  Corporate account or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832   The corporation

11.

  Religious, charitable, or educational organization account   The organization

12.

  Partnership account held in the name of the business or multi-member LLC   The partnership

13.

  Association, club, or other tax-exempt organization   The organization

14.

  A broker or registered nominee   The broker or nominee

15.

  Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a State or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments   The public entity

(1) List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has a social security number, that person’s number must be furnished.
(2) Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s social security number.
(3) Circle the ward’s, minor’s or incompetent person’s name and furnish such person’s social security number.
(4) List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust.
NOTE: If no name is circled when there is more than one name, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.


GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Page 2

 

Obtaining a Number

 

If you don’t have a taxpayer identification number (TIN) or you don’t know your number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, at the local office of the Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service and apply for a number. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get a social security number, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number.

 

Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding

 

Payees specifically exempted from backup withholding on ALL payments include the following:

 

1. An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or certain custodial accounts.

 

2. The U.S. or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

3. A State, the District of Columbia, a possession of the U.S., or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof.

 

4. A foreign government, any of its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

5. An international organization or any agency, or instrumentality thereof.

 

Other payees that may be exempt from withholding include:

 

6. A corporation.

 

7. A foreign central bank of issue.

 

8. A registered dealer in securities or commodities registered in the U.S. or a possession of the U.S.

 

9. A registered futures commission merchant.

 

10. A real estate investment trust.

 

11. An entity registered at all times under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

12. A common trust fund operated by a bank.

 

13. A financial institution.

 

14. A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian.

 

15. An exempt charitable remainder trust, or a non-exempt trust described in section 4947(a)(1).

 

For the exempt recipients listed in 1-15 above, the chart below shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding.

 

If the payment is for:


 

THEN the payment is exempt for:


Interest and dividend payments

  All exempt recipients except for 9.

Broker transactions

  Exempt recipients 1-13.(1)

Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends

  Exempt recipients 1-5.

Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5000.(2)

  Generally, exempt recipients 1-7.(3)

(1) Also, a person registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 who regularly acts as a broker.


GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Page 3

 

(2) See Form 1099-MISC and its instructions.
(3) However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys’ fees, and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency.

 

Exempt payees described above should file Form W-9 to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. FILE THIS FORM WITH THE PAYER, FURNISH YOUR TIN, WRITE “EXEMPT” ON THE FACE OF THE FORM, SIGN AND DATE THE FORM, AND RETURN IT TO THE PAYER.

 

Privacy Act Notice. — Section 6109 requires most recipients of dividends, interest, or other payments to give TINs to payers who must report the payments to IRS. IRS uses the numbers for identification purposes. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not recipients are required to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 28% of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish a TIN to a payer. Certain penalties may also apply.

 

Penalties

 

(1) Penalty for Failure to Furnish TIN. — If you fail to furnish your TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

 

(2) Civil Penalty for False Information With Respect to Withholding. — If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis which results in no imposition of backup withholding, you are subject to a penalty of $500.

 

(3) Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information. — Falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR TAX

 

CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

EX-99.3 12 dex993.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

EXHIBIT 99.3

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

 

This form or one substantially equivalent to this form must be used to accept the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) of Cadmus Communications Corporation to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $125,000,000 of its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “New Notes”), the issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Old Notes”), which were issued in offerings under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act that were not registered under the Securities Act. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on              , 2004, unless extended (as it may be extended, the “Expiration Date”). As described in the enclosed Prospectus, dated             , 2004 (the “Prospectus”), if you are a registered holder of Old Notes and wish to tender your Old Notes, but:

 

  (A) the certificates for Old Notes are not immediately available,

 

  (B) time will not permit your certificates for Old Notes or other required documents to reach Wachovia Bank, National Association, as exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”), before the Expiration Date or

 

  (C) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed before the Expiration Date,

 

you may effect a tender of your Old Notes if:

 

  (1) the tender is made through an Eligible Guarantor Institution (as defined in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering”);

 

  (2) prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent receives from an Eligible Guarantor Institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in this form, setting forth your name and address, and the amount of Old Notes you are tendering and stating that the tender is being made by Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. These documents may be sent by overnight courier, registered or certified mail or facsimile transmission. If you elect to use this procedure, you must also guarantee that within three New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (“NYSE”) trading days after the date of execution of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the certificates for all physically tendered Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, or a Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering”) of transfer of the Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company (including the Agent’s Message (as defined in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering”) that forms a part of the Book-Entry Confirmation), as the case may be, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, and all other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be deposited by the Eligible Guarantor Institution with the Exchange Agent; and

 

  (3) the Exchange Agent receives the certificates for all physically tendered Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, or a Book-Entry Confirmation of transfer of the Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, as the case may be, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, and all other required documents or, in the case of a Book-Entry Confirmation, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message instead of the Letter of Transmittal, in each case, within three NYSE trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.


Deliver to: Wachovia Bank, National Association, Exchange Agent

 

By Mail, Overnight Courier or

Hand:

Wachovia Bank,

National Association

Corporate Actions – NC1153

1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd, 3C3

Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

Attention: Marsha Rice

 

By Facsimile for Eligible Institutions:

(704) 590-7628

Attention: Marsha Rice

 

Confirm by

Telephone:

(704) 590-7413

 

Delivery of a Letter of Transmittal or Agent’s Message to an address other than the address listed above or transmission of instructions by facsimile other than as set forth above is not valid delivery of the Letter of Transmittal or Agent’s Message.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, the undersigned hereby tenders to Cadmus Communications Corporation the principal amount of Old Notes set forth below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery.”

 

Old Notes or Account No. at

The Depository Trust Company

 

Certificate Nos. (if known) of

Aggregate Principal Amount

Represented

 

Aggregate Principal

Amount Tendered*

         

* Must be in denominations of principal amount of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

 

All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

 

PLEASE SIGN HERE

 

X


 

X


 

Signature(s) of Owner(s) or Authorized Signatory

Area Code and Telephone Number: (    )

  Date

 

Must be signed by the holder(s) of Old Notes as their name(s) appear(s) on certificates for Old Notes or on a security position listing, or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by endorsement and documents transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title below.

 

Please print name(s) and address(es)

 

Name(s):

 


    

Capacity:

 


    

Address(es):

 


    


GUARANTEE

 

(Not to be used for signature guarantee)

 

The undersigned, an Eligible Guarantor Institution, hereby guarantees that the certificates representing the principal amount of Old Notes tendered hereby in proper form for transfer, or timely confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery,” together with any required signature guarantee and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be received by the Exchange Agent at the address set forth above, no later than three NYSE trading days after the Expiration Date.

 


Name of Firm

 

Authorized Signature

 


Address

 

Title

   

    Name:


Zip Code

 

(Please Type or Print)

 

Area Code and Tel. No.


 

    Dated:


NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR OLD NOTES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES FOR OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT ONLY WITH A COPY OF YOUR PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
EX-99.4 13 dex994.htm FORM OF LETTER TO BROKER DEALERS FORM OF LETTER TO BROKER DEALERS

Exhibit 99.4

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

IS OFFERING TO EXCHANGE

 

its

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

pursuant to its Prospectus, dated                     , 2004,

for all issued and outstanding

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,

Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Virginia (the “Company”), is offering, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in its prospectus, dated                     , 2004 (the “Prospectus”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) of the Company to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $125,000,000 of its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “New Notes”), the issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Old Notes”). The Old Notes were issued in offerings under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act that were not registered under the Securities Act. The Exchange Offer is being extended to all holders of the Old Notes in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2004, by and among the Company and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, on behalf of the initial purchasers. The New Notes are substantially identical to the Old Notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights applicable to the Old Notes do not apply to the New Notes.

 

Please contact your clients for whom you hold Old Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold Old Notes registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

 

1. A Prospectus dated             , 2004;

 

2. A Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your clients;

 

3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange Offer if: (a) certificates for the Old Notes are not immediately available, (b) time will not permit the certificates for the Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the expiration of the Exchange Offer or (c) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer;

 

4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer;

 

5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9; and

 

6. Return envelopes addressed to Wachovia Bank, National Association, the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer (the “Exchange Agent”).

 

Your prompt action is requested. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time on                     , 2004, unless the Exchange Offer is extended (as it may be extended, the “Expiration Date”). Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date.


Unless a holder of Old Notes complies with the procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery,” the holder must do one of the following on or prior to the Expiration Date to participate in the Exchange Offer:

 

  tender the Old Notes by sending the certificates for the Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, and all other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to the Exchange Agent at the address listed in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Exchange Agent”; or

 

  tender the Old Notes by using the book-entry procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Book-Entry Transfer” and transmitting a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message instead of the Letter of Transmittal, to the Exchange Agent.

 

In order for a book-entry transfer to constitute a valid tender of Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive a confirmation of book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”) of the Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company prior to the Expiration Date. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by The Depository Trust Company and received by the Exchange Agent and forming a part of the Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that The Depository Trust Company has received an express acknowledgment from the tendering holder of Old Notes that the holder has received and has agreed to be bound by the Letter of Transmittal.

 

If a registered holder of Old Notes wishes to tender the Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, but (a) the certificates for the Old Notes are not immediately available, (b) time will not permit the certificates for the Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the expiration of the Exchange Offer or (c) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed before the Expiration Date, a tender of Old Notes may be effected by following the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering — Guaranteed Delivery.”

 

The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the beneficial owners of Old Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, except as set forth in Instruction 13 of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to the Exchange Agent at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

VERY TRULY YOURS,

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

Enclosures

EX-99.5 14 dex995.htm FORM OF LETTER TO CLIENT FORM OF LETTER TO CLIENT

Exhibit 99.5

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

IS OFFERING TO EXCHANGE

 

its

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

pursuant to its Prospectus, dated                     , 2004,

for all issued and outstanding

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

To Our Clients:

 

Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus, dated                     , 2004 (the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”) relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) of Cadmus Communications Corporation (the “Company”) to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $125,000,000 of its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “New Notes”), the issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Old Notes”). The Old Notes were issued in offerings under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act that were not registered under the Securities Act. The Exchange Offer is being extended to all holders of the Old Notes in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2004, by and among the Company and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC. The New Notes are substantially identical to the Old Notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights applicable to the Old Notes do not apply to the New Notes.

 

These materials are being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Old Notes held by us for your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Old Notes may only be made by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions.

 

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on your behalf the Old Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal.

 

Your instructions should be forwarded to us as promptly as possible in order to permit us to tender the Old Notes on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on                     , 2004, unless the Exchange Offer is extended. Any Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may with withdrawn at any time before the expiration of the Exchange Offer.

 

Your attention is directed to the following:

 

1. The Exchange Offer is for any and all Old Notes.

 

2. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Old Notes from the holder to the Company will be paid by the Company, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 13 of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

3. The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on              , 2004, unless the Exchange Offer is extended.

 

If you wish to have us tender your Old Notes, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form on the back of this letter. The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for information only and may not be used directly by you to tender Old Notes.


INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

 

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed materials, referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer made by Cadmus Communications Corporation with respect to its Old Notes.

 

This will instruct you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal.

 

Please tender the Old Notes held by you for my account as indicated below:

 

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 $                         (Aggregate Principal Amount of Old Notes)

 

¨ Please do not tender any Old Notes held by you for my account.

 

Dated:                    , 200        

 

Signature(s):

 

Print Name(s) here:

 

(Print Address(es)):

 

(Area Code and Telephone Number(s)):

 

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number(s)):

 

None of the Old Notes held by us for your account will be tendered unless we receive written instructions from you to do so. Unless a specific contrary instruction is given in the space provided, your signature(s) hereon shall constitute an instruction to us to tender all the Old Notes held by us for your account.

EX-99.6 15 dex996.htm FORM OF EXCHANGE AGENT AGREEMENT FORM OF EXCHANGE AGENT AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 99.6

 

[Form of Exchange Agent Agreement]

 

                             , 2004

 

EXCHANGE AGENT AGREEMENT

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

1021 East Cary Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Attention: Lee Bedell, Vice President, Corporate Trust Administration VA-9646

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), proposes to make an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange up to $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Exchange Notes”), for a like principal amount of its outstanding 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 (the “Outstanding Notes”). The terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer as currently contemplated are set forth in a prospectus (the “Prospectus” included in the registration statement of the Company on Form S-4 (File No. 333-            ), as amended (the “Registration Statement”)) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and proposed to be distributed to all record holders of the Outstanding Notes who acquired such Outstanding Notes pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Outstanding Notes and the Exchange Notes are collectively referred to herein as the “Notes” or the “Securities.” Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus or the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (as defined below).

 

The Company hereby appoints Wachovia Bank, National Association to act as exchange agent (the “Exchange Agent”) in connection with the Exchange Offer. References hereinafter to “you” shall refer to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Exchange Agent.

 

The Exchange Offer is expected to be commenced by the Company on or about                          , 2004, after the Registration Statement filed by the Company is declared effective under the Securities Act (the “Effective Time”), which shall be on or about                          , 2004. The letter of transmittal (“Letter of Transmittal”) accompanying the Prospectus is to be used by the holders of the Outstanding Notes to accept the Exchange Offer, and contains instructions with respect to the delivery of Outstanding Notes tendered. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Exchange Agent’s obligations with respect to receipt and inspection of the Letter of Transmittal in connection with the Exchange Offer shall be satisfied for all purposes hereof by inspection of the electronic message transmitted to the Exchange Agent by Exchange Offer participants in accordance with the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of the Depositary Trust Company (“DTC”), and by otherwise observing and complying with all procedures established by DTC in connection with ATOP, to the extent that ATOP is utilized by Exchange Offer participants.

 

The Exchange Offer shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                          , 2004 or on such later date or time to which the Company may extend the Exchange Offer (the “Expiration Date”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus, the Company expressly reserves the right to extend the Exchange Offer from time to time and may extend the Exchange Offer by giving oral (confirmed in writing) or written notice to you at any time before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day following the previously scheduled Expiration Date, and in such case the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the time and date on which such Exchange Offer as so extended shall expire.


The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delay, amend or suspend the Exchange Offer, and not to accept for exchange any Outstanding Notes not theretofore accepted for exchange during a period of time as described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Expiration, Extension and Amendment.” The Company will give to you as promptly as practicable oral (confirmed in writing) or written notice of any such delay, amendment or suspension.

 

In carrying out your duties as Exchange Agent, you are to act in accordance with the following instructions:

 

1. You will perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth herein or in the section of the Prospectus captioned “The Exchange Offer”, or in the Letter of Transmittal accompanying the Prospectus and such duties which are necessarily incidental thereto; provided however, that in no way will your general duty to act in good faith be discharged by the foregoing.

 

2. You will establish a book-entry account with respect to the Outstanding Notes at DTC for purposes of the Exchange Offer within two business days after the date of this Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Agreement”), and any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s systems may make book-entry delivery of the Outstanding Notes by causing DTC to transfer such Outstanding Notes into your account in accordance with the DTC’s procedure for such transfer.

 

3. As soon as practicable after receipt, you are to examine each of the Letters of Transmittal and certificates for Outstanding Notes (or confirmation of book-entry transfers into your account at DTC) and any other documents delivered or mailed to you by or for holders of the Outstanding Notes in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes, to ascertain whether: (i) the Letters of Transmittal, certificates and any such other documents are duly executed and properly completed in accordance with instructions set forth therein and in the Prospectus and that such book-entry confirmations are in due and proper form and contain the information required to be set forth therein, and (ii) the Outstanding Notes have otherwise been properly tendered in accordance with the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. In each case where (i) the Letter of Transmittal or any other document has been improperly completed or executed, (ii) book-entry confirmations are not in due and proper form or omit certain information or (iii) any of the certificates for Outstanding Notes are not in proper form for transfer or some other irregularity in connection with the acceptance of the Exchange Offer exists, you will endeavor to inform the presenters of the need for fulfillment of all requirements and to take any other action as may be necessary or advisable to cause such irregularity to be corrected. If such condition is not promptly remedied by the presenters, you shall endeavor to report such condition to the Company and await its direction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Exchange Agent shall have no duty to give notification of any such condition and shall not incur any liability for failure to give such notification unless such failure constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including timelines of receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of any Outstanding Notes tendered or delivered by the Company shall be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion.

 

4. With the approval of any of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Treasurer of the Company (such approval, if given orally, promptly to be confirmed in writing) or any other party designated by such officer in writing, you are authorized to waive any irregularities in connection with any tender of Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

 

5. Tenders of Outstanding Notes may be made only as set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and in the section of the Prospectus captioned “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering”, and Outstanding Notes shall be considered properly tendered to you only when tendered in accordance with the procedures set forth therein. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph 5, Outstanding Notes which the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Treasurer of the Company or any other party designated by any such officer in writing shall approve as having been properly tendered shall be considered to be properly tendered (such approval, if given orally, promptly shall be confirmed in writing).

 

6. You shall advise the Company with respect to any Outstanding Notes delivered subsequent to the Expiration Date and accept its instructions with respect to disposition of such Outstanding Notes.

 

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7. The Company reserves the absolute right (i) to reject any or all tenders of any particular Outstanding Notes determined by the Company not to be in proper form or the acceptance or exchange of which may, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, be unlawful and (ii) to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer or any defect or irregularity in the tender of any particular Outstanding Notes, and the Company’s determination of the terms and conditions of the Exchange offer (including the Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and the instructions set forth therein) will be final and binding.

 

8. You shall accept tenders:

 

(a) in cases where the Outstanding Notes are registered in two or more names only if signed by all named holders;

 

(b) in cases where the signing person (as indicated on the Letter of Transmittal) is acting in a fiduciary or a representative capacity only when proper evidence of his or her authority so to act is submitted; and

 

(c) from persons other than the registered holder of Outstanding Notes provided that customary transfer requirements, including (i) any endorsement of the Outstanding Note or delivery of a properly completed bond power, in either case duly executed by each registered holder, (ii) payment of applicable transfer taxes, and (iii) the requirements imposed by the transfer restrictions on the Outstanding Notes (including any applicable requirements for certifications, legal opinion or other information) are fulfilled.

 

You shall accept partial tenders of Outstanding Notes where so indicated and as permitted in the Letter of Transmittal and deliver certificates for Outstanding Notes to the transfer agent for the Outstanding Notes for split-up and return any untendered Outstanding Notes to the holder (or such other person as may be designated in the Letter of Transmittal) as promptly as practicable after expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

 

9. Upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to the Exchange Offer, the Company will notify you (such notice if given orally, promptly to be confirmed in writing) of its acceptance, promptly after the Expiration Date, of all Outstanding Notes properly tendered and you, on behalf of the Company, will exchange such Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes and cause such Outstanding Notes to be canceled. Delivery of Exchange Notes will be made on behalf of the Company by you at the rate of $1,000 principal amount of Exchange Notes for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Notes tendered promptly after notice (such notice if given orally, promptly to be confirmed in writing) of acceptance of said Outstanding Notes by the Company; provided, however, that in all cases, Outstanding Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be exchanged only after timely receipt by you of certificates for such Outstanding Notes (or confirmation of book-entry transfer into your account at DTC), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or an Agent’s Message in lieu thereof) with any required signature guarantees and any other required document. Unless otherwise instructed in writing by the Company, you shall issue Exchange Notes only in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.

 

10. Tenders pursuant to the Exchange Offer are irrevocable, except that, subject to the terms and upon the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, Outstanding Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer. You shall, after proper notification of such withdrawal, return such Outstanding Notes to, or in accordance with the instructions of, the holder of such Outstanding Notes and such Outstanding Notes shall no longer be considered properly tendered. Any withdrawn Outstanding Notes may be tendered again following procedures therefore described in the Prospectus at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date.

 

11. The Company shall not be required to exchange any Outstanding Notes tendered if any of the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer are not met. Notice of any decision by the Company not to exchange any Outstanding Notes tendered shall be given (such notices if given orally, promptly shall be confirmed in writing) by the Company to you.

 

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12. If, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Company does not accept for exchange all or part of the Outstanding Notes tendered because of an invalid tender or otherwise, you shall as soon as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer return those certificates for unaccepted Outstanding Notes (or effect appropriate book-entry transfer), together with any related required documents and the Letters of Transmittal relating thereto that are in your possession, to the persons who deposited them (or effected such book-entry transfer).

 

13. All certificates for reissued Outstanding Notes, unaccepted Outstanding Notes or Exchange Notes (other than those effected by book-entry transfer) shall be forwarded by (a) first-class mail, postage pre-paid under a blanket surety bond protecting you and the Company from loss or liability arising out of the non-receipt or non-delivery of such certificates or (b) by registered mail insured separately for the replacement value of each of such certificates.

 

14. You are not authorized to pay or offer to pay any concessions, commissions or solicitation fees to any broker, dealer, bank or other persons or to engage or utilize any persons to solicit tenders.

 

15. As Exchange Agent hereunder you:

 

(a) will be regarded as making no representations and having no responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value or genuineness of any of the Outstanding Notes deposited with you pursuant to the Exchange Offer or any of the Exchange Notes, and will not be required to and will make no representation as to the validity, value or genuineness of the Exchange Offer;

 

(b) shall not take any legal action hereunder against any third party, other than the Company, without the prior written consent of the Company, and shall not be obligated to take any action hereunder which might in your sole judgment involve any expense or liability, unless you shall have been furnished with indemnity against such expense or liability which, in Exchange Agent’s sole discretion, is adequate;

 

(c) shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken or omitted by you, or any action suffered by you to be taken or omitted, without gross negligence, misconduct or bad faith on your part, by reason of or as a result of the administration of your duties hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or by reason of your compliance with the instructions set forth herein or with any written or oral instructions delivered to you pursuant hereto, and may reasonably rely on and shall be fully protected in acting in good faith in reliance upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, facsimile or other document or security delivered to you and reasonably believed by you to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party or parties;

 

(d) in connection with the administration of your duties hereunder and in the absence of gross negligence, misconduct or bad faith on your part, may reasonably rely upon any tender, statement, request, comment, agreement or other instrument whatsoever, not only as to its due execution and validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and accuracy of any information contained therein, which you shall in good faith reasonably believe to be genuine or to have been signed or represented by a proper person or persons;

 

(e) may rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon written notice or oral instructions from any officer of the Company authorized to provide instructions under this Agreement;

 

(f) shall not advise any person tendering Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the Outstanding Notes or as to the market value, decline or appreciation in market value of any Outstanding Notes that may or may not occur as a result of the Exchange Offer or as to the market value of the Exchange Notes and shall not solicit any holder of Outstanding Notes for the purpose of causing such person to tender its Outstanding Notes;

 

(g) may consult with counsel with respect to any questions relating to your duties and responsibilities, and the written advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by you hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; and

 

(h) in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on your part, shall in no event be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if you have been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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16. As soon as practicable after your receipt of notification from the Company as to the Effective Time, you shall cooperate with the financial printer designated by the Company to enable such financial printer to (i) send to all holders of Outstanding Notes a copy of the Prospectus, the Letter of Transmittal (including instructions for completing a substitute Form W-9), the notice of guaranteed delivery (as described in the Prospectus) and such other documents (collectively, the “Exchange Offer Documents”) as may be furnished by the Company to commence the Exchange Offer and (ii) take such other action as may from time to time be requested by the Company or its counsel (and such other action as you may reasonably deem appropriate) to furnish copies of the Exchange Offer Documents or such other forms as may be approved from time to time by the Company, to all holders of Outstanding Notes and to all persons reasonably requesting such documents. You shall accept and comply with reasonable telephone and mail requests for information relating to the Exchange Offer, provided that such information shall relate only to the procedures for accepting (or withdrawing from) the Exchange Offer. The Company will furnish such financial printer and you with copies of such documents to enable you to perform your duties hereunder. All other requests for information relating to the Exchange Offer shall be directed to the Company, Attention: Christopher Schools (804) 287-5234.

 

17. You shall advise, by facsimile transmission or telephone, and promptly thereafter confirm in writing to Christopher Schools (at the facsimile number (804) 287-5230), and such other person or persons as the Company may request, daily, and more frequently during the week immediately preceding the Expiration Date and if otherwise requested by the Company, up to and including the Expiration Date, as to the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes which have been tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the items received by you pursuant to the Exchange Offer and this Agreement, separately reporting and giving cumulative totals as to items properly received and items improperly received. In addition, you will also inform, and cooperate in making available to, the Company or any such other person or persons as the Company requests in writing from time to time prior to the Expiration Date of such other information as it or he or she reasonably requests. Such cooperation shall include, without limitation, the granting by you to the Company and such person as the Company may request of access to those persons on your staff who are responsible for receiving tenders, in order to ensure that immediately prior to the Expiration Date the Company shall have received information in sufficient detail to enable it to decide whether to extend the Exchange Offer. You shall prepare a final list of all persons whose tenders were accepted, the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes tendered, the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes accepted and the identity of any participating Broker-Dealers and the aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes delivered to each, and deliver said list to the Company promptly after the deadline for the Exchange Offer or the Expiration Date.

 

18. Each Letter of Transmittal, Outstanding Note and any other document received by you in connection with the Exchange Offer shall be stamped by you as to the date and the time of receipt thereof (or if Outstanding Notes are tendered by book-entry delivery, such form of record keeping of receipt as is customary for tenders through ATOP) and, if defective, the date and time the last defect was cured or waived by the Company. You shall retain all Outstanding Notes and Letters of Transmittal and other related documents or correspondence received by you until the Expiration Date. You shall return all such material to the Company as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. You shall dispose of unused Letters of Transmittal and other surplus materials in accordance with your customary procedures.

 

19. It is understood and agreed that the securities, money or property to be deposited with or received by you as Exchange Agent (the “Property”) constitute a special, segregated account held solely for the benefit of the Company and the tendering holders of Outstanding Notes as their interests may appear, and the Property shall not be commingled with the money, assets or properties of you or of any other person, firm or corporation. You hereby waive any and all rights of lien, encumbrance, attachment or right of set-off whatsoever, if any, that you may have with respect to the Property so deposited, except to the extent provided in the Indenture, whether such rights arise by reason of applicable law, contract or otherwise.

 

20. For services rendered as Exchange Agent hereunder you shall be entitled to such compensation and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in accordance with Schedule I hereto.

 

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21. You hereby acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus, the Letter of Transmittal and the other documents associated with the Exchange Offer attached hereto and further acknowledge that you have examined each of them. Any inconsistency between this Agreement, on the one hand, and the Prospectus, the Letter of Transmittal and such other forms (as they may be amended from time to time), on the other hand, shall be resolved in favor of the Prospectus, the Letter of Transmittal and such other forms, except with respect to the duties, liabilities and indemnification of you as Exchange Agent which shall be controlled by this Agreement.

 

22. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold you and your directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless against any liability, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, arising out of or in connection with your appointment as Exchange Agent and the performance of your duties hereunder, including, without limitation, any act, omission, delay or refusal made by you in reasonable reliance upon any signature, endorsement, assignment, certificate, order, request, notice, instruction or other instrument or document reasonably believed by you to be valid, genuine and sufficient and in accepting any tender or effecting any transfer of Outstanding Notes reasonably believed by you in good faith to be authorized, and in delaying or refusing in good faith to accept any tenders or effect any transfer of Outstanding Notes; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable for indemnification or otherwise for any loss, liability, cost or expense to the extent arising out of your gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. You shall notify the Company by letter or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, of the written assertion of any action, proceeding, suit or claim made or commenced against you promptly after you shall have been served with the summons or other first legal process or have received the first written assertion, giving information as to the nature and basis of the action, proceeding, suit or claim. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action, proceeding, suit or claim and if the Company so elects, assume defense of such action, proceeding, suit or claim; provided, however, that the Company shall not be entitled to assume the sole defense of any such action, proceeding, suit or claim if the named parties include both the Company and Exchange Agent and representation of both parties by the same legal counsel would, in the written opinion of counsel for Exchange Agent, be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicting interests between them; and, provided further, that, in the event that the Company shall assume the defense of any such action, proceeding, suit or claim and such defense is satisfactory to Exchange Agent, the Company shall not thereafter be liable for the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by Exchange Agent. You agree that, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), you will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnification could be sought in accordance with the indemnification provision of this Agreement (whether or not you are an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding). Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of any action, proceeding, suit or claim effected by you without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

23. You shall arrange to comply with all requirements under the tax laws of the United States, including those relating to missing Tax Identification Numbers, and shall file any appropriate reports with the Internal Revenue Service. The Company understands that you are required, in certain instances, to backup withhold at the applicable rate with respect to interest paid on the Exchange Notes and proceeds from the sale, exchange, redemption or retirement of the Exchange Notes from holders who have not supplied their correct Taxpayer Identification Numbers or required certification. Such funds will be turned over to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with applicable regulations.

 

24. You shall notify the Company of the amount of any transfer taxes payable in respect of the exchange of Outstanding Notes and shall deliver or cause to be delivered, in a timely manner, to each governmental authority to which any transfer taxes are payable in respect of the exchange of Outstanding Notes your check in the amount of all transfer taxes so payable, and, subject to the provisions of Section 8(c) of this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse you for the amount of any and all transfer taxes payable in respect of the exchange of Outstanding Notes; provided however, that you shall reimburse the Company for amounts refunded to you in respect of your payment of any such transfer taxes, at such time as such refund is received by you.

 

25. This Agreement and your appointment as Exchange Agent hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state, and without regard to conflicts of law principles, and shall inure to the benefit of, and the obligations created hereby shall be binding upon, the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right,

 

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benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, the parties hereto expressly agree that no holder of Outstanding Notes or Exchange Notes shall have any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

26. The Company and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdictions of the Federal and state courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

27. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

28. In case any provision of this Agreement 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.

 

29. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be modified, amended, rescinded, canceled or waived, in whole or in part, except by a written instrument signed by a duly authorized representative of each of the parties hereto.

 

30. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile) and shall be given to such party, addressed to it, at its address or telecopy number set forth below:

 

If to the Company:

 

Cadmus Communications Corporation

 

1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 200

 

Richmond, Virginia 23226

 

Telephone: (804) 287-5680

 

Facsimile: (804) 287-5230

Attention: Christopher T. Schools

 

With a copy to:

 

Jeffrey M. Gill

 

Troutman Sanders LLP

 

1111 East Main Street

 

Richmond, Virginia 23219

 

Telephone: (804) 697-1332

 

Facsimile: (804)698-5168

 

If to the Exchange Agent:

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

 

1021 East Cary Street

 

Richmond, Virginia 23219

 

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration - VA 9646

 

Lee B. Bedell, Vice President

 

Telephone: (804) 697-7123

 

Facsimile: (804)697-7140

 

31. Unless terminated earlier by the parties hereto, this Agreement shall terminate 90 days following the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Paragraphs 19 and 22 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement, you shall promptly deliver to the Company any certificates for Notes, funds or property (including, without limitation, Letters of Transmittal and any other documents relating to the Exchange Offer) then held by you as Exchange Agent under this Agreement.

 

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32. You may resign from your duties under this Agreement by giving to the Company 30 days’ prior written notice. If you resign or become incapable of acting as Exchange Agent and the Company fails to appoint a new exchange agent within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by you, the Company shall assume all of the duties and responsibilities of the Exchange Agent. Any successor exchange agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Exchange Agent without any further act or deed; but you shall deliver and transfer to the successor exchange agent any Property at the time held by you hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for such purpose.

 

33. This Agreement shall be binding and effective as of the date hereof.

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this Agreement and confirm the arrangements herein provided by signing and returning the enclosed copy.

 

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Accepted as of the date

first above written:

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Exchange Agent

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

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SCHEDULE I

Schedule of Fees

 

[omitted for purposes of filing]

 

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