-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OAixwQuvUdU0U0hMzhl2JoW/Ch/MDt+GzTh/fMPCMdBZxIiSfsJmF20iV50lescj O4X2UvcBGk9EJ8v3VHI+cA== 0001104659-06-043984.txt : 20060628 0001104659-06-043984.hdr.sgml : 20060628 20060628095833 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-043984 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060620 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060628 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060628 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TransDigm Group INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001260221 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728] IRS NUMBER: 510484716 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32833 FILM NUMBER: 06928548 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1301 EAST 9TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 3710 CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 BUSINESS PHONE: 216 706 2939 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1301 EAST 9TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 3710 CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TD HOLDING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030818 8-K 1 a06-14465_28k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   June 20, 2006


TransDigm Group Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

333-130483

(Commission File Number)

51-0484716

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 


 

1301 East 9th Street, Suite 3710, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

(216) 706-2939

(Address of principal executive offices and telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o        Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o        Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o        Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o        Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 




Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Indenture for 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

On June 23, 2006, TransDigm Inc. (“TransDigm”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TD Group”), issued and sold $275 million aggregate principal amount of its 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “New Notes”) to Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”). The New Notes were issued by TransDigm pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 23, 2006 (the “New Indenture”), by and among TD Group, TransDigm, the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The New Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, and on a senior subordinated basis by TD Group and, other than immaterial subsidiaries, all of TransDigm’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries.

TransDigm used the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the New Notes, together with the proceeds from its initial borrowings under its New Senior Secured Credit Facility (as defined below) and a portion of its available cash balances to: (i) repay all of the indebtedness outstanding, including accrued and unpaid interest, under its former senior secured credit facility, totaling approximately $288.7 million; (ii) pay a dividend to TD Group to enable TD Group to repay all of the indebtedness outstanding, including accrued and unpaid interest, under TD Group’s unsecured loan facility, totaling approximately $202.6 million; (iii) purchase all of its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the “Old Notes”) that were validly tendered in the tender offer referred to below and to pay the related consent payments and all premiums payable thereon, totaling approximately $440 million; and (iv) pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with the transactions described herein.

TransDigm will pay interest on the New Notes in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on January 15, 2007. The New Notes mature on July 15, 2014.

The New Indenture contains certain covenants that limit the ability of TransDigm and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined therein) to, among other things: (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock; (ii) pay distributions on, redeem or repurchase capital stock or redeem or repurchase subordinated debt; (iii) make investments; (iv) sell assets; (v) enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from Restricted Subsidiaries to TransDigm; (vi) incur or suffer to exist liens securing indebtedness; (vii)

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consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their assets; and (viii) engage in transactions with affiliates.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined therein), each holder of New Notes will have the right to require TransDigm to purchase all or a portion of such holder’s New Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the New Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

TransDigm may redeem the New Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, (i) at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus a make-whole premium if the redemption occurs prior to July 15, 2009 and (ii) at redemption prices of 105.813%, 103.875% and 101.938% of the principal amount thereof if the redemption occurs during the respective 12-month periods beginning on July 15 of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 and at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof if the redemption occurs on or after July 15, 2012, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. In addition, TransDigm may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes (which includes Additional Notes (as defined in the New Indenture), if any) before July 15, 2009 with net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 107.750% of the principal amount of the New Notes to be so redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, so long as at least $150 million of the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the related equity offering.

The New Indenture contains customary events of default including, without limitation, failure to make required payments, failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants, cross-defaults to certain other indebtedness in excess of specified amounts, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and failure to pay certain judgments. An event of default under the New Indenture will allow either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding New Notes to accelerate, or in certain cases, will automatically cause the acceleration of, the amounts due under the New Notes.

The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or applicable exemptions from these registration requirements.

The above summary of the New Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Indenture, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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New Senior Secured Credit Facility and Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

On June 23, 2006, TD Group, TransDigm and the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein entered into a (i) Credit Agreement with Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other agents and lenders named therein (the “New Senior Secured Credit Facility”) and (ii) Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”).

TransDigm is the borrower under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, which provides for a $650 million term loan facility, which was fully drawn on June 23, 2006, and a $150 million revolving credit facility, which is currently undrawn. All of the indebtedness outstanding under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility is guaranteed by TD Group and all of TransDigm’s current and future domestic restricted subsidiaries (other than immaterial subsidiaries). In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the obligations of TransDigm and the guarantors under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the existing and future property and assets, including inventory, equipment, general intangibles, intellectual property, investment property and other personal property (but excluding leasehold interests, deposit accounts and certain other assets) of TransDigm and its existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries (other than immaterial subsidiaries), and a first priority pledge of the capital stock of TransDigm and its subsidiaries (other than foreign subsidiaries) and 65% of the voting capital stock of TransDigm’s foreign subsidiaries.

The interest rates per annum applicable to loans, other than swingline loans, under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility will be, at TransDigm’s option, equal to either an alternate base rate or an adjusted LIBO rate for one, two, three or six-month (or to the extent available to each lender, nine or twelve-month) interest periods chosen by TransDigm, in each case plus an applicable margin percentage. The alternate base rate will be the greater of (i) Credit Suisse’s prime rate or (ii) 50 basis points over the weighted average of rates on overnight Federal funds as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The adjusted LIBO rate will be determined by reference to settlement rates established for deposits in dollars in the London

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interbank market for a period equal to the interest period of the loan as adjusted for the maximum reserve percentages established by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. The applicable margin percentage is a percentage per annum equal to (i) 1.00% for alternate base rate term loans, (ii) 2.00% for adjusted LIBO rate term loans and (iii) with respect to alternate base rate revolving loans and adjusted LIBO rate revolving loans, a per annum rate of 0.50% to 1.00% (in the case of alternate base rate revolving loans) and 1.50% to 2.00% (in the case of adjusted LIBO rate revolving loans), in each case based on the consolidated leverage ratio of TransDigm on the applicable date of determination.

The term loan facility under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility matures on June 23, 2013, and the revolving loan facility under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility matures on June 23, 2012. The New Senior Secured Credit Facility does not require scheduled amortization, but the term loan facility requires mandatory prepayments of principal based on certain percentages of Excess Cash Flow (as therein defined), commencing 90 days after the end of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, subject to certain exceptions (including in respect of reinvestment in productive assets), TransDigm will be required to offer to prepay the loans outstanding under the term loan facility at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales.

The New Senior Secured Credit Facility contains certain covenants that limit the ability of TD Group, TransDigm and TransDigm’s restricted subsidiaries from engaging in certain actions. The covenants contained in the New Senior Secured Credit Facility are substantially identical to the corresponding covenants contained in the New Indenture, which are summarized above.

The New Senior Secured Credit Facility contains customary events of default including, without limitation, the representations and warranties made in or in connection with the Loan Documents (as therein defined) prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when made, the failure to make required payments, failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants, cross-defaults to certain other indebtedness in excess of specified amounts, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, failure to pay certain judgments and, in the case of the revolving loan facility only, a Change of Control (as therein defined). If such an event of default occurs, the lenders under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility would be entitled to take various actions, including the acceleration of amounts due thereunder and all actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor.

The above summary of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Senior Secured Credit Facility and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 2.03               Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 8.01               Other Events

Fifth Supplemental Indenture

In connection with the tender offer and consent solicitation commenced by TransDigm on May 25, 2006 for any and all of the outstanding Old Notes, on June 22, 2006, TransDigm, TransDigm Holding Company and the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein, entered into the Fifth Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 22, 2003, among TransDigm (as successor by merger to TD Funding Corporation), the guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (as supplemented from time to time, the “Old Indenture”), governing the Old Notes. Pursuant to the terms of the Supplemental Indenture, the Old Indenture was amended to, among other things, eliminate (i) substantially all of the restrictive covenants contained therein, including the covenants with respect to restricted payments, incurrence of indebtedness, incurrence of liens, asset sales and transactions with affiliates, and (ii) certain events of default contained therein, including events of default with respect to failure to comply with certain covenants and failure to pay or acceleration of certain indebtedness.

The amendments to the Old Indenture contained in the Supplemental Indenture required the consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Old Notes. As of midnight, New York City time, on June 22, 2006, the expiration date of the tender offer and consent solicitation, TransDigm received tenders and consents from the holders of approximately $399.7 million in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Old Notes, or approximately 99.9% of the outstanding Old Notes. The operative provisions of the Supplemental Indenture became effective on June 23, 2006, the date that TransDigm accepted the tendered Old Notes for purchase.

The above summary of the Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indenture, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.

Purchase Agreement for 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

On June 20, 2006, TD Group, TransDigm and the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) providing for the issuance and sale by TransDigm of the New Notes to the Initial Purchasers. The closing of the sale of the New Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement occurred on June 23, 2006.

The above summary of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement for 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

On June 23, 2006, TD Group, TransDigm and the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Initial Purchasers. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, TD Group, TransDigm and the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein have agreed to, among other things, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, within 180 days of the closing of the sale of the New Notes pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) to allow the holders of the New Notes to exchange the New Notes for registered notes with substantially identical terms as the New Notes and evidencing the same indebtedness of TransDigm as the New Notes. TD Group, TransDigm and the subsidiaries of TransDigm named therein are further obligated to use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within 270 days of the closing of the sale of the New Notes pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. If the foregoing obligations in respect of the Registration Statement are not complied with or if certain other events occur (as specified in the Registration Rights Agreement), TransDigm may be required to pay additional interest, as calculated in the Registration Rights Agreement, with respect to the New Notes.

The above summary of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and incorporated herein by reference.

Interest Rate Swap

On June 22, 2006, TransDigm entered into a forward interest rate swap transaction with an affiliate of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC with a notional amount of $187 million. The transaction, which has an effective date of June 23, 2006 and a 3-year term, was entered into as a hedge against the variability of future interest rates on variable interest rate debt. Under the agreement, TransDigm will pay a fixed rate of 5.6295% in exchange for receiving floating rate payments from the counterparty based on three-month LIBOR.

Press Releases

On June 20, 2006, TransDigm issued a press release announcing the pricing of the New Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On June 23, 2006, TransDigm issued a press release announcing (i) the results of its tender offer and consent solicitation for the Old Notes, (ii) the issuance and sale of the New Notes and (iii) the borrowing under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)                                 Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

10.1

 

Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

10.2

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. from time to time party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, and Barclays Bank plc, General Electric Capital Corporation and UBS Securities LLC, as co-documentation agents.

10.3

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

10.4

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 22, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee.

10.5

 

Purchase Agreement, dated June 20, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives for the several initial purchasers named therein.

10.6

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives for the several initial purchasers.

99.1

 

Press Release of TransDigm Inc. dated June 20, 2006.

99.2

 

Press Release of TransDigm Inc. dated June 23, 2006.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  June 28, 2006

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory Rufus

 

 

Name: Gregory Rufus

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 




EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

10.1

 

Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

10.2

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. from time to time party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, and Barclays Bank plc, General Electric Capital Corporation and UBS Securities LLC, as co-documentation agents.

10.3

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

10.4

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 22, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee.

10.5

 

Purchase Agreement, dated June 20, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives for the several initial purchasers named therein.

10.6

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives for the several initial purchasers.

99.1

 

Press Release of TransDigm Inc. dated June 20, 2006.

99.2

 

Press Release of TransDigm Inc. dated June 23, 2006.

 



EX-10.1 2 a06-14465_2ex10d1.htm EX-10

Execution Version

 

TRANSDIGM INC.,

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED,

THE GUARANTORS named herein

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee


INDENTURE

Dated as of June 23, 2006


7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014


 

 




CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

Trust Indenture
Act Section

 

 

Indenture

Section

 

 

310

(a)(1)

 

7.10

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

7.10

 

 

 

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

 

 

 

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

 

 

 

(a)(5)

 

7.10

 

 

 

(i)(b)

 

7.10

 

 

 

(ii)(c)

 

N.A.

 

 

311

(a)

 

7.11

 

 

 

(b)

 

7.11

 

 

 

(iii)(c)

 

N.A.

 

 

312

(a)

 

2.05

 

 

 

(b)

 

13.03

 

 

 

(iv)(c)

 

13.03

 

 

313

(a)

 

7.06

 

 

 

(b)(2)

 

7.07

 

 

 

(v)(c)

 

7.06; 13.02

 

 

 

(vi)(d)

 

7.06

 

 

314

(a)

 

4.03; 13.02

 

 

 

(c)(1)

 

13.04

 

 

 

(c)(2)

 

13.04

 

 

 

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

 

 

 

(f)

 

NA

 

 

315

(a)

 

7.01

 

 

 

(b)

 

7.05, 13.02

 

 

 

(A)(c)

 

7.01

 

 

 

(d)

 

7.01

 

 

 

(e)

 

6.11

 

 

316

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.05

 

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.04

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

 

 

 

(b)

 

6.07

 

 

317

(a)(1)

 

6.08

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

6.09

 

 

318

(a)

 

13.01

 

 

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

 

 

(c)

 

13.01

 

 

 

______________

 

 

 

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

 

 

 

* This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

 




 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

 

Definitions.

 

1

SECTION 1.02.

 

Other Definitions.

 

25

SECTION 1.03.

 

Trust Indenture Act Definitions.

 

25

SECTION 1.04.

 

Rules of Construction.

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

 

Form and Dating.

 

26

SECTION 2.02.

 

Execution and Authentication.

 

27

SECTION 2.03.

 

Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

27

SECTION 2.04.

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

28

SECTION 2.05.

 

Holder Lists.

 

28

SECTION 2.06.

 

Transfer and Exchange.

 

29

SECTION 2.07.

 

Replacement Notes.

 

30

SECTION 2.08.

 

Outstanding Notes.

 

30

SECTION 2.09.

 

Treasury Notes.

 

31

SECTION 2.10.

 

Temporary Notes.

 

31

SECTION 2.11.

 

Cancellation.

 

31

SECTION 2.12.

 

Defaulted Interest.

 

31

SECTION 2.13.

 

CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.

 

32

SECTION 2.14.

 

Issuance of Additional Notes.

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption and Prepayment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

 

Notices to Trustee.

 

32

SECTION 3.02.

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

 

33

SECTION 3.03.

 

Notice of Redemption.

 

33

SECTION 3.04.

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

34

SECTION 3.05.

 

Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

34

SECTION 3.06.

 

Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

34

SECTION 3.07.

 

Optional Redemption.

 

34

SECTION 3.08.

 

Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Purchases.

 

35

SECTION 3.09.

 

Offer to Purchase by Application of Net Proceeds Offer Amount.

 

35

 

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ARTICLE 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Covenants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

 

Payment of Notes.

 

38

SECTION 4.02.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

38

SECTION 4.03.

 

Reports.

 

39

SECTION 4.04.

 

Compliance Certificate.

 

40

SECTION 4.05.

 

[Intentionally Omitted].

 

40

SECTION 4.06.

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

40

SECTION 4.07.

 

Restricted Payments.

 

40

SECTION 4.08.

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

 

45

SECTION 4.09.

 

Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

46

SECTION 4.10.

 

Asset Sales.

 

46

SECTION 4.11.

 

Transactions with Affiliates.

 

49

SECTION 4.12.

 

Liens.

 

50

SECTION 4.13.

 

Conduct of Business.

 

50

SECTION 4.14.

 

Corporate Existence.

 

50

SECTION 4.15.

 

Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control.

 

51

SECTION 4.16.

 

No Senior Subordinated Debt.

 

52

SECTION 4.17.

 

Additional Guarantees.

 

52

SECTION 4.18.

 

Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

53

SECTION 4.19.

 

Suspension of Covenants.

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Successors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

 

Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

 

55

SECTION 5.02.

 

Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defaults and Remedies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

 

Events of Default.

 

58

SECTION 6.02.

 

Acceleration.

 

59

SECTION 6.03.

 

Other Remedies.

 

60

SECTION 6.04.

 

Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

60

SECTION 6.05.

 

Control by Majority.

 

60

SECTION 6.06.

 

Limitation on Suits.

 

61

SECTION 6.07.

 

Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

 

61

SECTION 6.08.

 

Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

61

SECTION 6.09.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

62

SECTION 6.10.

 

Priorities.

 

62

 

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SECTION 6.11.

 

Undertaking for Costs.

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

 

Duties of Trustee.

 

63

SECTION 7.02.

 

Rights of Trustee.

 

64

SECTION 7.03.

 

Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

65

SECTION 7.04.

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

65

SECTION 7.05.

 

Notice of Defaults.

 

66

SECTION 7.06.

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

 

66

SECTION 7.07.

 

Compensation and Indemnity.

 

66

SECTION 7.08.

 

Replacement of Trustee.

 

67

SECTION 7.09.

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

68

SECTION 7.10.

 

Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

68

SECTION 7.11.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

69

SECTION 8.02.

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

69

SECTION 8.03.

 

Covenant Defeasance.

 

70

SECTION 8.04.

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

70

SECTION 8.05.

 

Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

72

SECTION 8.06.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

72

SECTION 8.07.

 

Repayment to Company.

 

73

SECTION 8.08.

 

Reinstatement.

 

73

SECTION 8.09.

 

Survival.

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

 

Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

73

SECTION 9.02.

 

With Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

74

SECTION 9.03.

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

76

SECTION 9.04.

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

76

SECTION 9.05.

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

76

SECTION 9.06.

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

 

77

 

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ARTICLE 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subordination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01.

 

Agreement to Subordinate.

 

77

SECTION 10.02.

 

Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

 

77

SECTION 10.03.

 

Default on Senior Debt of the Company.

 

78

SECTION 10.04.

 

Acceleration of Payment of Notes.

 

79

SECTION 10.05.

 

When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

 

79

SECTION 10.06.

 

Subrogation.

 

79

SECTION 10.07.

 

Relative Rights.

 

79

SECTION 10.08.

 

Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.

 

79

SECTION 10.09.

 

Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

 

79

SECTION 10.10.

 

Distribution or Notice to Representative.

 

80

SECTION 10.11.

 

Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate.

 

80

SECTION 10.12.

 

Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.

 

80

SECTION 10.13.

 

Trustee Entitled To Rely.

 

81

SECTION 10.14.

 

Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

 

81

SECTION 10.15.

 

Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guarantees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01.

 

Guarantees.

 

82

SECTION 11.02.

 

Limitation on Liability.

 

83

SECTION 11.03.

 

Successors and Assigns.

 

84

SECTION 11.04.

 

No Waiver.

 

84

SECTION 11.05.

 

Modification.

 

84

SECTION 11.06.

 

[Intentionally Omitted].

 

84

SECTION 11.07.

 

Release of Guarantor.

 

84

SECTION 11.08.

 

Contribution.

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subordination of Guarantees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 12.01.

 

Agreement To Subordinate.

 

85

SECTION 12.02.

 

Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

 

85

SECTION 12.03.

 

Default on Senior Debt of Guarantor.

 

86

SECTION 12.04.

 

Demand for Payment.

 

87

SECTION 12.05.

 

When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

 

87

SECTION 12.06.

 

Subrogation.

 

87

SECTION 12.07.

 

Relative Rights.

 

87

 

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SECTION 12.08.

 

Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.

 

88

SECTION 12.09.

 

Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

 

88

SECTION 12.10.

 

Distribution or Notice to Representative.

 

88

SECTION 12.11.

 

Article 12 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand Payment.

 

89

SECTION 12.12.

 

Trustee Entitled To Rely.

 

89

SECTION 12.13.

 

Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

 

89

SECTION 12.14.

 

Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of Guarantor.

 

89

SECTION 12.15.

 

Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or Guarantors on Subordination Provisions.

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 13.01.

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

90

SECTION 13.02.

 

Notices.

 

90

SECTION 13.03.

 

Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

 

91

SECTION 13.04.

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

91

SECTION 13.05.

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

92

SECTION 13.06.

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

92

SECTION 13.07.

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

92

SECTION 13.08.

 

Governing Law.

 

92

SECTION 13.09.

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

93

SECTION 13.10.

 

Successors.

 

93

SECTION 13.11.

 

Severability.

 

93

SECTION 13.12.

 

Counterpart Originals.

 

93

SECTION 13.13.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

93

SECTION 13.14.

 

Waiver of Trial by Jury.

 

93

 

APPENDIX AND EXHIBITS

RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX

Exhibit A                FORM OF INITIAL NOTE

Exhibit B                FORM OF EXCHANGE NOTE

 

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INDENTURE dated as of June 23, 2006 among TransDigm Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), TransDigm Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Guarantors (as herein defined) and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

ARTICLE 1

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

SECTION 1.01.                                                                 Definitions.

 “Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, including Indebtedness incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Additional Notes” means, subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.03, 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 issued from time to time after the Issue Date under the terms of this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 of this Indenture and other than Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes issued pursuant to an exchange offer for other Notes outstanding under this Indenture).

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing. 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.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Notes on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or




 

(2) the excess, if any, of:

a)              the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at July 15, 2009 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing below under “Optional Redemption”), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through July 15, 2009 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over

b)             the principal amount of such Note.

Asset Acquisition” means (a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) other than in the ordinary course of business.

Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of:  (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b) any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that Asset Sales or other dispositions shall not include (i) a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $1.0 million, (ii) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted by Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control, (iii) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof, (iv) disposals or replacements of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business, (v) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets or property to one or more Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Investments permitted by Section 4.07 hereof or pursuant to any Permitted Investment, (vi) sales of accounts receivable, equipment 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 (vi), Purchase Money Notes shall be deemed to be cash), (vii) dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents; and (viii) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien).

Bank Indebtedness” means all Obligations pursuant to the Credit Facility.

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Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Board of Directors” means, (i)  with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation, (ii) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partnership, and (iii) 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.

Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, of such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents” means: (i) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such State or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the three highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank or by a bank organized under the laws of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America, in each case having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof); (v) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (v) above.

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Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or Holdings to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “Group”), other than to the Company (in the case of the assets of Holdings), the Permitted Holders or their Related Parties or any Permitted Group; (ii) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Company, of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture); (iii) any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders or their Related Parties or any Permitted Group) shall become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of shares representing more than 50% of the total ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company or Holdings; or (iv) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company or Holdings are not Continuing Directors.

Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the indenture securities.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of such Person’s (i) Consolidated Net Income; and (ii) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:  (A) all income taxes and foreign withholding taxes and taxes based on capital and commercial activity (or similar taxes) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period; (B) Consolidated Interest Expense; (C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; (D) restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs and acquisition integration costs and fees, including, without limitation, cash severance payments made in connection with acquisitions; (E) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Indenture including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful) and any amendment or modification to the terms of any such transactions, including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Transactions; (F) any write offs, write downs or other non-cash charges, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period; (G) the amount of any expense related to minority interests; (H) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid (or any accruals related to such fees or related expenses) during such period to the Sponsors to the extent permitted under Section 4.11; (I) the amount of any earn out payments or deferred purchase price in conjunction with acquisitions; (J) any costs or expenses

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incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or stockholders agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock that is Preferred Stock) in each case, solely to the extent that such cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clauses (w) and (x) of Section 4.07(ii); and (K) the one-time special bonus payments in an amount not in excess of $6.23 million by the Company to members of management on November 10, 2005; and (iii) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with this definition).

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four full fiscal quarters (the “Four-Quarter Period”) ending prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which internal financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four-Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Designated Preferred Stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or the issuance or redemption of other Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to revolving credit facilities, occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment or issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), had occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period; and (ii) any Asset Sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale or other disposition and without regard to clause (vi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income), investments, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Indebtedness), investment, merger, consolidation or disposed operation, occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence

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of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such other Indebtedness that was so guaranteed.

Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:  (i) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; and (ii) notwithstanding clause (i) of this paragraph, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. In addition, any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Company as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, to reflect operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from any acquisition or merger.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:  (i) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus (ii) the product of (x) the amount of all cash dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated Federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company, which estimate shall be conclusive); plus (iii) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated Federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company, which estimate shall be conclusive); provided that with respect to any series of Preferred Stock that did not pay dividends during such period but that is eligible to pay cash dividends during any period prior to the maturity date of the Notes, cash dividends shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to such series of Preferred Stock during such period for purposes of this clause (iii).

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate of all cash and non-cash interest expense (net of interest income) with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the net costs associated with Interest Swap Obligations, for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, but excluding (A) amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs, deferred financing fees, commissions, fees and expenses, (B) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (C) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified

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Securitization Transaction and (D) any redemption premium paid in connection with the redemption of the Existing Notes; (ii) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; and (iii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP and without any deduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom to the extent otherwise included, without duplication:  (i) gains and losses from Asset Sales (without regard to the $1.0 million limitation set forth in the definition thereof) and the related tax effects according to GAAP; (ii) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects according to GAAP; (iii) all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, gains and losses (including, without limitation, all restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs, acquisition integration costs and fees, including cash severance payments made in connection with acquisitions, and any expense or charge related to the repurchase of Capital Stock or warrants or options to purchase Capital Stock), and the related tax effects according to GAAP; (iv) the net income (or loss) from disposed or discontinued operations or any net gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations, and the related tax effects according to GAAP; (v) any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each cash pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP; (vi) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (vii) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (ii) of Section 4.07, the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Guarantor) to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of that income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the 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 stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein; (viii) the net loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (ix) the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by such Person; (x) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets; (xi) any non-cash compensation charges and deferred compensation charges, including any arising from existing stock options resulting from any merger or recapitalization transaction; provided, however, that Consolidated Net Income for any

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period shall be reduced by any cash payments made during such period by such Person in connection with any such deferred compensation, whether or not such reduction is in accordance with GAAP; and (xii) inventory purchase accounting  adjustments and amortization and impairment charges resulting from other purchase accounting adjustments with respect to acquisition transactions. For purposes of clause (ii)(v) of the first paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof, Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced by any cash dividends paid with respect to any series of Designated Preferred Stock.

Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, impairments and expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges that require an accrual of or a reserve for cash payments for any future period other than accruals or reserves associated with mandatory repurchases of equity securities). For clarification purposes, purchase accounting adjustments with respect to inventory will be included in Consolidated Non-cash Charges.

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or Holdings who (i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors by any of the Permitted Holders or 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” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

Credit Facility” means the credit agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as joint bookrunner, joint lead arranger, administrative agent and collateral agent, Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, replacements, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09).

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in currency values.

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Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Description of Notes” means the “Description of Notes” section of the final offering memorandum dated June 20, 2006 with respect to the offering of the Notes.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means any non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such Asset Sale. Any particular item of Designated Non-cash Consideration will cease to be considered to be outstanding once it has been sold for cash or Cash Equivalents.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock that is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (ii)(w) of the first paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof.

Designated Senior Debt” means (i) the Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and (ii) any other Indebtedness constituting Senior Debt which, at the time of determination, has an aggregate principal amount of at least $25.0 million and is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Debt as “Designated Senior Debt” by the Company.

Disqualified Capital Stock” means with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event, (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock, or (iii) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part; in each case on or prior to the final maturity date of the Notes; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the final maturity date of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if:  (A) the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Notes and described in Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof, respectively; and (B) any such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable to the Notes, including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant thereto.

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

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Equity Offering” means any offering of Qualified Capital Stock of Holdings or the Company; provided that (i) in the event of an offering by Holdings, Holdings contributes to the capital of the Company the portion of the net cash proceeds of such offering necessary to pay the aggregate redemption price (plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date) of the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof; and (ii) in the event such equity offering is not in the form of a public offering registered under the Securities Act, the proceeds received by the Company directly or indirectly from such offering are not less than $10.0 million.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.

Exchange Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Appendix hereto.

Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, Marketable Securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii)         the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by an executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the Company on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (ii) of Section 4.07.

Existing Notes” means the Company’s 8 ⅜% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 issued under that certain Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2003, among the Company, TransDigm Holding Company and the other guarantors party thereto.

fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith.

“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

Four-Quarter Period” has the meaning specified in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States of America, as in effect as of the Issue Date.

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“Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and for the payment of which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Group” has the meaning specified in the definition of Change of Control.

Guarantee” means (i) the guarantee of the Notes by Holdings and the Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and (ii) the guarantee of the Notes by any Restricted Subsidiary required under the terms of Section 4.17 hereof.

Guarantor” means any Restricted Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee; provided that upon the release and discharge of any such Restricted Subsidiary from its Guarantee in accordance with Section 11.07 hereof, such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.

Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to the hedging of price risk associated with the purchase of commodities used in the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as any such agreement has been entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for purposes of speculation.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that (i) contributed 2.5% or less of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended more than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of determination and (ii) had consolidated assets representing 2.5% or less of Total Assets on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter ended more than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of determination.

Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (iv) all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business), (v) all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, (vi) guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above and clause (viii) below, (vii) all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such property or asset and the amount of the Obligation so secured, (viii) all Obligations under Currency Agreements and interest swap agreements of such Person, and (ix) all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter. For clarification purposes, the liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to make periodic payments to licensors in consideration for the license of patents and technical information under license agreements in existence on the Issue Date and any amount payable in respect of a settlement of disputes with respect to such payments thereunder shall not constitute Indebtedness.

For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital 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 Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock. For the purposes of calculating the amount of Indebtedness of a Securitization Entity outstanding as of any date, the face or notional amount of any interest in receivables or equipment that is outstanding as of such date shall be deemed to be Indebtedness but any such interests held by Affiliates of such Securitization Entity shall be excluded for purposes of such calculation.

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Appendix hereto.

Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.

Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any Person. “Investment” shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its fair market value at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in its fair market value.

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Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Issue Date” means the date hereof.

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).

Marketable Securities” means publicly traded debt or equity securities that are listed for trading on a national securities exchange and that were issued by a corporation whose debt securities are rated in one of the three highest rating categories by either S&P or Moody’s.

 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto

Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of:  (i) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions and title and recording tax expenses); (ii) all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale; (iii) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale (iv) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale; and (v) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale.

Notes” means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes, treated as a single class of securities, as amended or

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supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.

Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Officer” means, with respect to any Person (other than the Trustee), the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Sections 13.04 and 13.05 hereof.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Permitted Business” means any business (including stock or assets) that derives a majority of its revenues from the business engaged in by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and/or activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date.

Permitted Group” means any group of investors that is deemed to be a “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) by virtue of the Stockholders’ Agreements, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, provided that no single Person (together with its Affiliates), other than the Permitted Holders and their Related Parties, is the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company or Holdings (as applicable) that is “beneficially owned” (as defined above) by such group of investors.

Permitted Holders” means Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and its Affiliates and any general or limited partners of Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., TD Group Holdings, LLC and its Affiliates and any members of TD Group Holdings, LLC.

Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:

(i)  Indebtedness under the Notes (other than any Additional Notes);

(ii)  Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any

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time outstanding not to exceed $1,050.0 million, less:  (A) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Securitization Entities at the time outstanding, (B) the amount of all mandatory principal payments actually made by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary since the Issue Date with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale in respect of term loans under a Credit Facility (excluding any such payments to the extent refinanced at the time of payment), and (C) further reduced by any repayments of revolving credit borrowings under a Credit Facility with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale that are accompanied by a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder; provided that the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility in accordance with this clause (ii) shall be in addition to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to a Credit Facility in reliance on, and in accordance with, clauses (vii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) below;

(iii)  other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions therein;

(iv)  Interest Swap Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries covering Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Indebtedness to which any such Interest Swap Obligations correspond is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, further, that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into, in the judgment of the Company, to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuation in interest rates on its outstanding Indebtedness;

(v)  Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under Hedging Agreements and Currency Agreements;

(vi)  the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that: (a) if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes and (b) (1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (2) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than by way of granting a Lien permitted under this Indenture or in connection with the exercise of remedies by a secured creditor) 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 (vi);

(vii)  Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any person owning such assets) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $10.0 million;

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(viii)  Refinancing Indebtedness (other than Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this definition);

(ix)   guarantees by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of each other’s Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, further, that in the event such Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness) is incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, such guarantees are by the Company or a Guarantor only;

(x)  Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn out or other similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(xi)  obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business;

(xii)  the incurrence by a Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is non recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(xiii)  Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Guarantors in connection with the acquisition of a Permitted Business; provided that on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds therefrom, either (A) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or (B) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would be greater than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(xiv)  additional Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors (which amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or in part under a credit facility) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xiv) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xiv) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (xiv)) in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $75.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(xv)  additional Indebtedness of the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount which (when combined with the liquidation value of

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all series of outstanding Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock) does not exceed $15.0 million at any one time outstanding (which amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or in part under a Credit Facility); (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xv) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xv) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (xv));

(xvi)  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 five business days of incurrence; and

(xvii)  Indebtedness of the Company or any of 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, including, without limitation, in order to provide security for workers’ compensation claims or payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business and other Indebtedness with respect to workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business.

For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xvii) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of Section 4.09 hereof, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (or later redivide and reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with Section 4.09 hereof. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of Section 4.09 hereof.

Permitted Investments” means: (i) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company holds a minority interest) (whether existing on the Issue Date or created thereafter) or any other Person (including by means of any transfer of cash or other property) if as a result of such Investment such other Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company holds a minority interest) or that will merge with or consolidate into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and

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Investments in the Company by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; (iii) loans and advances (including payroll, travel and similar advances) to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company pursuant to compensatory plans approved by the Board of Directors in good faith; (iv) Currency Agreements, Hedging Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with this Indenture; (v) 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 or in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade creditors or customers; (vi) Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof; (vii) Investments existing on the Issue Date; (viii) accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business; (ix) guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; (x) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (x) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A) $50.0 million and (B) 4% of the Company’s Total Assets; (xi) any Investment by the Company or a 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; (xii) Investments the payment for which consists exclusively of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; and (xiii) any Investment in any Person to the extent it consists of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business.

Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock” means any series of Preferred Stock of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes Qualified Capital Stock, the liquidation value of all series of which, when combined with the aggregate amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (xv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, does not exceed $5.0 million.

Permitted Transaction Payments” means, without duplication, the following payments: (i) payments at closing to consummate the Transactions; (ii) payments required to defease the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing those notes and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses relating to the Transactions.

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.

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“Private Exchange Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Appendix hereto.

Productive Assets” means assets (including Capital Stock) that are used or usable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Permitted Businesses.

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, and principal and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables or newly acquired equipment.

Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Permitted Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.

Qualified Securitization Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (i) a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and (ii) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Entity), or may grant a security interest in any accounts receivable or equipment (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable and equipment, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable and equipment, proceeds of such accounts receivable and equipment and other assets (including contract rights) which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with assets securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and equipment.

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company that shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing, modification, replacement, restatement, refunding, deferral, extension, substitution, supplement,

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reissuance or resale of existing or future Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness), including any additional Indebtedness incurred to pay interest or premiums required by the instruments governing such existing or future Indebtedness as in effect at the time of issuance thereof (“Required Premiums”) and fees in connection therewith; provided that any such event shall not (i) directly or indirectly result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Indebtedness (except to the extent such increase is a result of a simultaneous incurrence of additional Indebtedness (A) to pay Required Premiums and related fees or (B) otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture); and (ii) create Indebtedness with a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Indebtedness is incurred that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity at such time of the Indebtedness being refinanced, modified, replaced, renewed, restated, refunded, deferred, extended, substituted, supplemented, reissued or resold.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date by and among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers.

Related Party” with respect to any Permitted Holder means (i)(A) any spouse, sibling, parent or child of such Permitted Holder; or (B) the estate of any Permitted Holder during any period in which such estate holds Capital Stock of the Company for the benefit of any Person referred to in clause (i)(A) or (ii) any trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially owning an interest of more than 50% of which consist of, or the sole managing partner or managing member of which is, one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative in respect of any Designated Senior Debt; provided that if, and for so long as, any Designated Senior Debt lacks such a representative, then the Representative for such Designated Senior Debt shall at all times constitute the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Designated Senior Debt in respect of any Designated Senior Debt.

“Required Premiums” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Refinancing Indebtedness.

Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and for the purposes of Sections 7.01(c)(ii) and 7.05(b) also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such Property.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Debt” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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 or equipment and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable or equipment and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity (i) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (A) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings); (B) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or (C) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (ii) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted 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 (iii) to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any obligations 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 certified copy of the Board Resolution of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Senior Debt” means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of the Company, Holdings

 

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or any Guarantor, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be subordinate or pari passu in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall also include the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect of:  (x) all monetary obligations of every nature of the Company, Holdings or any Guarantor under the Credit Facility, including, without limitation, obligations to pay principal and interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees, expenses and indemnities, (y) all Interest Swap Obligations (and guarantees thereof), and (z) all obligations (and guarantees thereof) under Currency Agreements and Hedging Agreements, in each case whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall not include (i) any Indebtedness of the Company, Holdings or a Guarantor to the Company, Holdings or to a Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company, Holdings or any Guarantor to, or guaranteed by the Company, Holdings or any Guarantor on behalf of, any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Company, Holdings or any Subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, amounts owed for compensation) other than a shareholder who is also a lender (or an Affiliate of a lender) under the Credit Facility, (iii) any amounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities but excluding secured purchase money obligations); (iv) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock, (v) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company, Holdings or any of the Guarantors, (vi) that portion of any Indebtedness incurred in violation of Section 4.09 hereof (but, as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of this clause (vi) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their representative and the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate of the Company to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate such provisions of this Indenture), (vii) Indebtedness which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to the Company, Holdings or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, and (viii) any Indebtedness which is, by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company, Holdings or any of the Guarantors.

Senior Subordinated Debt” means with respect to a Person, the Notes (in the case of the Company), a Guarantee (in the case of a Guarantor or Holdings) and any other Indebtedness of such Person that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be, in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person which is not Senior Debt of such Person.

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Significant Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Sponsor” means Warburg Pincus LLC and its Affiliates.

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, in an accounts receivable or equipment transaction.

Stockholders’ Agreement” means the Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of July 22, 2003, by and among TD Holding Corporation (now known as TransDigm Group Incorporated) and the other parties named therein.

Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; or (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the Company’s most recently available internal consolidated balance sheet as of such date.

Transaction Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated fixed Change Coverage ratio.

Transactions” means the offering of the Notes being offered hereby and issued on the Issue Date, the tender offer for the Existing Notes, borrowings made on the Issue Date pursuant to the Credit Facility and the repayment of Indebtedness of the Company and Holdings with the proceeds of such borrowings and issuance of the Notes (including the tender offer).

Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to July 15, 2009; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to July 15, 2009, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

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Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” of any Person means (i ) any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or another Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section 4.07 hereof, and (ii) each Subsidiary to be so designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof and (y) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Actions taken by an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to have been taken, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (ii) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying:  (A) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (B) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting securities (other than in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than a State in the United States of America or the District of Columbia, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

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SECTION 1.02.                                                                 Other Definitions.

Term

 

 

 

Defined in
Section

“Acceleration Notice”

 

6.02

“Affiliate Transaction”

 

4.11

“Appendix”

 

2.01

“Authentication Order”

 

2.02

“Blockage Notice”

 

10.03, 12.03

“Change of Control Offer”

 

4.15

“Change of Control Payment Date”

 

4.15

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

8.03

“Covenant Suspension Event”

 

4.19

“Event of Default”

 

6.01

“Guaranteed Obligations”

 

11.01

“incur”

 

4.09

“Initial Lien”

 

4.12

“Legal Defeasance”

 

8.02

“Net Proceeds Offer”

 

4.10

“Net Proceeds Offer Amount”

 

4.10

“Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”

 

4.10

“Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”

 

4.10

“Offer Period”

 

3.09

“pay the Notes”

 

12.03

“pay its Guarantee”

 

10.03

“Paying Agent”

 

2.03

“Payment Blockage Period”

 

10.03, 12.03

“Payment Default”

 

10.03, 12.03

“Purchase Date”

 

3.09

“Reference Date”

 

4.07

“Refunding Capital Stock”

 

4.07

“Registrar”

 

2.03

“Restricted Payment”

 

4.07

“Retired Capital Stock”

 

4.07

“Surviving Entity”

 

5.01

“Suspended Covenants”

 

4.19

“Suspension Date”

 

4.19

 

SECTION 1.03.                                                                 Trust Indenture Act Definitions.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

indenture securities” means the Notes;

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indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

obligor” on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

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 in the plural include the singular;

(5)           provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(6)           references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and

(7)           references in this Indenture, in any context, to any interest or other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include any Additional Interest that is payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01.                                                                 Form and Dating.

Provisions relating to the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in the Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix attached hereto (the “Appendix”) which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication with respect

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thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in the Appendix and Exhibits A and B to the Appendix are part of the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.02.                                                                 Execution and Authentication.

Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver $275 million of 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 and, at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in such order, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Secretary of the Company (each an “Authentication Order”). Such 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, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, or such other information as the Trustee shall reasonably request and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.09.

The Notes shall be issued only in registered form, without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the Registrar, or any Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

SECTION 2.03.                                                                 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their registration of transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent”

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includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or the Registrar without notice to any Holder.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with the Registrar or any Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agency agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary incorporated or organized within the United States of America may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

The Company initially appoints the Depository (as defined in the Appendix) to act as depositary with respect to the Global Notes (as defined in the Appendix).

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Notes. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall be entitled to the rights and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

SECTION 2.04.                                                                 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on or prior to each due date of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium 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 Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee in writing 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. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

SECTION 2.05.                                                                 Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, at least seven 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 Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).

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SECTION 2.06.                                                                 Transfer and Exchange.

(a)           The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note being transferred for registration of transfer. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, such Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of this Indenture and Section 8-401(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Notes, 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 other similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 or 9.05 hereof).

(b)           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.

(c)           All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(d)           The Company 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 the mailing of notice of redemption under Section 3.03 hereof and ending at the close of business on such day, (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.

(e)           Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent or the person on whose behalf the Global Note is held) or (b) any Holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

(f)            Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Registrar 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, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(g)           None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Company or the Trustee (including any Paying Agent or Registrar) will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of

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beneficial ownership interests of a global Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

(h)           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 or beneficial owners of interest in any global security) other than to require 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.

SECTION 2.07.                                                                 Replacement Notes.

If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity or a security bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionally with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

SECTION 2.08.                                                                 Outstanding Notes.

Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) shall cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

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SECTION 2.09.                                                                 Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

SECTION 2.10.                                                                 Temporary Notes.

Until Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,  shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes. Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.11.                                                                 Cancellation.

The Company 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 (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation in accordance with its customary procedures and, if requested in writing, deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company unless the Company directs the Trustee in writing to deliver canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed, paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.12.                                                                 Defaulted Interest.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee (provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest) and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

 

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SECTION 2.13.                                                                 CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar identification numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or such other similar identification numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or the omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or such other similar identification numbers.

SECTION 2.14.                                                                 Issuance of Additional Notes.

The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a Board Resolution and an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(1)  the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

(2)  the issue price, the issue date and the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar identification numbers of such Additional Notes; provided, however, that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code; and

(3)  whether such Additional Notes shall be Transfer Restricted Notes and issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in the Appendix to this Indenture or shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes as set forth in Exhibit B to the Appendix.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

SECTION 3.01.                                                                 Notices to Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 45 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the redemption price and (iv) the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar identification numbers of the Notes to be redeemed.

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SECTION 3.02.                                                                 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000. The provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

SECTION 3.03.                                                                 Notice of Redemption.

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed, including “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar identification numbers, if any, and shall state:

(a)           the redemption date;

(b)           the redemption price;

(c)           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 upon cancellation of the original Note;

(d)           the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(e)           that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(f)            that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(g)           the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

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(h)           that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar identification number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

SECTION 3.04.                                                                 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

SECTION 3.05.                                                                 Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to 10 a.m. New York Time on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the applicable interest rate on the Notes.

SECTION 3.06.                                                                 Notes Redeemed in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

SECTION 3.07.                                                                 Optional Redemption.

(a)           Except as provided in this Section 3.07, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to July 15, 2009.

At any time prior to July 15, 2009, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), upon not less than 30 nor more

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than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to the registered address of each Holder of Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

On and after July 15, 2009, the Company may redeem the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) at its option, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on July 15 of the year set forth below:

Year

 

 

 

Percentage

 

2009

 

105.813

%

2010

 

103.875

%

2011

 

101.938

%

2012 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

 

 

 

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior July 15, 2009, the Company may at its option on one or more occasions redeem Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 107.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided, however, that (1) at least $150.0 million of such aggregate principal amount of Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the related Equity Offering.

(c)           Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

SECTION 3.08.                                                                 Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Purchases.

The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. The Company may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise.

SECTION 3.09.                                                                 Offer to Purchase by Application of Net Proceeds Offer Amount.

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence a Net Proceeds Offer (as defined in Section 4.10 hereof), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

The Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement or such longer period as may be required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the

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termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall purchase the Net Proceeds Offer Amount or, if less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Net Proceeds 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 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 Net Proceeds Offer.

Upon the commencement of a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer. The Net Proceeds Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Net Proceeds Offer, shall state:

(a)           that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open and, if the Net Proceeds Offer is also made to holders of other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the notice shall identify such Senior Subordinated Debt and state that the Net Proceeds Offer is also made to holders of such Senior Subordinated Debt;

(b)           the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(c)           that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

(d)           that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(e)           that Holders electing to have a portion of a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer may only elect to have such Note purchased in integral multiples of $1,000;

(f)            that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Net Proceeds 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 by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(g)           that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile

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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;

(h)           that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders and other Senior Subordinated Debt surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes and other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts of Notes and such other Senior Subordinated Debt tendered and with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes or other Senior Subordinated Debt in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and

(i)            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 or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount of Notes and other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, or if less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or portions thereof tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or such other Senior Subordinated Debt or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depository or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount 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 Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Net Proceeds Offer on the Purchase Date.

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 hereof, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 hereof.

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ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01.                                                                 Payment of Notes.

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal amount, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal amount, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. New York time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal amount, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner on the same dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at a rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including postpetition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

SECTION 4.02.                                                                 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or any Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and 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, however, 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.

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

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SECTION 4.03.                                                                 Reports.

(a)           Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders of Notes (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in reasonable detail, 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, 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) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports, in each case, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations. For so long as Holdings or another direct or indirect parent company of the Company is a guarantor of the Notes, the Indenture will permit the Company to satisfy its obligations under the first sentence of this Section 4.03(a) by furnishing financial information relating to Holdings; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand. In addition, following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (as defined in the Appendix), whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information and reports 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 securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

(b)           The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).

(c)             For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(d)           Should the Company deliver to the Trustee any such information, reports or certificates or any annual reports, information, documents and other reports pursuant to TIA § 314(a), delivery of such information, reports or certificates or any annual reports, information, documents and other reports to the Trustee 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).

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SECTION 4.04.                                                                 Compliance Certificate.

(a)           The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such 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 during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

(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.

SECTION 4.05.                                                                 [Intentionally Omitted].

SECTION 4.06.                                                                 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Company and each of the 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 the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants 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.                                                                 Restricted Payments.

The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(1)  declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of the Company or any Restated Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company and dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted

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 Subsidiary and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation));

(2)  purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or of any direct or indirect parent of the Company or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any Affiliate of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock;

(3)  make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company, or of any Guarantor, that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or any Guarantee, as applicable (other than (x) any Indebtedness permitted under clause (vi) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and (y) the purchase, defeasance or other acquisition of such Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of such purchase, defeasance or other acquisition); or

(4)  make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments)

(each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”); if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto:

(i)  a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; or

(ii)  the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to the Issue Date (other than Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (12) of the following paragraph) shall exceed the sum of, without duplication:

(v)  50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the Company earned subsequent to April 1, 2006 and on or prior to the date the Restricted Payment occurs (the “Reference Date”) (treating such period as a single accounting period); plus

(w) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (including the fair market value of property (as determined by the Company in good faith) other than cash that would constitute Marketable Securities or a Permitted Business) received by the Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than Excluded Contributions); plus

(x) without duplication of any amounts included in clause (ii)(w) above, 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds of any equity contribution received

 

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subsequent to the Issue Date by the Company from a holder of the Company’s Capital Stock; plus

(y) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company is reduced on the Company’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange subsequent to the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of the Company for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (less the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by the Company upon such conversion or exchange); provided, however, that the foregoing amount shall not exceed the net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the sale of such Indebtedness (excluding net cash proceeds from sales to a Subsidiary of the Company or to an employee stock ownership plan or a trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees); plus

(z) an amount equal to the sum of (I) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market value of property other than cash that would constitute Marketable Securities or a Permitted Business) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) from any sale or other disposition of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) representing the return of capital or principal (excluding dividends and distributions otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income) with respect to such Investment, and (II) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, in the case of item (II), the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not prohibit:

(1)  the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or notice of such redemption if the dividend or payment of the redemption price, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of declaration or notice;

(2)  any Restricted Payment made out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees and other than Designated Preferred Stock) or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Company from its shareholders; provided, however, that the net cash proceeds from such sale or such cash capital contribution (to the extent so used for such Restricted Payment) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clauses (ii)(w) and (ii)(x) of the immediately preceding paragraph;

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(3)  the acquisition of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Company that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Refinancing Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee;

(4)  payments to a direct or indirect parent of the Company for the purpose of permitting, any of such entities to redeem or repurchase common equity or options in respect thereof, in each case in connection with the repurchase provisions of employee stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management employees or upon the death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment of management employees; provided that all such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed in any fiscal year the sum of (A) $5.0 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following clause (B) of $10 million in any calendar year) plus (B) any amounts not utilized in any preceding fiscal year following the Issue Date that were otherwise available under this clause for such purchases (which aggregate amount shall be increased by the amount of any net cash proceeds received from the sale since the Issue Date of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) to members of the Company’s management team that have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments pursuant to the terms of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph or clause (2) of this paragraph and by the cash proceeds of any “key-man” life insurance policies which are used to make such redemptions or repurchases); provided, further, that the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from members of management of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any repurchase of Capital Stock of such entities (or warrants or options or rights to acquire such Capital Stock) will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment under this Indenture;

(5)  the declaration and payment of dividends by the Company to, or the making of loans to, its direct parent company in amounts required for the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to pay (A) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence, (B)         Federal, state and local income taxes, to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the amount of such payments in any fiscal year do not exceed the amount that the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of Federal, state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Company to pay such taxes as a stand-alone taxpayer, (C) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (D) general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect payment company of the Company to the extent such expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and (E) reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with any

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unsuccessful debt or equity offering by such direct or indirect parent company of the Company;

(6)  repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof;

(7)  additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75.0 million;

(8)  Permitted Transaction Payments;

(9)  payments of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof;

(10)  Restricted Payments made with Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales remaining after application thereof as required by Section 4.10 hereof (including after the making by the Company of any Net Proceeds Offer required to be made by the Company pursuant to such Section and the application of the Net Proceeds Offer Amount to purchase all Notes and other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company tendered therein);

(11)  upon occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after the completion of the Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof (including the purchase of all Notes tendered), any purchase or redemption of Obligations of the Company that are subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any; provided, however, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and (B) such purchase or redemption is not made, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of (or made in anticipation of) any issuance of Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary; and

(12) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payment so long as (1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would exceed 2.0 and 1.0; provided, however, that if at any time the criteria set forth in clause (2) of the preceding sentence cease to be satisfied, all Restricted Payments made by the Company or any of its

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Restricted Subsidiaries occurring on or after the date on which such criteria ceased to be satisfied shall be required to be made, to the extent permitted thereby, in compliance with the preceding paragraphs of this covenant, and the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph of this covenant on or after the date on which such criteria ceases to be satisfied shall be equal to the amount that would have been available for Restricted Payments pursuant to such clause (ii) on such date without giving effect to any Restricted Payments made through such date pursuant to and in compliance with this paragraph; provided, further, that if the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries become contractually obligated to make any Restricted Payment at the time criteria set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of the preceding sentence continues to be satisfied, then the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may continue to make such Restricted Payments, even if the criteria in clauses (1) and (2) of the preceding sentence ceases to be satisfied at the time such Restricted Payment is actually made, notwithstanding the limitation set forth in the preceding proviso, and the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph of this covenant on or after the date on which such criteria ceases to be satisfied shall be equal to the amount that would have been available for Restricted Payments pursuant to such clause (ii) on such date without giving effect to any Restricted Payments made on such date pursuant to and in compliance with this proviso.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary as specified in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”. For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid in cash) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of the designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of this Section 4.07. All of those outstanding Investments shall be deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation shall only be permitted if the Restricted Payment would be permitted at the time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

SECTION 4.08.                                                                 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock; (b) make loans or advances or pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or any Guarantor; or (c) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any Guarantor, except, with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (c), for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of: (1) applicable law, rule, regulation or order; (2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees; (3) non-assignment provisions of any contract or any lease of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company entered into in the ordinary course of business; (4) any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired; (5) the Credit Agreement as entered into on the Issue Date or any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof; provided that any restrictions imposed pursuant to any such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing are ordinary and customary with respect to syndicated bank loans (under the relevant circumstances); (6) agreements existing on the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Issue Date, including the Existing Notes; (7) restrictions on the

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transfer of assets subject to any Lien permitted under this Indenture imposed by the holder of such Lien; (8) restrictions imposed by any agreement to sell assets or Capital Stock permitted under this Indenture to any Person pending the closing of such sale; (9) any agreement or instrument governing Capital Stock of any Person that is acquired; (10) any Purchase Money Note or other Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Securitization Entity; (11) other Indebtedness or Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock outstanding on the Issue Date or permitted to be issued or incurred under this Indenture; provided that any such restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred or Preferred Stock being issued (under the relevant circumstances); (12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (13) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (4) and (6) through (12) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors (evidenced by a Board Resolution) whose judgment shall be conclusively binding, not materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; (14) customary provisions in joint venture and other similar agreements; and (15) customary provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 4.09.                                                                 Incurrence of Indebtedness.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness); provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness), in each case if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would have been greater than 2.0 to 1.0; provided, however, that the amount of Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed $50 million at any one time outstanding.

SECTION 4.10.                                                                 Asset Sales.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company or the applicable 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 sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good faith by the Company); (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

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(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets; (b) any notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received); and (c) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $50 million and 5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), shall, in each of (a), (b) and (c) above, be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision or for purposes of the second paragraph of this Section 4.10; and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either (A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a corresponding reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required in order to do so (in which case no prepayment should be required)), (B) to reinvest in Productive Assets (provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary by the end of such 365-day period has entered into a binding agreement under which it is contractually committed to reinvest in Productive Assets and such investment is consummated within 120 days from the date on which such binding agreement is entered into and, with respect to the amount of such investment, the reference to the 366th day after an Asset Sale in the second following sentence shall be deemed to be a reference to the 121st day after the date on which such binding agreement is entered into (but only if such 121st day occurs later than such 366th day)), or (C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B). Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines by Board Resolution not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the “Net Proceeds Offer”) on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders and holders of any other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company requiring the making of such an offer, on a pro rata basis, the maximum amount of Notes and such other Senior Subordinated Debt that may be purchased with

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the Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount (or, in the event such other Senior Subordinated Debt was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (or, in respect of such other Senior Subordinated Debt, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Senior Subordinated Debt); provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration (including any Designated Non-cash Consideration) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than $20.0 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until such time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts arising subsequent to the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date relating to such initial Net Proceeds Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries aggregates at least $20.0 million, at which time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply all Net Cash Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer (the first date the aggregate of all such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $20.0 million or more shall be deemed to be a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date).

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent that: (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 hereof. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and other Senior Subordinated Debt tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use any remaining Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purpose not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.

The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company shall comply

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with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof.

SECTION 4.11.                                                                 Transactions with Affiliates.

(a)           The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to occur any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payment or consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company; and (ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $30.0 million, a Board Resolution adopted by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an officers’ certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.

(b)           The restrictions set forth in Section 4.11(a) hereof shall not apply to: (i) reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors or senior management; (ii) transactions between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries, provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture; (iii) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) or by any replacement agreement thereto so long as 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 as determined in good faith by the Company; (iv) Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments permitted by this Indenture; (v) transactions effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Transaction; (vi) the payment of customary annual management, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses to the Permitted Holders and their Affiliates made pursuant to any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement agreement or in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures which are approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; (vii) payments or loans to employees or consultants that are approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith; (viii) sales of Qualified Capital Stock; (ix) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders’ agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be

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permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not disadvantageous to the Holders of Notes in any material respect; (x) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Article 5 hereof, (xi) any issuance of securities or other payments, awards, grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, (xii) investments by the Permitted Holders in securities of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities; and (xiii) transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives an opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal or accounting firm that such Affiliate Transaction is either fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or is on terms not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company.

SECTION 4.12.                                                                 Liens.

The Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Guarantor to, incur any Secured Debt that is not Senior Debt of such Person, unless contemporaneously therewith such Person makes effective provision to secure the Notes or the relevant Guarantee, as applicable, equally and ratably with such Secured Debt for so long as such Secured Debt is secured by a Lien (the “Initial Lien”); provided, however, that the Company will be permitted to defease on the Issue Date the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing those notes without having to comply with this Section 4.12 in connection therewith. Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien securing the other Secured Debt and that holders of such other Secured Debt may exclusively control the disposition of property subject to the Initial Lien.

SECTION 4.13.                                                                 Conduct of Business.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any businesses a majority of whose revenues are not derived from businesses that are the same or reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date (which shall include, without limitation, engineered components businesses not within the aerospace industry).

SECTION 4.14.                                                                 Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the rights

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(charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors 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 is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 4.15.                                                                 Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control.

(a)           If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control 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, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b)           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 applicable 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 to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver (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. 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.

Prior to the mailing of the notice referred to in Section 4.15(a) above, but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall: (i) repay in full all Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and all other Senior Debt the terms of which require repayment upon a Change of Control; or (ii) obtain the requisite consents under the Credit Agreement and all such other Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided below. The Company’s failure to comply with the covenant described in the immediately preceding sentence shall constitute an Event of Default described in clause (c) and not in clause (b) under Section 6.01 hereof.

 

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(c)           The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the Company complies with the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations, the Company shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15.

(d)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 hereof and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

SECTION 4.16.                                                           No Senior Subordinated Debt.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, incur or suffer to exist Indebtedness that is senior in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as the case may be, and subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be.

SECTION 4.17.                                                           Additional Guarantees.

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or acquire another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary unless such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture, providing for a senior subordinated guarantee of payment of the Notes by such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary need not execute and deliver such a supplemental indenture for so long as such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary is an Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that the Company shall cause a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that was an Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiary but has ceased to qualify as an Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to the Indenture, providing for a senior subordinated guarantee of payment of the Notes by such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary no later than 20 business days after the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company in which such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary ceased to be an Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that if at any time, Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors because they are Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries constitute in the aggregate more than 5% of Total Assets as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company or more than 5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company, then the Company shall cause one or more such Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries to become Guarantors (notwithstanding that such Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries are, individually, Immaterial Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries), no later than 20 business days after the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter in which such requirement was triggered, such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true.

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SECTION 4.18.                                                           Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.

The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) to own any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, other than Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock. The provisions of this Section 4.18 will not apply to (w) any of the Guarantors, (x) any transaction as a result of which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will own any Capital Stock of the Restricted Subsidiary whose Preferred Stock is being issued or sold and (y) Preferred Stock that is Disqualified Capital Stock and is issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof.

SECTION 4.19.                                                           Suspension of Covenants.

(a)           During any period of time following the Issue Date that (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to the following provisions of the Indenture:

(1)           Section 4.07;

(2)           Section 4.08;

(3)           Section 4.09;

(4)           Section 4.10;

(5)           Section 4.11;

(6)           Section 4.13;

(7)           Section 4.16;

(8)           Section 4.17;

(9)           Section 4.18; and

(10)         clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 5.01

(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds with respect to any applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date shall be set at zero at such date (the “Suspension Date”). In addition, in the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating or a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the

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Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.” Within 30 days of the Reversion Date, any Restricted Subsidiary that would have been required during the Suspension Period but for the Suspended Covenants by Section 4.17 to execute a supplemental indenture shall execute such supplemental indenture required by such covenant. Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period).

(b)           On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09 to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date. To the extent such Indebtedness would not be so permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09, such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness. Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been made pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4.07.

(c)           If (i) a Change of Control occurs that results in either (a) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person or Group (as defined in the definition of Change of Control) other than an Affiliate of the Company or (b) any Person or Group other than an Affiliate of the Company becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of shares representing 100% of the total ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company or Holdings and (ii) such Person or Group acquiring control pursuant to clause (i) above is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the Company shall not be subject to Section 4.03(a) from that time if and for so long as such Person or Group maintains Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies.

(d)           The Company shall give the Trustee prompt (and in any event not later than five business days after a Covenant Suspension Event) written notice of any Covenant Suspension Event. In the absence of such notice, the Trustee shall assume the Suspended Covenants apply and are in full force and effect. The Company shall give the Trustee prompt (and in any event not later than five business days after a Covenant Suspension Event) written notice of any occurrence of a Reversion Date. After any such notice of the occurrence of a Reversion Date, the Trustee shall assume the Suspended Covenants apply and are in full force and effect.

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ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

SECTION 5.01.                                                           Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

(a)           The Company shall not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries) to any Person unless (i) either: (a) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation; or (b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Company and of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”): (x) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and (y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed or observed on the part of the Company; (ii) except in the case of a merger of the Company with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (i)(b)(y) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof or the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would be greater than such ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; (iii) except in the case of a merger of the Company with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (i)(b)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and (iv) the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

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(b)           Each Guarantor shall not, and the Company shall not permit any such Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

(1)                                 (except in the case of such Guarantor that has been disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock or through the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (such sale constituting the disposition of such Guarantor in its entirety), if in connection therewith the Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the Company will comply with its obligations under Section 4.10 hereof in respect of such disposition) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Guarantor) shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Guarantor was organized or under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor, if any, under its Guarantee;

(2)                                 except in the case of a merger of such Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor of the Company and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (b)(1) (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(3)                                 the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

(c)           Holdings shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

(1)                                 the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not Holdings) shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the

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                                                United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of Holdings, if any, under its Guarantee;

(2)                                 except in the case of a merger entered into solely for reincorporating Holdings in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (c)(1) (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(3)                                 the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Restricted Subsidiary, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Restricted Subsidiary with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Restricted Subsidiary. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. However, transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to this Section 5.01.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.01 to the contrary, (x) the merger of TD Finance Corporation with and into the Company on the date hereof and (y) the merger of TransDigm Holding Company with and into the Company, as long as such merger occurs on or before the second Business Day following the Issue Date, shall

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be permitted under this Indenture without complying with the requirements of this Section 5.01.

SECTION 5.02.                                                           Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation, combination or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as such and that, in the event of a conveyance or transfer (but not a lease), the conveyor or transferor (but not a lessor) shall be released from the provisions of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01.                                                           Events of Default.

“Event of Defaults” are:

(a)           the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable if the default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 hereof);

(b)           the failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase) (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 hereof);

(c)           a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained herein if the default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (except in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01 hereof, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement);

(d)           the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Securitization Entity), or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness, if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more at any time;

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(e)           one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $20.0 million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable;

(f)            the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(i)  commences a voluntary case,

(ii)  consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(iii)  consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or

(iv)  makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

(g)           a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i)  is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

(ii)  appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or

(iii)  orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

SECTION 6.02.                                                           Acceleration.

If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same (i) shall become immediately due and payable or (ii) if there are any amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement, shall become immediately due and payable upon the first to occur of an acceleration under the Credit Agreement or five Business Days after receipt by the Company and the Representative under the Credit Agreement of such Acceleration Notice but only if such Event of Default is then continuing. If an Event of Default specified in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the outstanding Notes shall ipso

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 facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences (i) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (ii) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iv) if the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; and (v) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.01 hereof, the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 6.03.                                                           Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes 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 of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04.                                                           Waiver of Past Defaults.

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase) (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 6.05.                                                           Control by Majority.

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remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

SECTION 6.06.                                                           Limitation on Suits.

A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

(a)           the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(b)           the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c)           such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d)           the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

(e)           during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

SECTION 6.07.                                                           Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.08.                                                           Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (a) or (b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal amount of, premium and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

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SECTION 6.09.                                                                 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 6.10.                                                                 Priorities.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article and any other money or property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:

First: to the Trustee (including a predecessor Trustee), its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee (including a predecessor Trustee) and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal amount, premium and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal amount, premium and interest, respectively; and

Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

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SECTION 6.11.                                                                 Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01.                                                                 Duties of Trustee.

(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i)  the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii)  in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions which are specifically required to be delivered to the Trustee by any provision of this Indenture to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(c)           The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)  this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (b) or (e) of this Section;

(ii)  the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

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(iii)  the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

(d)           Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) of this Section.

(e)           No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnify satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

(f)            The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 7.02.                                                                 Rights of Trustee.

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b)           Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(c)           The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e)           Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

(f)            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 unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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(g)           The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evience of Indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(h)           The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(i)            The permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any actions enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty.

(j)            The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.

(k)           Anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Company has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

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 any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. The Registrar or any Paying Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

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 or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any

 

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statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.05.                                                                 Notice of Defaults.

(a)           The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such a Default or Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(b)           Within 90 days after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes, as their names and addresses appear in the security register for the Notes, a notice of the Default or Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 7.06.                                                                 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

SECTION 7.07.                                                                 Compensation and Indemnity.

The Company, Holdings and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company, Holdings and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

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enforcing this Indenture against the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors promptly of any claim 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. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company, Holdings and the Guarantors need not pay for any settlement made without their consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The obligations of the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the satisfaction and discharge and the termination of this Indenture.

To secure the Company’s, Holdings’ and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the satisfaction and discharge and the termination of this Indenture.

In addition, and without prejudice to the rights provided to the Trustee under any of the provisions of this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee and the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

SECTION 7.08.                                                                 Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of Notes of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

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(a)           the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof,

(b)           the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(c)           a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(d)           the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the 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 then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

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 Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Note who has been a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder of a Note may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders of the Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof 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, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

SECTION 7.10.                                                                 Eligibility; Disqualification.

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combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

SECTION 7.11.                                                                 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311 (a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE SECTION

SECTION 8.01.                                                                 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

SECTION 8.02.                                                                 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, 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”). 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 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) the provisions of this Article 8 with respect to Legal Defeasance. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

 

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SECTION 8.03.                                                                 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17 and 4.18 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof 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). For this purpose, 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 hereof, 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 Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(d) and 6.01(e) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

SECTION 8.04.                                                                 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof 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, cash in United States 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 amount at maturity of, premium and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be;

(b)           in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States of America reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding 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

 

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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 an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States of America 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 on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence and the grant of a Lien to secure such Indebtedness) or insofar as Section 6.01 (f) or 6.01(g) hereof is 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 this Indenture (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing) or any other 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 shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may be subject to customary exceptions) to the effect that (A) the trust funds will not be subject to any rights of holders of Senior Debt including, without limitation, those arising under this Indenture, and (B) after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of the preference provisions of Section 547 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Code;

(g)           the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company or others;

(h)           the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and

(i)            the Company shall have paid or duly provided for payment of all amounts then due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.

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therefor delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable, or (B) will become due and payable on the maturity date within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

SECTION 8.05.                                                                 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal amount, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.06.                                                                 Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when (i) 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 in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) 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; (ii) the Company has paid all other sums payable

 

 

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under this Indenture by the Company; and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

SECTION 8.07.                                                                 Repayment to Company.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as a secured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 8.08.                                                                 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

SECTION 8.09.                                                                 Survival.

The Trustee’s rights under this Article 8 shall survive termination of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

SECTION 9.01.                                                                 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

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

(b)           to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 or the Appendix hereof relating to the form of the Notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;

(c)           to provide for the assumption of the Company’s, Holdings’ or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company, Holdings or a Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11 hereof,

(d)           to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder of the Notes;

(e)           to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(f)            to provide for the issuance of Notes issued after the Issue Date in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture;

(g)           to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes;

(h)           to provide for the issuance of Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes; or

(i)            to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the Description of the Notes to the extent that such provision in the Description of the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 9.02.                                                                 With Consent of Holders of Notes.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, this Indenture (including Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Guarantees and 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 voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other

 

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than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. 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):

(a)           reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(b)           reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any Note, or change the date on which any Note may be subject to redemption or reduce the redemption price therefor;

(c)           reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Note;

(d)           waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or 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 at maturity of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

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(e)           make any Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

(f)            make any change in the provisions of this Indenture protecting the right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Note on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default;

(g)           after the Company’s obligation to purchase Notes arises thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto after a Change of Control has occurred;

(h)           modify or change any provision of this Indenture or the related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the Notes or the Guarantees in a manner which adversely affects the Holders; or

(i)            make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.

An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article 10 or 12 hereof or any supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee of the Notes by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any holder of Senior Debt of the Company, Holdings or of a Guarantor then outstanding (including any such change of this paragraph of this Section 9.02) unless the holders of such Senior Debt (or their Representative) consent to such change.

SECTION 9.03.                                                                 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.04.                                                                 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or 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, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

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for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.06.                                                                 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

ARTICLE 10

SUBORDINATION

SECTION 10.01.                                                           Agreement to Subordinate.

The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment of all Senior Debt of the Company and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Debt. The Notes shall in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company and only Indebtedness of the Company which is Senior Debt of the Company shall rank senior to the Notes in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. All provisions of this Article 10 shall be subject to Section 10.12.

SECTION 10.02.                                                           Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property:

(1) holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Debt before Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment; and

(2) until the Senior Debt of the Company is paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be made to holders of such Senior Debt as their interests may appear, except that Holders may receive shares of stock and any debt securities that are subordinated to such Senior Debt to at least the same extent as the Notes.

 

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SECTION 10.03.                                                           Default on Senior Debt of the Company.

The Company shall not pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or make any deposit pursuant to Section 8.04 and may not purchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Notes (collectively, “pay the Notes”) if either of the following (a “Payment Default”) occurs (1) any Designated Senior Debt of the Company is not paid in full in cash when due; or (2) any other default on Designated Senior Debt of the Company occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, the Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of any Designated Senior Debt with respect to which the Payment Default has occurred and is continuing. During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment Default) with respect to any Designated Senior Debt of the Company pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the Company shall not pay the Notes for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee of (with a copy to the Company) written notice (a “Blockage Notice”) of such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (1) by written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice; (2) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured, waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or (3) because such Designated Senior Debt has been discharged or repaid in full in cash. Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding two sentences (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Debt or the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt, the Company shall be entitled to resume payments on the Notes after termination of such Payment Blockage Period. The Notes shall not be subject to more than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Debt of the Company during such period; provided, however, that if any Blockage Notice within such 360-day period is given by or on behalf of any holders of Designated Senior Debt of the Company (other than the Bank Indebtedness), the Representative of the Bank Indebtedness shall be entitled to give another Blockage Notice within such period; provided further, however, that in no event shall the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360-day consecutive period, and there must be 181 days during any 360-day consecutive period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For purposes of this Section, no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Debt of the Company initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

 

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SECTION 10.04.                                                           Acceleration of Payment of Notes.

If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company or the Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Debt of the Company (or their Representatives) of the acceleration.

SECTION 10.05.                                                           When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

If a distribution is made to Holders that because of this Article 10 should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive the distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Debt of the Company and pay it over to them as their interests may appear. If any Designated Senior Debt of the Company is outstanding, the Company shall not pay the Notes until five Business Days after the Representatives of all the issues of Designated Senior Debt of the Company receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, shall be entitled to pay the Notes only if this Article 10 otherwise permits payment at that time.

SECTION 10.06.                                                           Subrogation.

After all Senior Debt of the Company is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article 10 to holders of such Senior Debt which otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Debt.

SECTION 10.07.                                                           Relative Rights.

This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Debt of the Company. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

(1) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms; or

(2) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Debt of the Company to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.

SECTION 10.08.                                                           Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.

No right of any holder of Senior Debt of the Company 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 by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

SECTION 10.09.                                                           Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 10, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall continue to make payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that under this Article 10 would prohibit the making of any payments to or by the Trustee unless and until, not less than two Business Days prior to

 

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the date of such payment, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives written notice satisfactory to it that such payments are prohibited by this Article 10. The Company, a Representative or a holder of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled to give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Debt of the Company has a Representative, only the Representative shall be entitled to give the notice. Prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to presume that no such fact exists. Unless the Trustee shall have received the notice provided for in the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall have full power any authority to receive such payment and to apply the same to the purpose for which it was received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date. The foregoing shall not apply to any Affiliate of the Company acting as Paying Agent.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be entitled to hold Senior Debt of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 10 with respect to any Senior Debt of the Company which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Debt; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 10 to the contrary, all amounts owed to the Trustee (including amounts owed pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof) in each of its capacities hereunder shall not be subordinated to any Senior Debt of the Company or otherwise.

SECTION 10.10.                                                           Distribution or Notice to Representative.

Whenever any Person is to make a distribution or give a notice to holders of Senior Debt of the Company, such Person shall be entitled to make such distribution or give such notice to their Representative (if any).

SECTION 10.11.                                                           Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate.

The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Notes by reason of any provision in this Article 10 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 10 shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Notes.

SECTION 10.12.                                                           Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of Government Securities held in trust under Article 8 hereof by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Debt of the Company or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article 10 if the provisions of this Article 10 were not violated at the time funds were deposited in trust with the Trustee pursuant to Article 8 hereof, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Debt of the Company or any other creditor of the Company.

 

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SECTION 10.13.                                                           Trustee Entitled To Rely.

Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (1) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02 hereof are pending, (2) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (3) upon the Representatives of Senior Debt of the Company for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of such 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 10. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt of the Company to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee shall be entitled to request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 10, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 10.

SECTION 10.14.                                                           Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

Each Holder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Debt of the Company as provided in this Article 10 and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

SECTION 10.15.                                                           Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders  of Senior Debt of the Company.

The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 10 or otherwise.

SECTION 10.16.                                                           Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt of the Company on Subordination Provisions.

Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Debt of the Company, whether such Senior Debt was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Debt and such holder of such Senior Debt shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Debt.

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ARTICLE 11

GUARANTEES

SECTION 11.01.                                                           Guarantees.

Holdings and each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly and severally, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Holdings and each Guarantor further agree that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from Holdings or such Guarantor and that Holdings and such Guarantor will remain bound under this Article 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

Holdings and each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Holdings and each Guarantor waive notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of Holdings and each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Obligations; or (f) except as set forth in Section 11.07, any change in the ownership of Holdings or such Guarantor.

Holdings and each Guarantor further agree that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Each Guarantee is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article 12 hereof, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor, as the case may be, and each Guarantee is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.

Except as expressly set forth in Sections 11.02 and 11.07 hereof, the obligations of Holdings and each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of

 

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the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of Holdings and each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Holdings or such Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of Holdings or such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

Holdings and each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against Holdings or any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, Holdings and each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (1) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (3) all other monetary Guaranteed Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.

Holdings and each Guarantor agree that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all obligations to which the Guaranteed Obligations are subordinated as provided in Article 12. Holdings and each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of Holdings’ or such Guarantor’s Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by Holdings or such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section.

Holdings and each Guarantor also agree to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.

SECTION 11.02.                                                           Limitation on Liability.

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Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

SECTION 11.03.                                                           Successors and Assigns.

This Article 11 shall be binding upon Holdings and each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall enure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

SECTION 11.04.                                                           No Waiver.

Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 11 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 11 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

SECTION 11.05.                                                           Modification.

No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 11, nor the consent to any departure by Holdings or any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on Holdings or any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

SECTION 11.06.                                                           [Intentionally Omitted].

SECTION 11.07.                                                           Release of Guarantor.

Upon the sale (including any sale pursuant to any exercise of remedies by a holder of Senior Debt of the Company or of any Guarantor) or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of a Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor (in each case other than a sale or disposition to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company and if in connection therewith the Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the Company will comply with its obligations under Section 4.10 hereof in respect of such disposition), or upon designation of a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, such Guarantor shall be deemed released from all obligations under this Article 11 without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. If the Company exercises its Legal Defeasance option or its Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 hereof or if its

 

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obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with Section 8.06 hereof, Holdings and each Guarantor shall be released from all obligations under this Article 11 without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. At the request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of a Guarantor pursuant to this Section 11.07.

SECTION 11.08.                                                           Contribution.

Holdings and each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations to contribution from Holdings and each Guarantor, as applicable, in an amount equal to Holdings’ or such Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP (for purposes hereof, Holdings’ net assets shall be those of all its Consolidated Subsidiaries other than the Guarantors).

ARTICLE 12

SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES

SECTION 12.01.                                                           Agreement To Subordinate.

Holdings and each Guarantor agree, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by Holdings’ or such Guarantor’s Guarantee (as the case may be) is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 12, to the prior payment of all Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as applicable) and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Debt. The Guaranteed Obligations of Holdings or a Guarantor (as applicable) shall in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor and only Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (including Holdings or such Guarantor’s Guarantee of Senior Debt of the Company) shall rank senior to the Guaranteed Obligations of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.

SECTION 12.02.                                                           Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.

Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of Holdings or any Guarantor to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) or its property:

(1) holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Debt before Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment pursuant to the Guarantee of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be); and

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Holders may receive shares of stock and any debt securities of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) that are subordinated to such Senior Debt to at least the same extent as its Guarantee.

SECTION 12.03.                                                           Default on Senior Debt of Guarantor.

Neither   Holdings nor any Guarantor shall make any payment on its Guarantee or purchase, redeem or otherwise retire or defease any Notes or other Guaranteed Obligations (collectively, “pay its Guarantee”) if either of the following (a “Payment Default”) occurs (1) any Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) is not paid in full in cash when due; or (2) any other default on Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt is accelerated in accordance with its terms; unless, in either case, the Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that Holdings or any Guarantor shall be entitled to pay its Guarantee without regard to the foregoing if Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of any Designated Senior Debt with respect to which the Payment Default has occurred and is continuing. During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment Default) with respect to any Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) shall not pay its Guarantee for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee of (with a copy to Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be)) written notice (a “Blockage Notice”) of such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period shall end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (1) by written notice to the Trustee and Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice; (2) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured, waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or (3) because such Designated Senior Debt has been discharged or repaid in full in cash. Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding two sentences (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Debt giving such Payment Notice or the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt, Holdings or any Guarantor shall be entitled to resume payments pursuant to its Guarantee after termination of such Payment Blockage Period. Neither Holdings nor any Guarantor shall be subject to more than one Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day  period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) during such period; provided, however, that if any Blockage Notice within such 360-day period is given by or on behalf of any holders of Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) (other than the Bank Indebtedness), the Representative of the Bank Indebtedness shall be entitled to give another Blockage Notice within such period; provided further, however, that in no event shall the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the

 

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aggregate during any 360-day consecutive period, and there must be 181 days during any 360-day consecutive period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For purposes of this Section, no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

SECTION 12.04.                                                           Demand for Payment.

If a demand for payment is made on Holdings or a Guarantor pursuant to Article 11 hereof, the Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) (or their Representatives) of such demand.

SECTION 12.05.                                                           When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

If a distribution is made to Holders that because of this Article 12 should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive the distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or the applicable Guarantor (as the case may be) and pay it over to them or their Representatives as their interests may appear. If any Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or a Guarantor is outstanding, Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) shall not make a payment on its Guarantee until five Business Days after the Representatives of all the issuers of Designated Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, shall be entitled to pay the Notes only if this Article 12 otherwise permits payment at that time.

SECTION 12.06.                                                           Subrogation.

After all Senior Debt of Holdings or a Guarantor is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be). A distribution made under this Article 12 to holders of such Senior Debt which otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between Holdings or the relevant Guarantor and Holders, a payment by Holdings or such Guarantor on such Senior Debt.

SECTION 12.07.                                                           Relative Rights.

This Article 12 defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or a Guarantor. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

(1) impair, as between Holdings or a Guarantor and Holders (as the case may be), the obligation of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be), which is absolute and unconditional, to pay its Guarantee to the extent set forth in Article 11; or

 

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(2) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a default by Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) under its Guarantee, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.

SECTION 12.08.                                                           Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.

No right of any holder of Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor to enforce the subordination of the Guarantee of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

SECTION 12.09.                                                           Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall continue to make payments on any Guarantee and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any payments to or by the Trustee unless and until, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives written notice satisfactory to it that such payments are prohibited by this Article 12. The Company, Holdings or the relevant Guarantor, a Representative or a holder of Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) shall be entitled to give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Debt of Holdings or any  Guarantor (as the case may be) has a Representative, only the Representative shall be entitled to give the notice. Prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to presume that no such fact exists. Unless the Trustee shall have received the notice provided for in the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall have full power any authority to receive such payment and to apply the same to the purpose for which it was received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date. The foregoing shall not apply to any Affiliate of the Company acting as Paying Agent.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity shall be entitled to hold Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 12 with respect to any Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Debt; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12 to the contrary, all amounts owed to the Trustee (including amounts owed pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof) in each of its capacities hereunder shall not be subordinated to any Senior Debt of Holdings or a Guarantor or otherwise.

SECTION 12.10.                                                           Distribution or Notice to Representative.

Whenever any Person is to make a distribution or give a notice to holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor, such Person shall be entitled to make such distribution or give such notice to their Representative (if any).

 

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SECTION 12.11.                    Article 12 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand Payment.

The failure to make a payment pursuant to a Guarantee by reason of any provision in this Article 12 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 12 shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on Holdings or any Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee.

SECTION 12.12.                                                           Trustee Entitled To Rely.

Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (1) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 12.02 are pending, (2) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (3) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of such Senior Debt and other indebtedness of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be), the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 12. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12, the Trustee shall be entitled to request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt of Holdings or such Guarantor (as the case may be) held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 12, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee shall be entitled to defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 12.

SECTION 12.13.                                                           Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.

Each Holder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor as provided in this Article 12 and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

SECTION 12.14.                                                           Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of Guarantor.

The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of such Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 12 or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 12.15.                    Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt of Holdings or Guarantors on Subordination Provisions.

Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Debt of Holdings or any Guarantor, whether such Senior Debt was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Debt and such holder of Senior Debt shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Debt.

ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.01.                                                           Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 13.02.                                                           Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, Holdings, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

If to the Company, Holdings and/or any Guarantor:

TransDigm Inc.
1301 East 9
th Street, Suite 3710
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Facsimile No.:  (216) 706-2837
Attention:        Gregory Rufus,
                           Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Facsimile No.:       (212) 728-8111
Attention:              Cristopher Greer, Esq.

If to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL 60602
Facsimile No.:  312-827-8542
Attention:        Roxane Ellwanger

 

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With copies to:

Bryan Cave LLP
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104
Facsimile No.:  (212) 904-0500
Attention:        Robert E. Pedersen, Esq.

The Company, Holdings, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders or the Trustee) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. All notices and communications sent to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been duly given when actually received.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. 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 within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Registrar at the same time.

SECTION 13.03.                                                           Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

SECTION 13.04.                                                           Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a)           an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

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(b)           an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.

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 (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

(a)           a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b)           a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c)           a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has or they have 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 satisfied; and

(d)           a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

SECTION 13.06.                                                           Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

SECTION 13.07.                                                           No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Company, Holdings or any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor), as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company, Holdings or any Subsidiary of the Company under the Notes, the Guarantees, this 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 issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 13.08.                                                           Governing Law.

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

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SECTION 13.09.                                                           No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, its Subsidiaries, Holdings or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 13.10.                                                           Successors.

All agreements of the Company, Holdings and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 13.11.                                                           Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 13.12.                                                           Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

SECTION 13.13.                                                           Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 13.14.                                                           Waiver of Trial by Jury.

EACH PARTY HERETO AND EACH HOLDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF A NOTE HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

TRANSDIGM INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAC REALTY CORP.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZMP, INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ GREGORY RUFUS

 

 

Name: Gregory Rufus

 

 

Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST

 

COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ ROXANE ELLWANGER

 

 

Name: Roxane Ellwanger

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 

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PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES

1.  Definitions

1.1  Definitions

For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e).

“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

“Distribution Compliance Period”, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Notes.

“Exchange Notes” means (1) the 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and (2) Additional Notes, if any, issued pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act.

“Initial Purchasers” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,  UBS Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes, the Persons purchasing or underwriting such Additional Notes under the related Purchase Agreement.

“Initial Notes” means (1) $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 issued on the Issue Date, and (2) Additional Notes, if any, issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

“Private Exchange” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to the Initial Purchasers to issue and deliver to each Initial Purchaser, in exchange for the Initial Notes held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Notes.

“Private Exchange Notes” means any 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 issued in connection with a Private Exchange.

“Purchase Agreement” means with (1) respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Purchase Agreement dated June 20, 2006, among the Company,

 

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Holdings, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes, the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company and the Persons purchasing or underwriting such Additional Notes.

“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

“Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 23, 2006, among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under the related Purchase Agreement.

“Note Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

“Notes” means the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes, treated as a single class.

“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.

“Shelf Registration Statement” means the registration statement issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.

“Transfer Restricted Notes” means Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e) hereof.

1.2  Other Definitions

 

Term

 

 

Defined
in Section:

 

 

 

“Agent Members”

 

2.1(b)

“Global Notes

 

2.1(a)

“Permanent Regulation S Global Note”

 

2.1(a)

“Regulation S”

 

2.1(a)

“Regulation S Global Notes

 

2.1(a)

“Rule 144A”

 

2.1(a)

“Rule 144A Global Note”

 

2.1(a)

“Temporary Regulation S Global Note”

 

2.1(a)

 

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2.             The Notes.

2.1  (a)  Form and Dating. The Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Notes will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and (ii) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”). Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, in each case, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”) and Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary global notes in fully registered form (collectively, the “Temporary Regulation S Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and with the global notes legend and restricted notes legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Notes represented thereby with the Notes Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. Except as set forth in this Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note (x) will not be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Note, a permanent global note (the “Permanent Regulation S Global Note” and, together with the Temporary Regulation S Global Notes, the “Regulation S Global Notes”), or any other Note prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and (y) then, after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, may be exchanged for interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or the Permanent Regulation S Global Note only upon certification that beneficial ownership interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act.

Beneficial interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Notes if (1) such exchange occurs in connection with a transfer of Securities in compliance with Rule 144A, and (2) the transferor of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in a form satisfactory to the Trustee) to the effect that the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note is being transferred to a Person (a) who the transferor reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the States of the United States and other jurisdictions.

Beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided n the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if applicable).

 

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The Rule 144A Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and the Permanent Regulation S Global Note are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes”. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository and the Notes Custodian as hereinafter provided.

(b)  Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instructions or held by the Notes Custodian.

Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Notes Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

(c)  Certificated Notes. Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Sections 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.

2.2  Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver:  (1) on the Issue Date, an aggregate principal amount of $275.0 million 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014; and (2) any Additional Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture and (3) Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Notes, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers. Such 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 and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Indenture, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.09 of the Indenture.

2.3  Transfer and Exchange. (a)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to a Registrar with a request:

(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or

 

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(y) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations,

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:

(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and

(ii) if such Definitive Notes are required to bear a restricted securities legend, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

(A) if such Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or

(B) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or

(C) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred (x) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the requirements of the Securities Act: (x) a certification to that effect (in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note) and (y) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).

(b)  Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security or a Permanent Regulation S Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:

(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note, that such Definitive Note is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or (B) is being transferred after expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period by a Person who initially purchased such Note in reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its interest in such Note in the form of a beneficial interest in the Permanent Regulation S Global Note; and

(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Notes Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A Global Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause

 

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(b)(i)(A)) or Permanent Regulation S Note (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,

then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the custodian for the Notes to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository and the custodian for the Notes, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If no Rule 144A Global Notes or Permanent Regulation S Global Notes, as applicable, are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, a new Rule 144A Global Note or Permanent Regulation S Global Note, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.

(c)  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. (i)  The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note. The Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.

(ii)  If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

(iii)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.

(iv)  In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Appendix prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement

 

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with respect to such Notes, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Notes intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.

(d)  Restrictions on Transfer of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes. During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in Temporary Regulation S Global Notes may only be sold, pledged or transferred only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S (other than a transaction resulting in an exchange for interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note), or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

(e)  Legend.

(i)  Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (V) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH

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(VI) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.

Each Definitive Note will also bear the following additional legend:

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

(ii)  Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a certificated Note that does not bear the legend set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Registrar that such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note).

(iii)  After a transfer of any Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Note or such Private Exchange Note will cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such Initial Note or such Private Exchange Note issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will cease to apply, and a certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or an Initial Note or Private Exchange Note in global form, in each case without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder of such Initial Notes or Private Exchange Notes upon exchange of such transferring Holder’s certificated Initial Note or Private Exchange Note or appropriate directions to transfer such Holder’s interest in the Global Note, as applicable.

(iv)  Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and Exchange Notes in certificated or global form, in each case without the restrictive securities legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer.

(v)  Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Notes that Initial Notes issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Notes that do not exchange their Initial Notes, and Private

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Exchange Notes in global form with the global securities legend and the Restricted Notes Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Private Exchange.

(f)  Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, redeemed, purchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for certificated Notes, redeemed, purchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian for the Notes, to reflect such reduction.

(g)  No Obligation of the Trustee.

(i)  The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository 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 Depository) 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 Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository 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 Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require 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.

2.4  Certificated Notes.

(a)  A Global Note deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Note or if at any

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time such Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes under this Indenture or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(b)  Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Transfer Restricted Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the restricted securities legend and definitive note legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

(c)  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global Note shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(d)  In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a) hereof, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

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EXHIBIT A
TO
RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX

 

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]

[Global Notes Legend]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF NOTES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]

[Restricted Notes Legend]

THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) IN THE UNITED

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STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (V) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (VI) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.

[Temporary Regulation S Global Note Legend]

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY OTHER SECURITY REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE “40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(b)(3) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. DURING SUCH 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (III) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. HOLDERS OF INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE, IF THEN APPLICABLE.

AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE ONLY IF (1) SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OF THE NOTES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, AND (2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE FIRST

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DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE BEING TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON (A) WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (B) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON WHO TAKES DELIVERY IN THE FORM OF AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, ONLY IF THE TRANSFEROR FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT IF SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S OR RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE).

[Definitive Notes Legend]

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

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CUSIP       
ISIN:       

TRANSDIGM INC.

No.                                                                                                                                                  $

7¾% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2014

TRANSDIGM INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to “Cede & Co.”, or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                            ] ($[          ]) on July 15, 2014.

Interest Payment Dates:  [                      ] and [                      ].

Record Dates:    [                      ] and [                      ].

Dated: [                      ].

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

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Dated:

 

 

 

TRANSDIGM INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]

7¾% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1.             INTEREST. TransDigm Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7¾% per annum from           , 20   until maturity; provided that if a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) of $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will accrue on the Notes for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a Registration Default (increasing by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.00% per annum). The Company shall pay interest and Additional Interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that 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           , 20  . 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 that is equal to the interest rate on the Note then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional 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 will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest and Additional Interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

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3.             PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4.             INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of June 23, 2006 (“Indenture”) among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). 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 Notes are obligations of the Company.

5.             SUBORDINATION. The Notes are subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Debt of the Company must be paid before the Notes may be paid. The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

6.             OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

Except as set forth below, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to July 15, 2009.

At any time prior to July 15, 2009, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to the registered address of each Holder of Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

On and after July 15, 2009, the Company may redeem the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) at its option, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on July 15 of the year set forth below:

Year

 

 

 

Percentage

 

2009

 

105.813

%

2010

 

103.875

%

2011

 

101.938

%

2012 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to July 15, 2009, the Company may at its option on one or more occasions redeem Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of

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the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 107.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided, however, that (1) at least $150 million of such aggregate principal amount of Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the related Equity Offering.

7.             MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

8.             REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.

If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control 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, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, under certain circumstances the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (a “Net Proceeds Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Indenture. The Net Proceeds Offer may also be made to holders of other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company requiring the making of such an offer. Pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall offer to purchase, on a pro rata basis, the maximum amount of Notes and, if it so elects, such other Senior Subordinated Debt that may be purchased with the Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount (or, in the event such other Senior Subordinated Debt was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof) plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture (or, in respect of such other Senior Subordinated Debt, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Senior Subordinated Debt). To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes or such other Senior Subordinated Debt tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such deficiency for general corporate purposes or for any other purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or such other Senior Subordinated Debt surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive a Net Proceeds

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Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.

9.             NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

10.           DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on such day or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

11.           PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

12.           AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented, to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 of the Indenture or the Appendix to the Indenture relating to the form of the Notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s, Holdings’ or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company, Holdings or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to provide for the issuance of Notes issued after the Issue Date in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, to confirm the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision in the Description of Notes or to

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the extent that such provision in the Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes.

13.           DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) the failure to pay interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable if the default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 of the Indenture); (ii) the failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase) (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 of the Indenture); (iii) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture if the default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (except in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01 of the Indenture, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement); (iv) the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Securitization Entity), or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness, if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more at any time; (v) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $20.0 million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy affecting the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries. If any 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act. 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 continuing 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 (including Additional Interest, if any) on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of

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any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

14.           GUARANTEE. The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, the Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior subordinated basis by Holdings and each of the Guarantors.

15.           TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

16.           NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of Holdings, the Company or any Guarantor (other than the Company, Holdings or any Guarantor), as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of Holdings, the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees 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 issuance of the Notes.

17.           AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

18.           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).

19.           ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006, among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof. Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company and other named persons to the extent provided therein.

20.           CUSIP and ISIN NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

TransDigm Inc.
1301 East 9
th Street, Suite 3710
Cleveland, OH  44114
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

Assignee’s Legal Name, Address, and Zip Code

Assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.

and irrevocably appoint                           agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

___________________________________________________________

Date: ________________ Your Signature: ____________________

___________________________________________________________

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

(1)

 

o

 

to the Company; or

(2)

 

o

 

inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or

(3)

 

o

 

outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act; or

(4)

 

o

 

pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or

 

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(5)

 

o

 

pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act; or

(6)

 

o

 

pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;

 

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (3), (4) or (5) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes , such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act.

________________________

 Signature

Signature Guarantee:

____________________________                               _________________________

Signature must be guaranteed                                       Signature

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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___________________________________________________________

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Dated: ________________                              _____________________________

NOTICE:  To be executed by an
executive officer

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN 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 officer of Trustee or Custodian for the Notes

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10  or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box:



If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal  amount:  $

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name

 

 

 

 

appears on the other side of

 

 

 

 

 this Security.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

 

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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EXHIBIT B

TO

RULE 144A/REGULATIONS APPENDIX

CUSIP:

ISIN:

[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE

OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE] */**/


*/ If the Note is to be issued in global form add the Global Notes Legend from Exhibit A to Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix and the attachment from such Exhibit A captioned - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE”.

**/ If the Note is a Private Exchange Note issued in a Private Exchange to an Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted Notes Legend from Exhibit A to Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit B with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit A.

 

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TRANSDIGM INC.

No

 

$

7¾% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

TRANSDIGM INC., a Delaware corporation promises to pay to “Cede & Co.”, or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                                ] ($[          ]) on July 15, 2014.

Interest Payment Dates:  [                 ] and [             ].

Record Dates:  [             ] and [             ].

Date: [             ]

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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Dated:

 

 

 

TRANSDIGM, INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of
the Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTE]

7¾% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1.             INTEREST. TransDigm Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7¾% per annum from         , 20   until maturity; provided that if a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) of $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will accrue on the Notes for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a Registration Default (increasing by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.00% per annum). The Company shall pay interest and Additional Interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that 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         , 20  . 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 that is equal to the interest rate on the Note then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional 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 will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest and Additional Interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in

 

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such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3.             PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4.             INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of June 23, 2006 (“Indenture”) among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). 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 Notes are obligations of the Company.

5.             SUBORDINATION. The Notes are subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Debt of the Company must be paid before the Notes may be paid. The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

6.             OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

Except as set forth below, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to July 15, 2009.

At any time prior to July 15, 2009, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to the registered address of each Holder of Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

On and after July 15, 2009, the Company may redeem the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) at its option, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on July 15 of the year set forth below:

Year

 

 

 

Percentage

 

2009

 

105.813

%

2010

 

103.875

%

2011

 

101.938

%

2012 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing prior to July 15, 2009, the Company may at its option on one or more occasions redeem Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 107.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided, however, that (1) at least $150 million of such aggregate principal amount of Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the related Equity Offering.

7.             MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

8.             REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.

If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control 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, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, under certain circumstances the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (a “Net Proceeds Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Indenture. The Net Proceeds Offer may also be made to holders of other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company requiring the making of such an offer. Pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall offer to purchase, on a pro rata basis, the maximum amount of Notes and, if it so elects, such other Senior Subordinated Debt that may be purchased with the Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of their  principal amount (or, in the event such other Senior Subordinated Debt was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof) plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture (or, in respect of such other Senior Subordinated Debt, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Senior Subordinated Debt). To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes or such other Senior Subordinated Debt tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such deficiency for general corporate purposes or for any other purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. If

 

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the aggregate principal amount of Notes or such other Senior Subordinated Debt surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive a Net Proceeds Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.

9.             NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

10.           DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on such day or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

11.           PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

12.           AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented, to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 of the Indenture or the Appendix to the Indenture relating to the form of the Notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s, Holdings’ or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company, Holdings or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to provide for the issuance of Notes issued after the Issue Date in accordance with the

 

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limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, to confirm the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision in the Description of Notes or to the extent that such provision in the Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes.

13.           DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) the failure to pay interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable if the default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 of the Indenture); (ii) the failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase) (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 of the Indenture); (iii) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture if the default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (except in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01 of the Indenture, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement); (iv) the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Securitization Entity) or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness, if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more at any time; (v) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $20.0 million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy affecting the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries. If any 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act. 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 continuing 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

 

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payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

14.           GUARANTEE. The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, the Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior subordinated basis by Holdings and each of the Guarantors.

15.           TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

16.           NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of Holdings, the Company or any Guarantor (other than the Company, Holdings or any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor), as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of Holdings, the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees 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 issuance of the Notes.

17.           AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

18.           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).

[19.          ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006, among the Company, Holdings, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof. Each Holder of a Note, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company and other named persons to the extent provided therein.](1)

20.           CUSIP and ISIN NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the


(1)   Delete if this Note is not being issued in exchange for an Initial Note.

 

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Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

TransDigm Inc.
1301 East 9
th Street, Suite 3710
Cleveland, OH 44114
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

Assignee’s Legal Name, Address, and Zip Code

 

 

 

Assignee’s soc. Sec. or tax I.D. No.

 

and irrevocably appoint                           agent to transfer this Note on t0he books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box:



If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount:  $

Date:

 

 

Your Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side of
 this Security.)

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

 

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EX-10.2 3 a06-14465_2ex10d2.htm EX-10

EXECUTION COPY

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 23, 2006

Among

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

as the Lenders

and

CREDIT SUISSE

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

and

TRANSDIGM INC.

and

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

and

The subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. from time to time party hereto

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Syndication Agent

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

UBS SECURITIES LLC

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

 




 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings

 

41

 

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally

 

41

 

SECTION 1.04. Effectuation of Transactions

 

42

 

SECTION 1.05. Accounting Terms; GAAP

 

42

 

SECTION 1.06. Designated Senior Debt

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01. Commitments

 

42

 

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings

 

43

 

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowing

 

44

 

SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings

 

45

 

SECTION 2.05. Type; Interest Elections

 

45

 

SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of Commitments

 

46

 

SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

 

47

 

SECTION 2.08. Optional Prepayment of Loans

 

48

 

SECTION 2.09. Mandatory Prepayment of Loans

 

48

 

SECTION 2.10. Fees

 

49

 

SECTION 2.11. Interest

 

50

 

SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest

 

50

 

SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs

 

51

 

SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments

 

52

 

SECTION 2.15. Taxes

 

52

 

SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs

 

54

 

SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

 

55

 

SECTION 2.18. Illegality

 

56

 

SECTION 2.19. Change of Control

 

56

 

SECTION 2.20. Asset Sale Offer

 

57

 

SECTION 2.21. Intentionally Omitted

 

59

 

SECTION 2.22. Swingline Loans

 

59

 

SECTION 2.23. Letters of Credit

 

61

 

SECTION 2.24. Increase in Commitments

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers

 

65

 

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability

 

66

 

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

 

66

 

SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change

 

66

 

SECTION 3.05. Properties

 

67

 

SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters

 

67

 

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements; Licenses and Permits

 

68

 

SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status

 

68

 

SECTION 3.09. Taxes

 

68

 

 

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SECTION 3.10. ERISA

 

68

 

SECTION 3.11. Disclosure

 

68

 

SECTION 3.12. Material Agreements

 

69

 

SECTION 3.13. Solvency

 

69

 

SECTION 3.14. Insurance

 

69

 

SECTION 3.15. Capitalization and Subsidiaries

 

69

 

SECTION 3.16. Security Interest in Collateral

 

70

 

SECTION 3.17. Labor Disputes

 

70

 

SECTION 3.18. Federal Reserve Regulations

 

70

 

SECTION 3.19. Senior Debt

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events

 

71

 

SECTION 4.02. Closing Date

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information

 

74

 

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events

 

76

 

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business

 

77

 

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes

 

77

 

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties

 

77

 

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights

 

77

 

SECTION 5.07. Maintenance of Ratings

 

77

 

SECTION 5.08. Compliance with Laws

 

78

 

SECTION 5.09. Use of Proceeds

 

78

 

SECTION 5.10. Insurance

 

78

 

SECTION 5.11. Additional Collateral; Further Assurances

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness

 

80

 

SECTION 6.02. Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

80

 

SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Asset Sales

 

84

 

SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

 

85

 

SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries

 

86

 

SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Liens

 

86

 

SECTION 6.07. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets

 

87

 

SECTION 6.08. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

 

89

 

SECTION 6.09. Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries

 

91

 

SECTION 6.10. Business of Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries

 

91

 

SECTION 6.11. Amendments to Subordination Provisions

 

91

 

SECTION 6.12. Business of Holdings

 

91

 

SECTION 6.13. Impairment of Security Interest

 

91

 

SECTION 6.14. Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio

 

92

 

 

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ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

THE AGENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01. Notices

 

97

 

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments

 

98

 

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

 

101

 

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns

 

102

 

SECTION 9.05. Survival

 

106

 

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

 

106

 

SECTION 9.07. Severability

 

106

 

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff

 

106

 

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

107

 

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

108

 

SECTION 9.11. Headings

 

108

 

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality

 

108

 

SECTION 9.13. Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law

 

108

 

SECTION 9.14. USA PATRIOT Act

 

109

 

SECTION 9.15. Disclosure

 

109

 

SECTION 9.16. Appointment for Perfection

 

109

 

SECTION 9.17. Interest Rate Limitation

 

109

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULES:

Commitment Schedule

Schedule 1.01(a)

Immaterial Subsidiaries

Schedule 1.01(b)

Mortgaged Properties

Schedule 1.01(c)

Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 1.01(d)

Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 1.01(e)

Existing Liens

Schedule 3.05(a)

Properties

Schedule 3.05(g)

Intellectual Property

Schedule 3.06

Disclosed Matters

Schedule 3.14

Insurance

Schedule 3.15

Capitalization and Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.16

Mortgage Filing Offices

Schedule 3.17

Labor Disputes

Schedule 4.02(b)

Local Counsel

Schedule 9.01

Borrower’s Website for Electronic Delivery

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A

Form of Administrative Questionnaire

Exhibit B

Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit C

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

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Exhibit D

Joinder Agreement

Exhibit E

Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit F

Form of Promissory Notes

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 23, 2006 (this “Agreement”), among TRANSDIGM INC. (the “Borrower”), a Delaware corporation, TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party hereto, the Lenders (as defined in Article I) and CREDIT SUISSE, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacities, the “Agent”).

The Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (a) Term Loans (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this introductory statement having the meaning given it in Article I) on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $650,000,000 and (b) Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $150,000,000. The proceeds of the Term Loans are to be used solely to finance, in part, the Existing Bank Debt Refinancing, the Tender Offer, the Closing Date Dividend and the Permitted Transaction Payments. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit are to be used solely for general corporate purposes.

The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01.      Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or at the time it merges or consolidates with or into the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, including Indebtedness incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, for any Interest Period, the rate obtained by dividing (a) the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained against “Eurocurrency liabilities” as specified in Regulation D (including any marginal, emergency, special or supplemental reserves).

Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit A.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing.




 

Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.08.

Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Agent Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b).

Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure” means the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures.

Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (or, if no Loans are then outstanding, the Commitment) of such Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (or, if no Loans are then outstanding, the Commitments) of all Lenders.

Applicable Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Term Loan, 2.00%, (b) with respect to any ABR Term Loan, 1.00%, and (c) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Revolving Loan or ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the Commitment Fees, as the case may be, the applicable rate set forth below under the captions “LIBOR Spread — Revolving Loans”, “ABR Spread Spread — Revolving Loans” or “Commitment Fee Percentage”, as the case may be, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the relevant date of determination:

Leverage Ratio

 

LIBOR Spread —
Revolving Loans

 

ABR Spread —
Revolving Loans

 

Commitment Fee
Percentage

Category 1
Greater than 4.0 to 1.0

 

2.00%

 

1.00%

 

0.375%

Category 2
Greater than 3.5 to 1.0, but less than
or equal to 4.0 to 1.0

 

1.75%

 

0.75%

 

0.375%

Category 3
Less than or equal to 3.5 to 1.0

 

1.50%

 

0.50%

 

0.375%

 

Each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Borrower shall be effective with respect to all Loans, Commitments and Letters of Credit outstanding on and after the date of delivery to the Agent of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a) or (b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, indicating such change, and until the date immediately preceding the next date of delivery of such financial statements and certificates indicating another such change. In addition, (a) at any time during which the Borrower has failed to deliver the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a) or (b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, or (b) at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of

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Default, any reduction in interest rates or Commitment Fees which would otherwise be implemented shall not be implemented until the date the Event of Default is cured or waived.

Approved Fund” means any Person (other than an natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

Asset Acquisition” means (a) an Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or shall be merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (b) the acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) other than in the ordinary course of business.

Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower of:

(1)            any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or

(2)            any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower other than in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that Asset Sales or other dispositions shall not include:

(a)           a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $1,000,000;

(b)          the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower as permitted under Section 6.07 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

(c)           the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;

(d)          disposals or replacements of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business;

(e)           the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets or property to one or more Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Investments permitted under Section 6.02 or pursuant to any Permitted Investment;

(f)           [Intentionally Omitted];

(g)          dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents; and

(h)          the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien).

Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(d).

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Agent, in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Agent.

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Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate then borne by the Loans, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended); provided, however, that if such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capitalized Lease Obligation”.

Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Board of Directors means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership and (c) 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 duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of such Person or any committee thereof.

Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Borrowing” means (a) any Loans of the same Class and Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, or such other form as shall be approved by the Agent.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) the value of all assets under Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period; provided that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include:

(i) expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed with (x) insurance proceeds paid on account of the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced, restored or repaired or (y) awards of compensation arising from the taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the assets being replaced,

(ii) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time,

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(iii) the purchase of plant, property or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Asset Sales that are not applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.20,

(iv) expenditures that constitute Consolidated Lease Expense,

(v) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for by a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and for which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period),

(vi) the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period, provided that (x) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired, or

(vii) expenditures that constitute acquisitions of Persons or business units permitted hereunder

 

Capital Stock” means:

(1)  with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, of such Person and

(2)  with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligation means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1)  marketable direct obligations issued by or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(2)  marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the three highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;

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(3)  commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;

(4)  certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank or by a bank organized under the laws of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America, in each case having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof);

(5)  repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above; and

(6)  investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

(1)  any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or Holdings to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “Group”), other than to the Borrower (in the case of the assets of Holdings), the Permitted Holders or their Related Parties or any Permitted Group;

(2)  the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Borrower of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement);

(3)  any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders or their Related Parties or any Permitted Group) shall become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of shares representing more than 50% of the total ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower or Holdings; or

(4)  the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower or Holdings are not Continuing Directors.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b).

Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement (other than any such request, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the date of this Agreement).

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Other Term Loans or Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, a Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or a Swingline Commitment.

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Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

Closing Date Dividend” means the payment of dividends by the Borrower to TransDigm Holdings and by TransDigm Holdings to Holdings, in each case on the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount of up to $202,596,000, which dividends Holdings shall use to pay in full all amounts, if any, due or owing under the Existing Holdings Credit Agreement.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral” means any and all property owned, leased or operated by a Person subject to a security interest or Lien under the Collateral Documents and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, to secure the Secured Obligations; provided, however, that Collateral shall not at any time include any Margin Stock or leased real property.

Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and any other documents granting a Lien upon the Collateral as security for payment of the Secured Obligations.

Commitment” means (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, Term Loan Commitment and Swingline Commitment as set forth in the Commitment Schedule or in the most recent Assignment and Assumption executed by such Lender and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Lenders to make Loans, which aggregate commitment shall be $800,000,000 on the Closing Date.

Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a).

Commitment Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.

Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued after the Closing Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of such Person’s:

(1)            Consolidated Net Income; and

(2)            to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:

(a)  all income taxes and foreign withholding taxes and taxes based on capital and commercial activity (or similar taxes) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period;

(b)  Consolidated Interest Expense;

(c)  Consolidated Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;

(d)  restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs and acquisition integration costs and fees, including cash severance payments made in connection with acquisitions;

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(e)  any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful) and any amendment or modification to the terms of any such transactions, including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Transactions;

(f)  any write offs, write downs or other non-cash charges, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period;

(g)  the amount of any expense related to minority interests;

(h)  the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid (or any accruals related to such fees or related expenses) during such period to the Sponsor to the extent permitted under Section 6.08;

(i)  the amount of any earn out payments or deferred purchase price in conjunction with acquisitions;

(j)  any costs or expenses incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or stockholders agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock that is Preferred Stock) in each case, solely to the extent that such cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clauses (iii)(w) and (iii)(x) of the first paragraph of Section 6.02;

(k)  the one-time special bonus payments in an amount not in excess of $6,230,000 by the Borrower to members of management on November 10, 2005; and

(l)  solely for the purposes of computations under Section 6.14(a), a charge in any one period not to exceed $8,000,000 resulting from repurchases of inventory from distributors during such period; and

(3)            decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with this definition).

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four full fiscal quarters (the “Four-Quarter Period”) ending prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which internal financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four-Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:

(1)            the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Designated Preferred Stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or the issuance or redemption of other Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to revolving credit facilities, occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to

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the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment or issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), had occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period; and

(2)            any Asset Sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale or other disposition and without regard to clause (6) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income), investments, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Indebtedness), investment, merger, consolidation or disposed operation occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such other Indebtedness that was so guaranteed.

Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:

(1)            interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; and

(2)            notwithstanding clause (1) of this paragraph, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower. In addition, any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Borrower as set forth in an officers’ certificate, to reflect operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from any acquisition or merger.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

(1)            Consolidated Interest Expense; plus

(2)            the product of (x) the amount of all cash dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, which estimate shall be conclusive); plus

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(3)            the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, which estimate shall be conclusive); provided that with respect to any series of Preferred Stock that did not pay cash dividends during such period but that is eligible to pay dividends during any period prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date, cash dividends shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to such series of Preferred Stock during such period for purposes of this clause (3).

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

(1)  the aggregate of all cash and non-cash interest expense (net of interest income) with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the net costs associated with Interest Swap Obligations, for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, but excluding (i) amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs, deferred financing fees, commissions, fees and expenses, (ii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (iii) [Intentionally Omitted] and (iv) any redemption premium paid in connection with the redemption of the Existing Notes;

(2)  the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; and

(3)  the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Lease Expense” means for any period, all rental expenses of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period under operating leases for real or personal property (including in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted hereunder), excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income, other than (a) obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to an acquisition of a Person or business unit to the extent such rental expenses relate to operating leases in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and related to periods prior to such acquisition and (c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Leverage Ratio”, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur to (b) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the period of the most recently ended four full consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP and without any deduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom to the extent otherwise included, without duplication:

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(1)  gains and losses from Assets Sales (without regard to the $1,000,000 limitation set forth in the definition thereof) and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

(2)  gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

(3)  all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, gains and losses (including, without limitation, all restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs, acquisition integration costs and fees, including cash severance payments made in connection with acquisitions, and any expense or charge related to the repurchase of Capital Stock or warrants or options to purchase Capital Stock), and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

(4)  the net income (or loss) from disposed or discontinued operations or any net gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations, and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

(5)  any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP;

(6)  the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(7)  solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 6.02, the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Guarantor) to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower of that income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the 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 stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;

(8)  the net loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(9)  the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower by such Person;

(10)  in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets;

(11)  any non-cash compensation charges and deferred compensation charges, including any arising from existing stock options resulting from any merger or recapitalization transaction; provided, however, that Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be reduced by any cash payments made during such period by such Person in connection with any such deferred compensation, whether or not such reduction is in accordance with GAAP; and

(12)  inventory purchase accounting adjustments and amortization and impairment charges resulting from other purchase accounting adjustments with respect to acquisition transactions.

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For purposes of clause (iii)(v) of the first paragraph of Section 6.02, Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced by any cash dividends paid with respect to any series of Designated Preferred Stock

Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, impairments and expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges that require an accrual of or a reserve for cash payments for any future period other than accruals or reserves associated with mandatory repurchases of equity securities). For clarification purposes, purchase accounting adjustments with respect to inventory will be included in Consolidated Non-cash Charges.

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” as of any date of determination means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by first-priority Liens on Collateral as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur to (b) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of the most recently ended consecutive four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and debt obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (and excluding (x) any undrawn letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business and (y) [Intentionally Omitted]) and (b) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Capital Stock of the Borrower and all Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation), with the amount of such Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and Maximum Fixed Repurchase Prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, the “Maximum Fixed Repurchase Price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Borrower.

Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date over (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including

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deferred revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) the current portion of interest and (iii) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes.

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Borrower or Holdings who:

(1)            was a member of such Board of Directors on the Closing Date; or

(2)            was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors by any of the Permitted Holders or 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 Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower against fluctuations in currency values

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.

Derivative Transaction” means (a) an interest-rate transaction, including an interest-rate swap, basis swap, forward rate agreement, interest rate option (including a cap, collar, and floor), and any other instrument linked to interest rates that gives rise to similar credit risks (including when-issued securities and forward deposits accepted), (b) an exchange-rate transaction, including a cross-currency interest-rate swap, a forward foreign-exchange contract, a currency option, and any other instrument linked to exchange rates that gives rise to similar credit risks, (c) an equity derivative transaction, including an equity-linked swap, an equity-linked option, a forward equity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to equities that gives rise to similar credit risk and (d) a commodity (including precious metal) derivative transaction, including a commodity-linked swap, a commodity-linked option, a forward commodity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to commodities that gives rise to similar credit risks; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or its subsidiaries shall be a Derivative Transaction.

Designated Noncash Consideration means any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such Asset Sale. Any particular item of Designated Non-cash Consideration will cease to be considered to be outstanding once it has been sold for cash or Cash Equivalents.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock that is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Borrower, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii)(w) of the first paragraph of Section 6.02.

Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.

Disqualified Capital Stock” means with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:

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(1)  matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Capital Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

(2)  is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock; or

(3)  is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part;

in each case on or prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if:

(1)  the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Loans hereunder and described under Sections 6.03, 2.20 and 2.19; and

(2)  any such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable under this Agreement, including the prepayment of Term Loans pursuant hereto.

The amount of any Disqualified Capital Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that if such Disqualified Capital Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of such Disqualified Capital Stock as reflected in the most recent internal financial statements of such Person.

Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person other than (a) a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, but, in each case, including any subsidiary that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any indebtedness of the Borrower.

Eligible Assignee” means (i) a Lender, (ii) a commercial bank, insurance company, or company engaged in making commercial loans or a commercial finance company, which Person, together with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000, (iii) any Affiliate of a Lender under common control with such Lender or (iv) an Approved Fund of a Lender, provided that in any event, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (w) any natural person, (x) Holdings or the Borrower or any Affiliate (which for this purpose shall not include the Agent or any of its branches or Affiliates engaged in the business of making commercial loans) thereof, (y) any Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates or (z) any “creditor”, as defined in Regulation T, or “foreign branch of a broker-dealer”, within the meaning of Regulation X; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, no Person (other than a Lender) shall be an “Eligible Assignee” if the assignment of any Commitment or Loan to such Person would cause such Person to have Commitments or Loans in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the then outstanding total aggregate Commitments or Loans, as the case may be.

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Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

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.

Equity Offering” means any offering of Qualified Capital Stock of Holdings or the Borrower; provided that:

(1)  in the event of an offering by Holdings, Holdings contributes to the capital of the Borrower the portion of the net cash proceeds of such offering necessary to pay the aggregate redemption price (plus accrued interest to the redemption date) of the Senior Subordinated Notes to be redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions contained in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture applicable in connection with Equity Offerings and

(2)  in the event such equity offering is not in the form of a public offering registered under the Securities Act, the proceeds received by the Borrower directly or indirectly from such offering are not less than $10,000,000.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice of an intent to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

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Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Excess Cash Flow” means, for any fiscal year of the Borrower, an amount equal to the excess of:

(a) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period,

(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital and long-term account receivables for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period), and

(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; over

(b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (1) through (12) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income,

(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior periods, the amount of Capital Expenditures made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including (x) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and (y) all voluntary prepayments of Loans including the amount of any prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.20 made with the proceeds of an Asset Sale to the extent such Asset Sale resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase) made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital and long-term account receivables for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions of  a Person or business unit by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period),

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(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness,

(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior periods, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made during such period to the extent permitted under Section 6.02, to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments made during such period to the extent permitted under clause (7) of the second paragraph of Section 6.02, to the extent that such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period,

(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,

(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to acquisitions or Capital Expenditures to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period, provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash actually utilized to finance such acquisitions or Capital Expenditures during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,

(xii) the amount of cash taxes paid in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period and the amount of any taxes paid for the benefit of Holdings pursuant to any tax sharing agreement, and

(xiii) earnout payments and deferred purchase price payments made in cash during such fiscal year to the extent added back to Consolidated EBITDA.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, Marketable Securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Borrower from

(1)            contributions to its common equity capital, and

(2)            the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower,

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in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by an executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii) of the first paragraph of Section 6.02.

Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.17(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower or any other Loan Party with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.15(a).

Existing Bank Debt Refinancing” means the payment in full of all amounts, if any, due or owing under the Existing Borrower Credit Agreement and the Existing Holdings Credit Agreement, the termination of all commitments thereunder and the release and discharge of all guarantees thereof (if any) and all security therefor (if any).

Existing Borrower Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 1, 2004, as amended, among the Borrower, Holdings, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent.

Existing Notes” means the 8.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 of the Borrower.

Existing Holdings Credit Agreement” means the Loan Agreement dated as of November 10, 2005, as amended, among Holdings, the lenders party thereto and Banc of America Bridge LLC, as administrative agent.

Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit outstanding as of the Closing Date that are issued under the Existing Borrower Credit Agreement and set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).

fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower acting reasonably and in good faith.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

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Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter dated as of May 26, 2006, by and among the Borrower, the Agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Bank of America, N.A. and Banc of America Securities LLC.

Fees” means the Commitment Fees, the Agent Fees, the L/C Participation Fees and the Issuing Bank Fees.

Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

Foreign Lender” means a person that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof.

Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States of America, (a) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, as in effect as of the Closing Date, (b) with respect to all financial statements and reports required to be delivered under the Loan Documents, as in effect from time to time, and (c) solely with respect to computations of the financial covenant contained in Section 6.14(a) and the computation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as in effect from time to time but subject to the proviso in Section 1.05.

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

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 letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations, and, when used as a verb, shall have a corresponding meaning.

Guarantee” means:

(1)  the guarantee of the Obligations by Holdings and the Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents; and

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(2)  the guarantee of the Obligations by any Restricted Subsidiary required under the terms of Section 6.09.

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Loan Parties and the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the other Secured Parties.

Guarantor” means Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Hazardous Materials”  means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any Derivative Transaction between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any other Person.

Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to the hedging of price risk associated with the purchase of commodities used in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as any such agreement has been entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for purposes of speculation.

Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements, in each case designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary designated as such in writing by the Borrower that (i) contributed 2.5% or less of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended more than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of determination and (ii) had consolidated assets representing 2.5% or less of Total Assets on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter ended more than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of determination. The Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 1.01(a).

Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Revolving Credit Loan.

Incremental Revolving Credit Amount” shall mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $250,000,000 over (b) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section  2.24.

Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement” shall mean an Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, among the Borrower, the Agent and one or more Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders.

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.24, to make Incremental Revolving Loans to the Borrower.

 

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Incremental Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Incremental Revolving Loans of such Lender.

Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the final maturity date of any Incremental Revolving Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement.

Incremental Revolving Loans” shall mean Revolving Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Incremental Revolving Loans may be made in the form of additional Revolving Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.24 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement, Other Revolving Loans.

Incremental Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.

Incremental Term Loan Amount” shall mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $250,000,000 over (b) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section  2.24.

Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement” shall mean an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, among the Borrower, the Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders.

Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.24, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.

Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the final maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.

Incremental Term Loan Repayment Dates” shall mean the dates scheduled for the repayment of principal of any Incremental Term Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.

Incremental Term Loans” shall mean Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c). Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of additional Term Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.24 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans.

incur” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication:

(1)  all obligations of such Person for borrowed money;

(2)  all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

(3)  all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;

(4)  all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business);

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(5)  all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;

(6)  guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clause (8) below;

(7)  all obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such property or asset and the amount of the obligation so secured;

(8)  all obligations under Currency Agreements and interest swap agreements of such Person; and

(9)  all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter. For clarification purposes, the liability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make periodic payments to licensors in consideration for the license of patents and technical information under license agreements in existence on the Closing Date and any amount payable in respect of a settlement of disputes with respect to such payments thereunder shall not constitute Indebtedness.

For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock.

Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated June 2006, relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (including a Swingline Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals

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of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

Interest Period” means with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, to the extent available to each Lender, nine or twelve months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.

Investments means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any Person. “Investment” shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal trade practices of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its fair market value at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in its fair market value.

Issuing Bank” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) Credit Suisse, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and (b) any other Lender that may become an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.23(i) or 2.23(k), with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Lender. The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

Issuing Bank Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c).

Joinder Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11.

Joint Lead Arrangers” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC.

L/C Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.23.

L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

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L/C Exposure” shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The L/C Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate L/C Exposure at such time.

L/C Participation Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c).

Lenders” means the Persons listed on the Commitment Schedule and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term “Lenders” shall include the Swingline Lender.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit or bank guarantee issued or deemed issued pursuant to Section 2.23.

LIBOR Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period, (a) the rate per annum determined by the Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “LIBOR Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in dollars are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.

Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to the Agreement, the Collateral Documents. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto.

Loan Guarantor” means each Loan Party (other than the Borrower).

Loan Parties” means Holdings, the Borrower, each Domestic Subsidiary (other than (i) subject to compliance with Section 5.11, any Domestic Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary and (ii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary), and any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement as a Loan Party pursuant to a Joinder Agreement or becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a guarantor and/or grantor thereunder, and their respective successors and assigns.

Loans” means the Revolving Loans, the Term Loans and the Swingline Loans.

Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

Marketable Securities” means publicly traded debt or equity securities that are listed for trading on a national securities exchange and that were issued by a corporation whose debt securities are rated in one of the three highest rating categories by either S&P or Moody’s.

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Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of, or remedies available to the Agent or the Lenders under, the Loan Documents.

Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans) for borrowed money (including notes, bonds and other similar instruments) of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

Mortgaged Properties” means, initially, the owned real properties of the Loan Parties specified on Schedule 1.01(b), and shall include each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.11.

Mortgages” means any mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement which conveys or evidences a Lien in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, on real property of a Loan Party, including any amendment, modification or supplement thereto.

Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of:

(1)  reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions and title and recording tax expenses);

(2)  all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale;

(3)  appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale;

(4)  all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale; and

(5)  all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale.

Non-Consenting Lenderhas the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(e).

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obligations” means, for purposes of the definition of the term “Indebtedness”, all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Obligations” means all obligations defined as “Obligations” in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents.

Offer to Purchase” means the offer to purchase dated May 25, 2006 relating to the Tender Offer.

Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Borrower.

Officers’ Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Borrower by two Officers of the Borrower, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Borrower.

Other Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.11(b).

Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations” means (i) any Indebtedness constituting debt securities incurred pursuant to an indenture with an institutional trustee or loans incurred in the bank credit market (including institutional investor participation therein) and (ii) all obligations with respect to such Indebtedness.

Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.

Other Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24(a).

Other Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24(a).

Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit B to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other form approved by the Agent.

Permitted Business” means any business (including stock or assets) that derives a majority of its revenues from the business engaged in by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and/or activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date.

Permitted Group” means any group of investors that is deemed to be a “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) by virtue of the Stockholders’ Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time; provided that no single Person (together with its Affiliates), other than the Permitted Holders and their Related Parties, is the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than

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50% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower or Holdings (as applicable) that is “beneficially owned” (as defined above) by such group of investors.

Permitted Holders” means Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and its Affiliates and any general or limited partners of Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., and TD Group Holdings, LLC and its affiliates and any members of TD Group Holdings, LLC.

Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:

(1)  Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Note Documents (other than any Additional Notes) (as defined in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture);

(2)  Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Loan Documents in accordance with this clause (2) shall be in addition to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to a credit facility in reliance on, and in accordance with, clauses (7), (13), (14) and (15) below;

(3)  other indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) reduced by the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions thereon;

(4)  Interest Swap Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries covering Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Indebtedness to which any such Interest Swap Obligations correspond is otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided, further, that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into, in the judgment of the Borrower, to protect the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuation in interest rates on its outstanding Indebtedness;

(5)  Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under Hedging Agreements and Currency Agreements;

(6)  the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower and any such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that: (a) if the Borrower is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations and (b) (1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (2) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than by way of granting a Lien permitted under this Agreement or in connection with the exercise of remedies by a secured creditor) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);

(7)  Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any person owning such assets) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000;

(8)  Refinancing Indebtedness (other than Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (2) of this definition);

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(9)  guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of each other’s Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided, further, that in the event such Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness) is incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, such guarantees are by the Borrower or a Guarantor only;

(10)  Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn out or other similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than guarantees of Indebtedness, incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(11)  obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business;

(12)  [Intentionally Omitted];

(13)  Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with the acquisition of a Permitted Business; provided that on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds therefrom, either (a) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower would be greater than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

(14)  additional Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Guarantors (which amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or in part under a credit facility) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (14) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (14) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 6.01 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 6.01 without reliance on this clause (14)) in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $75,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(15)  additional Indebtedness of the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount which (when combined with the liquidation value of all series of outstanding Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock) does not exceed $15,000,000 at any one time outstanding (which amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or in part under a credit facility) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (15) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (15) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 6.01 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 6.01 without reliance on this clause (15));

(16)  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 five business days of incurrence; and

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(17)  Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, issued in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, in order to provide security for workers’ compensation claims or payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business and other Indebtedness with respect to workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business.

For purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.01, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (17) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of such covenant, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (or later redivide and reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with such covenant. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of Section 6.01.

Permitted Investments” means:

(1)            Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in which an Affiliate of the Borrower that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower holds a minority interest) (whether existing on the Closing Date or created thereafter) or any other Person (including by means of any transfer of cash or other property) if as a result of such Investment such other Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in which an Affiliate of the Borrower that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower holds a minority interest) or that will merge with or consolidate into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and Investments in the Borrower by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(2)            investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(3)            loans and advances (including payroll, travel and similar advances) to employees and officers of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower pursuant to compensatory plans approved by the Board of Directors in good faith;

(4)            Currency Agreements, Hedging Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with this Agreement;

(5)            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 or in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade creditors or customers;

(6)            Investments made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 6.03;

(7)            Investments existing on the Closing Date;

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(8)            accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business;

(9)            guarantees by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower permitted to be incurred under this Agreement;

(10)          additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 4% of the Borrower’s Total Assets;

(11)          [Intentionally Omitted];

(12)          Investments the payment for which consists exclusively of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower; and

(13)          any Investment in any Person to the extent it consists of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(a) Liens created under the Loan Documents;

(b) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(c) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(d) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims not yet overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(e) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

(f) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties, in each case, which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

 

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(g) Liens existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.01(e); provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the Closing Date and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof permitted hereunder;

(h) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a subsidiary; provided, further, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(i) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(j) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 6.01;

(k) Liens on 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;

(l) leases and subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially adversely affect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;

(m) Liens arising from financing statement filings under the UCC or similar state laws regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(o) Liens on inventory or equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrower’s client at which such inventory or equipment is located;

(p) Liens securing the Secured Obligations;

(q) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (a), (g), (h), (i), (r) and (aa) of this definition; provided that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (a), (g), (h), (i), (r) and (aa) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien pursuant this Agreement, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

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(r) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (7), (13), (14) and (15) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; provided that (A) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to such clause (7) do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds and the products thereof, (B) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to such clause (13) are solely on acquired property or the assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be and (C) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to such clause (15) extend only to the assets of Foreign Subsidiaries;

(s) deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(t) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under paragraph (h) of Article VII, so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

(u) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(v) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(w) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(x) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(y) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 6.01; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

(z) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which obligations do not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(aa) Liens securing Hedging Obligations, so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be pursuant to Section 6.06, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations; and

(bb) other Liens incurred to secure obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01; provided that, at the time of incurrence and after giving

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pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 4.00 to 1.00.

Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock” means any series of Preferred Stock of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes Qualified Capital Stock, the liquidation value of all series of which, when combined with the aggregate amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (15) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, does not exceed $5,000,000.

Permitted Transaction Payments” means, without duplication, the following payments and distributions: (i)  payments to consummate the Transactions, including the Closing Date Dividend, (ii) payments required to defease the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing those notes and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses relating to the Transactions.

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time by Credit Suisse as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City and notified to the Borrower.

Productive Assets” means assets (including Capital Stock) that are used or usable by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Permitted Businesses

Projections” means the projections of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward-looking statements of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Agent by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.

Pro Forma Compliance shall mean, at any date of determination, that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a) as of the date of such determination or the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter-end, as the case may be (computed on the basis of (a) balance sheet amounts as of such date and (b) income statement amounts for the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements shall have been delivered to the Agent and calculated in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

Pro Rata Percentage” of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time means the percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. In the event the Revolving Credit Commitment shall have expired or been terminated, the Pro Rata Percentage shall be determined on the basis of the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect.

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Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

Qualified Proceedsmeans assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Permitted Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith.

Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing, modification, replacement, restatement, refunding, deferral, extension, substitution, supplement, reissuance or resale of existing or future Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness), including any additional Indebtedness incurred to pay interest or premiums required by the instruments governing such existing or future Indebtedness as in effect at the time of issuance thereof (“Required Premiums”) and fees in connection therewith; provided that any such event shall not:

(1)            directly or indirectly result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Indebtedness, except to the extent such increase is a result of a simultaneous incurrence of additional Indebtedness:

(a)             to pay Required Premiums and related fees; or

(b)             otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; and

(2)            create Indebtedness with a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Indebtedness is incurred that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity at such time of the Indebtedness being refinanced, modified, replaced, renewed, restated, refunded, deferred, extended, substituted, supplemented, reissued or resold.

Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC.

Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof, and any successor provision thereto.

Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof, and any successor provision thereto.

Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof, and any successor provision thereto.

Related Parties” means:

(1)  with respect to any Permitted Holder:

(a)

(i)  any spouse, sibling, parent or child of such Permitted Holder; or

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(ii)  the estate of any Permitted Holder during any period in which such estate holds Capital Stock of the Borrower for the benefit of any Person referred to in clause (1)(a)(i); or

(b)  any trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially owning an interest of more than 50% of which consist of, or the sole managing partner or managing member of which is, one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (a);

(2)  with respect to any other specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Required Lenders” means at any time, Lenders have Loans (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments and Term Loan Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments and Term Loan Commitments at such time.

Required Revolving Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(b).

Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer” of any Person means the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the chief operating officer or any Financial Officer of such Person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement, and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date (but subject to the express requirements set forth in Section 4.02), shall include any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

Restricted Payments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Restricted Subsidiary of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans.

Revolving Credit Commitment” means (a) with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder as set forth in the Commitment Schedule or in the most recent Assignment and Assumption executed by such Lender, as applicable, as the same may be (i) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (ii) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 and (b) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment.

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Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s L/C Exposure, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.

Revolving Credit Lender” means a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Credit Loan.

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means June 23, 2012.

Revolving Loans” means the revolving loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of Section 2.01. Unless the context shall otherwise require, the term “Revolving Loans” shall include Incremental Revolving Loans.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party providing for the leasing to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Closing Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.

Secured Hedging Obligations” means all Hedging Obligations owing to the Agent, a Joint Lead Arranger or a co-arranger, a Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing and with respect to which, at or prior to the time that the Hedge Agreement relating to such Hedging Obligation is entered into, the Borrower (or another Loan Party) and the Lender or other Person referred to above in this definition (or Affiliate) party thereto (except in the case of the Agent) shall have delivered written notice to the Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that it constitutes a Secured Hedging Obligation entitled to the benefits of the Collateral Documents.

Secured Debt” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all Secured Hedging Obligations.

Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Senior Debt” means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings or any Guarantor, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations or the

 

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Guarantees, as the case may be. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall also include the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect of:

(x)  all monetary obligations of every nature of the Borrower, Holdings or any Guarantor under this Agreement, including, without limitation, obligations to pay principal and interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees, expenses and indemnities;

(y)  all Interest Swap Obligations (and guarantees thereof); and

(z)  all obligations (and guarantees thereof) under Currency Agreements and Hedging Agreements, in each case whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter incurred.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall not include:

(i)  any Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings or a Guarantor to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(ii)  any Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings or any Guarantor to, or guaranteed by the Borrower, Holdings or any Guarantor on behalf of, any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including, without limitation, amounts owed for compensation) other than a shareholder who is also a lender (or an Affiliate of a lender) under the Credit Facilities (including the Credit Facility);

(iii)  any amounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities but excluding secured purchase money obligations);

(iv)  Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock;

(v)  any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or Holdings;

(vi)  that portion of any Indebtedness incurred in violation of Section 6.01 (but, as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of this clause (vi) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their representative and the Agent shall have received an officers’ certificate of the Borrower to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate such provisions of this Agreement);

(vii)  Indebtedness which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or Holdings, as applicable; and

(viii)  any Indebtedness which is, by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or Holdings.

Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, as issuer, Holdings, certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to which the Senior Subordinated Notes are issued.

Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Borrower’s 7.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, in an initial aggregate principal amount of $275,000,000.

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Senior Subordinated Note Documents” means the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and all other instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing the Senior Subordinated Notes or providing for any guarantee or other right in respect thereof.

Significant Subsidiary with respect to any Person, means any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Sponsor” means Warburg Pincus LLC and its Affiliates.

Stockholders’ Agreement” means the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2003, among TD Holding Corporation (now known as TransDigm Group Incorporated) and the other parties named therein.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) with respect to the Borrower, any Indebtedness of the Borrower that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, and (b) with respect to any Loan Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Loan Guarantor that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Loan Guarantor.

subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means:

(i)  any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly by such Person; or

(ii)  any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.

Subsidiary” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Loan Party and that executes this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Loan Guarantor on the Closing Date and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that thereafter guarantees the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, provided that upon the release and discharge of such Restricted Subsidiary from its Guarantee in accordance with this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

Swingline Commitment” means the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make loans pursuant to Section 2.22, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section 2.22.

Swingline Exposure” means at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Swingline Loans. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.

Swingline Lender” means Credit Suisse, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

Swingline Loan” means any loan made by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.22.

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Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

TD Finance” means TD Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

TD Finance Merger” means the merger of TD Finance with and into the Borrower, with the Borrower surviving, pursuant to the TD Finance Merger Agreement.

TD Finance Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 23, 2006, by and between the Borrower and TD Finance.

Tender Offer” means the Borrower’s tender offer for all of the Existing Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

Term Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans.

Term Lenders” means those Lenders that have a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.

Term Loan Commitment” means (a) with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans hereunder as set forth in the Commitment Schedule or in the most recent Assignment and Assumption executed by such Lender, as applicable, as the same may be (i) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (ii) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 and (b) any Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

Term Loan Maturity Date” means June 23, 2013.

Term Loans” means the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to clause (a)(i) of Section 2.01. Unless the context shall otherwise require, the term “Term Loans” shall include Incremental Term Loans.

Title Insurance Company” means the title insurance company providing the Title Insurance Policies.

Title Insurance Policies” means the lender’s title insurance policies issued to Agent with respect to the Mortgaged Properties.

Total Assets means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the Borrower’s most recently available internal consolidated balance sheet as of such date.

Total Revolving Credit Commitment” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments, as in effect at such time. The initial Total Revolving Credit Commitment is $150,000,000.

Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the making of the Borrowings hereunder, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by Holdings, the Borrower and the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto of the Senior Subordinated Note Documents and the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes, (c) the Existing Bank Debt Refinancing, (d) the Tender Offer and (e) the payment of the Permitted Transaction Payments.

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TransDigm Holdings” means TransDigm Holding Company, a Delaware corporation.

TransDigm Holdings Merger” means the merger of TransDigm Holdings with and into the Borrower, with the Borrower surviving, pursuant to the TransDigm Holdings Merger Agreement.

TransDigm Holdings Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated on or around June 26, 2006, by and between the Borrower and TransDigm Holdings.

Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the state of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.

Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations, but excluding unripened or contingent obligations related to indemnification under Section 9.03 for which no written demand has been made.

U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” of any Person means:

(1)  any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and

(2)  any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or another Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:

(1)  the Borrower certifies to the Agent that such designation complies with the “Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant; and

(2)  each Subsidiary to be so designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 6.01 and (y) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors

 

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of the Borrower shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Actions taken by an Unrestricted Subsidiary will not be deemed to have been taken, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, as of the Closing Date, all of the subsidiaries of the Borrower will be Restricted Subsidiaries.

USA PATRIOT Act” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended from time to time.

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 then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness; into

(2)            the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying;

(a)             the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof; by

(b)            the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting securities (other than in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than a State in the United States of America or the District of Columbia, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

SECTION 1.02.      Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Rate Revolving Loan”). Borrowings may also be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Rate Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Rate Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03.      Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same

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meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.04.      Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

SECTION 1.05.      Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP or, if not defined in GAAP (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) as determined by the Borrower in good faith, as in effect from time to time; provided that, to the extent set forth in the definition of “GAAP”, if the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision thereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

SECTION 1.06.      Designated Senior Debt. The Loans and other Obligations under the Loan Documents constitute “Designated Senior Debt”, and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents collectively constitute the “Credit Facility” for purposes of the Senior Subordinated Note Documents.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01.      Commitments. (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, (i) to make a Term Loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date, in a principal amount not to exceed its Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date, and until the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits set forth in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts prepaid or repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

(b)  Each Lender having an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Revolving Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in such Lender’s

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Incremental Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits set forth in the preceding sentence and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Incremental Revolving Loans.

(c)  Each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02.      Loans and Borrowings. (a)  Each Loan (other than Swingline Loans) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Except for Swingline Loans and Loans deemed made pursuant to Section 2.02(e), the Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (except with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Borrowing, to the extent provided in the related Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement) or (B) in the case of a Term Loan Borrowing, an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (except with respect to any Incremental Term Borrowing, to the extent provided in the related Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement) or (ii) in the case of any Borrowing, equal to the remaining available balance of the applicable Commitments.

(b)  Subject to Section 2.12, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any LIBOR Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii)in exercising such option, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to minimize any increase in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or increased costs to the Borrower resulting therefrom (which obligation of such Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it otherwise determines would be disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2.13 shall apply) and (iii) such branch or Affiliate of such Lender would not be included in clause (z) of the first proviso to the definition of the term “Eligible Assignee” set forth in Section 1.01.

(c)  At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall comprise an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Each ABR Borrowing when made shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be maintained in a lesser amount equal to the difference between the aggregate principal amount of all other Borrowings and the total amount of Loans at such time outstanding. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten different Interest Periods in effect for LIBOR Rate Borrowings at any time outstanding.

(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable.

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(e)  If the Issuing Bank shall not have received from the Borrower the payment required to be made by Section 2.23(e) within the time specified in such Section, the Issuing Bank will promptly notify the Agent of the L/C Disbursement and the Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of such L/C Disbursement and its Pro Rata Percentage thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date (or, if such Revolving Credit Lender shall have received such notice later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on any day, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day), an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such L/C Disbursement (it being understood that such amount shall be deemed to constitute an ABR Revolving Loan of such Lender and such payment shall be deemed to have reduced the L/C Exposure), and the Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. The Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank any amounts received by it from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23(e) prior to the time that any Revolving Credit Lender makes any payment pursuant to this paragraph (e); any such amounts received by the Agent thereafter will be promptly remitted by the Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made such payments and to the Issuing Bank, as their interests may appear. If any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have made its Pro Rata Percentage of such L/C Disbursement available to the Agent as provided above, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay interest on such amount, for each day from and including the date such amount is required to be paid in accordance with this paragraph to but excluding the date such amount is paid, to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at (i) in the case of the Borrower, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a), and (ii) in the case of such Lender, for the first such day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and for each day thereafter, the Alternate Base Rate.

SECTION 2.03.      Requests for Borrowing. (a)  In order to request a Borrowing (other than a Swingline Loan or a deemed Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02(e), as to which this Section 2.03 shall not apply), the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such request either in writing by delivery of a Borrowing Request (by hand or facsimile) signed by the Borrower or by telephone (to be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile of written notice) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, (A) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, three (3) Business Days before a proposed Borrowing (or such later time as shall be acceptable to the Agent) and (B) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one (1) Business Day before a proposed Borrowing (or such later time as shall be acceptable to the Agent). Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.01:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the date of the Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be a Term Borrowing, an Incremental Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing or an Incremental Revolving Credit Borrowing, and whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a LIBOR Rate Borrowing;

(iv) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

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provided, however, that notwithstanding any contrary specification in any Borrowing Request, each requested Borrowing shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 2.02 and Section 2.04

(b)  If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of the Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04.      Funding of Borrowings. (a)  Except with respect to Swingline Loans and Loans made pursuant to Section 2.02(e), each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 (noon), New York City time, to the account of the Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.

(b)  Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the Borrowing available to the Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments or to prejudice any rights which the Agent or the Borrower or any Loan Party may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

SECTION 2.05       Type; Interest Elections. (a)  Loans shall initially be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert all or any portion of any Borrowing (subject to the minimum amounts for Borrowings of the applicable Type specified in Section 2.02(c)) to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b)  To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such election by telephone (i) in the case of an election to convert to or continue as a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed conversion or continuation or (ii) in the case of an election to convert to or continue as an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed conversion or continuation. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile to the Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Agent and signed by the Borrower.

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(c)  Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a LIBOR Rate Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a LIBOR Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d)  Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e)  If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a LIBOR Rate Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default of the type set forth in clauses (a) or (b) of Article VII (without giving effect to any grace period set forth therein) has occurred and is continuing and the Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Rate Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.06>    Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a)  The Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate upon the making of the Term Loans on the Closing Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and the L/C Commitment shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

(b)  Upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written or fax notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) to the Agent, the Borrower may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, however, that (i) each partial reduction of the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount that is less than the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure at the time.

(c)  Each reduction in the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Commitments. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders,

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on the date of termination of the Commitments of any Class, all accrued and unpaid Commitment Fees relating to such Class to but excluding the date of such termination.

SECTION 2.07.      Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a)  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender, through the Agent, (i) the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender on the Term Loan Maturity Date and (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The Borrower hereby promises to pay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

(b)  Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c)  The Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d)  The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e)  Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein and its registered assigns.

(f)  The Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on each Incremental Term Loan Repayment Date, a principal amount of the Other Term Loans (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.07(f), 2.08 and 2.09) equal to the amount set forth for such date in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment. To the extent not previously paid, all Incremental Term Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date and all Incremental Revolving Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of payment.

(g)  In the event and on each occasion that any Term Loan Commitment (other than any Incremental Term Loan Commitment) shall be reduced or shall expire or terminate other than as a result of the making of a Term Loan, the principal amount payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date shall be reduced pro rata by an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such reduction, expiration or termination.

SECTION 2.08.      Optional Prepayment of Loans. (a)  Upon prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section, the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.14); provided that each partial prepayment

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shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000 and provided, further, that any optional prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (a) made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date shall be accompanied by a prepayment fee in an amount (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of Term Loans to be prepaid) equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of the Term Loans to be prepaid.

(b)  The Borrower shall notify the Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest as required by Section 2.11; provided, however, that in the case of a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan that is not made in connection with a termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount prepaid shall be payable on the next scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such ABR Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan.

(c)  Optional prepayments of Term Loans shall be allocated ratably between the Term Loans and the Other Term Loans, if any, and shall be applied in chronological order to the installments of principal in respect of the Term Loans and Other Term Loans scheduled to be paid.

SECTION 2.09.      Mandatory Prepayment of Loans. (a)  No later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2007, and (ii) the date on which the financial statements with respect to such period are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), the Borrower shall prepay outstanding Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.09(d) in an aggregate principal amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year then ended; provided (x) that the amount of such prepayment shall be reduced to 25% of such Excess Cash Flow if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year shall be equal to or less than 5.00 to 1.00, but greater than 4.50 to 1.00, and (y) such prepayment shall not be required if (A) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year shall be equal to or less than 4.50 to 1.00 or (B) the credit facility represented by the Term Loans is rated not lower than Ba3 by Moody’s or not lower than BB- by S&P at the end of such fiscal year.

(b)  The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent, at the time of each prepayment required under this Section 2.09, (i) a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and (ii) to the extent practicable, at least three (3) days prior written notice of such prepayment. Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date, the Type of each Loan being prepaid and the principal amount of each Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest as required by Section 2.11. All prepayments of Borrowings under this Section 2.09 shall be subject to Section 2.14, but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.

(c)  In the event of any termination of all the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall, on the date of such termination, repay or prepay all its outstanding Revolving Credit Borrowings and all outstanding Swingline Loans and replace all (or make other arrangements, including providing cash collateral or a supporting letter of credit, acceptable to the Issuing Bank in its sole

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discretion, with respect thereto) outstanding Letters of Credit. If as a result of any partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect thereto, then the Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction, repay or prepay Revolving Credit Borrowings or Swingline Loans (or a combination thereof) and/or replace outstanding (or make such other arrangement with respect to) Letters of Credit in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

(d)  Mandatory prepayments of outstanding Term Loans under this Agreement shall be allocated ratably between the Term Loans and the Other Term Loans, if any, and shall be applied in chronological order to the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans and Other Term Loans.

(e)  With respect to mandatory prepayments of outstanding Term Loans under this Agreement made pursuant to Section 2.09(a), each Term Loan Lender may elect, by written notice to the Agent at least one Business Day prior to the prepayment date, to decline its pro rata share of such Term Loan repayment, in which case the amount so declined shall be offered ratably to each non-rejecting Term Loan Lender, who shall have the right to reject such additional amount, and any amounts so rejected shall be retained by the Borrower.

SECTION 2.10.      Fees. (a)  The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Agent, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in each year and on each date on which any Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) equal to the Applicable Rate per annum in effect from time to time on the daily unused amount of the Commitments of such Lender (other than the Swingline Commitment) during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the date on which the Commitments of such Lender shall expire or be terminated). All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein. For purposes of calculating Commitment Fees only, no portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed utilized as a result of outstanding Swingline Loans

(b)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, the agency fees set forth in the Fee Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or such agency fees as may otherwise be separately agreed upon by the Borrower and the Agent payable in the amounts and at the times specified therein or as so otherwise agreed upon (the “Agent Fees”).

(c)  The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to each Revolving Credit Lender, through the Agent, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an “L/C Participation Fee”) calculated on such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the daily aggregate L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the date on which all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders shall have been terminated) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate from time to time used to determine the interest rate on Revolving Credit Borrowings comprised of LIBOR Rate Loans pursuant to Section 2.11, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank with respect to each Letter of Credit the standard fronting (equal to 0.125% per annum on the aggregate outstanding face amount of such Letter of Credit), issuance and drawing fees specified from time to time by the Issuing Bank (the “Issuing Bank Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

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(d)  All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that the Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the Issuing Bank. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.11.      Interest. (a)  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing, including each Swingline Loan, shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b)  The Loans comprising each LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d)  Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable to the applicable Lenders, through the Agent, in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e)  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Rate shall be determined by the Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.12.      Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Borrowing:

(a) the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that dollar deposits in the principal amount of the Loans comprising such Borrowing are not generally available in the London interbank market;
(b) the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the LIBOR Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(c) the Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the LIBOR Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any request by the Borrower for a

 

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LIBOR Rate Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.05 shall be deemed to be a request for an ABR Borrowing.

Section 2.13.          Increased Costs.  (a)  If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate); or

(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of making or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan or increase the cost to any Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or purchasing or maintaining a participation therein or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, following delivery of the certificate contemplated by paragraph (c) of this Section, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered (except for any Taxes, which shall be dealt with exclusively pursuant to Section 2.15).

(b)  If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made or participations in Letters of Credit purchased by such Lender pursuant hereto or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank pursuant hereto to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law  other than due to Taxes, which shall be dealt with exclusively pursuant to Section 2.15 (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time following delivery of the certificate contemplated by paragraph (c) of this Section the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c)  A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts was determined shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d)  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such

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 increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

Section 2.14.          Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan or the conversion of the Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall not include loss of profit or margin and shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section and the basis therefor and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts was determined shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

Section 2.15.          Taxes.  (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if a Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Agent or Lender (as applicable) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If at any time a Loan Party is required by applicable law to make any deduction or withholding from any sum payable hereunder, such Loan Party shall promptly notify the relevant Lender or Agent upon becoming aware of the same. In addition, each Lender or Agent shall promptly notify a Loan Party upon becoming aware of any circumstances as a result of which a Loan Party is or would be required to make any deduction or withholding from any sum payable hereunder.

(b)  In addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c)  Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Agent or such Lender, as applicable, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant

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Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)  As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(e)  Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. In particular, on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date, each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) two duly signed, properly completed copies of either IRS Form W- 8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, and in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming such an exemption under Section 881(c) of the Code, a certificate that establishes in writing to the Borrower and the Agent that such Foreign Lender is not (i) a “bank” as defined in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii) a 10-percent stockholder within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or (iii) a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower with the meaning of Section 864(d) of the Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly submit to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or more of such forms or certificates (or such successor forms or certificates as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current United States Laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent of any available exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower or other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement, or any other Loan Document, in each case, (1) on or before the date that any such form, certificate or other evidence expires or becomes obsolete, (2) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form, certificate or evidence previously delivered by it to the Borrower and (3) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, and (B) promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.

(f)  Each Lender or Agent that is a United States person, agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower a statement signed by an authorized signatory of the Lender to the effect that it is a United States person together with a duly completed and executed copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form.

(g)  If the Agent or a Lender determines, in good faith in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.15,

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it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.15 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Agent or such Lender in good faith in its sole discretion, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Agent or such Lender in the event the Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to such Loan Party or any other Person.

(h)  If the Borrower determines in good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes for which additional amounts have been paid under this Section 2.15, the relevant Lender or Agent shall cooperate with the Borrower in challenging such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, at the Borrower’s expense, if so requested by the Borrower in writing.

Section 2.16.          Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs.  (a)  Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder and under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments (other than (i) Issuing Bank Fees, which shall be paid directly to the Issuing Bank, and (ii) principal of and interest on Swingline Loans, which shall be paid directly to the Swingline Lender except as otherwise provided in Section 2.22(e)) shall be made to the Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Agent, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it, except as otherwise provided, for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Agent to make such payment.

(b)  [Intentionally Omitted.]

(c)  If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or any of its L/C Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon and L/C Disbursements than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and L/C Disbursements of other Lenders at such time outstanding to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and L/C Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,  such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price

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restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d)  Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of the Lenders that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e)  If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Sections 2.04(a), 2.16(c) or 9.03(c), then the Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

(f)  Except as otherwise provided herein, each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of the Commitment Fees or the L/C Participation Fees, each reduction of the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments and each conversion of any Borrowing to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Borrowing of any Type shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements, as applicable). Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount

Section 2.17.          Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  (a)  If any Lender or the Issuing Bank requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or the Issuing Bank or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans or issuing Letters of Credit hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender or the Issuing Bank to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the Issuing Bank in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the Issuing Bank in connection with any such designation or assignment.

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Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.15, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender or the Issuing Bank and the Agent, replace such Lender or the Issuing Bank by requiring such Lender or the Issuing Bank to assign and delegate (and such Lender or the Issuing Bnak shall be obligated to assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, of the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender or the Issuing Bank shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or the Issuing Bank or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

Section 2.18.          Illegality.  If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue LIBOR Rate Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings to LIBOR Rate Borrowings shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Agent), either convert all LIBOR Rate Borrowings of such Lender to ABR Borrowings, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Rate Borrowings to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the determination of such Lender, otherwise be disadvantageous to it.

Section 2.19.          Change of Control.  (a)  The Borrower shall (i) within thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, make an offer to all Term Lenders to prepay all Term Loans pursuant to a Change in Control Offer (as defined in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.19) at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment, in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 2.19; and (ii) prepay all the Term Loans of all Term Lenders properly accepting such offer of prepayment in accordance with such Change of Control Offer.

(b)  A “Change of Control Offer” means a notice delivered to the Agent (which will promptly furnish such notice to the Term Lenders) stating:

(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Term Lender has the right to require the Borrower to prepay all or a portion of such Term Lender’s Term Loans at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment;

(ii) the Change of Control prepayment date (which shall be no earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty (60) days from the date such notice is delivered);

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(iii) that any Term Loans as to which such offer is not properly accepted will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(iv) unless the Borrower defaults in the payment of the purchase price of any Term Loans as to which the Change of Control Offer shall have been accepted, all Term Loans accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control prepayment date;

(v) Term Lenders electing to have any Term Loans purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to notify the Agent prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control prepayment date; and

(vi) that Term Lenders will be entitled to withdraw their election to require the Borrower to prepay their Term Loans; provided that the Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the last day of the offer period, a notice setting forth the name of the Term Lender, the principal amount of Term Loans tendered for prepayment, and a statement that such Term Lender is withdrawing its election to have such Term Loans prepaid.

(c)  On the prepayment date, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans of all Term Lenders who accept the Change of Control Offer at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of prepayment. If at the time of any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.19 there shall be outstanding Term Borrowings of different Types or LIBOR Rate Borrowings with different Interest Periods, and if some but not all Term Lenders shall have accepted such Change of Control Offer, then the aggregate amount of such prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each outstanding Term Borrowing that comprises the Term Loans of the accepting Term Lenders. All prepayments of Term Loans under this Section 2.19 shall be subject to Section 2.14.

(d)  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made 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 Section 2.19(b) applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Borrower and prepays all Term Loans as to which offers for prepayment have been validly accepted and not withdrawn pursuant to the terms of such Change of Control Offer.

(e)  A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for such Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

Section 2.20.          Asset Sale Offer.  (a)  Upon the consummation of an Asset Sale of Collateral, the Borrower shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either (i)(A) to make an offer to the Term Lenders to prepay Term Loans or (B) to make an offer to purchase, prepay or permanently reduce Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations secured by a Permitted Lien; provided, however, that in connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (i), the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall permanently retire such Indebtedness and, in the case of obligations under revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, shall correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto (other than obligations owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided, further, however, that if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce obligations under any such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary will, equally and ratably, reduce the amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement by, at its option, (I) prepaying Term Loans in

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accordance with Section 2.08 or (II) making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Term Lenders to prepay their Term Loans at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Term Loans to be prepaid; or (ii) to reinvest in Productive Assets (provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary by the end of such 365-day period has entered into a binding agreement under which it is contractually committed to reinvest in Productive Assets and such investment is consummated within 120 days from the date on which such binding agreement is entered into and, with respect to the amount of such investment, the reference to the 366th day after an Asset Sale in the second sentence of Section 2.20(c) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 121st day after the date on which such binding agreement is entered into (but only if such 121st day occurs later than such 366th day)), or (iii) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

(b)  Upon the consummation of an Asset Sale (other than an Asset Sale of Collateral), the Borrower shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either (i) to permanently reduce (A) obligations under any Senior Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and, in the case of obligations under revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto (other than obligations owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce obligations under any Senior Debt, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary will, equally and ratably, reduce the amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement by, at its option, (I) prepaying Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.08 or (II) making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Term Lenders to prepay their Term Loans at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Term Loans to be prepaid, or (B) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (ii) to reinvest in Productive Assets (provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary by the end of such 365-day period has entered into a binding agreement under which it is contractually committed to reinvest in Productive Assets and such investment is consummated within 120 days from the date on which such binding agreement is entered into and, with respect to the amount of such investment, the reference to the 366th day after an Asset Sale in the second sentence of Section 2.20(c) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 121st day after the date on which such binding agreement is entered into (but only if such 121st day occurs later than such 366th day)), or (iii) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

(c)  Any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.20 within 365 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”. On the 366th day after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale (provided the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20,000,000), the Borrower shall (i) make an offer within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $20,000,000 to all Term Lenders and, if required by the terms of any other Senior Debt, to the holders of such Senior Debt (other than with respect to Hedging Obligations) in accordance with the procedures set forth below for prepayment or an Asset Sale Offer, to prepay the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and prepay or purchase the maximum principal amount of such Senior Debt that is an integral multiple of $1,000 that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at a prepayment or purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment or repurchase, in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 2.20; and (ii) prepay all the Term Loans of Term Lenders properly accepting such offer of prepayment in accordance with such Asset Sale Offer (subject to the proration provisions set forth in paragraph (f) of this Section 2.20). The Borrower may satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any

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Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant 365 day period or with respect to Excess Proceeds of $20,000,000 or less.

(d)  An “Asset Sale Offer” means a notice delivered to the Agent (which will promptly furnish such notice to the Term Lenders) stating:

(i) that an Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 2.20 and that such Term Lender has the right to require the Borrower to prepay all or a portion of such Term Lender’s Term Loans (subject to the proration provisions set forth in paragraph (f) of this Section 2.20) at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment; and

(ii) the prepayment date (which shall be no earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty (60) days from the date such notice is mailed).

(e)  On the prepayment date, the Borrower (subject to the proration provisions set forth in paragraph (f) of this Section 2.20) shall prepay the Term Loans of all Term Lenders who accept the Asset Sale Offer at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment. If at the time of any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.20 there shall be outstanding Term Borrowings of different Types or LIBOR Rate Borrowings with different Interest Periods, and if some but not all Term Lenders shall have accepted such Asset Sale Offer, then the aggregate amount of such prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each outstanding Term Borrowing that comprises the Term Loans of the accepting Term Lenders. All prepayments of Term Loans under this Section 2.20 shall be subject to Section 2.14.

(f)  To the extent that the aggregate amount of Term Loans and other Senior Debt tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Borrower may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the terms of this Agreement. If the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and other Senior Debt tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Borrower shall select or cause to be selected the Term Loans and such other Senior Debt to be prepaid or purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount (or accreted value) of the Term Loans and other Senior Debt tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds related to such Asset Sale Offer shall be reset at zero.

(g)  Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this Section 2.20, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited hereunder.

Section 2.21.          Intentionally Omitted.

Section 2.22.          Swingline Loans.  (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Swingline Lender agrees to make loans to the Borrower at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and until the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure, after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Swingline Loan shall be in a principal amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $100,000. The Swingline Commitment may be terminated or reduced from time to time as provided herein. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans hereunder, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein.

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(b)  The Borrower shall notify the Swingline Lender by fax, or by telephone (confirmed by fax), not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Such notice shall be delivered on a Business Day, shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such Swingline Loan and the wire transfer instructions for the account of the Borrower to which the proceeds of such Swingline Loan should be transferred. The Swingline Lender shall promptly make each Swingline Loan by wire transfer to the account specified by the Borrower in such request.

(c)  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Swingline Loan, in whole or in part, upon giving written or fax notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) to the Swingline Lender and to the Agent before 12:00 (noon), New York City time on the date of prepayment at the Swingline Lender’s address for notices specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

(d)  Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(c), shall bear interest at the rate provided for the ABR Revolving Loans as provided in Section 2.11(a).

(e)  The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Credit Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the Revolving Credit Lenders will participate. The Agent will, promptly upon receipt of such notice, give notice to each Revolving Credit Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.04(a) with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.04(a) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders) and the Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Agent; any such amounts received by the Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower (or other party liable for obligations of the Borrower) of any default in the payment thereof.

Section 2.23.          Letters of Credit.  (a)  The Borrower may request the issuance of a Letter of Credit for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time while the Revolving Credit Commitments remain in effect. This Section shall not be construed to impose an obligation upon the Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit that is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of

 

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this Agreement to the contrary, on the Closing Date all Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement as of the Closing Date.

(b)  In order to request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or to amend, renew or extend an existing Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax to the Issuing Bank and the Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) below), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare such Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly (i) notify the Agent in writing of the amount and expiry date of each Letter of Credit issued by it and (ii) provide a copy of each such Letter of Credit (and any amendments, renewals or extensions thereof) to the Agent. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if, and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that, after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the L/C Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000 and (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.

(c)  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at the close of business on the earlier of the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or such later date as is acceptable to the Issuing Bank in its sole discretion) and the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, unless such Letter of Credit expires by its terms on an earlier date; provided, that a Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of 12 months or less (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date) unless the Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof at least 30 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed.

(d)  By the issuance of a Letter of Credit and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Credit Lender, and each such Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, effective upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower (or, if applicable, another party pursuant to its obligations under any other Loan Document) forthwith on the date due as provided in Section 2.02(e). Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e)  If the Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent (or directly to the Issuing Bank, with concurrent notice to the Agent) an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than two hours after the Borrower shall have received notice from the Issuing Bank that payment of such draft will be made, or, if the Borrower shall have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day.

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(f)  The Borrower’s obligations to reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under any and all circumstances whatsoever, and irrespective of:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document, or any term or provision therein;

(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document;

(iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower, any other party guaranteeing, or otherwise obligated with, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof or any other person may at any time have against the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank, the Agent or any Lender or any other person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other related or unrelated agreement or transaction;

(iv) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(v) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and

(vi) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind of the Issuing Bank, the Lenders, the Agent or any other person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that the absolute and unconditional obligation of the Borrower hereunder to reimburse L/C Disbursements will not be excused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank. However, the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof; it is understood that the Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary and, in making any payment under any Letter of Credit (i) the Issuing Bank’s exclusive reliance on the documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters set forth therein, including reliance on the amount of any draft presented under such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amount due to the beneficiary thereunder equals the amount of such draft and whether or not any document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any respect, if such document on its face appears to be in order, and whether or not any other statement or any other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be forged or invalid or any statement therein proves to be inaccurate or untrue in any respect whatsoever and (ii) any noncompliance in any immaterial respect of the documents presented under such Letter of Credit with the terms thereof shall, in each case, be deemed not to constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Issuing Bank.

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(g)  The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall as promptly as possible give telephonic notification, confirmed by fax, to the Agent and the Borrower of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement. The Agent shall promptly give each Revolving Credit Lender notice thereof.

(h)  If the Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on such date, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest for the account of the Issuing Bank, for each day from and including the date of such L/C Disbursement, to but excluding the earlier of the date of payment by the Borrower or the date on which interest shall commence to accrue thereon as provided in Section 2.02(e), at the rate per annum that would apply to such amount if such amount were an ABR Revolving Loan.

(i)  The Issuing Bank may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice to the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower, and may be removed at any time by the Borrower by notice to the Issuing Bank, the Agent and the Lenders. Subject to the next succeeding paragraph, upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Issuing Bank hereunder by a Lender that shall agree to serve as successor Issuing Bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the interests, rights and obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank and the retiring Issuing Bank shall be discharged from its obligations to issue additional Letters of Credit hereunder. At the time such removal or resignation shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Section 2.10(c)(ii). The acceptance of any appointment as the Issuing Bank hereunder by a successor Lender shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such successor, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such successor Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the previous Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the resignation or removal of the Issuing Bank hereunder, the retiring Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or removal, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j)  If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Borrower shall, on the Business Day it receives notice from the Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Credit Lenders holding participations in outstanding Letters of Credit representing greater than 50% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit) thereof and of the amount to be deposited, deposit in an account with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the L/C Exposure as of such date; provided, however, that the obligation to deposit such cash shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) or (g) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits in Permitted Investments, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall (i) automatically be applied by the Agent

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to reimburse the Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed, (ii) be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the L/C Exposure at such time and (iii) if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Credit Lenders holding participations in outstanding Letters of Credit representing greater than 50% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit), be applied to satisfy the Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

(k)  The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders to act as an issuing bank under the terms of the Agreement. Any Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this paragraph (k) shall be deemed to be an “Issuing Bank” (in addition to being a Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Bank and such Lender.

Section 2.24.          Increase in Commitments.   (a)  The Borrower may, by written notice to the Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments in amounts not to exceed the Incremental Term Loan Amount or the Incremental Revolving Credit Amount, as applicable, from one or more Incremental Term Lenders or Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, which may include any existing Lender (each of which shall be entitled to agree or decline to participate in its sole discretion); provided that each Incremental Term Lender and Incremental Revolving Credit Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or equal to the remaining Incremental Term Loan Amount or Incremental Revolving Credit Amount, as applicable), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments are requested to become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days after the date of such notice) and (iii) (x) whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be Term Loan Commitments or commitments to make term loans with terms different from the Term Loans (“Other Term Loans”) and (y) whether such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments are to be Revolving Credit Commitments or commitments to make revolving loans with terms different from the Revolving Loans (“Other Revolving Loans”).

(b)  The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender. The Borrower and each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Credit Lender. Each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans, as applicable, to be made thereunder; provided that, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, (i) the final maturity date of any Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date and the final maturity date of any Other Revolving Loans shall be no earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (ii) the average life to maturity of any Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the average life to maturity of the Term Loans and provided further that, if the interest rate margin in respect of any Other Term Loan would exceed the Applicable Rate for the Term Loans by more than ½ of 1%, the Applicable Rate for the Term Loans shall be increased so that the interest rate margin in respect of such Other Term Loan is no more than ½ of 1%

 

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higher than the Applicable Rate for the Term Loans. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement or Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.02. Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.

(c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.24 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied and the Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, (ii) the Agent shall have received legal opinions, board resolutions and other closing certificates and documentation consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date and (iii) unless the Required Revolving Lenders have agreed otherwise, the Borrower would be in Pro Forma Compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a) after giving effect to such Incremental Term Loan Commitment and the Incremental Term Loans to be made thereunder and the application of the proceeds therefrom as if made and applied on such date.

(d)  Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Term Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and the Borrower agrees that Section 2.14 shall apply to any conversion of LIBOR Rate Term Loans to ABR Term Loans reasonably required by the Agent to effect the foregoing.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agent, the Issuing Bank and each of the Lenders that:

Section 3.01.          Organization; Powers.  Each of the Loan Parties and each of its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

Section 3.02.          Authorization; Enforceability.  The Transactions are within each applicable Loan Party’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action of such Loan Party. Each Loan Document to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

Section 3.03.          Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created

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pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or (except for the Existing Bank Debt Refinancing and the Tender Offer) give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents; except, in each case other than with respect to the creation of Liens, to the extent that any such violation, default or right, or any failure to obtain such consent or approval or to take any such action, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.04.          Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.  (a)  The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheet and statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings (i) as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2003 and 2004, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, and as of and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2005 and April 1, 2006, certified by its Chief Financial Officer and (iii) to the extent possible in the exercise of the Borrower’s commercially reasonable efforts, as of and for each subsequent fiscal month ended at least thirty (30) days before the Closing Date, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments in the case of the statements referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) above.

(b)  The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma statements of earnings, shareholder’s equity and cash flows of Holdings as of April 1, 2006, prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred, with respect to such balance sheet, on such date and, with respect to such other financial statements, on the first day of the 12-month period ending on such date. Such pro forma financial statements have been prepared in good faith by Holdings, based on the assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial information contained in the Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by Holdings on the date hereof and on the Closing Date to be reasonable), are based on the best information available to Holdings as of the date of delivery thereof, accurately reflect all adjustments required to be made to give effect to the Transactions and present fairly on a pro forma basis the estimated consolidated financial position of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period, assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of such period, as the case may be.

(c)  No event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, since September 30, 2005.

Section 3.05.          Properties.  (a)  As of the date of this Agreement, Schedule 3.05(a) sets forth the address of each parcel of real property (or each set of parcels that collectively comprise one operating property) that is owned or leased by each Loan Party, together with a list of the lessors with respect to all such leased property. Schedule 3.05(a) also identifies the principal place of business and chief executive office of each Loan Party as of the Closing Date.

(b)  Each of the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has good and insurable fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its real properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has good and marketable title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens (i) permitted by Section 6.06 or (ii) arising by operation of law

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(which Liens, in the case of this clause (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect).

(c)  Each of the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)  As of the Closing Date, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary has received any notice of, nor has any knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any material portion of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation.

(e)  To the Borrower’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is obligated under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein.

(f)  [Intentionally Omitted.]

(g)  Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries owns or possesses, or is licensed to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights and all licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing, necessary for the present conduct of its business, without any conflict with the rights of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions on the present conduct of its business, except where such failure to own, possess or hold pursuant to a license or such conflicts and restrictions would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth on Schedule 3.05(g).

Section 3.06.          Litigation and Environmental Matters.  (a)  Other than the Disclosed Matters, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against or affecting the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any Loan Documents or the Transactions.

(b)  Except for the Disclosed Matters or any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability and (ii) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law or (2) has become subject to any Environmental Liability.

(c)  Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.07.          Compliance with Laws and Agreements; Licenses and Permits. (a)  Each Loan Party is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other

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instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)  Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has obtained and holds in full force and effect, all franchises, licenses, leases, permits, certificates, authorizations, qualifications, easements, rights of way and other rights and approvals which are necessary or advisable for the operation of its businesses as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have so obtained or hold or to be in force, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of the terms of any such franchise, license, lease, permit, certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, right or approval, except where any such violation, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.08.          Investment Company Status.  No Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in, or is required to be registered under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Section 3.09.          Taxes.  Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.10.          ERISA.   No ERISA Event has occurred in the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made and is continuing or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under all Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plans, in the aggregate.

Section 3.11.          Disclosure.  (b)  All written information (other than the Projections, the pro forma financial statements and estimates and information of a general economic nature) concerning Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Agent in connection with the Transactions on or before the date hereof (the “Information”), when taken as a whole, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders (but taking into account supplements thereto prior to the Closing Date) and as of the Closing Date, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.

(b)  The Projections, pro forma financial statements and estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Agent in connection with the Transactions on or before the date hereof (the “Other Information”) (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that actual results may vary materially from the Other Information), and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrower.

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Section 3.12.          Material Agreements.  No Loan Party is in default in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of its obligations contained in (i) any material agreement to which it is a party or (ii) any agreement or instrument to which it is a party evidencing or governing Indebtedness, except where any such default would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.13.          Solvency.  (a)  Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

(b)  The Loan Parties do not intend to incur debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by the Loan Parties and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable by the Loan Parties on or in respect of their Indebtedness.

Section 3.14.          Insurance. Schedule 3.14 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, all such insurance is in full force and effect and all premiums in respect of such insurance have been duly paid. The Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is adequate and is in accordance with normal industry practice.

Section 3.15.          Capitalization and Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.15 sets forth (a) a correct and complete list of the name and relationship to the Borrower of each and all of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, (b) a true and complete listing of each class of each of the Borrower’s authorized Equity Interests, of which all of such issued shares are validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and owned beneficially and of record by the Persons identified on Schedule 3.15, and (c) the type of entity of the Borrower  and each of its Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries owned by any Loan Party have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Loan Documents).

Section 3.16.          Security Interest in Collateral.  The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents create legal and valid Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders; and upon the proper filing of UCC financing statements required pursuant to Section 4.02(l) and any Mortgages with respect to Mortgaged Properties in the offices specified on Schedule 3.16, such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral, securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party and all third parties, and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral except in the case of (a) Permitted Liens, to the extent any such Permitted Liens would have priority over the Liens in favor of the Agent pursuant to any applicable law and (b) Liens perfected only by possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent the Agent has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such Collateral.

Section 3.17.          Labor Disputes.  As of the Closing Date, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any

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Loan Party pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, (b) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters and (c) all payments due from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Loan Party or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except (i) as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) as set forth on Schedule 3.17, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.

Section 3.18.          Federal Reserve Regulations.  (a)  On the Closing Date, none of the Collateral is Margin Stock.

(b)  None of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.

(c)  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock (other than pursuant to, or in connection with, the Merger) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X.

Section 3.19.          Senior Debt.  The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” and “Designated Senior Debt” under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Documents.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

Section 4.01.          All Credit Events.  On the date of each Borrowing, including each Borrowing of a Swingline Loan and on the date of each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (each such event being called a “Credit Event”):

(a)  The Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.03 (or such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with Section 2.02) or, in the case of the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank and the Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.23(b) or, in the case of the Borrowing of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender and the Agent shall have received a notice requesting such Swingline Loan as required by Section 2.22(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement as of the Closing Date.

(b)  The representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Event with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such

 

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representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

(c)  At the time of and immediately after such Credit Event, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower and Holdings on the date of such Credit Event as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01.

Section 4.02.          Closing Date. On the Closing Date:

(a) Credit Agreement and Loan Documents. The Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly executed copies of the Loan Documents and such other certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any promissory notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.07.
(b) Legal Opinions. The Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank on the Closing Date, a favorable written opinion of (i) Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, special counsel for Holdings and the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (ii) local or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as specified on Schedule 4.02(b), in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and covering such other matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Agent shall reasonably request.
(c) PATRIOT Act. The Agent shall have received all documentation and other information reasonably requested by it that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
(d) Closing Certificates; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates. The Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date and executed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or an Officer, which shall (A) certify the resolutions of its Board of Directors, members or other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (B) identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Financial Officers and any other officers of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (C) contain appropriate attachments, including the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization of each Loan Party certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party and a true and correct copy of its by-laws or operating, management or partnership agreement, and (ii) a good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization.
(e) No Default Certificate. The Agent shall have received a certificate, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, dated the Closing Date, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01.

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(f) Fees. The Lenders and the Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable documented fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Closing Date.
(g) Lien and Judgment Searches. The Agent shall have received the results of recent lien and judgment searches in each of the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate, and such search shall reveal no material judgments and no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Permitted Liens or Liens discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to a pay-off letter or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(h) Pay-Off Letters. The Agent shall have received pay-off letters reasonably satisfactory to it in respect of (i) the repayment of the Existing Borrower Credit Agreement, confirming that all Liens upon any of the property of the Loan Parties constituting Collateral arising under the Existing Borrower Credit Agreement, if any, will be terminated concurrently with such payment and all letters of credit issued or guaranteed as part of such Indebtedness shall have been cash collateralized or supported by a letter of credit issued under this Agreement and (ii) the repayment of the Existing Holdings Credit Agreement, confirming that all Liens upon any of the property of the Loan Parties constituting Collateral arising under the Existing Holdings Credit Agreement, if any, will be terminated concurrently with such payment and all letters of credit issued or guaranteed as part of such Indebtedness shall have been cash collateralized or supported by a letter of credit issued under this Agreement.
(i) Solvency. The Agent shall have received a customary certificate from the chief financial officer of Holdings certifying that Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, are solvent (within the meaning of Section 3.13).
(j) Other Financing. The Borrower shall have received gross cash proceeds of not less than $275,000,000 from the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes.
(k) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. The Agent shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.
(l) Perfection Certificate; Filings, Registrations and Recordings. The Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Collateral Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Permitted Liens), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation. The Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall have a security interest in the Collateral of the type and priority described in the Collateral Documents (subject to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.06).
(m) Mortgages, etc. The Agent shall have received, with respect to each Mortgaged Property, each of the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:

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(i) a Mortgage on such property;

(ii) evidence that a counterpart of the Mortgage has been recorded or delivered to the appropriate Title Insurance Company subject to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent for recording promptly following the closing hereunder, in each case, in the place necessary, in the Agent’s reasonable judgment, to create a valid and enforceable first priority Lien in favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders;

(iii) ALTA or other mortgagee’s title policy;

(iv) an opinion of counsel in the state in which such parcel of real property is located in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; and

(v) such other information, documentation, and certifications as may be reasonably required by the Agent.

provided, that, (i) the amount of debt secured by each Mortgage in any State that imposes a mortgage tax shall be reasonably limited to an amount less than the Commitments so as to avoid multiple mortgage tax assessments and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, the conditions set forth in this clause (m) shall be considered satisfied even if the Borrower does not deliver such items by the Closing Date, so long as the Borrower has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver such items to Agent by the Closing Date.

(n) No Material Adverse Effect. Since September 30, 2005, there shall not have occurred any event, change or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Other Indebtedness. The Tender Offer shall have been consummated in accordance with applicable law and on the terms and conditions described in the Offer to Purchase and the Existing Bank Debt Refinancing shall have been effected. After giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not have any outstanding Indebtedness or preferred stock other than (a) the Obligations, (b)  the Senior Subordinated Notes, (c) any Existing Notes not tendered for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer and (d)  Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 1.01(d).
(p) Insurance. The Agent shall have received evidence of insurance coverage in form, scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
(q) Governmental and Third Party Approvals. All requisite Governmental Authorities and third parties shall have approved or consented to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby to the extent required and material, and all applicable appeal periods shall have expired.

The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

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ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and all other expenses and other amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, each Loan Party executing this Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the Loan Parties, with the Lenders that:

Section 5.01.          Financial Statements and Other Information.  The Borrower will furnish to the Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):

(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and reasonably acceptable to the Agent (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit C (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred and, if an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) unless waived by the Required Revolving Lenders, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a) and, in the case of the financial statements delivered under clause (a), (x) the Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, and (y) a list of names of all Immaterial Subsidiaries (if any), that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Immaterial Subsidiary and that all Domestic Subsidiaries listed as Immaterial Subsidiaries in the aggregate comprise less than 5% of Total Assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries at the end of the period to which such financial statements relate and represented (on a contribution basis) less than 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period to which such financial statements relate;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any

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Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines and may be provided by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower if such accounting firm generally is not providing such certificates);
(e) concurrently with any delivery of consolidated financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, the related unaudited consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements;
(f) within ninety (90) days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a detailed consolidated budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flows and projected income as of the end of and for such fiscal year), including a summary of the underlying material assumptions with respect thereto;
(g) as soon as practicable upon the reasonable request of the Agent, deliver an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this clause (g) or Section 5.11;
(h) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials publicly filed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed to shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(i) promptly, a copy of any final “management letter” received from Holdings’s or the Borrower’s independent public accountants to the extent such independent public accountants have consented to the delivery of such management letter to the Agent upon the request of Holdings or the Borrower;
(j) promptly following the Agent’s request therefor, all documentation and other information that the Agent reasonably requests on its behalf or on behalf of any Lender in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act; and
(k) as promptly as reasonably practicable from time to time following the Agent’s request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Agent may reasonably request (on behalf of itself or any Lender).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or a parent thereof), such information is accompanied by summary consolidating information (which may be included in notes to the financial statements) that explains in reasonable detail the material differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under clause (a) of this Section 5.01, such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of independent public accountants of recognized national standing and reasonably acceptable

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to the Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (h) of this Section 5.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent); provided that:  (i) upon written request by the Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the compliance certificates required by clause (c) of this Section 5.01 to the Agent.

Section 5.02.          Notices of Material Events.  The Borrower will furnish to the Agent written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof:

(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries thereof as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $10,000,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance;
(d) any and all default notices received under or with respect to any leased location or public warehouse where any material Collateral is located;
(e) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred and are continuing, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) any other development that results in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section 5.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

Section 5.03.          Existence; Conduct of Business.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, franchises, governmental authorizations, intellectual property rights, licenses and permits (except as such would otherwise reasonably expire, be abandoned or permitted to lapse in the ordinary course of business), necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in

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which its business is conducted, except (i) other than with respect to Holdings’ or the Borrower’s existence, to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 6.03.

Section 5.04.          Payment of Taxes. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each  Subsidiary to, pay or discharge all material Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.05.          Maintenance of Properties.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to (a) at all times maintain and preserve all material property necessary to the normal conduct of its business in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted and (b) make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto as necessary in accordance with prudent industry practice in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times, except, in each case, where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.06.          Books and Records; Inspection Rights.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (i) keep proper books of record and account in accordance with GAAP in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (ii) permit any representatives designated by the Agent (including employees of the Agent or any consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by the Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, including environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as reasonably requested.

Section 5.07           Maintenance of Ratings.  Holdings and the Borrower shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the credit facilities provided for herein to be continuously rated by S&P and Moody’s.

Section 5.08.          Compliance with Laws.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply in all material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.09.          Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for the purposes specified in the introductory statement to this Agreement. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would entail a violation of Regulations T, U or X.

Section 5.10.          Insurance.  Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (a) insurance in such amounts and against such risks, as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated companies) and (b) all insurance required pursuant to the Collateral Documents (and shall cause the Agent to be listed as a loss payee on property and casualty policies covering loss or damage to Collateral and as an additional insured on liability policies, subject, in each case to any exceptions for insurance required to be maintained under leases). The Borrower will furnish to the Agent, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.

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Section 5.11.          Additional Collateral; Further Assurances.  (a)  Subject to applicable law, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party shall cause (i) each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary (except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 5.11) or Unrestricted Subsidiary) formed or acquired after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.08 and (ii) any such Domestic Subsidiary that was an Immaterial Subsidiary but, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower has ceased to qualify as an Immaterial Subsidiary, to become a Loan Party within 20 Business Days by executing a Joinder Agreement in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit D hereto (the “Joinder Agreement”). Upon execution and delivery thereof, each such Person (i) shall automatically become a Loan Party hereunder and thereupon shall have all of the rights, benefits, duties, and obligations in such capacity under the Loan Documents and (ii) will simultaneously therewith or as soon as practicable thereafter grant Liens to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and each other Secured Party at such time party to or benefiting from the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to the extent required by the terms thereof, in any property (subject to the limitations with respect to Equity Interests set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 5.11 and any other limitations set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of such Loan Party which constitutes Collateral, on such terms as may be required pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents.

(b)  Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party will cause (i) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries, other than any Domestic Subsidiary taxed as a partnership for federal income tax purposes that holds Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary whose Equity Interests are pledged pursuant to clause (ii) below, and (ii) 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party to be subject at all times to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents or other security documents as the Agent shall reasonably request; provided, however this paragraph (b) shall not require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to grant a security interest in (i) any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary to the extent a pledge of such Equity Interests in favor of the Agent or to secure any debt securities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would be entitled to such a security interest would require separate financial statements of a Subsidiary to be filed with the SEC (or any other government agency) under Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto) or any other law, rule or regulation or (ii) the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(c)  Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type required by Section 4.02, as applicable (including the delivery of the items contemplated by paragraph (m) thereof to the extent the Borrower has been unable to deliver such items by the Closing Date after having used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver such items by the Closing Date)), which may be required by law or which the Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.

(d)  Subject to the limitations set forth or referred to in this Section 5.11, if any material assets (including any owned real property or improvements thereto but excluding leasehold interests) (but only those having a fair market value of at least $5,000,000) are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the

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Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that become subject to the Lien in favor of the Agent upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrower will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and will take, and cause the Loan Parties that are Subsidiaries to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (c) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.

(e)  If, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties because they are Immaterial Subsidiaries comprise in the aggregate more than 5% of Total Assets as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower or more than 5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower, then the Borrower shall, not later than 45 days after the date by which financial statements for such quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, cause one or more such Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries to become additional Loan Parties (notwithstanding that such Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries are, individually, Immaterial Subsidiaries) such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true.

(f)  Notwithstanding any provision of the Loan Documents to the contrary, (i) the TD Finance Merger and the TransDigm Holdings Merger shall be permitted, (ii) TD Finance shall not be required to become a Loan Party (and no Loan Party shall be required to pledge any equity interest in TD Finance) unless the TD Finance Merger fails to occur within 5 Business Days after the Closing Date, in which case within 10 Business Days after the Closing Date TD Finance shall be required to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.11, (iii) TransDigm Holdings shall not be required to become a Loan Party (and no Loan Party shall be required to pledge any equity interest in TransDigm Holdings) unless the TransDigm Holdings Merger fails to occur within 5 Business Days after the Closing Date, in which case within 10 Business Days after the Closing Date TransDigm Holdings shall be required to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.11, (iv) Sweeney Engineering Corp. shall not be required to become a Loan Party, and Loan Parties shall not be required to take any actions in respect of it, until 30 days after the Closing Date; provided nothing in this clause (iv) shall require any such action to be taken in the event it constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary and (v) the Loan Parties shall not be required to include as Collateral any Excluded Assets (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

The Loan Parties covenant and agree, jointly and severally:

(a) with the Lenders and the Issuing Bank that with respect to Sections 6.01 through Section 6.13, until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full, that:

and

(b) with the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank that with respect to Section 6.14, until the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts payable relating to Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full, that:

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Section 6.01.          Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively “incur”) any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness); provided, however, that the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness), in each case if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower would have been greater than 2.0 to 1.0; provided, however, that the amount of Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

Section 6.02.          Limitation on Restricted Payments.  The Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(1)  declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower and dividends or distributions payable to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation));

(2)  purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Borrower or of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower held by any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock;

(3)  make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Borrower, or of any Guarantor, that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations or any Guarantee, as applicable (other than (x) any Indebtedness permitted under clause (6) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and (y) the purchase, defeasance or other acquisition of such Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of such purchase, defeasance or other acquisition); or

(4)  make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments) (each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”):

if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto:

(i)  a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(ii)  the Borrower is not able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 6.01; and

(iii)  the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to the Closing Date (other than Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (12)  of the following paragraph) shall exceed the sum of, without duplication:

 

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(v)  50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the Borrower earned subsequent to April 1, 2006 and on or prior to the date the Restricted Payment occurs (the “Reference Date”) (treating such period as a single accounting period); provided that if, at the Reference Date, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Borrower is less than 4.50 to 1.0, for purposes of calculating availability of amounts hereunder for such Restricted Payment only, the reference to 50% in this clause shall be deemed to be 75%; plus

(w)  100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (including the fair market value of property (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), other than cash, that would constitute Marketable Securities or a Permitted Business) received by the Borrower from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) from the issuance and sale subsequent to the Closing Date and on or prior to the Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Excluded Contributions); plus

(x)  without duplication of any amounts included in clause (iii)(w) above, 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds of any equity contribution received subsequent to the Closing Date by the Borrower from a holder of the Borrower’s Capital Stock; plus

(y)  the amount by which Indebtedness of the Borrower is reduced on the Borrower’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange subsequent to the Closing Date of any Indebtedness of the Borrower for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (less the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by the Borrower upon such conversion or exchange); provided, however, that the foregoing amount shall not exceed the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the sale of such Indebtedness (excluding net cash proceeds from sales to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to an employee stock ownership plan or a trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees); plus

(z)  an amount equal to the sum of (I) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market value of property other than cash that would constitute Marketable Securities or a Permitted Business) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) from any sale or other disposition of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) representing the return of capital or principal (excluding dividends and distributions otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income) with respect to such Investment, and (II) the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, in the case of item (II), the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph do not prohibit:

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(1)  the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or notice of such redemption if the dividend or payment of the redemption price, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of declaration or notice;

(2)  any Restricted Payment made out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees and other than Designated Preferred Stock) or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Borrower from its shareholders; provided, however, that the net cash proceeds from such sale or such cash capital contribution (to the extent so used for such Restricted Payment) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clauses (iii)(w) and (iii)(x) of the immediately preceding paragraph;

(3)  the acquisition of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower) of Refinancing Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee;

(4)  payments to a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower for the purpose of permitting any of such entities to redeem or repurchase common equity or options in respect thereof, in each case in connection with the repurchase provisions of employee stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management employees, or upon the death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment of management employees; provided that all such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed in any fiscal year the sum of (A) $5,000,000 (with unused amounts in any calendar year carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following clause (B) of $10,000,000 in any calendar year plus (B) any amounts not utilized in any preceding fiscal year following the Closing Date that were otherwise available under this clause for such purchases (which aggregate amount shall be increased by the amount of any net cash proceeds received from the sale since the Closing Date of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) to members of the Borrower’s management team that have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments pursuant to the terms of clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph or clause (2) of this paragraph and by the cash proceeds of any “key-man” life insurance policies which are used to make such redemptions or repurchases); provided, further, that the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower from members of management of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any repurchase of Capital Stock of such entities (or warrants or options or rights to acquire such Capital Stock) will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment under this Agreement;

(5)  the declaration and payment of dividends by the Borrower to, or the making of loans to, its direct parent company in amounts required for the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies to pay

(A)  franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence,

(B)  Federal, state and local income taxes, to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the amount of such payments in any fiscal year do

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not exceed the amount that the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of Federal, state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Borrower to pay such taxes as a stand-alone taxpayer,

(C)  customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,

(D)  general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and

(E)  reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with any unsuccessful debt or equity offering by such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower;

(6)  repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof;

(7)  additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000;

(8)  Permitted Transaction Payments;

(9)  payments of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock issued in compliance with Section 6.01;

(10)  Restricted Payments made with Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales remaining after application thereof as required by Section 6.03 and Section 2.20;

(11)  upon occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after the completion of the Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 2.19, any purchase or redemption of obligations of the Borrower that are subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any; provided, however, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and (B) such purchase or redemption is not made, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of (or made in anticipation of) any issuance of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and

(12)  Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions.

If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries become contractually obligated to make any Restricted Payment at the time criteria set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 6.02 continues to be satisfied, then the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may continue to make such Restricted Payments, even if the criteria set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 6.02 ceases to be satisfied at the time such Restricted Payment is actually made, and the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 6.02 on or after the date on which such criteria ceases to be satisfied shall be equal to the amount that would have been available for Restricted Payments pursuant to such clause (iii) on such date without giving effect to any Restricted Payments made on such date pursuant to and in compliance with this paragraph.

The Board of Directors of the Borrower may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary as specified in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid in cash) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted

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Payments under the first paragraph of this Section 6.02. All of those outstanding Investments will be deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation will only be permitted if the Restricted Payment would be permitted at the time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower and TransDigm Holdings may pay the Closing Date Dividend.

Section 6.03.          Limitation on Asset Sales.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(1)  the Borrower or the applicable 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 sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);

(2)  at least 75% of the consideration received by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(a)  any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets;

(b)  any notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received); and

(c)  any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value),

shall, in each of (a), (b) and (c) above, be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision or for purposes of the second paragraph of this Section 6.03; and

(3)  upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Borrower shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale in accordance with Section 2.20.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent that:

(1)  at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and

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(2)  such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Section 6.04.          Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to:

(1)  pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock;

(2)  make loans or advances or pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Borrower or any Guarantor; or

(3)  transfer any of its property or assets to the Borrower or any Guarantor,

except, with respect to clauses (1), (2) and (3), for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(a)  applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

(b)  the Senior Subordinated Note Documents;

(c)  non-assignment provisions of any contract or any lease of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(d)  any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired;

(e)  the Loan Documents;

(f)  agreements existing on the Closing Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Closing Date, including the Existing Notes;

(g)  restrictions on the transfer of assets subject to any Lien permitted under this Agreement imposed by the holder of such Lien;

(h)  restrictions imposed by any agreement to sell assets or Capital Stock permitted under this Agreement to any Person pending the closing of such sale;

(i)  any agreement or instrument governing Capital Stock of any Person that is acquired;

(j)  [Intentionally Omitted];

(k)  other Indebtedness or Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock outstanding on the Closing Date or permitted to be issued or incurred under this Agreement; provided that any such restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred or Preferred Stock being issued (under the relevant circumstances):

(l)  restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

(m)  any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses

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(a) through (d) and (f) through (l) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower’s Board of Directors (evidenced by a Board Resolution) whose judgment shall be conclusively binding, not materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;

(n)  customary provisions in joint venture and other similar agreements; and

(o)  customary provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Section 6.05.          Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) or permit any Person (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) to own any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock. The provisions of this Section 6.05 will not apply to (w) any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, (x) any transaction as a result of which neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will own any Capital Stock of the Restricted Subsidiary whose Preferred Stock is being issued or sold and (y) Preferred Stock that is Disqualified Capital Stock and is issued in compliance with Section 6.01.

Section 6.06.          Limitation on Liens.  Holdings and the Borrower will not, and the Borrower will not permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (the “Initial Lien”) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, except:

(a) in the case of Collateral, any Initial Lien if (i) such Initial Lien expressly ranks junior to the first-priority security interest intended to be created in favor of the Agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Collateral Documents; or (ii) such Initial Lien is a Permitted Lien; and
(b) in the case of any other asset or property, any Initial Lien if (i) the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee of a Loan Party, as the case may be, are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Initial Lien secures any Subordinated Indebtedness) the obligations secured by such Initial Lien or (ii) such Initial Lien is a Permitted Lien.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to clause (b) of the preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien (other than through the exercise of remedies with respect thereto).

Section 6.07.          Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets. (a)   The Borrower will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries) to any Person unless:

(1)  either:

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(a)  the Borrower shall be the surviving or continuing corporation; or

(b)  the Person (if other than the Borrower) formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Borrower and of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”):

(x)            shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and

(y)           shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to supplements to the Loan Documents or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

(2)  except in the case of a merger of the Borrower with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Borrower in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(y) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Borrower or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 6.01 or the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Surviving Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would be greater than such ratio for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

(3)  except in the case of a merger of the Borrower with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Borrower in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing;

(4)  [Intentionally Omitted]; and

(5)  the Borrower or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to the Agent an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, such supplements to the Loan Documents, if any, comply with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and that all conditions precedent in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Borrower, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Borrower. However, transfer of assets between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to this Section 6.07.

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Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in accordance with the foregoing, in which the Borrower is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Borrower under the Loan Documents and the Loans with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as such and that, in the event of a conveyance or transfer (but not a lease), the conveyor or transferor (but not a lessor) will be released from the provisions of the Loan Documents.

(b)  The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

(1)  (except in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that has been disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock or through the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (such sale constituting the disposition of such Subsidiary Guarantor in its entirety), if in connection therewith the Borrower provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Agent to the effect that the Borrower will comply with its obligations under Section 6.03 in respect of such disposition) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary Guarantor was organized or under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a Joinder Agreement and supplements to the Loan Documents or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, under its Guarantee;

(2)  except in the case of a merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating a Subsidiary Guarantor in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (1) (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(3)  the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, such Joinder Agreement and supplements to the Loan Documents, if any, comply with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and that all conditions precedent in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

(c)  Holdings will not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

(1)  the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not Holdings) shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a Joinder Agreement and supplements to the Loan Documents or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, all the obligations of Holdings, if any, under its Guarantee;

(2)  except in the case of a merger entered into solely for reincorporating Holdings in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption

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contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (1) (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(3)  the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, such Joinder Agreement and supplements to the Loan Documents, if any, comply with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and that all conditions precedent in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

(d)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the TransDigm Holding Company Merger and the TD Finance Merger shall be permitted without compliance with this Section 6.07.

Section 6.08.          Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to occur any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (an “Affiliate Transaction”)involving aggregate payment or consideration in excess of $10,000,000, unless:

(1)  such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, and

(2)  the Borrower delivers to the Agent with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $30,000,000, a Board Resolution adopted by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an officers’ certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.

The restrictions set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 6.08 shall not apply to:

(1)  reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as determined in good faith by the Borrower’s Board of Directors or senior management;

(2)  transactions between or among the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement;

(3)  any agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date or any amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) or by any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Lenders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as determined in good faith by the Borrower;

(4)  Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments permitted by this Agreement;

(5)  [Intentionally Omitted];

(6)  the payment of customary annual management, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses to the Permitted Holders and their Affiliates made pursuant to any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement agreement or in respect of other investment

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banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures which are approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith;

(7)  payments or loans to employees or consultants that are approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith;

(8)  sales of Qualified Capital Stock;

(9)  the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders’ agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Closing Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (9) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not disadvantageous to the Lenders in any material respect;

(10)  transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 6.07;

(11)  any issuance of securities or other payments, awards, grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower;

(12)  investments by the Permitted Holders in securities of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities; and

(13)  transactions in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives an opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal or accounting firm that such Affiliate Transaction is either fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or is on terms not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.

Section 6.09.          Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or acquire another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary unless such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary executes and delivers a Joinder Agreement and supplements to the other Loan Documents, providing for a Guarantee of payment of the Obligations by such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary need not execute and deliver such Joinder Agreement and supplements to the other Loan Documents for so long as such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary is an Immaterial Subsidiary (subject to Section 5.11).

Section 6.10.          Business of Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any businesses a majority of whose revenues are not derived from businesses that are the same or reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date (which shall include, without limitation, engineered components businesses not within the aerospace industry.

Section 6.11.          Amendments to Subordination Provisions.  Without the consent of the Required Lenders, the Borrower will not amend, modify or alter the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture in any way to:

 

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(a)  increase the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Senior Subordinated Notes;

(b)  increase the principal of, advance the final maturity date of or shorten the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Senior Subordinated Notes;

(c)  alter the redemption provisions or the price or terms at which the Borrower is required to offer to purchase any Senior Subordinated Notes; or

(d)  amend the provisions of the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture that relate to subordination in a manner adverse to the Lenders.

Nothing in this Section 6.11 shall preclude any Loan Party from making any Restricted Payment otherwise permitted by Section 6.03.

Section 6.12.          Business of Holdings.  Holdings shall not engage in any business activities or have any material assets or liabilities other than its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and assets and liabilities incidental to its function as a holding company, including its liabilities hereunder and pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any other Loan Document.

Section 6.13.          Impairment of Security Interest.  Subject to the rights of the holders of Permitted Liens and except as permitted by this Agreement or the Loan Documents, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, take or knowingly or negligently omit to take, any action which action or omission would reasonably be expected to have the result of materially impairing the security interest with respect to a material portion of the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

Section 6.14.          Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio.  (a)  Solely for the purpose of inducing the Revolving Credit Lenders to provide the Revolving Credit Commitments and make Revolving Loans hereunder, the Swingline Lender to provide the Swingline Commitment and make Swingline Loans hereunder and the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, the Loan Parties agree that they shall not permit the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of the Borrower at the end of any fiscal quarter ending on a date or during a period set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such date or period below.

Date or Period

 

 

 

Ratio

 

 

June 30, 2006 through September 30, 2007

 

4.75 to 1.0

October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008

 

4.50 to 1.0

Thereafter

 

4.25 to 1.0

 

(b)  The Term Lenders acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a) shall inure only to the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank and shall under no circumstances inure directly or indirectly under this Section 6.14 or under any other representation, warranty, covenant or default provision (including those which require compliance with this Section 6.14)  to the benefit of or be enforceable by the Term Lenders and the Term Lenders shall have no rights or privileges hereunder with respect to this Section 6.14.

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ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report or other certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document, shall prove to have been materially incorrect when made or deemed made and shall remain material at the time tested;
(d) failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor for sixty (60) days after receipt of written notice given by the Agent or the Required Lenders to comply with any of its other agreements (other than those set forth in Section 6.14(a) and in any Collateral Document) in this Agreement or any Loan Document;
(e) (i) any Loan Party shall fail to make any payment at final stated maturity beyond the applicable grace period with respect to any Material Indebtedness or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Material Indebtedness, or (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank only, any event or condition occurs that enables or permits (with the giving of notice, if required) the holder or holders of any such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;
(f) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case of clause (i) or (ii), such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed and unstayed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

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(g) Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (f) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(h) failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $20,000,000, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than sixty (60) days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;
(i) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or Holdings shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any Responsible Officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the Responsible Officers of any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or Holdings, as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Agreement or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
(j) unless all of the Collateral has been released from the Liens in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Documents, any Collateral Document shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or the assertion by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any security interest thereunder is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Restricted Subsidiary, the failure by the Borrower to cause such Restricted Subsidiary to rescind such assertions within thirty (30) days after the Borrower has actual knowledge of such assertions;
(k) the failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for sixty (60) days after receipt of written notice given by the Agent or the Required Lenders with its other agreements contained in the Collateral Documents, except for a failure that would not materially affect the value of the Collateral, or the remedies with respect thereto, in each case taken as a whole; or
(l) solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank, and only so long as the Revolving Credit Commitments shall not have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.06, (i) the failure by Holdings or the Borrower to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a) or (ii) there shall have occurred a Change of Control.

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Loan Party described in clauses (f), (g) or (l) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments

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shall terminate immediately and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; provided that upon the occurrence of an event with respect to any Loan Party described in clause (f) or (g) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, without further action of the Agent or any Lender and provided, further, that upon the occurrence of an event with respect to any Loan Party described in clause (l) of this Article, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Agent may, and at the request of Lenders having Revolving Loans (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Revolving Loans outstanding (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any of the following actions, at the same or different times: (x) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments, the L/C Commitment and the Swingline Commitment, and thereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments, the L/C Commitment and the Swingline Commitment shall terminate immediately and (y) declare the Revolving Loans, L/C Exposure and Swingline Exposure then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans, L/C Exposure and Swingline Exposure so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations relating thereto of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. Upon the occurrence and the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders (or in the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (l) of the preceding paragraph, Lenders having Revolving Loans (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Revolving Loans outstanding (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments) shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (e) of the preceding paragraph of this Article, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded automatically and without any action by the Agent or the Lenders if, within twenty (20) days after such Event of Default arose, (i) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged, (ii) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (iii) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VII, in the event that the Borrower would otherwise fail to comply with the requirements of Section 6.14 (a “Financial Performance Covenant”), until the expiration of the 10th day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating the Financial Performance Covenant is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c), the Borrower shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities (as defined below) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower (the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by Borrower of such cash (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise of such Cure Right, the Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

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(i)  Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and

(ii) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four fiscal quarter period there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) in each eight fiscal quarter period, there shall be at least four fiscal quarters during which the Cure Right is not exercised and (iii) for purposes of this Article VII, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant.

As used in this Article VII, the term “Permitted Cure Securities” shall mean an equity security of the Borrower issued to Holdings having no mandatory redemption, repurchase, repayment or similar requirements prior to the six-month anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date and upon which all dividends or distributions, at the election of the Borrower, may be payable in additional shares of such equity security.

ARTICLE VIII

The Agent

Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its agent and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

The bank serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties or any subsidiary of a Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder.

The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross

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negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.

The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Borrower, to appoint a successor; provided that, during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default, no consent of the Borrower shall be required. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a commercial bank or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own

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decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

The joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners, syndication agent and documentation agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

Section 9.01.          Notices. (a)  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:

(i) if to any Loan Party, to the Borrower at:

The Tower at Erieview
1301 East 9th Street, Suite 3710
Cleveland, OH 44114
Attention: Gregory Rufus
Facsimile No: (216) 706-2937

(ii) if to the Agent, to Credit Suisse at:

Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attention: Agency Group
Facsimile No: (212) 325-8304

(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address or facsimile number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

All such notices and other communications (i) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received or (ii) sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent and when receipt has been confirmed by telephone, provided that if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

(b)  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II or to compliance and no Event of Default certificates delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d) unless otherwise agreed by the Agent and the applicable Lender. The Agent or the Borrower (on behalf of the Loan Parties) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. All such notices and other communications (i) sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if not given during the normal

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business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (b)(i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

(c)  Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

Section 9.02.          Waivers; Amendments.  (a)  No failure or delay by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent permitted by law, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b)  Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (i) (x) in the case of this Agreement (except Section 6.14 hereof), pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, provided that the Borrower and the Agent may enter into an amendment to effect the provisions of Section 2.24(b) upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement or Incremental Revolving Credit Assumption Agreement and (y) in the case of Section 6.14 of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and Lenders having Revolving Loans (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Revolving Loans outstanding (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time (the “Required Revolving Lenders”) or, (ii) in the case of any other Loan Document (other than any such amendment to effectuate any modification thereto expressly contemplated by the terms of such other Loan Documents), pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender; it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of any Lender, (B) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan or L/C Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce or forgive any interest or fees (including fees set forth in Sections 2.08 and 2.19) payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (C) postpone any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or L/C Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest, fees or other Obligations payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the provisions of Section 2.11(c) providing for the default rate of interest, or to waive any obligations of the Borrower to pay interest at such default rate, (D) change Sections 2.08(c), 2.09(d), 2.16(c), 2.16(f), 2.19(c) or 2.20(e) in a manner that would alter the manner in which payments are shared, without the

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written consent of each Lender, (E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (F) release any material Loan Guarantor from its obligation under its Guarantee (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender, or (G) except as provided in clauses (c) and (d) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent. The Agent may without the consent of any Lender also amend the Commitment Schedule to reflect assignments entered into pursuant to Section 9.04. Upon the request of the Borrower, the Agent shall enter into such amendments (and may do so without the consent of any Lender, other agent, or the Issuing Bank) to the Collateral Documents (or enter into additional Collateral Documents) to secure on a pari passu basis on terms reasonably acceptable to the Agent all obligations (including obligations comparable in scope to the Obligations) of all Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 and secured by Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 6.06 on all or a portion of the Collateral.

(c)  The Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) upon the termination of the Commitments, payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Secured Obligations (other than Unliquidated Obligations), and the cash collateralization of all Unliquidated Obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Agent, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of the property constituting such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Loan Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Loan Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) subject to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.02, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Loan Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Collateral. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral to the extent required under the provisions of the Loan Documents.

(d)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.02, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Foreign Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Agent and may be amended and waived with the consent of the Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lenders if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects or (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(e)  If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby”, the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then (x) the Agent

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may elect to purchase all (but not less than all) of (1) any Class of such Lender’s Commitments, the corresponding Loans owing to it and other Obligations due to it and all of its rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in respect of such Class or (2) such Lender’s Commitments, the Loans owing to it and other Obligations due to it and all of its rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, provided that the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such purchase all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation, payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Section 2.13 and 2.15 and an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such purchase under Section 2.14 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the Agent or (y) the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement by the Borrower, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, (ii) the replacement Lender shall grant its consent with respect to the applicable proposed amendment, waiver or consent and (iii) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.13 and 2.15, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.14 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender. Each Lender agrees that if the Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be, exercises its option hereunder, it shall promptly execute and deliver all agreements and documentation necessary to effectuate such assignment as set forth in Section 9.04. The Agent or the Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such agreement and documentation on behalf of such Non-Consenting Lender and any such agreement and/or documentation so executed by the Agent or the Borrower shall be effective for purposes of documenting an assignment pursuant to Section 9.04.

Section 9.03.          Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.  (a)  The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Agent, in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation of the Loan Documents and related documentation, (ii) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of outside legal counsel to the Agent, in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of any Loan Documents (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby shall be consummated), (iii) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, including the reasonable documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent and for one law firm retained by the Lenders, in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or related negotiations in respect of such Loans, and (iv) subject to any other provisions of this Agreement, of the Loan Documents or of any separate agreement entered into by the Borrower and the Agent with respect thereto, all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent in the administration of the Loan Documents. Expenses reimbursable by the Borrower under this Section include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to any other applicable

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provision of any Loan Document, reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with:

(i) lien and title searches and title insurance; and

(ii) taxes, fees and other charges for recording the Mortgages, filing financing statements and continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the Agent’s Liens.

Other than to the extent required to be paid on the Closing Date, all amounts due under this paragraph (a) shall be payable by the Borrower within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of an invoice relating thereto and setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail.

(b)  The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c)  To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, penalty, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as such.

(d)  To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party to this Agreement shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto or any Related Party thereof, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e)  All amounts due under this Section shall be paid promptly after written demand therefor.

Section 9.04.          Successors and Assigns.  (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section (any attempted assignment or transfer not

 

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complying with the terms of this Section shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b)  (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment or the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (f) or (g) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing, any other Eligible Assignee and provided further that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment during the primary syndication of the Loans to Persons identified by the Agent to the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower;

(B) the Agent; and

(C) the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank, in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or the principal amount of Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Agent and determined on an aggregate basis in the event of concurrent assignments to Related Funds (as defined below)) shall be an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Loans and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 in the case of Term Loan Commitments or Term Loans unless each of the Borrower and the Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (f) or (g) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Agent, manually); and

(D)  the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver on or prior to the effective date of such assignment, to the Agent (1) an Administrative Questionnaire and (2) if applicable, an appropriate Internal Revenue Service form (such as Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI or any successor form adopted by the relevant United States taxing authority) as required by applicable law supporting such assignee’s position that no withholding by any Borrower or the Agent for United

 

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States income tax payable by such assignee in respect of amounts received by it hereunder is required.

The term “Related Funds” shall mean with respect to any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any other Approved Fund that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring on or prior to the effective date of such assignment). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, or principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and tax certifications required by Section 9.04(b)(ii)(D)(2)(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(a), 2.16(c) or 9.03(c), the Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(vi) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:  (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without giving effect to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Assumption, (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or

 

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the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is an Eligible Assignee, legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a) or delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

(c)  (i)  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment or the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) the Borrower, the Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (D) no such Participant shall be a “creditor” as defined in Regulation T or a “foreign branch of a broker-dealer” within the meaning of Regulation X. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(c) as though it were a Lender.

(ii)  A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(e) as though it were a Lender.

(d)  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a

 

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security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) no SPC shall be a “creditor” as defined in Regulation T or a “foreign branch of a broker-dealer” within the meaning of Regulation X. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender) and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes including approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of the Loan Documents, remain the Lender of record hereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any state thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.04, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

Section 9.05.          Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments  delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

Section 9.06.          Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Fee Letter and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent constitute

 

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the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.02, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 9.07.          Severability.  To the extent permitted by law, any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 9.08.          Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Loan Guarantor against any of and all the Secured Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The applicable Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Agent of such set-off or application, provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off or application under this Section. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AT ANY TIME THAT ANY OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE SECURED BY REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, NO LENDER SHALL EXERCISE A RIGHT OF SETOFF, LENDER’S LIEN OR COUNTERCLAIM OR TAKE ANY COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OR INSTITUTE ANY PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT UNLESS IT IS TAKEN WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LENDERS REQUIRED BY SECTION 9.02 OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF SUCH SETOFF OR ACTION OR PROCEEDING WOULD OR MIGHT (PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 580a, 580b, 580d AND 726 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE OR SECTION 2924 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, IF APPLICABLE, OR OTHERWISE) AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE VALIDITY, PRIORITY, OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE LIENS GRANTED TO THE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS OR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, AND ANY ATTEMPTED EXERCISE BY ANY LENDER OR ANY SUCH RIGHT WITHOUT OBTAINING SUCH CONSENT OF THE PARTIES AS REQUIRED ABOVE, SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF EACH OF THE LENDERS.

Section 9.09.          Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a)   THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b)  Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto

 

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hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c)  Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d)  To the extent permitted by law, each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives personal service of any and all process upon it and agrees that all such service of process may be made by registered mail (return receipt requested) directed to it at its address for notices as provided for in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

Section 9.10.          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 9.11.          Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

Section 9.12.          Confidentiality.  The Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender agrees (and each Lender agrees to cause its SPC, if any) to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, trustees, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory, governmental or administrative authority, (c) to the extent required by law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any SPC, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(d) or (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Loan Parties and their

 

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obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party relating to the Loan Parties or their businesses, the Sponsor or the Transactions other than any such information that is available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Section 9.13.          Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law.  The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and the failure of any Lender to make any Loan or perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. Each Lender hereby represents that (a) it is not relying on or looking to any Margin Stock for the repayment of the Borrowings provided for herein and acknowledges that the Collateral shall not include any Margin Stock and (b) it is not and will not become a “creditor” as defined in Regulation T or a “foreign branch of a broker-dealer” within the meaning of Regulation X. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any Requirement of Law.

Section 9.14.          USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.

Section 9.15.          Disclosure.  Each Loan Party and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Agent and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with any of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates. In addition, each Loan Party and each Lender hereby acknowledges that an Affiliate of the Agent will be an initial purchaser of the Senior Subordinated Notes.

Section 9.16.          Appointment for Perfection.  Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than the Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Agent’s instructions.

Section 9.17.          Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or participation in any L/C Disbursement, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan or participation in such L/C Disbursement under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or participation in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or participation hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or participation but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or participations or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such

 

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cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

TRANSDIGM INC.

 

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

 

ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

 

AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

 

CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.

 

CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

 

DAC REALTY CORP.

 

MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

 

SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

 

ZMP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By  

 

 

 

/s/ W. NICHOLAS HOWLEY

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.

 

 

 

 

By  

 

 

 

/s/ GREGORY RUFUS

 

 

Name: Gregory Rufus

 

 

Title: Secretary

 

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CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
individually and as Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing
Bank

 

 

 

By

/s/Cassandra Droogan

 

 

 

 

Name: Cassandra Droogan

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/Shaheen Malik

 

 

Name: Shaheen Malik

 

 

Title: Associate

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

 

 

By    /s/ David H. Strickert

 

 

Name: David H. Strickert

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

 

 

 

By    /s/ James R. Fayen

 

 

Name: James R. Fayen

 

 

Title: Deputy General Manager

 

 

 

 

 

BANK OF IRELAND,

 

 

 

By   /s/ Carl Andreson

 

 

Name: Carl Andreson

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

By   /s/ Ross Catlin

 

 

Name: Ross Catlin

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

 

 

 

 

 

By   /s/ Philip Capparis

 

 

Name: Philip Capparis

 

 

Title: Director

 

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CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL,

 

 

By    /s/ Brian O’Leary

 

 

Name: Brian O’Leary

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

By   /s/ Marcus Edward

 

 

Name: Marcus Edward

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

THE CIT GROUP / EQUIPMENT FINANCING INC.,

 

 

By   /s/ Andrew Giangrave

 

 

Name: Andrew Giangrave

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A.,

 

 

By   /s/ Robert G. Morlan

 

 

Name: Robert G. Morlan

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

 

 

By   /s/ Sean McUmminie

 

 

Name: Sean McUmminie

 

 

Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

NATIONAL CITY BANK,

 

 

By   /s/ Daniel R. Raynor

 

 

Name: Daniel R. Raynor

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

 

By   /s/ Joseph G. Moran

 

 

Name: Joseph G. Moran

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC,

 

 

By   /s/ Richard L. Tavrow

 

 

Name: Richard L. Tavrow

 

 

Title: Director

 

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By   /s/ Irja R. Otsa

 

 

Name: Irja R. Otsa

 

 

Title: Associate Director

 

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COMMITMENT SCHEDULE

Lender

 

 

 

Revolving Credit
Commitment

 

Term Loan Commitment

 

Credit Suisse

 

$

20,000,000

 

$

325,000,000

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

$

20,000,000

 

$

325,000,000

 

General Electric Capital Corporation

 

$

20,000,000

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

$

15,000,000

 

 

 

UBS Loan Finance LLC

 

$

15,000,000

 

 

 

Mizuho Bank

 

$

15,000,000

 

 

 

Credit Industriel et Commercial

 

$

10,000,000

 

 

 

The CIT Group / Equipment Financing Inc.

 

$

10,000,000

 

 

 

National City Bank

 

$

10,000,000

 

 

 

Bank of Ireland

 

$

7,500,000

 

 

 

FirstMerit Bank, N.A.

 

$

4,000,000

 

 

 

PNC Bank, National Association

 

$

3,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

150,000,000

 

$

650,000,000

 

 

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EX-10.3 4 a06-14465_2ex10d3.htm EX-10

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

dated as of

June 23, 2006,

among

TRANSDIGM INC.,

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED,

the Subsidiaries of TRANSDIGM INC. identified herein,

and

CREDIT SUISSE,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 




TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

 

Credit Agreement

 

1

SECTION 1.02.

 

Other Defined Terms

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guarantee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

 

Guarantee

 

6

SECTION 2.02.

 

Guarantee of Payment

 

7

SECTION 2.03.

 

No Limitations, Etc

 

7

SECTION 2.04.

 

Reinstatement

 

8

SECTION 2.05.

 

Agreement To Pay; Subrogation

 

8

SECTION 2.06.

 

Information

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pledge of Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

 

Pledge

 

8

SECTION 3.02.

 

Delivery of the Pledged Collateral

 

9

SECTION 3.03.

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

10

SECTION 3.04.

 

Certification of Limited Liability Company Interests and Limited Partnership Interests

 

11

SECTION 3.05.

 

Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations

 

11

SECTION 3.06.

 

Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security Interests in Personal Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

 

Security Interest

 

13

SECTION 4.02.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

15

SECTION 4.03.

 

Covenants

 

17

SECTION 4.04.

 

Other Actions

 

20

SECTION 4.05.

 

Covenants regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral

 

22

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remedies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

 

Remedies upon Default

 

23

SECTION 5.02.

 

Application of Proceeds

 

25

SECTION 5.03.

 

Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property

 

26

SECTION 5.04.

 

Securities Act, etc

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

 

Indemnity and Subrogation

 

27

SECTION 6.02.

 

Contribution and Subrogation

 

27

SECTION 6.03.

 

Subordination

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

 

Notices

 

28

SECTION 7.02.

 

Security Interest Absolute

 

28

SECTION 7.03.

 

Survival of Agreement

 

28

SECTION 7.04.

 

Binding Effect; Several Agreement

 

28

SECTION 7.05.

 

Successors and Assigns

 

29

SECTION 7.06.

 

Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification

 

29

SECTION 7.07.

 

Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact

 

30

SECTION 7.08.

 

Applicable Law

 

30

SECTION 7.09.

 

Waivers; Amendment

 

30

SECTION 7.10.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

 

31

SECTION 7.11.

 

Severability

 

31

SECTION 7.12.

 

Counterparts

 

31

SECTION 7.13.

 

Headings

 

32

SECTION 7.14.

 

Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

32

SECTION 7.15.

 

Termination or Release

 

32

SECTION 7.16.

 

Additional Grantors

 

33

SECTION 7.17.

 

Right of Setoff

 

33

 

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Schedules

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

Subsidiary Guarantors

 

 

Schedule II

 

Capital Stock; Debt Securities

 

 

Schedule III

 

Intellectual Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Supplement

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Perfection Certificate

 

 

 

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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated as of June 23, 2006, among TRANSDIGM INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified herein and CREDIT SUISSE as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, each subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the Lenders (as defined therein) and the Agent. The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower pursuant to, and upon the terms and conditions specified in, the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit to the Borrower are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors. Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors are affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Credit Agreement. (a)  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as such term is defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein. All references to the Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the New York UCC.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Account Debtor means any person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

Accounts Receivable shall mean all Accounts and all right, title and interest in any returned goods, together will all rights, titles, securities and guarantees




 

with respect thereto, including any rights to stoppage in transit, replevin, reclamation and resales, and all related security interests, liens and pledges, whether voluntary or involuntary, in each case whether now existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired.

 “Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.

Article 9 Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.

Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.

Claiming Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Collateral means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.

 “Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Commodity Intermediary” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Contributing Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Controlled Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957(a) of the Code.

Copyright License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.

Copyrights means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor:  (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country), including those listed on Schedule III.

Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

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 “Deposit Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Electronic Chattel Paper” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Entitlement Holder” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC.

Entitlement Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC.

Equipment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

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.

Federal Securities Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04.

Financial Asset” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC.

General Intangibles has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC including, without limitation, all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Grantor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including all rights and interests in partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other unincorporated entities, corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Hedging Agreements and other agreements), all Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

Grantors means Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Guarantors means Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.

Instrument” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

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Intellectual Property means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual and similar property of any Grantor of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, whether arising under United States, state, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.

Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Investment Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

Letter-of-Credit Right” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

License means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense agreement to which any Grantor is a party, including those listed on Schedule III.

New York UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Obligations means (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral, and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any of the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations

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of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.

Patent License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

Patents means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor:  (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (or any successor or any similar offices in any other country), including those listed on Schedule III, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

Perfection Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by two Financial Officers.

Pledged Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Pledged Debt Securities has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Pledged Securities means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

Pledged Stock has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Proceeds has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all Secured Hedging Obligations.

Secured Parties means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Agent, (c) any Issuing Bank, (d) each counterparty to any Hedging Agreement with a Loan Party that either (i) is in effect on the Closing Date if such counterparty is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or (ii) is entered into after the Closing Date if such

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counterparty is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement is entered into, (e) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (f) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing and (g) all former Lenders, Agents, Issuing Banks or counterparties to the extent that any Obligations owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons were Lenders, Agents, Issuing Banks or Counterparties and such Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full.

Securities Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8-501 of the New York UCC.

Securities Intermediary” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC.

Security” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC.

Security Interest has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.

Subsidiary Guarantors means (a) the Subsidiaries identified on Schedule I and (b) each other Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Guarantor after the Closing Date.

Trademark License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

Trademarks means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor:  (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (or any successor office) or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule III, (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby and (c) all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.

ARTICLE II

Guarantee

SECTION 2.01. Guarantee. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a

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surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that the Secured Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Secured Obligation. Each of the Guarantors waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Secured Obligations or to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of the Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other person.

SECTION 2.03. No Limitations, Etc. (a)  Except for termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 7.15, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Secured Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of any security held by the Agent or any other Secured Party for the Secured Obligations or any of them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Secured Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations). Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the Agent to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in its sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Secured Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Secured

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Obligations. The Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Secured Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Secured Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.

SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement. Each of the Guarantors agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or otherwise.

SECTION 2.05. Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Secured Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Secured Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI.

SECTION 2.06. Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Loan Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Secured Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

ARTICLE III

Pledge of Securities

SECTION 3.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security

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interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) Equity Interests owned by it and listed on Schedule II and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and the certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Stock”); provided, however, that the Pledged Stock shall not include more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary; (b)(i) the debt securities listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II, (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to such Grantor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing such debt securities (the “Pledged Debt Securities”); (c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.01; (d) subject to Section 3.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; (e) subject to Section 3.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and (f) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (a)  Each Grantor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent any and all Pledged Securities.

(b) Each Grantor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by any person in an amount that exceeds $500,000 that is evidenced by a duly executed promissory note to be pledged and delivered to the Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Agent. Without limiting the foregoing, all promissory notes in favor of any Grantor shall be delivered to the Agent promptly after request of the Agent.

(c) Upon delivery to the Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule II and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

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SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Grantors jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) Schedule II correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by such Pledged Stock and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes owned by such Grantor; provided, however, that no more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary is required to be listed;

(b) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II as owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than Liens created by this Agreement or as permitted by the Credit Agreement and transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and (iv) subject to Section 3.06, will cause any and all Pledged Collateral, whether for value paid by the Grantor or otherwise, to be forthwith deposited with the Agent and pledged or assigned hereunder;

(c) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral (other than Pledged Collateral representing less than all of the Equity Interests of a person) is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(d) each of the Grantors (i) has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated and (ii) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Liens created by this Agreement or as permitted by the Credit Agreement), however arising, of all persons whomsoever;

(e) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge of the Pledged Collateral effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect and except with respect to Pledged Collateral in the form of Equity Interests in joint ventures);

(f) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Agent in accordance

 

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with this Agreement, the Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected first priority lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations; and

(g) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.

SECTION 3.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company Interests and Limited Partnership Interests. Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged hereunder shall be represented by a certificate, shall be a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC.

SECTION 3.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Agent. Each Grantor will promptly give to the Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor. The Agent shall at all times have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.

SECTION 3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc. (a)  Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Agent shall have given the Grantors at least two Business Days’ notice of its intent to exercise its rights under this Agreement (which notice shall be deemed to have been given immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to Holdings or the Borrower under paragraph (f) or (g) of Article VII of the Credit Agreement):

(i)    Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose not in violation with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(ii)   The Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as a Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii)  Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that

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such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable laws; provided, however, that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). This paragraph (iii) shall not apply to dividends between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors only of property subject to a perfected security interest under this Agreement; provided that the Borrower notifies the Agent in writing, specifically referring to this Section 3.06 at the time of such dividend and takes any actions the Agent reasonably specifies to ensure the continuance of its perfected security interest in such property under this Agreement.

(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Agent shall have notified (or shall be deemed to have notified) the Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Agent in an account to be established by the Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the applicable Grantor or Grantors have delivered to the Agent certificates to that effect, the Agent shall, promptly after all such Events of Default have been cured or waived, repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.

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(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Agent shall have notified (or shall be deemed to have notified) the Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights.

(d) Any notice given by the Agent to the Grantors exercising its rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 3.06 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

ARTICLE IV

Security Interests in Personal Property

SECTION 4.01. Security Interest. (a)  As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”), in all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):

(i)    all Accounts;
(ii)    all Chattel Paper;
(iii)    all Commercial Tort Claims;
(iv)    all Documents;
(v)    all Equipment;
(vi)    all General Intangibles;
(vii)    all Instruments;

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(viii)    all Inventory;
(ix)    all Investment Property;
(x)    all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xi)    all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xii)    to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Article 9 Collateral shall not include any of the following assets now owned or hereafter acquired which would otherwise be included in the Article 9 Collateral:
(i) any vehicle covered by a certificate of title or ownership,
(ii) any real property held by the Borrower or any Guarantor as a lessee under a lease,
(iii) assets sold to a person which is not a Grantor in compliance with the Credit Agreement,
(iv) assets owned by a Guarantor after the release of the guarantee of such Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.15,
(v) assets subject to a Lien permitted by clauses (g), (h), (i) and (r) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” set forth in the Credit Agreement and
(vi) assets which contain a valid and enforceable prohibition on the creation of a security interest therein so long as such prohibition remains in effect and is valid and effective notwithstanding Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 and 9-409 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; provided that, upon the reasonable request of the Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause any applicable Grantor to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or eliminated such provision.
(vii) any property excluded from the definition of Pledged Collateral by virtue of the proviso to Section 3.01 hereof,
(viii)  any Letter of Credit Rights to the extent any Grantor is required by applicable law to apply the proceeds of a drawing of such Letter of Credit for a specified purpose and to a person that is not a Grantor,
(ix) any asset of a Controlled Foreign Subsidiary (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.956-2(c)(2) or any successor provision thereto) or a subsidiary of a Controlled Foreign Subsidiary,

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(x)  any application for a Trademark registration filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act (“Intent to Use Application”) prior to the filing with and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a Statement of Use (as described in Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act) or an Amendment to Allege Use (as described in Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act), and
(xi) deposit accounts.

(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Article 9 Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including  (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Agent promptly upon request.

Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Agent to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.

The Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Agent as secured party.

(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties. The Grantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Agent and the Secured Parties that:

(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.

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(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein (including (x) the exact legal name of each Grantor and (y) the jurisdiction of organization or formation of each Grantor) is materially correct and complete as of the Closing Date. Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral have been prepared by the Agent based upon the information provided to the Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 2 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Agent after the Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Sections  5.11 of the Credit Agreement, which are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights) that are necessary as of the Closing Date to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements. Each Grantor represents and warrants that a fully executed agreement in the form hereof and containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property with respect to United States Patents and United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending) and United States registered Copyrights have been delivered to the Agent for recording by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §261, 15 U.S.C. §1060 or 17 U.S.C. §205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other necessary jurisdiction, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the date hereof).

(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(b) and

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except for Commercial Tort Claims in an amount less than or equal to $500,000, a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of this Agreement with the United States Copyright Office. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement. On the date hereof, none of the Grantors hold any Commercial Tort Claim in an amount greater than $500,000 except as indicated on the Perfection Certificate.

SECTION 4.03. Covenants. (a)  Intentionally Omitted.

(b) Subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents, each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all actions it deems necessary in the prudent conduct of the business of such Grantor (to be determined in Grantor’s reasonable discretion) to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Agent in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement.

(c) Each Grantor agrees that it shall not change such Grantor’s name, corporate structure (e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise), type of organization or jurisdiction of organization unless it shall have (i) notified the Agent in writing at least twenty (20) days prior to any such change or establishment, identifying such new proposed name, corporate structure or jurisdiction of organization and providing such other information in connection therewith as the Agent may reasonably request and (ii) taken all actions necessary or advisable to maintain the

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continuous validity, perfection and the same or better priority of the Agent’s Security Interest in the Collateral intended to be granted and agreed to hereby.

(d) Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Agent may from time to time request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and Taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable to any Grantor under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument in excess of $500,000, such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Agent.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby authorizes the Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Grantors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule III or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may, in the Agent’s judgment, constitute Copyrights, Licenses, Patents or Trademarks; provided that any Grantor shall have the right, exercisable within 10 days after it has been notified by the Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral, to advise the Agent in writing of any material inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Grantor hereunder with respect to such Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it will use its best efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct in all material respects with respect to such Collateral within 30 days after the date it has been notified by the Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral.

(e) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

(f) At its option, the Agent may discharge past due Taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred by the Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of

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any Grantor with respect to Taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.

(g) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other person to secure payment and performance of an Account in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Agent. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other person granting the security interest.

(h) As between each Grantor, the Agent and the Secured Parties, each Grantor shall remain liable to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

(i) None of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as expressly permitted by Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral, except as expressly permitted by Sections 6.03 and 6.07 of the Credit Agreement.

(j) None of the Grantors will, without the Agent’s prior written consent, grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts, compromises, compoundings or settlements granted or made in good faith in the prudent conduct of the business of such Grantor.

(k) The Grantors, at their own expense, shall maintain or cause to be maintained insurance covering physical loss or damage to the Inventory and Equipment in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required hereby or under the Credit Agreement or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions

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with respect thereto as the Agent deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Agent in connection with this paragraph, including attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Grantors to the Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.

(l) Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 4.04. Other Actions. In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Agent to enforce, the Agent’s security interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Agent may from time to time specify.

(b) Intentionally Omitted.

(c) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article III, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Agent may from time to time specify. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Agent thereof and, at the Agent’s request and option, within ninety (90) days of the date of the Agent’s request, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, either (a) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (b) arrange for the Agent to become the registered owner of the securities. If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other Investment Property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee through a Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Agent thereof and, at the Agent’s request and option, within ninety (90) days of the date of the Agent’s request, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, either (a) cause such Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, as the case may be, to agree to comply with Entitlement Orders or other instructions from the Agent to such Securities Intermediary as to such securities or other Investment Property, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Agent to such Commodity Intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (b) in the case of Financial Assets (as governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC) or other Investment Property held through a Securities Intermediary, arrange for the Agent

 

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to become the Entitlement Holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Agent shall not give any such Entitlement Orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal rights would occur. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any Financial Assets credited to a Securities Account for which the Agent is the Securities Intermediary.

(d) Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If any Grantor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any Electronic Chattel Paper or any Atransferable record,@ as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent thereof and, at the request of the Agent, shall take such action as the Agent may request to vest in the Agent control under New York UCC Section 9-105 of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. The Agent agrees with such Grantor that the Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures satisfactory to the Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in the Agent’s loss of control, for the Grantor to make alterations to the Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted under UCC Section 9-105 or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Grantor with respect to such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.

(e) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent thereof and, at the request and option of the Agent, such Grantor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to the Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit or (ii) arrange for the Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with the Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit are to be paid to the applicable Grantor unless an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.

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thereof in a writing signed by such Grantor including a summary description of such claim and grant to the Agent in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

SECTION 4.05. Covenants regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. (a)  Each Grantor agrees that it will not, and will not permit any of its licensees to, do any act, or omit do to any act, whereby any Patent that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, may become invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall continue to mark any products covered by a Patent with the relevant patent number as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable patent laws.

(b) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each Trademark material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of Federal or foreign registration to the extent necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such Trademark in violation of any third party rights.

(c) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) will, for each work covered by a Copyright that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable copyright laws.

(d) Each Grantor shall notify the Agent immediately if it knows or has reason to know that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, may become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same.

(e) In no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (or for the registration of any Trademark or Copyright) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, with respect to any of the same which is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, unless it promptly informs the Agent, and, upon request of the Agent, executes and delivers any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent may request to evidence the

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Agent’s security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and each Grantor hereby appoints the Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable.

(f) Each Grantor will take all necessary steps that it deems appropriate under the circumstances and are consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application relating to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and to maintain each issued Patent and each registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if consistent with good business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.

(g) In the event that any Grantor knows or has reason to believe that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has been or is about to be infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor promptly shall notify the Agent and shall, if consistent with good business judgment, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as are appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Article 9 Collateral. Such Grantor may discontinue or settle any such suit or other action if the Grantor deems such discontinuance or settlement to be appropriate in its reasonable business judgment.

(h) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall, at the request of the Agent, use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such Grantor’s right, title and interest thereunder to the Agent or its designee.

ARTICLE V

Remedies

SECTION 5.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times:  (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Agent, or to license or sublicense,

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whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained), and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Agent shall deem appropriate. The Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and the Grantors hereby waive (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

The Agent shall give the applicable Grantors 10 days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section, any

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Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds. The Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection, sale, foreclosure or other realization upon any Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:

FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Agent (in its capacity as such hereunder or under any other Loan Document) in connection with such collection, sale, foreclosure or realization or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the Secured Obligations, including all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any Grantor and any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

SECOND, to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the amounts of the Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

THIRD, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

The Agent shall have absolute discretion (as between the Secured Parties and the Grantors) as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt

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of the Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

SECTION 5.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Article at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. The use of such license by the Agent shall be exercised, at the option of the Agent, only upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided, however, that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.

SECTION 5.04. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal Securities Laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Agent if the Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable “blue sky” or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Collateral, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with such number of purchasers as the Agent determines to be reasonable to effect such sale. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under

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the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Agent sells.

ARTICLE VI

Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination

SECTION 6.01. Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6.03), the Borrower agrees that (a) in the event a payment shall be made by any Guarantor under this Agreement, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (b) in the event any assets of any Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Collateral Document to satisfy in whole or in part a claim of any Secured Party, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.

SECTION 6.02. Contribution and Subrogation. Each Guarantor (a “Contributing Guarantor”) agrees (subject to Section 6.03) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor hereunder in respect of any Secured Obligation or assets of any other Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Collateral Document to satisfy any Secured Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Guarantor (the “Claiming Guarantor”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 6.01, the Contributing Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as the case may be, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Guarantor on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.16, the date of the Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor under Section 6.01 to the extent of such payment.

SECTION 6.03. Subordination. (a)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 6.01 and 6.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

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(b) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary obligations owed by it to the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement.

SECTION 7.03. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under any Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or the aggregate L/C Exposure does not equal zero and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.

SECTION 7.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Loan Party when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Loan Party shall have been delivered to the Agent and a counterpart hereof shall

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have been executed on behalf of the Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Loan Party and the Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Loan Party, the Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Loan Party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Loan Party without the approval of any other Loan Party and without affecting the obligations of any other Loan Party hereunder.

SECTION 7.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 7.06. Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a)  The parties hereto agree that the Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Agent and the other Indemnitees against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related out of pocket expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Collateral Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor and shall bear interest at the rate specified in Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement.

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SECTION 7.07. Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Agent as the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts Receivable to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 7.08. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7.09. Waivers; Amendment. (a)  No failure or delay by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be

 

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effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 7.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.10.

SECTION 7.11. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 7.04. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

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SECTION 7.13. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 7.14. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a)  Each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America, sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the Loan Parties agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b) Each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section. Each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) Each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of the Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 7.15. Termination or Release. (a)  This Agreement, the Guarantees, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate when all the Obligations (other than wholly contingent indemnification obligations) then due and owing have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the aggregate L/C Exposure has been reduced to zero and the Issuing Bank has no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement.

(b) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

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(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any person that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor, or, upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released and the Agent will confirm such release in writing promptly after written request therefor.

(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, the Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent. Without limiting the provisions of Section 7.06, the Borrower shall reimburse the Agent upon demand for all costs and out of pocket expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, incurred by it in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 7.15.

SECTION 7.16. Additional Grantors. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, each Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party that was not in existence or not a Subsidiary on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter in this Agreement as a Subsidiary Guarantor upon becoming such a Subsidiary. Upon execution and delivery by the Agent and a Domestic Subsidiary of a supplement in the form of Exhibit A hereto, such Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Loan Party hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Loan Party as a party to this Agreement.

SECTION 7.17. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Grantor against any and all of the obligations of such Grantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

TRANSDIGM INC.

 

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

 

ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

 

AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

 

CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.

 

CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

 

DAC REALTY CORP.

 

MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

 

SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

 

ZMP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ Gregory Rufus

 

 

 

Name: Gregory Rufus

 

 

 

Title: Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 

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CREDIT SUISSE, as Agent,

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ CASSANDRA DROOGAN

 

 

 

Name:

Cassandra Droogan

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ SHAHEEN MALIK

 

 

 

Name:

Shaheen Malik

 

 

 

Title:

Associate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule I to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

Name of Subsidiary

 

 

 

Jurisdiction of Organization

 

Form of Organization

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

 

California

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Avionic Instruments Inc.

 

California

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Sweeney Engineering Corp.

 

California

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

ZMP, Inc.

 

California

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Champion Aerospace Inc.

 

Delaware

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Christie Electric Corp.

 

Delaware

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

MarathonNorco Aerospace, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Skurka Aerospace Inc.

 

Delaware

 

Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

DAC Realty Corp.

 

New Jersey

 

Corporation

 

36




 

Schedule II to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Issuer

 

 

Number of
Certificate

 

Registered Owner

 

Number and
Class of
Equity Interest

 

Percentage
Of Equity Interests

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

 

1

 

ZMP, Inc.

 

50,000 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

Avionic Instruments Inc.

 

71

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

17,696,598.9475 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

Champion Aerospace Inc.

 

1

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

1,000 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

Christie Electric Corp.

 

3

 

Marathon Power Technologies Company

 

22,928 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

DAC Realty Corp.

 

8

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

100 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

Marathon Power Technologies Company

 

24

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

32,925 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

Marathon Power Technologies Limited

 

3

 

Marathon Power Technologies Company

 

65,000 Ordinary Shares, par value £1.00 per share

 

65%

Skurka Aerospace Inc.

 

1

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

100 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

Sweeney Engineering Corp.

 

16

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

702,700 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

TransDigm Inc.

 

1

 

TransDigm Holding Company

 

100 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

ZMP, Inc.

 

1

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

1,000 shares of Common Stock

 

100%

DEBT SECURITIES

 

Issuer

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

Date of Note

 

Maturity Date

Champion Aerospace Inc. (in
favor of TransDigm Inc.)

 

$160,000,000

 

May 31, 2001

 

May 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TransDigm Holding Company  (in
favor of TransDigm Inc. as
successor by merger to TD
Finance Corporation)

 

$749,925,329.03

 

July 22, 2003

 

N/A; Demand Promissory Note

 

 

37




 

Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

1




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

2




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

 

3




PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

4




 

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

5




 

PATENTS OWNED BY TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

6




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED

U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

None.

7




 

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY DAC REALTY CORP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

8




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF DAC REALTY CORP.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

9




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

10




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF DAC REALTY CORP.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

11




 

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

12




 

PATENTS OWNED BY DAC REALTY CORP.

U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

13




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY DAC REALTY CORP.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

None.

 

14




Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

15




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

16




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

17




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

18




 

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

19




 

PATENTS OWNED BY SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

20




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

Trade Names

Skurka Engineering Co.

 

21




 

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY TRANSDIGM INC.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

22




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF TRANSDIGM INC.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

None.

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

23




 

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

24




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF TRANSDIGM INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

Pursuant to an Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2001 (the “License Agreement”), between Honeywell Intellectual Properties Inc., Honeywell International Inc. (as Licensor) and TransDigm Inc. (as Licensee), Licensor granted to Licensee a license relating to those patents and applications for patents in the world, subject to any export controls that may be imposed by the government of the United States, which cover Licensed Products (as defined in the License Agreement) and/or Support (as defined in the License Agreement) and which were at the time of the License Agreement or thereafter owned by Licensor; any and all continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional, reissue, renewal and extension, and other patents and patent applications, and reexamination certificates, that claim in whole or in part the benefit of the filing date of any of the foregoing; and any and all counterpart foreign patents and patent applications of any of the foregoing.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

All non-U.S. patents included in the License Agreement above.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

25




C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

26




 

PATENTS OWNED BY TRANSDIGM INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

 

 

Patent Numbers

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

5,973,903

 

October 26, 1999

5,975,119

 

November 2, 1999

6,314,830*

 

November 13, 2001

6,484,605

 

November 26, 2002

6,677,844

 

January 14, 2004

6,729,368

 

May 4, 2004

6,837,262

 

January 4, 2005

6,971,682

 

December 6, 2005


*                    Recorded assignment from inventor to TransDigm Inc. is missing.

U.S. Patent Applications

 

Application Numbers

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

10/505,756

 

August 26, 2004

10/727,508

 

December 5, 2003

10/728,832

 

December 8, 2003

10/935,149

 

September 8, 2004

11/061,742

 

February 22, 2005

11/065,293

 

December 2, 2005

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

 

Country

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

 

 

Patent No.

 

CA

 

September 28, 1982

 

1132430

CA

 

June 10, 1986

 

1205722

CA

 

March 9, 1993

 

1314193

DE

 

July 6, 1978

 

2460225

FR

 

June 19, 1992

 

2640347

JP

 

October 20, 1989

 

8927188389

EP

 

August 13, 1999

 

1104503

CA

 

February 14, 2006

 

2340347

 

27




 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

 

Country

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

 

 

Application No.

 

AU

 

August 13, 1999

 

9,955,516

CA

 

November 10, 1992

 

130995

CA

 

February 8, 2003

 

2,447,989

DE

 

March 9, 1993

 

3927694

DE

 

February 28, 2003

 

10392125.7

EP

 

January 3, 1984

 

114597

EP

 

April 13, 2004

 

04759414.8

FR

 

April 1, 1994

 

2607872

JP

 

August 12, 1999

 

2002522719

JP

 

August 13, 1999

 

565307/00

PCT

 

February 22, 2005

 

US 05/05486

PCT

 

October 6, 2005

 

US 05/094126

PCT

 

December 28, 2005

 

US 05/06070

 

28




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY TRANSDIGM INC.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

 

Mark

 

 

 

Reg. Date

 

 

 

Reg. No.

 

ADEL

 

February 9, 1982

 

1,189,110

WIGGINS

 

May 3, 1983

 

1,236,043

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

 

Country

 

 

 

Mark

 

 

 

Reg. Date

 

 

 

Reg. No.

 

Australia

 

WIGGINS

 

January 27, 1982

 

370,922

South Africa

 

WIGGINS

 

June 16, 1981

 

B81/4151

South Africa

 

WIGGINS

 

December 8, 1981

 

B81/9465

South Africa

 

WIGGINS

 

December 8, 1981

 

B81/9466

Chile

 

WIGGINS

 

August 16, 2002

 

639340

United Kingdom

 

WIG-O-FLEX

 

January 4, 1976

 

737,800

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications
None.

Trade Names

 

 

Trade Names

 

 

 

 

 

Adel Wiggins

 

 

 

 

Wiggins Service Systems

 

 

 

 

Wiggins Connectors

 

 

 

 

Adel Fasteners

 

 

 

 

Wiggins Fast Fuel Systems

 

 

 

 

AeroControlex

 

 

 

 

Fluid Regulators

 

 

 

 

Controlex

 

 

 

 

29




Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

 

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

Title

 

Reg. No.

 

Author

Faucets

 

TX-260-690

 

Adams Rite Products, Inc.

 

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

30




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

31




 

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

32




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

33




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

34




 

PATENTS OWNED BY ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

Patent Numbers

 

Issue Date

5,504,950

 

April 9, 1996

D360,680

 

July 25, 1995

6,677,844

 

January 13, 2004

6,902,137

 

June 7, 2005


*                    Expired

U.S. Patent Applications

Application Numbers

 

Filing Date

11/049,929

 

February 4, 2005

 

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

35




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

 

Trade Names

Adams Rite Products

Adams Rite Sabre International

 

36




Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
CHAMPION  AEROSPACE INC.

 

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

37




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

Licensee Name
and Address

 

Date of License/
Sublicense

 

Issue Date

 

Patent No.

John Driscoll
7800 Netherlands Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606

 

November 29, 1994

 

January 7, 1997

 

5,592,118

John Driscoll
7800 Netherlands Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606

 

November 29, 1994

 

August 12, 1997

 

5,656,966

John Driscoll
7800 Netherlands Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606

 

November 29, 1994

 

December 22, 1998

 

5,852,381

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

38




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

 

39




PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

Licensor Name
and Address

 

Date of
License/
Sublicense

 

Issue Date

 

Patent No.

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.*

 

May 31, 2001

 

June 14, 1988

 

4,751,207

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

January 17, 1995

 

5,381,773

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

May 21, 1996

 

5,518,968

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

July 16, 1996

 

5,535,726

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

October 14, 1997

 

5,677,250

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

November 16, 1999

 

5,985,473

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

August 11, 1992

 

RE34,028


*                    Expiration of patent is in dispute.

U.S. Patent Applications

Licensor Name
and Address

 

Date of
License/
Sublicense

 

Filing Date

 

Application No.

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

Unknown

 

Patent Pending-Iridium
Swaged/Brazed Electrode Assembly

 

Non-U.S. Patents

 

40




 

Country

 

Licensor Name
and Address

 

Date of License/
Sublicense

 

Issue
Date

 

Non-U.S.
Patent No.

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

June 14, 1984

 

537242

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

573008

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

July 20, 1989

 

586761

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8062857

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8065688

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8543814

AU

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8777830

BE

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

887047

CA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1132143

CA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

June 5, 1984

 

1168531

CA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

February 9, 1988

 

1232620

CA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

May 1, 1999

 

1268490

DE

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

December 10, 1998

 

19617794

DE

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

December 2, 1993

 

3787965

DE

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

June 6, 1991

 

3036223

EPO

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

October 27, 1993

 

277178

FR

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2468234

FR

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2566767

FR

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

June 29, 1984

 

8022476

GB

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2309050

GB

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8516124

GB

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9519358

GB

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9621155

IT

       

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1186712

IT

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8049941

 

 

41




 

 

Country

 

Licensor Name
and Address

 

Date of License/
Sublicense

 

Issue
Date

 

Non-U.S.
Patent No.

IT

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8520927

JP

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

February 24, 1992

 

56067187

JP

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

61,017,468

JP

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

92010195

MX

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

March 16, 1983

 

148143

MX

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

155274

MX

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

December 4, 1992

 

165801

MX

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

 

 

196633

MX

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

 

 

961639

NZ

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

August 24, 1984

 

195331

UK

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

April 9, 1997

 

2300449

UK

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

October 26, 1983

 

2060773

UK

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

October 21, 1987

 

GB2160858

UK

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

January 14, 1998

 

GB2294261

UK

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

January 7, 1998

 

GB2309050

VE

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

 

 

44581

ZA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

August 26, 1981

 

8005008

ZA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8007059

 

 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

Country

 

Licensor Name
and Address

 

Date of License/
Sublicense

 

Filing
Date

 

Non-U.S.
Application No.

BR

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

June 21, 1981

 

P18006759

CA

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

March 25, 1996

 

2172585

DK

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

March 29, 1988

 

8801750

IT

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

October 20, 1980

 

1127892

 

 

42




 

 

Country 

 

Licensor Name
and Address

 

Date of License/
Sublicense

 

Filing
Date

 

Non-U.S.
Application No.

JP

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

July 30, 1987

 

1503622

PCT

 

Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.

 

May 31, 2001

 

July 30, 1987

 

WO8800929

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

 

43




PATENTS OWNED BY CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

Patent Numbers

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

4,814,664

 

March 21, 1989

4,978,309

 

December 18, 1990

5,028,346

 

July 2, 1991

5,032,969

 

July 16, 1991

5,082,806

 

January 21, 1992

5,083,932

 

July 11, 1991

5,187,404

 

August 5, 1991

5,283,499

 

February 1, 1994

5,402,637

 

April 4, 1995

5,592,118

 

January 7, 1997

5,654,868

 

August 5, 1997

5,656,966

 

August 12, 1997

5,852,381

 

December 22, 1998

5,981,982*

 

November 9, 1999

5,970,324*

 

October 19, 1999

6,285,008

 

September 4, 2001

6,297,568

 

October 2, 2001

7,001,195

 

February 21, 2006

6,603,216

 

August 5, 2003


*                    Recorded assignment from inventor to Champion Aerospace Inc. is missing.

U.S. Patent Applications

 

 

Application Numbers

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

10/616,105

 

July 9, 2003

 

 

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

Country

 

Filing Date

 

Application No.

AU

 

December 23, 1999

 

200027139

AU

 

January 11, 2001

 

200129352

CN

 

December 23, 1999

 

1332895

EP

 

December 23, 1999

 

1155485

EP

 

January 11, 2001

 

1247317

GB

 

February 22, 1991

 

2241739

GB

 

January 24, 1994

 

2273612

GB

 

January 24, 1994

 

2277212

GB

 

February 22, 1991

 

2277414

WO

 

January 11, 2001

 

200152376

WO

 

December 23, 1999

 

2000039902

 

44




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY CHAMPION AEROSPACE INC.

 

U.S. Trademark Registrations

 

 

Mark

 

Reg. Date

 

Reg. No.

BRINGING POWER TO FLIGHT

 

November 2, 1993

 

1,801,860

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

 

Champion Aviation Products

Champion

Champion Aerospace

Champion Spark Plug

Champion Aviation, Inc.

Wagner Power Supplies

Wagner Lamp Banks

Auburn Igniters

Livingston Leads and Exciters

Champion Aviation Products Division

Federal-Mogul Aviation, Inc.

Federal-Mogul Aviation Products

 

 

45




 

 

Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

46




 

 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

47




C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

48




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

49




U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

50




PATENTS OWNED BY CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

U.S. Patent Registrations

None

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

Country

 

Issue Date

 

Patent No.

AU

 

September 22, 1988

 

8548559

CA

 

September 26, 1989

 

1260058

 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

Country

 

Issue Date

 

Patent No.

EP

 

October 21, 1985

 

181112

JP

 

October 29, 1985

 

61221539

 

 

 

 

 

 

51




TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

Mark

 

Reg. Date

 

Reg. No.

REFLEX

 

June 27, 1972

 

936,522

DIGIFLEX

 

October 4, 1983

 

1,252,763

CASP

 

September 30, 1986

 

1,411,141

CHRISTIE

 

October 27, 1992

 

1,727,289

DATAFX

 

July 29, 1997

 

2,083,649

PROEASE

 

October 9, 2001

 

2,496,591

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

Trade Names
MarathonNorco
Aerospace
Norco, Inc.

 

 

52




Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

53




LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C. Trademarks

54




U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

55




PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

56




None.

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

57




PATENTS OWNED BY MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

 

Patent Numbers

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

5,044,679

 

September 3, 1991

5,191,805

 

March 9, 1993

5,192,098

 

March 9, 1993

5,265,970

 

November 30, 1993

5,364,201

 

November 15, 1994

5,366,313

 

November 22, 1994

5,592,852

 

January 14, 1997

5,680,795

 

October 28, 1997

5,709,127

 

January 20, 1998

5,860,324*

 

January 19, 1999

5,950,997

 

October 28, 1997

6,428,060

 

August 6, 2002


*       Recorded assignment from inventor to MarathonNorco Aerospace, Inc. is missing.

U.S. Patent Applications

 

Application Numbers

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

08/934,602

 

Unknown

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

 

Country

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

 

 

Application No.

 

AU

 

October 19, 1995

 

9540087*

AU

 

July 1, 1996

 

9664048*

WO

 

October 19, 1995

 

9614522*

WO

 

July 1, 1996

 

9702441*


*       Patents being assigned to Marathon Power Technologies Company by Norco, Inc.

58




TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

 

Mark

 

 

 

Reg. Date

 

 

 

Reg. No.

 

BALL REVERSER

 

December 30, 1980

 

1,144,720

NORCO INC. (and Design)

 

May 12, 1981

 

1,153,612

MARATHON

 

April 16, 1985

 

1,330,727

SUPERPOWER

 

July 9, 1985

 

1,347,534

FN (and Design)

 

September 10, 1985

 

1,358,860

FLENNUT

 

October 1, 1996

 

2,004,333

M (and Design)

 

March 5, 2002

 

2,543,727

M MARATHON (and Design)

 

December 2, 2003

 

2,787,789

M MARATHON SUPERPOWER (and Design)

 

December 2, 2003

 

2,787,788

U.S. Trademark Applications

 

Mark

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

 

 

Application No.

 

M Marathon Superpower (and Design)

 

February 2, 1999

 

75/632,368

M Marathon (and Design)

 

February 2, 1999

 

75/632,383

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

 

Country

 

 

 

Mark

 

 

 

Reg. Date

 

 

 

Reg. No.

 

Canada

 

MARATHON

 

September 17, 2001

 

550,881

CTM

 

MARATHON

 

October 9, 2001

 

1,220,789

United Kingdom

 

MARATHON

 

May 4, 1985

 

B1,241,295

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None

 

59




Trade Names

Trade Names

 

MarathonNorco

Aerospace

Norco, Inc.

Marathon Power Technologies Company

 

60




Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ZMP, INC.

 

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY ZMP, INC.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

61




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF ZMP, INC.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

62




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

63




PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF ZMP, INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A. Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B. Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

64




 

C. Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D. Others

None.

65




 

PATENTS OWNED BY ZMP, INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

66




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY ZMP, INC.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

Trade Names
Adams Rite Products
Adams Rite Sabre International

 

 

 

67




Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

 

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

 

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

 

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

 

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

68




LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A.  Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B.  Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

 

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

C.  Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

69




 

None.

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

D.  Others

None.

 

70




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A.  Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

 

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B.  Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

 

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

C.  Trademarks

71




 

U.S. Trademarks

None

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D.  Others

None.

72




 

PATENTS OWNED BY AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

U.S. Patent Registrations

Patent Numbers

 

 

 

Issue Date

 

5,444,357

 

August 22, 1995

5,424,933

 

June 13, 1995

6,388,393

 

May 14, 2002

5,831,838

 

November 3, 1998

6,144,193

 

November 7, 2000

6,256,213

 

July 3, 2001

6,282,111

 

August 28, 2001

6,742,626

 

June 1, 2004

6,612,402

 

September 2, 2003

6,464,459

 

October 15, 2002

 

U.S. Patent Applications

Application Numbers

 

 

 

Filing Date

 

08 558,643, continuation of 08 340,281 (as it
relates to patent no. 6,388,393 below)

 

November 27, 1996, continuation of filing made
November 16, 1994

10/233,710*

 

August 19, 2002


*       Applied for under the name of Lewis Illingworth

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

73




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

Mark

 

 

 

Reg. Date

 

 

 

Reg. No.

 

AEROSPACE FOR INDUSTRY

 

November 17, 1998

 

2,204,172

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

State Trademark Registrations

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

 

Trade Names

REA International

 

74




 

Schedule III to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.

 

U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

 

Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

 

Non-U.S. Copyright Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Pending Copyright Applications for Registration

None.

 

75




 

LICENSES

PART 1

LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.
AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF

A.  Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

 

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

 

B.  Patents

 

U.S. Patents

None.

 

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

76




 

C.  Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

D.  Others

None.

 

77




 

PART 2

LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.
AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF

A.  Copyrights

U.S. Copyrights

None.

 

Non-U.S. Copyrights

None.

B.  Patents

U.S. Patents

None.

 

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patents

None.

 

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

78




 

C.  Trademarks

U.S. Trademarks

None.

 

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademarks

None.

 

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

D.  Others

None.

79




 

PATENTS OWNED BY SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.

U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

U.S. Patent Applications

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Patent Applications

None.

80




 

TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY SWEENEY ENGINEERING CORP.

U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

State Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Registrations

None.

Non-U.S. Trademark Applications

None.

Trade Names

None.

81




 

Exhibit A to the
Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement

SUPPLEMENT NO. [      ] dated as of [      ], to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006  (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among TRANSDIGM INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule I thereto (each such subsidiary individually a “SubsidiaryGuarantor” and collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”; the Subsidiary Guarantors, Holdings and the Borrower are referred to collectively herein as the “Grantors”) and CREDIT SUISSE as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined herein).

A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006  (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, each subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the lenders named therein (the “Lenders”), and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Lenders.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement referred to therein, as applicable.

C. The Grantors have entered into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit. Section 7.16 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provides that additional Domestic Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties may become Subsidiary Guarantors and Grantors under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Grantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.

Accordingly, the Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 7.16 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Grantor and Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and Subsidiary Guarantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor and Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor and Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), does hereby create and grant to the Agent,

 




 

its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Grantor” or a “Subsidiary Guarantor” in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Subsidiary and the Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of the location of any and all Collateral of the New Subsidiary and (b) set forth under its signature hereto, is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and the location of its chief executive office.

SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 7.01 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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All communications and notices hereunder to the New Subsidiary shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature below.

SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY],

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Address:

 

Legal Name:

 

Jurisdiction of Formation:

 

Location of Chief Executive Office:

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE, as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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Schedule I to

Supplement No.     to the

Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

 

 

LOCATION OF COLLATERAL

Description

 

 

Location

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JURISDICTION OF FORMATION

 




 

Schedule II to

Supplement No.   
to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement

Pledged Securities of the New Subsidiary

CAPITAL STOCK

Issuer

 

 

 

Number of
Certificate

 

Registered
Owner

 

Number and
Class of
Equity Interests

 

Percentage of
Equity Interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEBT SECURITIES

Issuer

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

Date of Note

 

Maturity Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 




 

Exhibit B to

Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

 

 

FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006  (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among TransDigm Inc. (the “Borrower”), a Delaware corporation, TransDigm Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the Lenders and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacities, the “Agent”) and (b) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of June 23, 2006  among the Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiaries identified therein (the “Guarantors”) and the Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement or the Collateral Documents referred to therein, as applicable.

The undersigned, a Financial Officer and general counsel, respectively, of the Borrower, hereby certify to the Agent and each other Secured Party as follows:

1. Names. (a)  The exact legal name of each Grantor, as such name appears in its respective certificate of formation, is as follows:

(b) Set forth below is each other legal name each Grantor has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change:

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, no Grantor has changed its identity or corporate structure in any way within the past five years. Changes in identity or corporate structure would include mergers, consolidations and acquisitions, as well as any change in the form, nature or jurisdiction of organization. If any such change has occurred, include in Schedule 1 the information required by Sections 1 and 2 of this certificate as to each acquiree or constituent party to a merger or consolidation.

(d) The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar appellations) used by each Grantor or any of its divisions or other business units in connection with the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties at any time during the past five years:

(e) Set forth below is the Organizational Identification Number, if any, issued by the jurisdiction of formation of each Grantor that is a registered organization:

2. Current Locations. (a)  The chief executive office of each Grantor is located at the address set forth opposite its name below:

 

Grantor

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

 

 

County

 

 

 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are all locations where such Grantor maintains any books or records relating to any Accounts Receivable (with each location at which chattel paper, if any, is kept being indicated by an “*”):

 




 

 

Grantor

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

 

 

County

 

 

 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) The jurisdiction of formation of each Grantor that is a registered organization is set forth opposite its name below:

 

Grantor:

 

 

 

Jurisdiction:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are all the locations where such Grantor maintains any Equipment or other Collateral not identified above:

 

Grantor

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

 

 

County

 

 

 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are all the places of business of such Grantor not identified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above:

 

Grantor

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

 

 

County

 

 

 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(f) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are the names and addresses of all Persons other than such Grantor that have possession of any of the Collateral of such Grantor:

 

Grantor

 

 

 

Mailing Address

 

 

 

County

 

 

 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Unusual Transactions. All Accounts have been originated by the Grantors and all Inventory has been acquired by the Grantors in the ordinary course of business.

4. File Search Reports. File search reports have been obtained from each Uniform Commercial Code filing office identified with respect to such Grantor in Section 2 hereof, and such search reports reflect no liens against any of the Collateral other than those permitted under the Credit Agreement.

5. UCC Filings. Financing statements in substantially the form of Schedule 5 hereto have been prepared for filing in the proper Uniform Commercial Code filing office in the jurisdiction in which each Grantor is located and, to the extent any of the collateral is comprised of fixtures, timber to be cut or as extracted collateral from the wellhead or minehead, in the proper local jurisdiction, in each case as set forth with respect to such Grantor in Section 2 hereof.

6. Schedule of Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a schedule setting forth, with respect to the filings described in Section 5 above, each filing and the filing office in which such filing is to be made.

 

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7. Stock Ownership and other Equity Interests. Attached hereto as Schedule 7 is a true and correct list of all the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity interest of the Borrower and each Subsidiary and the record and beneficial owners of such stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests. Also set forth on Schedule 7 is each equity investment of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that represents 50% or less of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made.

8. Debt Instruments. Attached hereto as Schedule 8 is a true and correct list of all promissory notes and other evidence of indebtedness held by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that are required to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, including all applicable intercompany notes between Holdings and each Subsidiary of Holdings and each Subsidiary of Holdings and each other such Subsidiary.

9. Advances. Attached hereto as Schedule 9 is (a) a true and correct list of all advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary of the Borrower or made by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than those identified on Schedule 8), which advances are on the date hereof evidenced by one or more intercompany notes pledged to the Agent pursuant to the requirements of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (b) a true and correct list of all unpaid intercompany transfers of goods sold and delivered by or to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.

10. Intellectual Property. Attached hereto as Schedule 10(A) in proper form for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a schedule setting forth all of each Grantor’s Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademark registrations and applications, and Trademark Licenses, including, in each case,  the name of the registered owner, the registration number and the expiration date of each Patent and Trademark owned by any Grantor. Attached hereto as Schedule 10(B) in proper form for filing with the United States Copyright Office is a schedule setting forth all of each Grantor’s registered Copyright registrations and applications and Copyright Licenses, including, in each case, the name of the registered owner, the registration number and the expiration date of each Copyright owned by any Grantor.

11. Mortgage Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 11 is a schedule setting forth, with respect to each mortgaged property, (a) the exact name of the person who owns such property as such name appears in its certificate of incorporation or other organizational document, (b) if different from the name identified pursuant to clause (a), the exact name of the current record owner of such property reflected in the records of the filing office for such property identified pursuant to the following clause and (c) the filing office in which a mortgage with respect to such property must be filed or recorded in order for the Agent to obtain a perfected security interest therein.

12. Commercial Tort Claims. Attached hereto as Schedule 12 is a true and correct list of commercial tort claims in excess of $500,000 held by any Grantor, including a brief description thereof.

 

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13. Transmitting Utility. Attached hereto as Schedule 13 is a true and correct list of each Grantor that is a Transmitting Utility within the meaning of Section 9-102(a) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this certificate on this 23rd day of June, 2006.

TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED,

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

TRANSDIGM INC.,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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EX-10.4 5 a06-14465_2ex10d4.htm EX-10

EXECUTION COPY

FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO THE INDENTURE

AMONG

TRANSDIGM INC.,

THE GUARANTORS SIGNATORY HERETO

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee


 

FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE


 

Dated as of June 22, 2006

to

Indenture

Dated as of July 22, 2003

8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011

 




THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 22, 2006 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), is entered into by and among TransDigm Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors defined and parties to the Indenture (as defined below) and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors defined therein and parties thereto and the Trustee have entered into that certain Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2003 (the “Original Indenture” and, such Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented pursuant to the terms of (i) the First Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture, dated as of October 9, 2003, among the Issuer, the Guarantors defined therein and parties thereto and the Trustee, (ii) the Second Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2005, among the Issuer, the Guarantors defined therein and parties thereto and the Trustee, (iii) the Third Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture, dated as of May 24, 2005, among the Issuer, the Guarantors defined therein and parties thereto and the Trustee and (iv) the Fourth Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2005, among the Issuer, the Guarantors defined therein and partied thereto and the Trustee, is hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 of the Issuer (the Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer issued originally $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes;

WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that the Indenture may be amended with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for, or purchase of, the Notes), subject to certain exceptions;

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires and has requested, pursuant to the terms of a written request, dated as of the date hereof, delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee in connection with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, that the Trustee join with it in entering into this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of amending the Indenture in certain respects as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been authorized by the Board of Directors of the Issuer pursuant to a Board Resolution; and

WHEREAS, (1) the Issuer has received the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes and has satisfied all other conditions precedent, if any, provided under the Indenture to enable the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee to enter into this Supplemental Indenture, all as certified by an Officers’ Certificate, delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by Sections 9.06 and 13.04 of the Indenture, and (2) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture an Opinion of Counsel relating to this Supplemental Indenture as contemplated by Sections 9.06 and 13.04 of the Indenture.

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, each party hereby agrees, for the benefit of the others and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1.           Deletion of Definitions and Related References. Section 1.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended to delete in their entirety all terms and their respective definitions for which all references are eliminated in the Indenture as a result of the amendments set forth in Article II of this Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE II.

AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE

Section 2.1.           Amendments to the Indenture. The Indenture is hereby amended by:

(i)            deleting the following sections of the Indenture and all references thereto in the Indenture in their entirety:

Section 4.03 (Reports)
Section 4.04 (Compliance Certificates)
Section 4.07 (Restricted Payments)
Section 4.08 (Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries)
Section 4.09 (Incurrence of Indebtedness)
Section 4.10 (Asset Sales)
Section 4.11 (Transactions with Affiliates)
Section 4.12 (Liens)
Section 4.13 (Conduct of Business)
Section 4.15 (Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control)
Section 4.16 (No Senior Subordinated Debt)
Section 4.17 (Additional Guarantees)
Section 4.18 (Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries)
Sections 5.01(ii) and 5.01(iii) (Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets)
Sections 8.04(b), 8.04(c), 8.04(d), 8.04(e) and 8.04(f) (Certain Conditions to Legal Defeasance)
Sections 11.06(a)(2) and 11.06(b)(2) (Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms); and

(ii)           deleting the following events of default and all references thereto in the Indenture in their entirety: (x) Section 6.01(c) (failure to comply with certain covenants); (y) Section 6.01(d) (failure to pay or acceleration of certain other indebtedness); and (z) Section 6.01(e) (failure to pay certain judgments).

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ARTICLE III.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 3.1.           Indenture. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound by the Indenture, as amended hereby. Subject to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, in the case of conflict between the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

Section 3.2.           Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 3.3.           Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

Section 3.4.           Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3.5.           Trustee Makes No Representations. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Issuer and the Guarantors and not those of the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

Section 3.6.           Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.

Section 3.7.           Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 3.8.           Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement.

Section 3.9.           Successors. All agreements of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors.

Section 3.10.        Effectiveness. This Supplemental Indenture shall become operative and effective upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by all parties thereto,

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provided that the provisions set forth in Articles I and II of this Supplemental Indenture shall not become operative and effective until such time as the Trustee shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Issuer has accepted for purchase, in connection with the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation in respect of the Notes commenced by the Issuer on May 25, 2006, a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture.

Section 3.11.        Endorsement and Change of Form of Notes. Any Notes authenticated and delivered after the close of business on the date hereof may (but need not) have affixed thereto, or be, stamped, imprinted or otherwise legended by the Trustee with, a notation as follows:

“Effective as of the date on which the provisions set forth in Article I and Article II of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture become effective (determined in accordance with Section 3.10 of such Fifth Supplemental Indenture), the restrictive covenants of the Indenture and certain of the Events of Default shall be eliminated, as provided in the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 22, 2006. Reference is hereby made to said Fifth Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are on file with the Trustee, for a description of the amendments made therein.”

Section 3.12.        Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year written above.

TRANSDIGM INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

TRANSDIGM HOLDING COMPANY

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

TD FINANCE CORPORATION

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

ADAMS RITE AEROSPACE, INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

ZMP, INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

MARATHONNORCO AEROSPACE, INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

CHRISTIE ELECTRIC CORP.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

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CHAMPION AEROSPACE, INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

AVIONIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

DAC REALTY CORP.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

SKURKA AEROSPACE INC.

By:          /s/ W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Name: W. Nicholas Howley
                                                                                                                Title: Chief Executive Officer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By:          /s/ Van K. Brown
                                                                                                                Name: Van K. Brown
                                                                                                                Title: Vice President

 

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EX-10.5 6 a06-14465_2ex10d5.htm EX-10

EXECUTION COPY

$275,000,000

TransDigm Inc.

7¾%  Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

June 20, 2006

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC (“Banc of America”)
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC (“
Credit Suisse”)
  
As representatives of the several initial purchasers

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Nine West 57
th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019

and

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

1. TransDigm Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Purchasers”) U.S.$275,000,000 principal amount of its 7¾%  Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Offered Securities”) to be issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”) to be entered into among the Company, TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TD Group”), the subsidiaries of the Company to be named therein (TD Group and such subsidiaries being referred to herein collectively as the “Guarantors”) and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is herein referred to as the “Securities Act.”

The holders of the Offered Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into on the Closing Date (as defined herein) among the Company, the Guarantors and Banc of America and Credit Suisse, as representatives of the several Purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Company shall agree to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) registering the resale of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act.

Simultaneously with the purchase, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities, the Company or TD Group, as applicable, will (i) accept for purchase and purchase all of the issued and outstanding 83¤8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 of the Company (the “83¤8% Senior Subordinated Notes”) and accept all consents delivered in connection therewith with respect to the amendments to the indenture governing such notes to eliminate the restrictive covenants and certain event of default provisions contained therein, in each case that have been validly tendered or delivered, as the case may be, and not withdrawn upon the Closing Date (the offer to purchase the 83¤8% Senior Subordinated Notes, together with the consent solicitation being referred to collectively herein as the “Tender Offer”), (ii) repay in full any and all amounts borrowed

 




 

pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of April 1, 2004, as amended as of November 10, 2005, among the Company, TransDigm Holding Company, the lenders thereto and Credit Suisse, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, (iii) enter into a new credit agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) among the Company, TD Group, each subsidiary of the Company from time to time party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse as administrative agent and collateral agent, whereby the lenders party thereto agree to extend credit in the form of term loans in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $650,000,000 and revolving loans, swingline loans and letters of credit in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $150,000,000 and (iv) pay a dividend to TransDigm Holding Company, which in turn will pay a dividend to TD Group, which in turn will use all such proceeds to repay in full any and all amounts borrowed by it pursuant to the terms of that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2005, by and among TD Group, Banc of America Bridge LLC, as administrative agent, and the lenders and other agents named therein.

The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree with the Purchasers as follows:

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the Purchasers that:

(a)  A preliminary offering circular (the “Preliminary Offering Circular”) relating to the Offered Securities to be offered by the Purchasers and a final offering circular (the “Final Offering Circular”) disclosing the offering price and other final terms of the Offered Securities and dated as of the date of this Agreement (even if finalized and issued subsequent to the date of this Agreement) have been or will be prepared by the Company. “General Disclosure Package” means the Preliminary Offering Circular, together with any Issuer Free Writing Communication (as hereinafter defined) existing at the Applicable Time (as hereinafter defined) and the information which is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B to this Agreement (including the term sheet listing the final terms of the Offered Securities and their offering, included in Schedule C to this Agreement, which is referred to as the “Terms Communication”). “Applicable Time” means 5:45 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, the Final Offering Circular does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Supplemental Marketing Material (as hereinafter defined), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through Banc of America specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

“Free Writing Communication” means a written communication (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered Securities and is made by means other than the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular. “Issuer Free Writing Communication” means a Free Writing Communication prepared by or on behalf of the Company, used or referred to by the Company or containing a description of the final terms of the Offered Securities or of their offering, in the form retained in the Company’s records. “Supplemental Marketing Material” means any Issuer Free Writing Communication other than any Issuer Free Writing Communication specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.

 

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(b)  Each of the Company and TD Group has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).

(c)  Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects, except for liens, encumbrances or defects on the capital stock of the subsidiaries (direct and indirect) of the Company granted in favor of the lenders under or related to the Credit Agreement or granted in favor of the lenders under or related to the New Credit Agreement.

(d)  The Indenture has been duly authorized; the Offered Securities have been duly authorized; and when the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this letter agreement (this “Agreement”) on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered, such Offered Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, will be consistent in all material respects with the information in the General Disclosure Package and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Final Offering Circular and the Indenture, and such Offered Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

(e) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or the Guarantors, on the one hand, and any person, on the other hand, that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment.

(f)  No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation by the Company or the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or the Registration Rights Agreement, except for the order of the Commission declaring effective the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, if required, the Shelf Registration Statement (each as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

(g)  The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and this Agreement by the Company and the Guarantors, the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the transactions herein contemplated and transactions contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (1) any statute or any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency

 

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or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, TD Group or any subsidiary of TD Group or any of their properties, (2) assuming that the Financing Transaction (as defined in the Preliminary Offering Circular) has been consummated, any agreement or instrument to which the Company, TD Group or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company, TD Group or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, TD Group or any such subsidiary is subject or (3) the charter or by-laws of the Company, TD Group or any such subsidiary, except in the case of clauses (1) and (2), for breaches, violations and defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.

(h)  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.

(i) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors and, upon its execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors, will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except that (1) the enforcement thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and (2) any rights to indemnity or contribution thereunder may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy considerations.

(j)  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, TD Group and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material real properties and all other material properties and material assets owned by them, in each case, and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, TD Group and their subsidiaries hold any material leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

(k)  The Company, TD Group and their subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and have not received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(l)  No labor dispute with the employees of the Company, TD Group or any subsidiary thereof exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(m)  The Company, TD Group and their subsidiaries own, possess (including by license or other agreement) or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or presently employed by them, and have not received any written notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights that, if determined adversely to the Company, TD Group or any of their subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(n)  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company, nor TD Group, nor any of their subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the Company’s knowledge, there are no pending investigations which could reasonably be expected to lead to such a claim.

(o)  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, TD Group, any of their subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture, this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; to the Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened against the Company, TD Group any of their subsidiaries or any of their respective properties.

(p)  The financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package present fairly in all material respects the financial position of TD Group (or, if applicable, TransDigm Holding Company) and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis.

(q)  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of TD Group and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by TD Group on any class of its capital stock.

(r) TD Group is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ( the “Exchange Act”), and files reports with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

(s) Neither the Company nor TD Group is an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”); and neither the Company nor TD Group is and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor TD Group will be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(t)  TD Group maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 (e) under the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to TD Group and its subsidiaries is made known to TD Group’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities.

 

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(u)  No securities of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act) as the Offered Securities are listed on any national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.

(v)  The offer and sale of the Offered Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by reason of Section 4(2) thereof, Regulation D thereunder and Regulation S thereunder; and it is not necessary to qualify an indenture in respect of the Offered Securities under the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

(w)  Except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (i) has, within the six-month period prior to the date hereof, offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. person (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) the Offered Securities or any security of the same class or series as the Offered Securities or (ii) has offered or will offer or sell the Offered Securities (A) in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act or (B) with respect to any such securities sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S, by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S. The Company, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf have complied in all material respects and will comply in all material respects with the offering restriction requirements of Regulation S. The Company has not entered into and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities, except for this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor any Guarantor makes any representation or warranty pursuant to this clause (v) with respect to any actions taken by the Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Closing Date, the Company agrees to sell to the several Purchasers, and each such Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 98% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from June 23, 2006 to the Closing Date, the principal amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule A hereto.

The Company will deliver against payment of the purchase price the Offered Securities in the form of one or more permanent global certificates in definitive form (the “Global Securities”) deposited with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Interests in any permanent Global Securities will be held only in book-entry form through DTC, except in the limited circumstances described in the Final Offering Circular. Payment for the Offered Securities shall be made by the Purchasers in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account specified by the Company in writing to Banc of America, with such payment being made on June 23, 2006, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as Banc of America and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”, against delivery to the Trustee as custodian for DTC of the Global Securities representing all of the Offered Securities purchased pursuant to the terms hereof. The Global Securities will be made available for checking at the office of  Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, New York at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.

4. Representations by Purchasers; Resale by Purchasers. (a)   Each Purchaser severally represents and warrants to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

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for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Each Purchaser severally represents and agrees that it has offered and sold the Offered Securities, and will offer and sell the Offered Securities (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”). Accordingly, neither such Purchaser nor its affiliates, nor any persons acting on its or their behalf, have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offered Securities, and such Purchaser, its affiliates and all persons acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restriction requirements of Regulation S. Each Purchaser severally agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of sale of the Offered Securities, other than a sale pursuant to Rule 144A, such Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases the Offered Securities from it during the restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date of the commencement of the offering and the closing date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”

Terms used in this subsection (b) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

(c)  Each Purchaser severally agrees that it and each of its affiliates has not entered into and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities except for any such arrangements with the other Purchaser or affiliates of the other Purchaser or with the prior written consent of the Company.

(d)  Each Purchaser severally agrees that it and each of its affiliates will not offer or sell the Offered Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising. Each Purchaser severally agrees, with respect to resales made in reliance on Rule 144A of any of the Offered Securities, to deliver either with the confirmation of such resale or otherwise prior to settlement of such resale a notice to the effect that the resale of such Offered Securities has been made in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.

(e) Each of the Purchasers severally represents and agrees that (i) it has not offered or sold and prior to the expiry of a period of six months from the Closing Date, will not offer or sell any Offered Securities to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995; (ii) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Offered Securities in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or any Guarantor;

 

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and (iii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Offered Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom

5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and, as applicable, the Guarantors agree with the Purchasers that:

(a)  The Company will advise Banc of America promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without Banc of America’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If, at any time prior to the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers, there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular, any document included within the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at such time, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any such time to amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular, any document included within the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material, the Company promptly will notify Banc of America of such event and promptly will prepare, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission. Neither Banc of America’s consent to, nor the Purchasers’ delivery to offerees or investors of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7. This subsection does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular, any document included within the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through Banc of America specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(b)  The Company will furnish to Banc of America copies of the Preliminary Offering Circular, each other document comprising a part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular, all amendments and supplements to such documents and each item of Supplemental Marketing Material, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as Banc of America may reasonably request, and the Company will furnish to Banc of America on the date hereof three copies of each of the foregoing documents, one of which in the case of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular will include the independent accountants’ reports manually signed by such independent accountants. At any time when neither the Company nor  TD Group is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to Banc of America and, upon request of holders and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, to such holders and purchasers, copies of the information required to be delivered to holders and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) in order to permit compliance with Rule 144A in connection with resales by such holders of the Offered Securities. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Purchasers all such documents.

(c)  The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as Banc of America may reasonably designate and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so

 

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qualified as of the date hereof or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject as of the date hereof.

(d)  During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company will, upon request, furnish to Banc of America and Credit Suisse and any holder of Offered Securities a copy of the restrictions on transfer applicable to the Offered Securities.

(e)  During the period of two years after the Closing Date, neither TD Group, nor the Company nor the Guarantors will, and will permit any of their subsidiaries to resell any of the Offered Securities that have been reacquired by any of them.

(f)  During the period of two years after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will be or become, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.

(g)  The Company will pay all expenses incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, including (i) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its professional advisers; (ii) all expenses incurred by it in connection with the execution, issuance, authentication, packaging and initial delivery of the Offered Securities and, as applicable, the Exchange Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the preparation and printing of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Securities, the Indenture, the Preliminary Offering Circular, any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular, all amendments and supplements thereto, each item of Supplemental Marketing Material and any other document relating to the issuance, offer, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities and, as applicable, the Exchange Securities; (iii) the cost of qualifying the Offered Securities for trading in The PortalSM Market (“PORTAL”) and any reasonable expenses incidental thereto; (iv) the cost of any advertising approved by the Company in connection with the issue of the Offered Securities; (v) for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Company in connection with the qualification of the Offered Securities or the Exchange Securities for sale under the laws of such states in the United States and Canada as Banc of America may reasonably designate (subject to the other terms set forth in this Agreement) and the printing of memoranda relating thereto; (vi) any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Securities or the Exchange Securities; and (vii) any expenses incurred in distributing to the Purchasers the Preliminary Offering Circular, any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular (including any amendments and supplements thereto) and any Supplemental Marketing Material. The Company will also pay or reimburse the Purchasers (to the extent incurred by them) for all reasonable travel expenses of the Purchasers and the Company’s officers and employees and any other reasonable expenses of the Purchasers and the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities.

(h)  In connection with the offering, until Banc of America shall have notified the Company of the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities, none of TD Group, the Company or any of its subsidiaries has or will, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase for any account in which TD Group, the Company or any of its subsidiaries has a beneficial interest any Offered Securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Offered Securities; and neither TD Group, the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will make bids or purchases for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the price of, the Offered Securities.

(i)  Simultaneously with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, TD Finance Corporation will merge with and into the Company, and the Company will be the surviving entity of such merger. In addition, on or prior to the second business day following

 

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the Closing Date, TransDigm Holding Company shall be merged with and into the Company, and the Company will be the surviving entity of such merger and, if for any reason such merger does not become effective on or prior to the second business day following the Closing Date, then TransDigm Holding Company shall execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to the Indenture, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Banc of America, pursuant to which it shall agree to become a guarantor under the terms of the Indenture for all purposes thereof.

(j)  In conjunction with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Tender Offer shall have been consummated and the Company, the guarantors and the trustee party to the indenture governing the 83¤8% Senior Subordinated Notes (the “Existing Indenture”) shall have entered into a supplemental indenture to the Existing Indenture implementing the terms of the consent solicitation undertaken in connection with the Tender Offer.

6. Free Writing Communications. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of Banc of America, and Banc of America represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Communication.

(b)  The Company consents to the use by any Purchaser of a Free Writing Communication that (i) contains only (A) information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering or (B) information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in the Terms Communication (which Terms Communication constitutes a Free Writing Communication) or is included in or is subsequently included in the Final Offering Circular or (ii) does not contain any material information about the Company or its securities that was provided by or on behalf of the Company, it being understood and agreed that any such Free Writing Communication referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Communication for purposes of this Agreement.

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchasers.  The obligations of the several Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance, in all material respects, by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a)  The Purchasers shall have received a letter, dated the date of this Agreement, of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder (“Rules and Regulations”) and to the effect that in their opinion the financial statements examined by them and included in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related published Rules and Regulations.

(b) The Purchasers shall have also received a letter, dated the date of this Agreement, of Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations and to the effect that:

(i)  in their opinion the financial statements examined by them and included in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related published Rules and Regulations;

 

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(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim financial information as described in Statement of Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited financial statements included in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular;

(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of TD Group, inquiries of officials of TD Group who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

(A)  (x) the unaudited financial statements included in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related published Rules and Regulations or (y) any material modifications should be made to such unaudited financial statements for them to be in conformity with GAAP;

 (B) the unaudited consolidated net sales, net operating income and net income amounts for the 26-week periods ended April 1, 2006 and April 2, 2005 included in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular do not agree with the amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements for those same periods or were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited statements of income;

(C) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of this Agreement, (i) there was any change in the capital stock or any increase in short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of TD Group and its consolidated subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants, there was any decrease in consolidated net current assets or net assets, as compared with amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the Final Offering Circular; or

(D) for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement included in the Final Offering Circular to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and with the period of corresponding length ended the date of the latest income statement included in the Final Offering Circular, in consolidated net sales, net operating income, or in the ratio of earnings to fixed charges;

except in all cases set forth in clauses (B), (C) and (D) above for changes, increases or decreases which are described in such letter; and

(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular, each other document comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular and each item of Supplemental Marketing Material (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of TD Group and its subsidiaries subject to the internal

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controls of TD Group’s accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.

(c)  Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of Banc of America and Credit Suisse, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook, except in each case for any of the foregoing relating solely to any 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes that are not tendered in connection with the Tender Offer; (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the reasonable judgment of Banc of America and Credit Suisse, be likely to prejudice materially the success of the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of TD Group on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States or, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of Banc of America and Credit Suisse, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.

(d)  The Purchasers shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Baker & Hostetler LLP or other local counsel to the Company, as applicable, substantially to the effect that:

(i)  Each of the Company and TD Group has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware , with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, except where the failure to have such power and authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each of the Company and TD Group is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the jurisdictions, if any, listed on a schedule to such opinion;

(ii) Each subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule D hereto has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, except where the failure to have such power and authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the jurisdictions listed on a schedule to such opinion; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such subsidiary

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of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of each such subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is, to the knowledge of such counsel, owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects, except for liens, encumbrances and defects on the capital stock of the subsidiaries (direct and indirect) of the Company granted in favor of the lenders under or related to the Credit Agreement or granted in favor of the lenders under or related to the New Credit Agreement.

(iii)                The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; the Offered Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, are consistent in all material respects with the information in the General Disclosure Package and conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Final Offering Circular; and the Indenture and the Offered Securities constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;

(iv)               No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities by the Company, except such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws except for the order of the Commission declaring effective the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, if required, the Shelf Registration Statement or where the failure to obtain or make any of the foregoing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(v) To our knowledge, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against the Company, TD Group, any of their subsidiaries or any of their respective properties in any New York or Federal court that, would individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities;

(vi)               The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (1) any Federal or New York statute or any rule, regulation or order, in each case known to such counsel to be customarily applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any order, judgment or decree specifically naming the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any such subsidiary or any of their properties, (2) any agreement or instrument to which the Company, TD Group or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject and which is listed on Schedule E hereto, or (3) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such subsidiary, except in the case of clauses (1) and (2), for breaches, violations and defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

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(vii)              Such counsel have no reason to believe that the Final Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; such counsel have no reason to believe that the documents specified in a schedule to such counsel’s letter, consisting of those included in the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, when considered together with the information set forth in the schedules to this Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial statements, related schedules and other financial and accounting information contained in the General Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Circular;

(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors;

(ix)                The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and will be enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except that (1) the enforcement thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and (2) any rights to indemnity or contribution thereunder may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy considerations

(ix)                It is not necessary in connection with (i) the offer, sale and delivery of the—Offered Securities by the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) the resales of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, to register the Offered Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify an indenture in respect thereof under the Trust Indenture Act.

(e)  The Purchasers shall have received from Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Offered Securities, the Final Offering Circular and the General Disclosure Package, the exemption from registration for the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company to the Purchasers and the resales by the Purchasers as contemplated hereby and other related matters as Banc of America and Credit Suisse may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(f)     The Purchasers shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and that, subsequent to the  date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.

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              (g) The Purchasers shall have received letters, dated the Closing Date, of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP and Ernst & Young LLP which meet the requirements of subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of this Section, except that the specified dates referred to in such subsections will be a date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.

The Company will furnish the Purchasers with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Purchasers reasonably request. Banc of America may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Purchasers compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Purchasers hereunder.

8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a)  The Company and the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, its officers, partners, members, directors and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act 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 any material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, in each case as amended or supplemented, or any Issuer Free Writing Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and will reimburse each Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through Banc of America specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) Each Purchaser will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, their directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act 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 any material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, in each case as amended or supplemented, or any Issuer Free Writing Communication or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser through Banc of America specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the Guarantors in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Purchaser consists of the following information in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular furnished on behalf of each Purchaser: under the caption “Plan of Distribution” paragraphs 5, 8 and 9; provided, however, that the Purchasers shall not be liable for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based upon the Company’s or the Guarantors’ failure to perform their obligations under Section 5(a) of this Agreement.

(c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 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 subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may

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have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any such action or claim effected without its consent, unless such indemnifying party has failed, upon request by the indemnified party pursuant to this Section 8, to reimburse the indemnified party for legal expenses due pursuant to this Section 8 within thirty days of such request.

(d)  If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company compared to the total discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers from the Company under this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. 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 the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities purchased by it were resold exceeds the amount of any damages which such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Purchasers’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint.

(e)  The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or the Guarantors may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; and the obligations of the Purchasers under this Section shall be in

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addition to any liability which the respective Purchasers may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

9. Default of Purchasers. If any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligations to purchase—Offered Securities hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities that such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total—principal amount—of Offered Securities, Banc of America and Credit Suisse may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Purchasers, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Purchasers shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase. If any Purchaser or Purchasers so default and the aggregate—principal amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities and arrangements satisfactory to Banc of America and Credit Suisse and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term “Purchaser” includes any person substituted for a Purchaser under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 7(c), the Company will reimburse the Purchasers for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.

11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Purchasers will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Purchasers, c/o Banc of America Securities LLC, Nine West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Legal Department, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 1301 East 9th Street, Suite 3710, Cleveland, OH 44114, Attention: Chief Financial Officer; provided, however, that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Purchaser.

12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder, except that holders of Offered Securities shall be entitled to enforce the agreements for their benefit contained in the second and third sentences of Section 5(b) hereof against the Company as if such holders were parties thereto.

13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

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14. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

 (a) the Purchasers have been retained solely to act as initial purchasers in connection with the initial purchase, offering and resale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Purchasers has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, irrespective of whether any Purchaser has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;

 (b)  the purchase price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Purchasers and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 (c) the Company has been advised that the Purchasers and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Purchasers have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

 (d) the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Purchasers for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Purchasers shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

The Company and the Purchasers hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Purchasers’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Purchasers in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TransDigm Group Incorporated

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avionic Instruments Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skurka Aerospace Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAC Realty Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Champion Aerospace Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MarathonNorco Aerospace Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZMP, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christie Electric Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweeney Engineering Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory Rufus

 

 

 

Name: Gregory Rufus

 

 

 

Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

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The foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John McCusker

 

 

 

Name: John McCusker

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward L. Neuburg

 

 

 

Name: Edward L. Neuburg

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

Acting on behalf of themselves

and as the Representatives of

the several Purchasers

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Purchaser

 

 

Principal Amount of
Offered Securities

 

Banc of America Securities LLC.

 

$

130,625,000

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

 

130,625,000

 

 

 

 

 

UBS Investment Bank

 

6,875,000

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital

 

6,875,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

275,000,000

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

1-  Terms Communication attached as Schedule C hereto.

 

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SCHEDULE C

$275,000,000

TransDigm Inc.

7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

June 20, 2006

Pricing Supplement dated June 20, 2006 to Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated June 19, 2006 of TransDigm Inc. (“TransDigm”)

This Pricing Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

The information in this Pricing Supplement supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and are being offered only (1) to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (2) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Principal Amount:

 

$275,000,000

Title of Securities:

 

7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

Final Maturity Date:

 

July 15, 2014

Issue Price:

 

100%, plus accrued interest, if any

Coupon:

 

7 ¾%

Interest Payment Dates:

 

January 15 and July 15

First Interest Payment Date:

 

January 15, 2007

Optional Redemption:

 

On or after July 15, 2009, TransDigm may redeem all or a part of the notes 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, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 15 of the years indicated below:

 

 

 

Year

 

Price

2009

 

105.813%

2010

 

103.875%

2011

 

101.938%

2012 and thereafter

 

100.000%

 

At any time prior to July 15, 2009, the TransDigm may redeem all or a part of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to the registered address of each Holder of Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the ‘‘Redemption Date’’), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

 

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‘‘Applicable Premium’’ means, with respect to any Notes on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

(2) the excess, if any, of: (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at July 15, 2009, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through July 15, 2009 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

 

Optional Redemption with
Equity Proceeds:

 

At any time prior to July 15, 2009, TransDigm may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.750% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

 

 

 

Initial Purchasers:

 

Principal Amount of Notes

Banc of America Securities LLC

 

$130,625,000

Credit Suisse

 

130,625,000

UBS Securities LLC

 

6,875,000

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

6,875,000

 

 

 

Trade Date:

 

June 20, 2006

Settlement Date:

 

June 23, 2006 (T+ 3)

Distribution:

 

144A and Regulation S with registration rights as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum

 

 

 

Use of Proceeds:

 

The net proceeds from this offering will be used, together with the initial borrowings under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility and a portion of TransDigm’s existing cash balances, to repay the entire $288.4 million of principal amount outstanding under the Existing Senior Secured Credit Facility, to repay the entire $200 million of principal amount outstanding under the TD Group Loan Facility, to purchase all of the $400 million of aggregate principal amount of TransDigm’s 8 ⅜% Senior Subordinated Notes that are tendered in connection with the tender offer that was commenced in connection with this offering, to pay accrued and unpaid interest on all such indebtedness and to pay all premiums and transaction expenses associated with this transaction.

 

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SCHEDULE D

LIST OF CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES

Name of Subsidiary

 

State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation

 

 

 

MarathonNorco Aerospace, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

 

ZMP, Inc.

 

California

 

 

 

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

 

California

 

 

 

Champion Aerospace Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

 

Christie Electric Corp.

 

California

 

 

 

Avionic Instruments, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

 

Skurka Aerospace Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

 

DAC Realty Corp.

 

New Jersey

 

 

 

Sweeney Engineering Corp.

 

California

 

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SCHEDULE E

LIST OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS

1.                  Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2003, by and among TD Holding Corporation, Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., the other institutional investors whose names and addresses are set forth on Schedule I thereto and the employees of TransDigm Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries whose names and addresses are set forth on Schedule II thereto.

2.                  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2003, among the institutional investors whose names and addresses are set forth on Schedule I thereto, the employees of TransDigm Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries whose names and addresses are set forth on Schedule II thereto and TD Holding Corporation.

3.                  Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2003, by and among TD Holding Corporation, TransDigm Holding Company, TransDigm Inc. and such direct and indirect subsidiaries of TD Holding Corporation that are listed on Exhibit A thereto.

4.                  Standard Industrial/Commercial Single-Tenant Lease — Net, dated as of December 31, 2004, between VHEM, LLC, d/b/a H&M Properties, and Skurka Aerospace Inc.

5.                    Guaranty of Lease, dated as of December 31, 2004, by TransDigm Inc. in favor of VHEM, LLC, d/b/a H&M Properties.

 

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EX-10.6 7 a06-14465_2ex10d6.htm EX-10

Execution Copy

$275,000,000

TRANSDIGM INC.

7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

June 23, 2006

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC (“Banc of America”)
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC (“
Credit Suisse”)
  
As representatives of the several initial purchasers

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Nine West 57
th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019

and

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

TransDigm Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers  (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”) listed on Schedule A to a purchase agreement, dated as of June 20, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”), upon the terms set forth in such Purchase Agreement, $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7¾% Senior Subordinated Notes (the “Initial Securities”) to be unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by  TransDigm Group Incorporated and the subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on Schedule I hereto (such subsidiaries and TransDigm Group Incorporated are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Guarantors,” and the Guarantors together with the Issuer are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Company”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees




with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively the “Holders”), as follows:

1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and, not later than 180 days (or if the 180th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) after the date of original issue of the Initial Securities (the “Issue Date”), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, an equal aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the “Exchange Securities”) of the Issuer issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities and the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) that would be registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within 270 days (or if the 270th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) after the Issue Date and shall keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”).

If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the commencement thereof provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer.

As soon as practicable after the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof) electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States.

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The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities (an “Exchanging Dealer”), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.

If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, an equal principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects (including the existence of restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of the United States, but excluding provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) to the Initial Securities (the “Private Exchange Securities”). The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the “Securities”.

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In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

(a)  mail, or cause to be mailed, 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;

(b)  keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;

(c)  utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;

(d)  permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

(e)  otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.

As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:

(x)  accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;

(y)  deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for exchange; and

(z)  cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter.

 

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Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial Securities.

Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company, that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer 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 Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 310 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered

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Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange and any such Holder so requests, the Company shall take the following actions:

(a)  The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 60 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 2) file with the Commission and thereafter shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a “Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”), it being agreed that in the case the Company is filing a Shelf Registration Statement due to (x) the occurrence of the events specified in clause (i) of this Section 2, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective on or prior to the 270th day after the Issue Date or (y) the occurrence of the events specified in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 2, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective on or prior to the 60th day after the date on which the Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed; provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

(b)  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the Issue Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof). The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law.

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(c)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:

(a)  The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and in Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of

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counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section 3(d) and (f), the names of the Holders, who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as selling securityholders.

(b)  The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):

(i)  when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(ii)  of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;

(iii)  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, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Commission Rule 405.

(iv)  of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

(v)  of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of

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the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

(c)  The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

(d)  The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers, make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Commission Rule 405.

(e)  The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests in writing, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder so requests, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).

(f)  The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request in writing. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

(g)  The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such

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other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

(h)  Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified as of the date hereof or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject as of the date hereof..

(i)  The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

(j)  Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section

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2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). During the period during which the Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will prior to the three-year expiration of that Shelf Registration Statement file, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) within a period that avoids any interruption in the ability of Holders of Securities covered by the expiring Shelf Registration Statement to make registered dispositions, a new registration statement relating to the Securities, which shall be deemed the “Shelf Registration Statement” for purposes of this Agreement.

(k)  Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

(l)  The Company will comply in all material respects with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earning statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.

(m)  The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

(n)  The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the

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Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

(o)  The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration.

(p)  In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof.

(q)  In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company; the qualification of the Company to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving the Company; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the

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compliance in all material respects, as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, respectively; and (A) as of the date of the opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence, to the knowledge of such counsel, from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference therein and (B) as of an applicable time identified by such Holders or managing underwriters, the absence, to the knowledge of such counsel, from such prospectus taken together with any other documents identified by such Holders or managing underwriters, in the case of (A) and (B), of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof reasonably requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.

(r)  In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 7(a) and (b) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes.

(s)  If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the

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Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

(t)  The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (a) if the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial Securities were not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing underwriters, if any.

(u)  In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “Rules”) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.

(v)  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

4. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred by it in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1 through 3 hereof and shall also pay the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in connection with the Registered

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Exchange Offer, whether or not the Registered Exchange Offer is filed or becomes effective, and, in the event a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered thereby for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.

5. Indemnification. (a)  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Commission Rule 433 (“Issuer FWP”), relating to a Shelf Registration, 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 shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered (including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172) by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not conveyed to

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such person, at or prior to the time of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or supplemented prospectus or, if permitted by Section 3(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders.

(b)  Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.

(c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection  (a) or (b) above. In case any such

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action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d)  If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) 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 party, 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 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 5(d),

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the Holders of the Securities shall not 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 Securities 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. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

(e)  The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a)  Additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iii) below a “Registration Default”:

(i)  If on or prior to December 20, 2006, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not been filed with the Commission;

(ii)  If the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of Section 2(a) above, the Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the Commission on or prior to the 60th day after the date on which the obligation to file such Shelf Registration Statement arises, determined in accordance with the terms of Section 2(a) above;

(iii)  If on or prior to March 20, 2007, neither the Registered Exchange Offer nor, if required in lieu thereof, the Shelf Registration Statement, is declared effective by the Commission;

(iv)  if the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or before the 40th day after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective or, if obligated to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of Section 2(a) above, the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th day after the date of the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement; or

 

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(v)  If after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective; or (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b) immediately below) in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, or (3) such Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a replacement Shelf Registration Statement has become effective.

Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and above the interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of the Initial Securities for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a Registration Default, and such rate will increase by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of the Initial Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.0% per annum.

(b)  A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(v)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such material events; provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured.

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(c)  Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 6(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined on the basis of the number of days that Additional Interest is payable hereunder and on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

(d)  “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Security until (i) the date on which such Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Transfer Restricted Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Transfer Restricted Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

7. Rules 144 and 144A. So long as it is required to do so by the Indenture, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities 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 Initial Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Initial Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Initial Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon written request. Upon the written request of any Holder of Initial Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (“Managing Underwriters”) will be selected by the Holders of a majority in

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aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering.

No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities 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.

9. Miscellaneous.

(a)  Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.

(b)  Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:

(1)  if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company.

(2)  if to the Initial Purchasers;

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
9 West 57th Street
31st Floor
New York, New York 10019
Fax No.: (646) 313-4802
Attention:  Legal Department

with a copy to:

Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10022
Fax No.: (212) 751-4864
Attention: Peter M. Labonski

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(3)    if to the Company:

TransDigm Inc.
1301 East 9
th Street, Suite 3710
Cleveland, OH 44114
Fax No.: (216) 706-2937
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Fax No.: 212-728-9214
Attention: Cristopher Greer

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

(c)  No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

(d)  Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.

(e)  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic image scan), 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. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

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(h)  Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

(i)  Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

TransDigm Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

TransDigm Group Incorporated

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Avionic Instruments Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Skurka Aerospace Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

DAC Realty Corp.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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Champion Aerospace Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

MarathonNorco Aerospace Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

ZMP, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Christie Electric Corp.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Name: W. Nicholas Howley

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Sweeney Engineering Corp.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory Rufus

 

 

Name: Gregory Rufus

 

 

Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

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The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first
above written.

 

Banc of America Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John McCusker

 

 

 

Name: John McCusker

 

 

 

Title:Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward L. Neuburg

 

 

 

Name: Edward L. Neuburg

 

 

 

Title:Director

 

 

Acting on behalf of themselves
and  as representatives of
the Initial Purchasers

 

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ANNEX A

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 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 in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 




 

ANNEX B

 

 

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities 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 Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

 




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ANNEX C

 

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 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 Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until [     ], 20[  ], all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.(1)

The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities 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 or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities 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 Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission 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.

For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company 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 has agreed to pay all of its expenses incident to the Exchange Offer and the reasonable expenses of one counsel for the Holders of the Securities other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.


(1) In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus.




 

 

ANNEX D

 




 

SCHEDULE I

o            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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; 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.




 

Name of Subsidiary

 

State or Jurisdiction of
Incorporation

 

 

 

MarathonNorco Aerospace, Inc.

 

Delaware

ZMP, Inc.

 

California

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

 

California

Champion Aerospace Inc.

 

Delaware

Christie Electric Corp.

 

California

Avionic Instruments, Inc.

 

Delaware

Skurka Aerospace Inc.

 

Delaware

DAC Realty Corp.

 

New Jersey

Sweeney Engineering Corp.

 

California

 

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EX-99.1 8 a06-14465_2ex99d1.htm EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

 

TRANSDIGM PRICES $275 MILLION OF

7 3/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2014

 


 

CLEVELAND, OH (June 20, 2006) — TransDigm Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG), announced today that it has priced a private offering of $275 million of 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”). The sale of the Notes is expected to close on June 23, 2006. The Notes will mature on July 15, 2014 and will be senior unsecured subordinated obligations of TransDigm Inc. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured subordinated basis by TransDigm Group Incorporated, the parent company of TransDigm Inc., and all of TransDigm Inc.’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries (other than certain immaterial domestic subsidiaries). Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually on July 15 and January 15 of each year, commencing on January 15, 2007.

TransDigm intends to use the proceeds from the offering of the Notes, together with the initial borrowings under a new senior secured credit facility that it intends to enter into in connection with the completion of the offering and a portion of its existing cash balances, to repay all of TransDigm Inc.’s outstanding borrowings under its existing senior secured credit facility, to repay all of the outstanding borrowings under a term loan facility under which TransDigm Group Incorporated is the borrower, to purchase all of the $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 of TransDigm Inc. that are tendered and to pay the related consent payment, in each case in connection with TransDigm Inc.’s previously announced tender offer for such notes, to pay all accrued and unpaid interest on all such indebtedness and to pay all premiums and transaction expenses associated therewith.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

 

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements of TransDigm Group Incorporated, the parent of TransDigm Inc., to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the proposed offering of the Notes and the consummation of the related financing transactions, as well as any other statements that are not historical facts in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These include, but are not limited to, general market conditions, whether the conditions to the closing of the offering of the Notes and the related financing transactions are satisfied and other factors detailed in the filings made by TransDigm Group Incorporated and TransDigm Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. Except as required by applicable law, neither TransDigm Group Incorporated nor TransDigm Inc. undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements due to new information or as a result of future events.

 

About TransDigm Group

 

TransDigm Group Incorporated, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including TransDigm Inc., is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. Major product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include ignition systems and components, gear pumps, mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, NiCad batteries/chargers, power conditioning devices, hold-open rods and




 

locking devices, engineered connectors, engineered latches and cockpit security devices, lavatory hardware and components, specialized AC/DC electric motors and specialized valving.

 

CONTACT:

 

Investor Relations
216.706.2945
ir@transdigm.com

 

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EX-99.2 9 a06-14465_2ex99d2.htm EX-99

Exhibit 99.2

 

TRANSDIGM ANNOUNCES COMPLETION

OF REFINANCING

AND RESULTS OF TENDER OFFER AND CONSENT SOLICITATION

 


 

CLEVELAND, OH (June 23, 2006) — TransDigm Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG), announced today the issuance and sale of $275 million in aggregate principal amount of 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, and the borrowing of an aggregate of $650 million under a new senior secured credit facility. The new senior secured credit facility is comprised of a $650 million term loan facility, which has been fully drawn, and a $150 million revolving loan facility, which was not drawn at closing. The proceeds from these transactions, together with a portion of TransDigm’s available cash balances, were used to:

·                          repay all of the indebtedness outstanding, including accrued and unpaid interest, under TransDigm Inc.’s former senior secured credit facility, totaling approximately $288.7 million;

·                          repay all of the indebtedness outstanding, including accrued and unpaid interest, under TransDigm Group’s unsecured loan facility, totaling approximately $202.6 million;

·                          purchase all of TransDigm Inc.’s 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 that were validly tendered in the tender offer referred to below; and

·                          pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with these transactions.

TransDigm Inc. also announced today the results of its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for its 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011. The tender offer and consent solicitation commenced on May 25, 2006, and expired at Midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, June 22, 2006. An aggregate of $399,670,000 in principal amount of notes were tendered in connection with the tender offer, representing approximately 99.9% of the notes. TransDigm Inc. has accepted all tendered notes for payment.

The total consideration paid in respect of notes that were accepted for payment was $1,064.08 per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, which includes a consent payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of the notes. TransDigm Inc. elected to pay the consent payment in respect of all tendered notes, including those notes that were not tendered on or before 5 p.m., New York City time, on June 8, 2006. In addition, TransDigm Inc. paid all accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the payment date for the notes. The aggregate consideration paid by TransDigm Inc. in respect of all notes tendered and for the related consents, including accrued and unpaid interest on such notes, was approximately $440 million, and this payment was financed with a portion of the proceeds from the refinancing transaction.




 

TransDigm’s new 7 ¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements of TransDigm Group Incorporated, the parent of TransDigm Inc., to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the risks affecting TransDigm Group Incorporated and its subsidiaries, please refer to the filings made by TransDigm Group Incorporated and TransDigm Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. Except as required by applicable law, neither TransDigm Group Incorporated nor TransDigm Inc. undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements due to new information or as a result of future events.

About TransDigm Group

TransDigm Group Incorporated, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including TransDigm Inc., is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. Major product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include ignition systems and components, gear pumps, mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, NiCad batteries/chargers, power conditioning devices, hold-open rods and locking devices, engineered connectors, engineered latches and cockpit security devices, lavatory hardware and components, specialized AC/DC electric motors and specialized valving.

CONTACT:

 

Investor Relations
216.706.2945
ir@transdigm.com

 

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