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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2009
Registration No. 333-_
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
Co-registrants are listed on the following pages.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   20-1780492
(State or other jurisdiction of in or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
West8 Tower, Suite 1000   Mark F. Mai
10205 Westheimer Rd.   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Houston, Texas 77042   West8 Tower, Suite 1000
(713) 354-6100   10205 Westheimer Rd.
(Address, including zip code, and   Houston, Texas 77042
telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s   (713) 354-6100
principal executive offices)   (Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
Beau Stark
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1801 California Street, Suite 4200
Denver, CO 80202-2642
(303) 298-5922
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following
box. þ
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. þ
If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ    Accelerated filer o    Non-accelerated filer   o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                         
 
  Title of each class of     Amount to be     Amount of  
  securities to be registered     registered     registration fee  
 
Debt Securities, Preferred Stock (par value $.01 per share), Depositary Shares, Common Stock (par value $.01 per share), Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units (2)
      (1 )       (1 )  
 
Guarantees of Debt Securities by direct and indirect subsidiaries of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (3)(4)
             
 
Units comprising one or more classes of securities above
             
 
(1)   An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), Dresser-Rand Group Inc. is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.
 
(2)   Includes an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be issued upon conversion of preferred stock, debt securities or units, which are being registered, an indeterminate amount or number of debt securities and shares of common stock and preferred stock that may be issued upon exercise of warrants, which are being registered, and an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be issued upon settlement of stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units, which are being registered.
 
(3)   Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate fee for the guarantees is payable.
 
(4)   See the following page for a list of the subsidiary guarantors.
 
 

 


 

The following direct and indirect subsidiaries of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. may guarantee the debt securities issued hereunder and are co-registrants under this registration statement. The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, for each of the co-registrants is c/o Dresser-Rand Group Inc., West8 Tower, Suite 1000, 10205 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas 77042, (713) 354-6100.
         
    Jurisdiction of    
    Incorporation or   I.R.S. Employer
Name of Co-Registrant   Organization   Identification No.
Dresser-Rand LLC
  Delaware   20-2216392
Dresser-Rand Power LLC
  Delaware   74-1716222
Dresser-Rand Company
  New York   20-1897619
Dresser-Rand Global Services, Inc.
  Delaware   22-3845135
D-R Steam LLC
  Delaware   20-3384295
 EX-4.3
 EX-5.1
 EX-12.1
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PROSPECTUS
Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
Debt Securities
Preferred Stock
Depositary Shares
Common Stock
Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts
Stock Purchase Units
Guarantees of Debt Securities
Units of these Securities
 
We will provide specific terms of the securities subject to this registration statement or any amendment thereto in supplements to this prospectus at the time we or any selling securityholders offer or sell any of these securities. This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.
Investing in these securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 1 of this prospectus, in the applicable prospectus supplement we will deliver with this prospectus and in the documents incorporated herein and therein by reference.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DRC.”
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representation that is different from, or in addition to, the information contained in this prospectus or any documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If anyone provides you with different, additional or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus, or the information contained in any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus, is accurate as of any date other than the date of each such document, unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.
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The distribution of this prospectus may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. You should inform yourself about and observe any of these restrictions. This prospectus does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer or solicitation.
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms the “Company,” “we” and “our” refer to Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
          Some of the statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may be construed as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenue or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, business trends and other information that is not historical information. When used in this prospectus, the words “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends” and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Although we believe that such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. These factors, risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following:
    the economic recession and the volatility and disruption of the credit markets;
 
    economic or industry downturns;
 
    our inability to implement our business strategy to increase our aftermarket parts and services revenue;
 
    our inability to generate cash and access capital on reasonable terms;
 
    competition in our markets;
 
    the variability of bookings due to volatile market conditions, subjectivity clients exercise in placing orders, and timing of large orders;
 
    failure to integrate our acquisitions, or achieve the expected benefits from any future acquisitions;
 
    economic, political, currency and other risks associated with our international sales and operations;
 
    fluctuations in currency values and exchange rates;
 
    loss of our senior management or other key personnel;
 
    environmental compliance costs and liabilities;
 
    failure to maintain safety performance acceptable to our clients;
 
    failure to negotiate new collective bargaining agreements;
 
    unexpected product claims or regulations;
 
    infringement of our intellectual property rights or our infringement of others’ intellectual property rights;
 
    our pension expenses and funding requirements; and
 
    other factors described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
          We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. However, any further disclosures made on related subjects in subsequent documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus should be consulted. Additional information
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about issues that could lead to material changes in performance and risk factors that have the potential to affect us is contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, and September 30, 2009, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are filed with the SEC. See “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” as well as the applicable prospectus supplement.
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RISK FACTORS
          Investing in our securities involves risks. Our business is influenced by many factors that are difficult to predict and beyond our control and that involve uncertainties that may materially affect our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows, or the value of these securities. These risks and uncertainties include those described in the risk factor and other sections of the documents that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties incorporated by reference in this prospectus are not the only risks and uncertainties we may confront. Moreover, risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or currently deemed immaterial by us may also adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows, or the value of the securities. Subsequent prospectus supplements may contain a discussion of additional risks applicable to an investment in us and the particular type of securities offered under the prospectus supplements. You should carefully consider all of the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement before you invest in our securities.
THE COMPANY
          We are among the largest global suppliers of custom-engineered rotating equipment solutions for long-life, critical applications in the oil, gas, petrochemical and process industries. We have two reportable segments which are based on the engineering and production processes, and the products and services we provide: (1) new units and (2) aftermarket parts and services. Our product offering range is used for applications that include oil and gas production; high-pressure gas injection, gas lift and other applications for enhanced oil recovery; natural gas production and processing; gas liquefaction; gas gathering, transmission and storage; hydrogen, wet and coker gas, synthesis gas, carbon dioxide and many other applications for the refining, fertilizer and petrochemical markets; several applications for the armed forces; as well as varied applications for general industrial markets such as paper, steel, sugar, and distributed power generation. We service our installed base, and that of other suppliers, around the world through the provision of parts, repairs, overhauls, operation and maintenance, upgrades, revamps, applied technology solutions, coatings, field services, technical support and other extended services.
          We operate globally with manufacturing facilities in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, China and India. We provide a wide array of products and services to our worldwide client base in over 140 countries from our global locations (65 sales offices, 35 service centers and 12 manufacturing locations) in 18 U.S. states and 27 countries.
          For more information about our business, please refer to the “Business” section in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
          Our principal executive offices are located at West8 Tower, Suite 1000, 10205 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77042. Our telephone number is (713) 354-6100, and our Internet website address is www.dresser-rand.com. Information on or connected to our Internet website is not a part of this prospectus.

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SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER
Types of Securities
          The types of securities that we or selling securityholders may offer and sell from time to time by this prospectus are:
    debt securities, which we may issue in one or more series and which may include provisions regarding conversion or exchange of the debt securities into our common stock or other securities;
 
    guarantees of the debt securities by certain of our subsidiaries;
 
    preferred stock, which we may issue in one or more series;
 
    depositary shares;
 
    common stock;
 
    warrants entitling the holders to purchase common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities or other securities;
 
    stock purchase contracts;
 
    stock purchase units; or
 
    units comprising one or more classes of the above securities.
          We or the selling securityholders will determine the amounts of securities to be sold and the prices and other terms on which we or the selling securityholders will sell them.
Additional Information
          We will describe in a prospectus supplement, which we will deliver with this prospectus, the terms of particular securities that we or selling securityholder may offer in the future. In each prospectus supplement we will include, among other things, the following information:
    the type and amount of securities that we or selling securityholders propose to sell;
 
    the initial public offering price of the securities;
 
    the names of the underwriters, agents or dealers, if any, through or to which we or the selling securityholders will sell the securities;
 
    the compensation, if any, of those underwriters, agents or dealers;
 
    the plan of distribution for the securities;
 
    if applicable, information about securities exchanges on which the securities will be listed;
 
    material United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the securities;
 
    any material risk factors associated with the securities; and

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    any other material information about the offer and sale of the securities.
          In addition, the prospectus supplement may also add, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. In that case, the prospectus supplement should be read as superseding this prospectus. For more details on the terms of the securities, you should read the exhibits filed with our registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part. You should also read both this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, together with the information described under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”
USE OF PROCEEDS
          Except as may be stated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from any sale of the securities for general corporate purposes, including repayment or refinancing of debt, acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures and repurchases and redemptions of securities.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
          The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and for the five years ended December 31, 2008:
                             
    Nine Months Ended                   Oct. 31, 2004   Jan. 1, 2004
    September 30,       Year Ended December 31,       through Dec. 31,   through Oct. 31,
    2009   2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2004
Ratio (1)
  8.9   8.1   4.3   3.4   1.8   2.4   13.5 (2)
 
(1)   For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of income, including distributions received from equity investments, before income taxes, interest expensed, interest amortized to cost of sales and income attributable to non-controlling interests. Fixed charges consist of interest incurred, whether expensed or capitalized, including amortization of debt issuance costs, if applicable, and one-third of rent expense, which approximates the interest portion of rent expense.
 
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
          We may issue debt securities under an indenture to be entered into between us and a trustee chosen by us, qualified to act as such under the Trust Indenture Act and appointed under an indenture. The indenture will be governed by the Trust Indenture Act.
          The following is a summary of the indenture. It does not restate the indenture entirely. We urge you to read the indenture. We have filed the form of indenture as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and we will file the indenture or indentures we enter into and, if applicable, the supplemental indentures with respect to particular series of debt securities as exhibits to current or other reports we file with the SEC. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information on how to obtain copies of the indentures and the supplemental indentures. References below to an “indenture” are references to the applicable indenture, as supplemented, under which a particular series of debt securities is issued.
Terms of the Debt Securities
          Our debt securities will be general obligations of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. We may issue them in one or more series. Authorizing resolutions or a supplemental indenture will set forth the specific terms of each series of debt securities. We will provide a prospectus supplement for each series of debt securities that will describe:
    the title of the debt securities and whether the debt securities are senior, senior subordinated, or subordinated debt securities;
 
    the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the series of debt securities, and, if the series is to be issued at a discount from its face amount, the method of computing the accretion of such discount;
 
    the percentage of the principal amount at which debt securities will be issued and, if other than the full principal amount thereof, the percentage of the principal amount of the debt securities that is payable if maturity of the debt securities is accelerated because of a default;
 
    the date or dates on which principal of the debt securities will be payable and the amount of principal that will be payable;
 
    the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the method of calculation of such rate or rates, as well as the dates from which interest will accrue, the dates on which interest will be payable and the record date for the interest payable on any payment date;
 
    the currency or currencies (including any composite currency) in which principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be payable, and if such payments may be made in a currency other than that in which the debt securities are denominated, the manner for determining such payments, including the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in which such securities are denominated and the currency in which such securities or any of them may be paid, and any additions to, modifications of or deletions from the terms of the debt securities to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of debt securities denominated or payable in a currency other than U.S. dollars;
 
    the place or places where principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities will be payable and where debt securities that are in registered form can be presented for registration of transfer or exchange;
 
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    any provisions regarding our right to redeem or purchase debt securities or the right of holders to require us to redeem or purchase debt securities;
 
    the right, if any, of holders of the debt securities to convert or exchange them into our common stock or other securities of any kind of us or another obligor, including any provisions intended to prevent dilution of the conversion rights and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or exchange ratio may be adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in relation thereto;
 
    any provisions requiring or permitting us to make payments to a sinking fund to be used to redeem debt securities or a purchase fund to be used to purchase debt securities;
 
    the terms, if any, upon which debt securities may be subordinated to our other indebtedness;
 
    any additions to, modifications of or deletions from the terms of the debt securities with respect to events of default or covenants or other provisions set forth in the indenture for the series to which the supplemental indenture or authorizing resolution relates;
 
    whether and upon what terms the debt securities of such series may be defeased or discharged, if different from the provisions set forth in the indenture for the series to which the supplemental indenture or authorizing resolution relates;
 
    whether the debt securities will be issued in registered or bearer form and the terms of these forms;
 
    whether the debt securities will be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global security and, if applicable, the identity of the depositary for such global security;
 
    any provision for electronic issuance of the debt securities or issuance of the debt securities in uncertificated form; and
 
    any other material terms of the debt securities, which may be different from the terms set forth in this prospectus.
          The applicable prospectus supplement will also describe any material covenants to which a series of debt securities will be subject and the applicability of those covenants to any of our subsidiaries to be restricted thereby, which are referred to herein as “restricted subsidiaries.” The applicable prospectus supplement will also describe provisions for restricted subsidiaries to cease to be restricted by those covenants.
Guarantees
          Each prospectus supplement will describe, as to the debt securities to which it relates, any guarantees by our direct or indirect subsidiaries that may guarantee the debt securities, including the identity of the subsidiaries that will be the initial guarantors of the series and the terms of subordination, if any, of any such guarantee. The guarantees will be full and unconditional and joint and several.
          The indenture will provide that, in the event that any guarantee of a guarantor subsidiary constitutes a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the applicable guarantor, result in the obligations of such guarantor under its guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
          Unless otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement, any guarantor subsidiary will be released as a guarantor upon (i) certain sales of the capital stock or substantially all of the assets of such guarantor, (ii) the merger or consolidation of such guarantor with another person (other than with us or another of our guarantor

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subsidiaries), (iii) such guarantor ceasing to guarantee any of our indebtedness (as defined in the indenture), or (iv) the designation of such guarantor as an unrestricted subsidiary (as defined in the indenture); provided that such sale or other transaction is otherwise in compliance with the indenture.
Events of Default and Remedies
          Unless otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement, an event of default with respect to any series of debt securities will be defined in the indenture or applicable supplemental indenture or authorizing resolution as being:
    our failure to pay interest on any debt security of such series when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of any such failure for a period of 30 days;
 
    our failure to pay the principal or premium of any debt security of such series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
 
    our failure or the failure of any restricted subsidiary to comply with any of its agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the debt securities of such series, the guarantees (as they relate thereto) or the indenture (as they relate thereto) and such failure continues for a period of 60 days after our receipt of notice of the default from the trustee or from the holders of at least 25 percent in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of that series (except in the case of a default with respect to the provisions of the indenture regarding the consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of us or any guarantor of the debt securities (or any other provision specified in the applicable supplemental indenture or authorizing resolution), which will constitute an event of default with notice but without passage of time);
 
    default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness (other than non-recourse indebtedness, as defined in the indenture) for money borrowed by us or any of our restricted subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by us or any of our restricted subsidiaries), whether such indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the date we issue debt securities, if that default:
  (a)   is caused by a failure to pay at final stated maturity the principal amount of such indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or
 
  (b)   results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its express maturity,
      and, in each case, the principal amount of any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $50 million or more;
 
    our failure or the failure of any restricted subsidiary to pay final judgments that are non-appealable aggregating in excess of $50 million, net of applicable insurance that has not been denied in writing by the insurer, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
 
    certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur with respect to us or any restricted subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary (as defined in the indenture); or
 
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      liability under its guarantee (other than by reason of release of a guarantor from its guarantee in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the guarantee).
          The indenture will provide that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any series of debt securities of any default, except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, with respect to such series of debt securities, if the trustee considers it in the interest of the holders of such series of debt securities to do so.
          The indenture will provide that if any event of default has occurred and is continuing with respect to any series of debt securities, the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of such series of debt securities then outstanding may declare the principal of all the debt securities of such series to be due and payable immediately. However, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding by notice to the trustee may waive any existing default and its consequences with respect to such series of debt securities, other than any event of default in payment of principal or interest. Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of any series may rescind an acceleration with respect to such series and its consequences, except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest on such series, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing events of default with respect to such series have been cured or waived.
          The holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the trustee with respect to such series, subject to limitations specified in the indenture.
Defeasance
          The indenture will permit us and our guarantor subsidiaries to terminate all our respective obligations under the indenture as they relate to any particular series of debt securities, other than the obligation to pay interest, if any, on and the principal of the debt securities of such series and certain other obligations, at any time by:
    depositing in trust with the trustee, under an irrevocable trust agreement, money or government obligations in an amount sufficient to pay principal of and interest, if any, on the debt securities of such series to their maturity or redemption; and
 
    complying with other conditions, including delivery to the trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of our exercise of such right and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case otherwise.
          The indenture will also permit us and our guarantor subsidiaries to terminate all of our respective obligations under the indenture as they relate to any particular series of debt securities, including the obligations to pay interest, if any, on and the principal of the debt securities of such series and certain other obligations, at any time by:
    depositing in trust with the trustee, under an irrevocable trust agreement, money or government obligations in an amount sufficient to pay principal of and interest, if any, on the debt securities of such series to their maturity or redemption; and
 
    complying with other conditions, including delivery to the trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that (A) we have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date such series of debt securities were originally issued, 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 state that, holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of our exercise of such right and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case otherwise.

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          In addition, the indenture will permit us and our guarantor subsidiaries to terminate substantially all our respective obligations under the indenture as they relate to a particular series of debt securities by depositing with the trustee money or government obligations sufficient to pay all principal and interest on such series at its maturity or redemption date if the debt securities of such series will become due and payable at maturity within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year of the deposit.
Transfer and Exchange
          A holder will be able to transfer or exchange debt securities only in accordance with the indenture. The registrar may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the indenture.
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
          Without notice to or the consent of any holder, we and the trustee may amend or supplement the indenture or the debt securities of a series to:
    cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
 
    comply with the provisions of the indenture regarding the consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of us or any guarantor of the debt securities;
 
    provide that specific provisions of the indenture shall not apply to a series of debt securities not previously issued or to make a change to specific provisions of the indenture that only applies to any series of debt securities not previously issued or to additional debt securities of a series not previously issued;
 
    create a series and establish its terms;
 
    provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to or in place of certificated debt securities;
 
    delete a guarantor subsidiary that, in accordance with the terms of the indenture, ceases to be liable on its guarantee of debt securities;
 
    add a guarantor subsidiary in respect of any series of debt securities;
 
    comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
 
    make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder.
          With the exceptions discussed below, we and the trustee may amend or supplement the indenture or the debt securities of a particular series with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding. In addition, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding may waive any existing default under, or compliance with, any provision of the debt securities of a particular series or of the indenture relating to a particular series of debt securities, other than any event of default in payment of interest or principal. These consents and waivers may be obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, debt securities.
          Without the consent of each holder affected, we and the trustee may not:
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    reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest;
 
    reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any debt security or alter the provisions with respect to redemptions or mandatory offers to repurchase debt securities;
 
    make any change that adversely affects any right of a holder to convert or exchange any debt security into or for shares of our common stock or other securities, cash or other property in accordance with the terms of such security;
 
    modify the ranking or priority of the debt securities or any guarantee;
 
    release any guarantor from any of its obligations under its guarantee or the indenture except in accordance with the indenture;
 
    make any change to any provision of the indenture relating to the waiver of existing defaults, the rights of holders to receive payment of principal and interest on the debt securities, or to the provisions regarding amending or supplementing the indenture or the debt securities of a particular series with the written consent of the holders of such series;
 
    waive a continuing default or event of default in the payment of principal of or interest on the debt securities; or
 
    make any debt security payable at a place or in money other than that stated in the debt security, or impair the right of any holder of a debt security to bring suit as permitted by the indenture.
          The right of any holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any provision of the indenture, and our obligation to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such holder, may be subject to the requirement that such holder shall have been the holder of record of debt securities with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of a record date fixed by us in accordance with the indenture.
Concerning the Trustee
          The indenture will contain limitations on the rights of the trustee, should it become our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in specified cases or to realize on property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The indenture will permit the trustee to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict or resign.
          The indenture will provide that in case an event of default occurs and is not cured, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent person in similar circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. The trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power under the indenture, unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
Governing Law
          The laws of the State of New York will govern the indenture, the debt securities and the guarantees of the debt securities.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK, PREFERRED STOCK AND DEPOSITARY SHARES
          Our authorized capital stock is 250,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value. At October 26, 2009, 82,517,710 shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.

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Common Stock
          Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented at a meeting at which a quorum is present is generally required to take stockholder action, unless a greater vote is required by law. The holders are not entitled to cumulative voting in the election of directors. Directors are elected by plurality vote.
          Holders of common stock have no preemptive rights. Subject to the rights of holders of any preferred stock that may be outstanding, holders of common stock are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for such purpose. The common stock is not entitled to any sinking fund, redemption or conversion provisions. On our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in our net assets remaining after the payment of all creditors and liquidation preferences of preferred stock, if any. The outstanding shares of common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There will be a prospectus supplement relating to any offering of common stock offered by this prospectus.
          The transfer agent and registrar for the common stock is BNY Mellon Shareowner Services. The following provisions in our charter or bylaws may make a takeover of our company more difficult:
    an article in our charter precluding stockholder action by written consent;
 
    an article in our charter requiring the affirmative vote of at least 75% in voting power of all the shares entitled to vote generally in the election of directors in order to remove a director;
 
    a bylaw limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders to our board of directors or a committee authorized to call a meeting by the board;
 
    bylaws establishing an advance written notice procedure for stockholders seeking to nominate candidates for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholders’ meetings; and
 
    articles in our charter providing that the following provisions in our charter and bylaws may be amended only by a vote of at least 75% of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of our stock entitled to vote:
  o   the limitation on stockholder action by written consent;
 
  o   the election and removal of directors;
 
  o   the ability to call a special meeting of stockholders being vested solely in our board of directors or a committee authorized to call a meeting by the board;
 
  o   the advance written notice requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations; and
 
  o   the amendment provision requiring that the above provisions be amended only with a 75% supermajority vote.
          We have opted out of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to specified exceptions, Section 203 prevents an “interested stockholder” from engaging in a “business combination” with a Delaware corporation for three years following the date that person became an interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is generally a person owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock. A “business combination” includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder.

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Preferred Stock
          We may issue preferred stock in series with any rights and preferences that may be authorized by our board of directors. We will distribute a prospectus supplement with regard to each particular series of preferred stock. Each prospectus supplement will describe, as to the series of preferred stock to which it relates:
    the title of the series of preferred stock;
 
    any limit upon the number of shares of the series of preferred stock that may be issued;
 
    the preference, if any, to which holders of the series of preferred stock will be entitled upon our liquidation;
 
    the date or dates on which we will be required or permitted to redeem the preferred stock;
 
    the terms, if any, on which we or holders of the preferred stock will have the option to cause the preferred stock to be redeemed or purchased;
 
    the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the preferred stock;
 
    the dividends, if any, that will be payable with regard to the series of preferred stock, which may be fixed dividends or participating dividends and may be cumulative or non-cumulative;
 
    the right, if any, of holders of the preferred stock to convert it into another class of our stock or securities, including provisions intended to prevent dilution of those conversion rights;
 
    any provisions by which we will be required or permitted to make payments to a sinking fund to be used to redeem preferred stock or a purchase fund to be used to purchase preferred stock; and
 
    any other material terms of the preferred stock.
          Holders of shares of preferred stock will not have preemptive rights.
Depositary Shares
          We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than full shares of preferred stock. If we exercise this option, we will issue to the public receipts for depositary shares, and each of these depositary shares will represent a fraction (to be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement) of a share of a particular series of preferred stock.
          The shares of any series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be deposited under a deposit agreement between us and a bank or trust company selected by us. The depositary will have its principal office in the United States and a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a share of preferred stock underlying that depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying that depositary share. Those rights may include dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights.
          The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the deposit agreement. Depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares, in accordance with the terms of the offering. Copies of the forms of deposit agreement and depositary receipt will be filed as exhibits to current or other reports we file with the SEC. The following summary of the deposit agreement, the depositary shares and the depositary receipts is not complete. You should refer to the forms of the deposit agreement and depositary receipts that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the offering of the specific depositary shares.

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          Pending the preparation of definitive depositary receipts, the depositary may, upon our written order, issue temporary depositary receipts substantially identical to the definitive depositary receipts but not in definitive form. These temporary depositary receipts entitle their holders to all the rights of definitive depositary receipts that are to be prepared without unreasonable delay. Temporary depositary receipts will then be exchangeable for definitive depositary receipts at our expense.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
          We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities or units of two or more of these types of securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any registered holders of warrants or beneficial owners of warrants. A copy of the warrant agreement will be filed with the SEC in connection with any offering of warrants.
          We will distribute a prospectus supplement with regard to each issue of warrants. Each prospectus supplement will describe:
    the title of the warrants;
 
    the offering price for the warrants, if any;
 
    the aggregate number of warrants offered;
 
    the designation, number and terms of the common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities or other securities that may be purchased upon exercise of the warrants and procedures by which the number of these securities may be adjusted;
 
    the exercise price of the warrants;
 
    the period during which you may exercise the warrants;
 
    any minimum or maximum amount of warrants that may be exercised at any one time;
 
    any provision adjusting the securities that may be purchased on exercise of the warrants, and the exercise price of the warrants, to prevent dilution or otherwise;
 
    if the exercise price is not payable in U.S. dollars, the foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the exercise price is denominated;
 
    any terms relating to the modification of the warrants;
 
    information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;
 
    any terms, procedures and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange or exercise of the warrants; and
 
    any other material terms of the warrants.
          Prior to the exercise of any warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities or other securities, holders of the warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities or other securities purchasable upon exercise, including:

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    in the case of warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares, the right to vote or to receive any payments of dividends on the common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares purchasable upon exercise; or
 
    in the case of warrants for the purchase of debt securities, the right to receive payments of principal of, any premium or interest on the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture.
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
          We may issue stock purchase contracts, including contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and obligating us to sell to the holders, a fixed or varying number of shares of common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares at a future date or dates. The consideration per share of common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares may be fixed at the time stock purchase contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the stock purchase contracts and may be subject to adjustment under anti-dilution formulas. The stock purchase contracts may be issued separately, or as part of stock purchase units consisting of a stock purchase contract and debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. treasury securities, any other securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement, or any combination of the foregoing, in each case securing the holders’ obligations to purchase the common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares under the stock purchase contracts. The stock purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units, as the case may be, or vice versa, and such payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis and may be paid on a current or on a deferred basis. The stock purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder in a specified manner and in certain circumstances we may deliver newly issued prepaid stock purchase contracts upon release to a holder of any collateral securing that holder’s obligations under the original stock purchase contract. Any one or more of the above securities, common stock or the stock purchase contracts or other collateral may be pledged as security for the holders’ obligations to purchase or sell, as the case may be, the common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares under the stock purchase contracts. The stock purchase contracts may also allow the holders, under certain circumstances, to obtain the release of the security for their obligations under such contracts by depositing with the collateral agent as substitute collateral U.S. government securities with a principal amount at maturity equal to the collateral so released or the maximum number of shares deliverable by such holders under stock purchase contracts requiring the holders to sell common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares to us.
          The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units and, if applicable, prepaid stock purchase contracts. The description in the prospectus supplement will not necessarily be complete, and reference will be made to the stock purchase contract, and, if applicable, collateral or depositary arrangements, relating to such stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units. Material United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the stock purchase units and the stock purchase contracts will be discussed in the related prospectus supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
          As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, units will consist of one or more stock purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, debt securities guarantees, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares or any combination thereof. You should refer to the applicable prospectus supplement for:
    all terms of the units and of the stock purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, debt securities guarantees, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock, depositary shares or any combination thereof comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may or may not be traded separately;
 
    a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units; and
 
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
          Any of the securities being offered by this prospectus may be sold:
    through agents;
 
    to or through underwriters;
 
    through dealers;
 
    directly by us to purchasers; or
 
    through a combination of any such methods of sale.
          The securities may be sold at a fixed price or prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices or varying prices determined at the time of sale. The distribution of securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions by means of one or more of the following transactions, which may include cross or block trades:
    transactions on the New York Stock Exchange or any other organized market where the securities may be traded;
 
    in the over-the-counter market;
 
    in negotiated transactions;
 
    through put or call option transactions relating to the securities;
 
    under delayed delivery contracts or other contractual commitments; or
 
    a combination of such methods of sale.
          Agents designated by us from time to time may solicit offers to purchase the securities. We will name any such agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities and set forth any commissions payable by us to such agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Any such agent may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, of the securities.
          If underwriters are used in the sale of securities, securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions. Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. If an underwriter or underwriters are used in the sale of securities, we will execute an underwriting agreement with such underwriter or underwriters at the time an agreement for such sale is reached. We will set forth in the prospectus supplement the names of the specific managing underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriters, and the terms of the transactions, including compensation of the underwriters and dealers. Such compensation may be in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters and others participating in any offering of securities may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of such securities. We will describe any such activities in the prospectus supplement. We may elect to list any class or series of securities on any exchange, but we are not currently obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters, if any, may make a market in a class or series of securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot give any assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the securities we may offer.

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          If a dealer is used in the sale of the securities, we or an underwriter will sell such securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell such securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale. The prospectus supplement may set forth the name of the dealer and the terms of the transactions.
          We may directly solicit offers to purchase the securities, and we may sell directly to institutional investors or others. These persons may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resale of the securities. The prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any such sales, including the terms of any bidding, auction or other process, if utilized.
          Agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements that may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution by us to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. The prospectus supplement will describe the terms and conditions of such indemnification or contribution. Some of the agents, underwriters or dealers, or their affiliates may be customers of ours, or engage in transactions with or perform services for us and our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

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LEGAL MATTERS
          Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has rendered an opinion with respect to the validity of the securities being offered by this prospectus. We have filed the opinion as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. If counsel for any underwriters passes on legal matters in connection with an offering made by this prospectus, we will name that counsel in the prospectus supplement relating to that offering.
EXPERTS
          The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
          Dresser-Rand Group Inc. files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. You may read and copy this information at the Public Reference Room of the SEC, 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330.
          The SEC also maintains an internet world wide website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is www.sec.gov. Unless specifically listed under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” below, the information contained on the SEC website is not intended to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and you should not consider that information a part of this prospectus.
          You can also inspect reports, proxy statements and other information about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
          We and our subsidiaries who may be guarantors have filed jointly with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 that registers the securities we are offering. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us, any guarantor subsidiaries and the securities offered. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit certain information included in the registration statement from this prospectus.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
          The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this document.
          This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC but have not been included or delivered with this prospectus. These documents contain important information about us and our business, prospects and financial condition.
     
Filing   Period or Date Filed
Annual Report on Form 10-K
  Year ended December 31, 2008
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
  Quarter ended March 31, 2009
 
  Quarter ended June 30, 2009
 
  Quarter ended September 30, 2009
Current Reports on Form 8-K
  March 25, 2009
 
  June 8, 2009
The information set forth under the captions “Election of Directors,” “Executive Officers,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Code of Conduct,” “The Board of Directors and its Committees,” “Director Compensation,” “Executive Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Equity Compensation Plan Information,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” “Related Party Transactions,” “Director Independence” and “Fees of Independent Registered Public Accountants” contained in our Proxy Statement relating to our May 12, 2009 annual meeting of stockholders and incorporated into our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed July 26, 2005.
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closing of each offering. These additional documents include periodic reports, such as annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished and not filed by us under any item of any current report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, which is deemed not to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus), as well as proxy statements (other than information identified in them as not incorporated by reference). You should review these filings as they may disclose changes in our business, prospects, financial condition or other affairs after the date of this prospectus. The information that we file later with the SEC under sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and before the closing of each offering will automatically update and supersede previous information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
          You can obtain any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus from us without charge, excluding any exhibits to those documents unless the exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You can obtain documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus by requesting them in writing or by telephone from us at the following address:
Investor Relations
Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
West8 Tower, Suite 1000
10205 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77042
(713) 354-6100

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DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
Debt Securities
Preferred Stock
Depositary Shares
Common Stock
Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts
Stock Purchase Units
Guarantees of Debt Securities
Units of These Securities
 
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
          The following table sets forth the estimated fees and expenses payable by us in connection with offering of the securities being registered, other than discounts and commissions.*
         
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee
  $
Blue Sky fees and expenses
    **
Printing and engraving fees and expenses
    **
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    **
Rating agency fees
    **
Accountants’ fees and expenses
    **
Legal fees and expenses
    **
Miscellaneous
    **
 
     
Total
  $ **
 
     
 
*   In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee for the securities offered by this registration statement.
 
**   These fees and expenses are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
          Dresser-Rand Group Inc.’s certificate of incorporation provides that Dresser-Rand Group Inc. shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents, or persons serving at the request of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, where such person is made party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. or serving such capacity in another corporation at the request of Dresser-Rand Group Inc., in each case to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law as it currently exists or may be amended.
          Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by third parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In an action brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by directors and officers in connection with the defense or settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his respective duties to the corporation, although the court in which the action or suit was brought may determine upon application that the defendant officers or directors are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
          Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provisions shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under section 174 of the

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Delaware General Corporation Law, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring before the date when such provision becomes effective. The certificate of incorporation of Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. provides for such limitations on liability.
          In addition to indemnification by Dresser-Rand Group Inc. pursuant to its certificate of incorporation, the members, managers, directors and officers of the co-registrants are generally also entitled to indemnification and exculpation for certain monetary damages to the extent provided in the co-registrants’ organizational documents or under the statutes under which the co-registrants are organized.
          Any underwriting agreement, which will be filed as Exhibit 1.1 by amendment hereto or pursuant to a current report on Form 8-K to be incorporated herein by reference, will provide that the underwriters named therein will indemnify and hold harmless Dresser-Rand Group Inc., the co-registrants and each director, officer who signs this registration statement or controlling person of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. and the co-registrants from and against specific liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
          Dresser-Rand Group Inc. also has obtained directors and officers liability insurance that provides insurance coverage for certain liabilities that may be incurred by directors and officers of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. and the co-registrants in their capacity as such. In addition, Dresser-Rand Group Inc. also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers, indemnifying them against certain liabilities asserted against them in their capacities as directors or arising out of such status.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Schedules.
          A list of exhibits included as part of this registration statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 17. Undertakings.
     (a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
  (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
  (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrants pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities

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Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
     (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
  (i)   Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
 
  (ii)   Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
     (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
  (i)   Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
  (ii)   Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;
 
  (iii)   The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and
 
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     (b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of Dresser-Rand Group Inc.’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions described in Item 15, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of any registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each appropriate registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
     (d) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 29, 2009.
         
  DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark E. Baldwin    
    Mark E. Baldwin   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Baldwin, Mark F. Mai and Raymond L. Carney Jr., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or resubstitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Vincent R. Volpe Jr.
 
  President and Chief Executive Officer and Director    October 29, 2009
Vincent R. Volpe Jr.
  (Principal Executive Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    October 29, 2009
Mark E. Baldwin
  (Principal Financial Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Raymond L. Carney Jr.
 
  Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer    October 29, 2009
Raymond L. Carney Jr.
  (Controller and Principal Accounting Officer)    
 
       
/s/ William E. Macaulay
 
  Chairman of the Board of Directors    October 29, 2009
William E. Macaulay
       
 
       
/s/ Rita V. Foley
 
Rita V. Foley
  Director    October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Louis A. Raspino
 
Louis A. Raspino
  Director    October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Philip R. Roth
 
Philip R. Roth
  Director    October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Michael L. Underwood
 
Michael L. Underwood
  Director    October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Joseph C. Winkler III
 
Joseph C. Winkler III
  Director    October 29, 2009

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 29, 2009.
                 
    DRESSER-RAND LLC    
 
               
    By:   Dresser-Rand Group Inc., its sole member    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
   
        Mark E. Baldwin    
        Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Baldwin, Mark F. Mai and Raymond L. Carney Jr., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or resubstitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Vincent R. Volpe Jr.
 
Vincent R. Volpe Jr.
  President
(Principal Executive Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Robert J. Saltarelli
 
Robert J. Saltarelli
  Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  October 29, 2009

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 29, 2009.
                 
    DRESSER-RAND POWER LLC    
 
               
    By:   Dresser-Rand Group Inc., its sole member    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
   
        Mark E. Baldwin    
        Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Baldwin, Mark F. Mai and Raymond L. Carney Jr., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or resubstitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Bradford W. Dickson
 
Bradford W. Dickson
  President
(Principal Executive Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Talbot A. Lancaster
 
Talbot A. Lancaster
  Vice President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  October 29, 2009

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 29, 2009.
                 
    DRESSER-RAND COMPANY    
 
               
    By:   Dresser-Rand Group Inc., its partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Mark E. Baldwin    
 
               
        Mark E. Baldwin    
        Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
               
    By:   Dresser-Rand LLC, its partner    
 
               
      By: Dresser-Rand Group Inc., its sole member    
 
               
 
           By:   /s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
   
             Mark E. Baldwin    
             Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Baldwin, Mark F. Mai and Raymond L. Carney Jr., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or resubstitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Vincent R. Volpe Jr.
 
Vincent R. Volpe Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
Mark E. Baldwin
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Raymond L. Carney Jr.
 
Raymond L. Carney Jr.
  Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  October 29, 2009

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 29, 2009.
         
  DRESSER-RAND GLOBAL SERVICES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Raymond L. Carney Jr.    
    Raymond L. Carney Jr.   
    President   
 
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Baldwin, Mark F. Mai and Raymond L. Carney Jr., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or resubstitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Raymond L. Carney Jr.
 
Raymond L. Carney Jr.
  President
(Principal Executive Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Talbot A. Lancaster
 
Talbot A. Lancaster
  Vice President, Treasurer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Bradford W. Dickson
 
Bradford W. Dickson
  Vice President and Director    October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Jesus M. Pacheco
 
Jesus M. Pacheco
  Vice President, Secretary and Director    October 29, 2009

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 29, 2009.
                 
    D-R STEAM LLC    
 
               
    By:   Dresser-Rand Group Inc., its sole member    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
   
        Mark E. Baldwin    
        Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Baldwin, Mark F. Mai and Raymond L. Carney Jr., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or resubstitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Christopher Rossi
 
Christopher Rossi
  President
(Principal Executive Officer)
  October 29, 2009
 
       
/s/ Mark E. Baldwin
 
Mark E. Baldwin
  Vice President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  October 29, 2009

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number   Description
1.1*
  Form of Underwriting Agreement.
 
   
4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Dresser-Rand Group Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed July 18, 2005, File No. 333-124963).
 
   
4.2
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Dresser-Rand Group Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 16, 2007, File No. 001-32586).
 
   
4.3
  Form of Debt Securities Indenture.
 
   
4.4*
  Form of Supplemental Indenture.
 
   
4.5*
  Form of Deposit Agreement and Deposit Receipt.
 
   
4.6*
  Form of Warrant Agreement (including form of warrant).
 
   
4.7*
  Form of Stock Purchase Contract.
 
   
4.8*
  Form of Stock Purchase Unit Agreement.
 
4.9*
  Form of Unit Agreement.
 
   
4.10
  Form of certificate of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Dresser-Rand Group Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed July 18, 2005, File No. 333-124963).
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as to the validity of the securities being registered.
 
   
12.1
  Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
 
   
23.2
  Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
   
24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
 
   
25.1*
  Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 for Debt Securities.
 
*   To be filed by amendment hereto or pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be incorporated herein by reference.

 

EX-4.3 2 y80010exv4w3.htm EX-4.3 exv4w3
Exhibit 4.3
 
DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
and
THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
Debt Securities
Indenture
Dated as of [                    ]
[                                                            ],
as Trustee
 


 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
This Cross-Reference Table is not a part of the Indenture.
     
TIA   Indenture
Section   Section
310(a)(1)
  7.10
(a)(2)
  7.10
(a)(3)
  N.A.
(a)(4)
  N.A.
(b)
  7.08; 7.10; 12.02
 
311(a)
  7.11
(b)
  7.11
(c)
  N.A.
 
312(a)
  2.05
(b)
  12.03
(c)
  12.03
 
313(a)
  7.06
(b)(1)
  N.A.
(b)(2)
  7.06
(c)
  12.02
(d)
  7.06
 
314(a)
  4.03; 12.02
(b)
  N.A.
(c)(1)
  12.04
(c)(2)
  12.04
(c)(3)
  N.A.
(d)
  N.A.
(e)
  12.05
 
315(a)
  7.01(b)
(b)
  7.05; 12.02
(c)
  7.01(a)
(d)
  7.01(c)
(e)
  6.11
 
316(a)(last sentence)
  12.06
(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
(b)
  2.04
 
318(a)
  12.01
 
N.A.   means Not Applicable.


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Table of Contents is not a part of the Indenture.
         
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ARTICLE ONE
 
       
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
       
Section 1.01. Definitions
    1  
Section 1.02. Other Definitions
    5  
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
    5  
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction
    6  
 
       
ARTICLE TWO
 
       
THE SECURITIES
 
       
Section 2.01. Form and Dating
    6  
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication
    8  
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent
    8  
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    9  
Section 2.05. Securityholder Lists
    9  
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange
    9  
Section 2.07. Replacement Securities
    9  
Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities
    10  
Section 2.09. Temporary Securities
    10  
Section 2.10. Cancellation
    10  
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest
    10  
Section 2.12. Treasury Securities
    10  
Section 2.13. CUSIP/ISIN Numbers
    11  
Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys
    11  
Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security
    11  
 
       
ARTICLE THREE
 
       
REDEMPTION
 
       
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee
    12  
Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
    13  
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption
    13  
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption
    14  
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price
    14  
Section 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part
    14  
 
       
ARTICLE FOUR
 
       
COVENANTS
 
       
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities
    14  
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
    14  
Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate
    14  
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes; Maintenance of Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties
    15  
Section 4.05. Additional Guarantors
    15  

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Section 4.06. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
    15  
 
       
ARTICLE FIVE
 
       
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
 
       
Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, etc
    16  
 
       
ARTICLE SIX
 
       
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
 
       
Section 6.01. Events of Default
    16  
Section 6.02. Acceleration
    18  
Section 6.03. Other Remedies
    18  
Section 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults
    19  
Section 6.05. Control by Majority
    19  
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits
    19  
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
    19  
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee
    19  
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    20  
Section 6.10. Priorities
    20  
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs
    20  
 
       
ARTICLE SEVEN
 
       
TRUSTEE
 
       
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee
    20  
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee
    21  
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee
    22  
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer
    22  
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults
    22  
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders
    22  
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity
    22  
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee
    23  
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc
    23  
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification
    24  
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
    24  
 
       
ARTICLE EIGHT
 
       
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
 
       
Section 8.01. Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or Government Obligations
    24  
Section 8.02. Survival of the Company’s Obligations
    26  
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money
    26  
Section 8.04. Repayment to the Company
    26  
Section 8.05. Reinstatement
    27  
ARTICLE NINE
 
       
GUARANTEES
 
       
Section 9.01. Unconditional Guarantees
    27  

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Section 9.02. Severability
    28  
Section 9.03. Release of a Guarantor
    28  
Section 9.04. Limitation of a Guarantor’s Liability
    28  
Section 9.05. Contribution
    28  
Section 9.06. Waiver of Subrogation
    29  
Section 9.07. Execution of Guarantee
    29  
 
       
ARTICLE TEN
 
       
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
 
       
Section 10.01. Without Consent of Holders
    29  
Section 10.02. With Consent of Holders
    30  
Section 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
    31  
Section 10.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents
    31  
Section 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities
    32  
Section 10.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE ELEVEN
 
       
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
 
       
Section 11.01. Applicability of Article
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE ELEVEN
 
       
MISCELLANEOUS
 
       
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls
    32  
Section 12.02. Notices
    32  
Section 12.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders
    33  
Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    33  
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
    33  
Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents
    34  
Section 12.07. Legal Holidays
    34  
Section 12.08. Governing Law
    34  
Section 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    34  
Section 12.10. No Recourse Against Others
    34  
Section 12.11. Successors and Assigns
    34  
Section 12.12. Duplicate Originals
    34  
Section 12.13. Severability
    35  
 
       
SIGNATURES
       
 
       
EXHIBIT A – Form of Security
       

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     INDENTURE dated as of [                    ], 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), by and among DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the Guarantors from time to time party hereto in respect of a particular Series of Securities (each as defined in Section 1.01 below) and [                                        ], as trustee (the “Trustee”).
     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s debt securities issued under this Base Indenture:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
     “Affiliate” means, when used with reference to a specified person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Person specified.
     “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar or agent for service of notices and demands.
     “Authorizing Resolution” means a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or by an Officer or committee of Officers pursuant to Board delegation authorizing a Series of Securities.
     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
     “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
     “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of or in such Person’s capital stock or other equity interests.
     “Capitalized Lease Obligations” of any Person means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such obligations will be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
     “Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
     “control” means, when used with respect to any Person, the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
     “Currency Agreement” of any Person means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency values.
     “Default” means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
     “Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Securityholder thereof.
     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any Series which the Company shall determine will be issued in whole or in part as a Global Security, DTC, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a


 

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clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable U.S. or foreign statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.01.
     “Dollars” and “$” mean United States Dollars.
     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Foreign Currency” means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the accounting standards codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such or any other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the date of this Base Indenture.
     “Global Security” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
     “Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any interest on the Security of the applicable Series shall be payable, in each case for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States or such other government or governments, in each case the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States or such other government or governments, which, in either case are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligations or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
     “Guarantee” means the guarantee of Securities of any applicable Series by each Guarantor thereof under this Indenture.
     “Guarantors” means with respect to any Series (i) the Company’s Subsidiaries signatory to the supplemental indenture or specified in the Authorizing Resolution with respect to such Series as the initial Guarantors of such Series, and (ii) each of the Company’s Subsidiaries that becomes a Guarantor of such Series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, in each case until released from its Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
  (1)   in respect of borrowed money;
 
  (2)   evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;


 

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  (3)   in respect of letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or banker’s acceptances;
 
  (4)   representing Capitalized Lease Obligations;
 
  (5)   in respect of the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except (i) any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or (ii) any obligation to pay a contingent purchase price as long as such obligation remains contingent; or
 
  (6)   in respect of any Interest Protection Agreement or Currency Agreement,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and any Interest Protection Agreement or Currency Agreement) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by such Person of any indebtedness of any other Person.
     Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:
  (a)   with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation;
 
  (b)   with respect to any Interest Protection Agreement or Currency Agreement, the net amount payable thereunder if such agreement were terminated at that time due to default by such Person;
 
  (c)   the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued at a discount to par; or
 
  (d)   except as provided above, the principal amount or liquidation preference thereof, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
     “Indenture” means this Base Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time, including pursuant to any Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to any Series, and including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture, the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Base Indenture and any such Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture, respectively.
     “Interest Protection Agreement” of any Person means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, option or futures contract or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Indebtedness.
     “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons in the form of direct or indirect loans (but excluding advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of such Person and guarantees of Indebtedness not otherwise prohibited from being incurred under this Indenture), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel, payroll, entertainment, relocation and similar advances to officers and employees and profit sharing plan contributions made in the ordinary course of business), and purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other securities. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Company of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.


 

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     “Issue Date” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, the date on which the Securities of such Series are originally issued under this Indenture.
     “Lien” means, with respect to any Property, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such Property. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to own, subject to a Lien, any Property which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such Property.
     “Non-Recourse Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means Indebtedness of such Person for which (i) the sole legal recourse for collection of principal and interest on such Indebtedness is against the specific Property identified in the instruments evidencing or securing such Indebtedness (and any accessions thereto and proceeds thereof) and such Property was acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness or such Indebtedness was incurred within 180 days after the acquisition of such Property and (ii) no other assets of such Person may be realized upon in collection of principal or interest on such Indebtedness. Indebtedness which is otherwise Non-Recourse Indebtedness will not lose its character as Non-Recourse Indebtedness because there is recourse to the borrower, any guarantor or any other Person for (i) environmental or tax warranties and indemnities and such other representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities as are customarily required in such transactions, or (ii) indemnities for and liabilities arising from fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication or non-payment of rents, profits, insurance and condemnation proceeds and other sums actually received by the borrower from secured assets to be paid to the lender, waste and mechanics’ liens.
     “NYUCC” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time.
     “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “principal” of a debt security means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.
     “Property” of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property owned by such Person, whether or not included in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries under GAAP.
     “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA.
     “Securities” means any Securities that are issued under this Base Indenture.
     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1.02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
     “Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such entity or other persons performing similar functions is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.
     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from time to time, except as otherwise provided herein.
     “Trustee” means the party named as such in this Base Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Base Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.
     “Trust Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
     “United States” means the United States of America.
     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Series, any Subsidiary of the Company (1) so designated by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company as provided below and (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, subject, in each case, to such conditions as may be stated in the supplemental indenture or specified in the Authorizing Resolution with respect to such Series.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
         
Term   Defined in Section  
Agent Members
    2.15  
Base Indenture
    Preamble  
Business Day
    12.07  
Covenant Defeasance
    8.01  
Custodian
    6.01  
Event of Default
    6.01  
Funding Guarantor
    9.05  
Guarantee
    9.01  
Legal Defeasance
    8.01  
Legal Holiday
    12.07  
Paying Agent
    2.03  
Payment Default
    6.01  
Registrar
    2.03  
Security Register
    2.03  
Successor
    5.01  
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
     Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
     “Commission” means the SEC.
     “indenture securities” means the Securities of a particular Series.


 

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     “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.
     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
     “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company, each of the Guarantors, or any other obligor on the Securities of a Series or any Guarantees thereof.
     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule 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 herein;
 
  (2)   an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP and all accounting determinations shall be made in accordance with GAAP;
 
  (3)   “or” is not exclusive and “including” means “including without limitation”;
 
  (4)   words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
 
  (5)   “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole (including any Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to the relevant Series) and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
 
  (6)   all exhibits are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part of this Indenture; and
 
  (7)   any transaction or event shall be considered “permitted by” or made “in accordance with” or “in compliance with” this Indenture or any particular provision thereof if such transaction or event is not expressly prohibited by this Indenture or such provision, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
     The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be issued under this Base Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more Series. Each Series shall be created by an Authorizing Resolution or a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of the Series, which may include the following:
  (1)   the title of the Series;
 
  (2)   the aggregate principal amount (or any limit on the aggregate principal amount) of the Series and, if any Securities of a Series are to be issued at a discount from their face amount, the method of computing the accretion of such discount;
 
  (3)   the interest rate or method of calculation of the interest rate;
 
  (4)   the date from which interest will accrue;


 

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  (5)   the record dates for interest payable on Securities of the Series;
 
  (6)   the dates when, places where and manner in which principal and interest are payable;
 
  (7)   the Registrar and Paying Agent;
 
  (8)   the terms of any mandatory (including any sinking fund requirements) or optional redemption by the Company;
 
  (9)   the terms of any redemption at the option of Holders;
 
  (10)   the permissible denominations in which Securities of such Series are issuable, if different from $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
 
  (11)   whether Securities of such Series will be issued in registered or bearer form and the terms of any such forms of Securities;
 
  (12)   whether the Securities of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if different from those contained in this Base Indenture, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive Securities; the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities; the form of any legend or legends, if any, to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legends referred to in Section 2.15;
 
  (13)   the currency or currencies (including any composite currency) in which principal or interest or both may be paid;
 
  (14)   if payments of principal or interest may be made in a currency other than that in which Securities of such Series are denominated, the manner for determining such payments, including the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in which such Securities are denominated and the currency in which such Securities or any of them may be paid, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
 
  (15)   provisions for electronic issuance of Securities or issuance of Securities of such Series in uncertificated form;
 
  (16)   any Events of Default, covenants and/or defined terms in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Base Indenture;
 
  (17)   whether and upon what terms Securities of such Series may be defeased or discharged if different from the provisions set forth in this Base Indenture;
 
  (18)   the form of the Securities of such Series, which, unless the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture otherwise provides, shall be in the form of Exhibit A;
 
  (19)   any terms that may be required by or advisable under applicable law;
 
  (20)   the percentage of the principal amount of the Securities of such Series which is payable if the maturity of the Securities of such Series is accelerated in the case of Securities issued at a discount from their face amount;
 
  (21)   whether Securities of such Series will or will not have the benefit of Guarantees and the Company’s Subsidiaries that will be the initial Guarantors of such Series and, if applicable, the


 

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      terms and conditions upon which such Guarantees may be subordinated to other indebtedness of the respective Guarantors;
 
  (22)   whether the Securities of such Series are senior or subordinated debt securities, and if subordinated debt securities, the terms of such subordination;
 
  (23)   whether the Securities of the Series will be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities, common shares or other securities of any kind of the Company or another obligor, and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or exchange ratio may be adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at the Company’s option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in relation thereto; and
 
  (24)   any other terms in addition to or different from those contained in this Base Indenture applicable to such Series.
     All Securities of one Series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a Series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such Series pursuant to an Authorizing Resolution, an Officers’ Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
     The creation and issuance of a Series and the authentication and delivery thereof are not subject to any conditions precedent.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
     One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. Each Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee in the manner set forth in Section 9.07.
     If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.
     A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Base Indenture.
     The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Company. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
     The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or where Securities of a Series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange (“Registrar”), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange (the “Security Register”). The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.
     The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Base Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such Agent and the Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Securities Register at all reasonable times to obtain copies thereof, and the Trustee shall have the right to rely upon such register as to the names and addresses of the Holders and the principal amounts and


 

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certificate numbers thereof. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such.
     The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
     Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders and the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money 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. Upon doing so the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money.
Section 2.05. Securityholder 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days before each semiannual 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 Securityholders.
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
     Where a Security is presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the NYUCC are met and the other provisions of this Section 2.06 are satisfied. Where Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Security selected for redemption or repurchase, except the unredeemed or repurchased part thereof if the Security is redeemed or repurchased in part, or transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or repurchased. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto except in the case of exchanges pursuant to 2.09, 3.06, or 10.05 not involving any transfer.
     Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
Section 2.07. Replacement Securities.
     If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed, mutilated or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and execute a replacement security, the Guarantors shall execute the related Guarantee and, upon written request of any Officer of the Company, the Trustee shall authenticate such replacement Security, provided, in the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security, that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the NYUCC are met. If any such lost, destroyed, mutilated or wrongfully taken Security shall have matured or shall be about to mature, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security therefor, pay such Security without requiring (except in the case of a mutilated Security) the surrender thereof. An indemnity bond must be sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee and any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced, including the acquisition of such Security by a bona fide purchaser. The Company and the Trustee may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.


 

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Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities.
     Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it and those described in this Section. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, any Guarantor or one of their Affiliates holds the Security.
     If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a “protected purchaser” (as such term is defined in the NYUCC).
     If the Paying Agent holds on a redemption date, purchase date or maturity date money sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 2.09. Temporary Securities.
     Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and, upon surrender for cancellation of the temporary Security, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.10. Cancellation.
     The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and destroy, or retain in accordance with its standard retention policy, all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase, payment or cancellation. Unless the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture so provides, the Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has previously paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest.
     If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any Series, it shall pay the defaulted interest plus any interest payable on the defaulted interest to the persons who are Securityholders of such Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix such special record date and a payment date which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. At least 15 days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder of the relevant Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. On or before the date such notice is mailed, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the amount of defaulted interest to be so paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.12. Treasury Securities.
     In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered as though they are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of


 

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determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so considered.
Section 2.13. CUSIP/ISIN Numbers.
     The Company in issuing the Securities of any Series may use a “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN” or other similar number, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such Securities; provided that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number printed in the notice or on such Securities, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on such Securities. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in any CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar number.
Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys.
     Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each interest payment date and maturity date with respect to each Series of Securities, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money in the applicable currency sufficient to make cash payments due on such interest payment date or maturity date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders of such Series on such interest payment date or maturity date, as the case may be.
Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security.
     (a) Any Global Security of a Series initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear any required legends.
     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security 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 Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
     (b) Transfers of any Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Security may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Securities in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. In addition, Definitive Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Security and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue Definitive Securities.
     (c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Definitive Securities are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Securities of like Series and amount.
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identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of the same Series in authorized denominations.
     (e) The Holder of any Global Security may 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 Securities of such Series.
     (f) Unless otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture for a particular Series of Securities, each Global Security of such Series shall bear legends in substantially the following forms:
     “THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.”
     “UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
     Securities of a Series that are redeemable prior to maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and, unless the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture provides otherwise, in accordance with this Article Three.
     If the Company wants to redeem Securities pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to Holders. Any such cancelled notice shall be void and of no effect.
     If the Company wants to credit any Securities previously redeemed, retired or acquired against any redemption pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the amount of the credit and it shall deliver any Securities not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation with such notice.


 

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     The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 30 days before the notice of any such redemption is to be mailed to Holders (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
     If fewer than all of the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by a method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and in a manner that complies with applicable requirements of the Depositary. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities outstanding not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company of the serial numbers or other identifying attributes of the Securities so selected. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than the minimum denomination for the Series. Securities and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts equal to a permissible denomination for the Series. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.
     Unless otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to a Series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is converted into or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities, cash or other property in part before termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
     At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
     The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
  (1)   the redemption date;
 
  (2)   the redemption price or the formula pursuant to which such price will be calculated;
 
  (3)   if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Security;
 
  (4)   in the case of Securities of a Series that are convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock or other securities, cash or other property, the conversion or exchange price or rate, the date or dates on which the right to convert or exchange the principal of the Securities of such Series to be redeemed will commence or terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange;
 
  (5)   the name and address of the Paying Agent;
 
  (6)   that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
 
  (7)   that interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and
 
  (8)   that the Securities are being redeemed pursuant to the mandatory redemption or the optional redemption provisions, as applicable.


 

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     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 deliver to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the date on which notice of redemption is to be mailed or such shorter period as may be satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
     Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price as set forth in the notice of redemption. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
     On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent immediately available funds in the applicable currency sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
Section 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part.
     Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for each Holder a new Security of the same Series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities.
     The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on a Series on the dates, in the currency and in the manner provided in the Securities of the Series. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Paying Agent holds on that date money in the applicable currency designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.
     The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Series; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Company shall give prior 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 address of the Trustee.
Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate.
     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any continuing Default by the Company in performing any of its obligations under this Indenture. If they do know of such a Default, the certificate shall describe the Default.


 

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Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes; Maintenance of Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties.
     The Company will:
     (a) cause to be paid and discharged all lawful taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or upon the income or profits of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or upon Property or any part thereof belonging to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries before the same shall be in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon such Property or any part thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the nonpayment thereof does not, in the judgment of the Company, materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due; and provided further that the Company shall not be required to cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if, in the judgment of the Company, such payment shall not be advantageous to the Company in the conduct of its business and if the failure so to pay or discharge does not, in its judgment, materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due;
     (b) cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of the Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and to comply with all applicable laws; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (b) shall prevent a consolidation or merger of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not prohibited by the provisions of Article Five, Article Nine or any other provision of this Indenture pertaining to a Series, and the Company may discontinue the corporate existence of any Restricted Subsidiary, or fail to comply with any such applicable laws, if, in the Company’s judgment, such discontinuance or non-compliance does not materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due; and
     (c) at all times keep, maintain and preserve all the Property of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in good repair, working order and condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any such properties if such discontinuance, in the judgment of the Company, does not materially adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to pay all obligations under this Indenture when due.
Section 4.05. Additional Guarantors.
     If (a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company, or (b) the Company elects to add any Restricted Subsidiary as a Guarantor, then such Restricted Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities of each Series (other than a Series that, pursuant to the applicable supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution, does not have the benefit of Guarantees of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company) and under this Indenture (as it relates to all such Series) on the terms set forth in this Indenture. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture (as it relates to all such Series) until it is released from its obligations as a Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 4.06. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
     The Company and the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company or any Guarantor from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities of any Series as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company and each of the Guarantors expressly


 

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waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, etc.
     Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or dissolution), to any Person (in each case other than in a transaction in which the Company or a Guarantor is the survivor of a consolidation or merger, or the transferee in a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition) unless:
     (1) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition will be made (collectively, the “Successor”), is a corporation or other legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor assumes by supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee all of the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under the Securities or a Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Indenture, and
     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
     The foregoing provisions shall not apply to:
     (A) the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor, or the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor, which under the provisions of Section 9.03 or the other provisions of this Indenture, results in such Guarantor being released from its Guarantee or the Successor not being required to become a Guarantor, as the case may be, or
     (B) a transaction the purpose of which is to change the state of incorporation of the Company or any Guarantor.
     Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the Successor will be substituted for the Company or the relevant Guarantor under the Indenture. The Successor may then exercise every power and right of the Company or the relevant Guarantor under this Indenture, and except in the case of a lease, the Company or the relevant Guarantor will be released from all of its liabilities and obligations in respect of the Securities, the Guarantee and the Indenture. If the Company or a Guarantor leases all or substantially all of its assets the Company or such Guarantor will not be released from its obligations to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
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  (1)   the failure by the Company to pay interest on any Security of such Series when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of any such failure for a period of 30 days;
 
  (2)   the failure by the Company to pay the principal of any Security of such Series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
 
  (3)   the failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply with any of its agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Securities of such Series, the Guarantees (as they relate thereto) or this Indenture (as they relate thereto) and such failure continues for the period and after the notice specified below (except in the case of a default with respect to Article Five (or any other provision specified in the applicable supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution), which will constitute Events of Default with notice but without passage of time);
 
  (4)   default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if that default:
  (A)   is caused by a failure to pay at final stated maturity the principal amount of such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or
 
  (B)   results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,
      and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $50] million or more;
 
  (5)   failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments which are non-appealable aggregating in excess of $50 million, net of applicable insurance which has not been denied in writing by the insurer, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
 
  (6)   the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
  (A)   commences a voluntary case,
 
  (B)   consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
 
  (C)   consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its Property, or
 
  (D)   makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
  (7)   a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
  (A)   is for relief against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case,
 
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  (C)   orders the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary,
      and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
 
  (8)   any Guarantee of a Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Guarantee and this Indenture) or is declared null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid or any Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Guarantor from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Guarantee).
     A Default as described in subclause (3) above will not be deemed an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the applicable Series notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and (except in the case of a default with respect to Article Five (or any other provision specified in the applicable supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution)) the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” If such a Default is cured within such time period, it ceases to exist, without any action by the Trustee or any other Person.
     The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to the Company resulting from subclause (6) or (7) above), shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare all Securities of such Series to be due and payable immediately. Upon such declaration of acceleration, the amounts due and payable on the Securities of such Series will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in subclauses (6) or (7) above occurs, all amounts due and payable on the Securities of such Series will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee and the Company or any Holder.
     Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series may rescind an acceleration with respect to such Series and its consequence (except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (other than the non-payment of accelerated principal) have been cured or waived.
     No such rescission shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Event of Default, or shall impair any right or power consequent thereon.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
     If an Event of Default on a Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Series or to enforce the performance of any provision in the Securities or this Indenture applicable to the Series.
     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.


 

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Section 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults.
     Subject to Section 10.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series on behalf of all the Holders of the Series by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default on such Series and its consequences. When a Default is waived, it is cured and stops continuing, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
     The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to such Series. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction (i) that conflicts with law or this Indenture, (ii) that, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders, (iii) that would involve the Trustee in personal liability, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it, or (iv) if the Trustee shall not have been provided with indemnity satisfactory to it.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
     A Securityholder of a Series may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Series unless:
  (1)   the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default on the Series;
 
  (2)   the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of the Series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
 
  (3)   such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
 
  (4)   the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
 
  (5)   no written request inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.06.
     A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of Securities of the same Series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of Securities of the same Series.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on any Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
     If an Event of Default in payment of interest or principal specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid.


 

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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
     The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, any Guarantor or their respective creditors or Property, and unless prohibited by applicable law or regulation, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a Custodian, and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any moneys or other Property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder except as aforesaid for the election of the Custodian.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
     If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article with respect to Securities of any Series, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
     First:   to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
     Second:   to Securityholders of the Series for amounts due and unpaid on the Series for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Series for principal and interest, respectively; and
     Third:   to the Company or the Guarantors as their interests may appear.
     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having the 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 pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Series.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the Series, exercise its rights and powers and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
     (1) 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.


 

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     (2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee, however, shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts or matters stated therein.
     (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
     (1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.
     (2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
     (3) 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 or any other direction of the Holders permitted hereunder.
     (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
     (e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
     (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     (g) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
     Subject to Section 7.01:
     (a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting on any document, resolution, certificate, instrument, report, or direction 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, resolution, certificate, instrument, report, or direction.
     (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both, which shall conform to Sections 12.04 and 12.05 hereof and containing such other statements as the Trustee reasonably deems necessary to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or any other direction of the Company permitted hereunder.
     (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
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     (e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
     (f) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or a Guarantor.
     (g) For all purposes under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default (other than under Section 6.01(1) or 6.01(2)) unless a Trust Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee’s corporate trust office has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any Event of Default is received by the Trustee at its address specified in Section 12.02 hereof and such notice references the Securities generally, the Company or this Indenture.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Guarantor or their affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.
     The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Securities or of any prospectus used to sell the Securities of any Series; it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities; it shall not be accountable for any money paid to the Company, or upon the Company’s direction, if made under and in accordance with 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 of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
     If a Default on a Series occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Series notice of the Default (which shall specify any uncured Default known to it) within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a default in payment of principal of or interest on a Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the board of directors of the Trustee, the executive or any trust committee of such directors and/or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determine(s) that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of the Series.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
     Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Base Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(1) through (8) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date no report in relation thereto need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b).
     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be delivered to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee of each national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
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reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred or made by or on behalf of it in connection with the administration of this Indenture or the trust hereunder and its duties hereunder including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim in the premises. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s, or its officers’, directors’, employees’ or agents’ negligence or bad faith.
     Unless otherwise provided in any supplemental indenture or Authorizing Resolution relating to any Series, to ensure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities of all Series on all money or Property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 or in connection with Article Six hereof, the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services in connection therewith are to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
     The Trustee may resign with respect to Securities of any or all Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities (or of the relevant Series) may remove the Trustee by so notifying the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor trustee with the Company’s consent. Such resignation or removal shall not take effect until the appointment by the Securityholders of the relevant Series or the Company as hereinafter provided of a successor trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee and any Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee for any or no reason, including if:
  (1)   the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 after written request by the Company or any bona fide Securityholder who has been a Securityholder for at least six months;
 
  (2)   the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
 
  (3)   a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its Property; or
 
  (4)   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 with respect to the Securities of the relevant Series. If a successor trustee does not take office within 45 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
     A successor trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all Property held by it as Trustee to the successor trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Securityholder.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
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Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
     This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
     The Trustee shall comply with 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 EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 8.01. Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or Government Obligations.
     (a) The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) below be applied to the outstanding Securities of any Series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth in paragraph (d).
     (b) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) of the option applicable to this paragraph (b) with respect to any Series, the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been released and discharged from their respective obligations with respect to the outstanding Securities of the Series on the date the applicable conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities of a Series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of the Sections and matters under this Indenture referred to in (i) and (ii) below, and the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned, except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of a Series to receive solely from the trust fund described in paragraph (d) below and as more fully set forth in such paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Securities when such payments are due and (ii) obligations listed in Section 8.02, subject to compliance with this Section 8.01. The Company may exercise its option under this paragraph (b) with respect to a Series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under paragraph (c) below with respect to the Securities of the Series.
     (c) Upon the Company’s exercise under paragraph (a) of the option applicable to this paragraph (c) with respect to a Series, the Company and the Guarantors shall be released and discharged from the obligations under any covenant contained in Article Five and Sections 4.04 (but only to the extent it applies to Restricted Subsidiaries), 4.05 and any other covenant contained in or referenced in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Series (to the extent such release and discharge shall not be prohibited thereby), on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of such Series shall thereafter be deemed to be not “outstanding” for the purpose 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. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities of a Series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01(3) or otherwise, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
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     (1) The Company shall have irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee (or another qualifying trustee), pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, money in the currency in which the Securities of such Series are payable or Government Obligations or a combination thereof in such amounts and at such times as are sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series to maturity or redemption; provided, however, that the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) shall have received an irrevocable written order from the Company instructing the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with respect to the Securities of such Series to maturity or redemption;
     (2) No Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from non-compliance with any covenant from which the Company and the Guarantors are released upon effectiveness of such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) hereof, as applicable) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or result therefrom;
     (3) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of their Property is bound;
     (4) (i) In the event the Company elects paragraph (b) hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issue Date pertaining to such Series, 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 state that, or (ii) in the event the Company elects paragraph (c) hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and the defeasance contemplated hereby and will be subject to federal income tax in the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
     (5) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, stating that the deposit under clause (1) was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or others;
     (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary assumptions and qualifications) to the effect that, assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any Guarantor between the date of deposit and the 123rd day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an “insider” of the Company under applicable Bankruptcy Law, after the 123rd day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any analogous New York State law provision; and
     (7) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section 8.01 have been complied with.
     In the event all or any portion of the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed through such irrevocable trust, the Company must make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, at the time of such deposit, for the giving of the notice of such redemption or redemptions by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
     (e) In addition to the Company’s rights above under this Section 8.01, the Company may terminate all of its obligations under this Indenture with respect to a Series, and the obligations of the Guarantors shall terminate with respect to such Series (subject to Section 8.02), when:


 

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     (1) All Securities of such Series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities 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 all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable, (B) will become due and payable at maturity within one year or (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and in each such case, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another qualifying trustee) as trust funds in trust solely for that purpose an amount of money in the currency in which the Securities of such Series are payable or Government Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities of such Series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of and interest on the Securities of such Series, on the date of such deposit or to the maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
     (2) The Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;
     (3) The Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee (or such other qualifying trustee), to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Securities of such Series at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and
     (4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that all conditions precedent specified in this Section 8.01(e) relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Section 8.02. Survival of the Company’s Obligations.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture under Section 8.01, the Company’s obligations in Paragraph 8 of the Securities and Sections 2.03 through 2.07, 4.01, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 8.05, however, shall survive until the Securities of an applicable Series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Paragraph 8 of the Securities of such Series and Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive (as they relate to such Series).
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
     The Trustee shall hold in trust money or Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of the defeased Series.
Section 8.04. Repayment to the Company.
     The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, 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 a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or mail to each such Holder 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 publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company or any Guarantor for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another person and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.


 

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Section 8.05. Reinstatement.
     If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities relating to the Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01; provided, however, that (a) if the Company or any Guarantor has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities of the Series because of the reinstatement of its obligations hereunder, the Company or Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee and (b) unless otherwise required by any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority, the Trustee shall return all such money or Government Obligations to the Company promptly after receiving a written request therefor at any time, if such reinstatement of the Company’s or Guarantor’s obligations has occurred and continues to be in effect.
ARTICLE NINE
GUARANTEES
Section 9.01. Unconditional Guarantees.
     Subject to any other provisions set forth in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to a particular Series, each Guarantor unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantees (each such guarantee to be referred to herein as the “Guarantee”) to each Holder of Securities of such Series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Securities of such Series will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and interest on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest of the Securities of such Series and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, except obligations to pay principal of and interest on any other Series not so guaranteed, will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities of such Series or of any such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 9.04. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities of such Series or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities of such Series with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that, subject to Section 9.03, this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities of the applicable Series, this Indenture and in this Guarantee. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee.


 

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Section 9.02. Severability.
     In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 9.03. Release of a Guarantor.
     Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, in the event of (i) the sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of any Guarantor if as a result of such disposition, such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor (other than to the Company or another Guarantor), (iii) a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with a Person other than the Company or another Guarantor, (iv) a Guarantor ceasing to guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company, or (v) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, then such Guarantor (in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iv) and (v) above) will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Article Nine, the other provisions of this Indenture and the Securities and the Person acquiring such assets (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) shall not be required to assume the Guarantor’s obligations under this Article Nine, the other provisions of this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise become a Guarantor, in each case without any further action required on the part of the Trustee, any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor; provided that such sale, disposition or other transaction is otherwise in compliance with this Indenture.
     Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially assets of a Guarantor to the Company or another Guarantor. Upon any such consolidation, merger, or disposition, the Guarantee given by such Guarantor shall no longer have any force or effect.
     The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing any such release upon receipt of a request by the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying as to the compliance with this Section 9.03.
     Any Guarantor not released in accordance with this Section 9.03 remains liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securities as provided in this Article Nine, except as provided in Article Eight.
Section 9.04. Limitation of a Guarantor’s Liability.
     Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and such Guarantor irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to Section 9.05, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 9.05. Contribution.
     In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors, the Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under the Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all other Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company’s obligations with respect to any Securities or any other Guarantor’s obligations with respect to its Guarantee. “Adjusted Net Assets” of such Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the Property of such


 

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Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor in respect of the obligations of its Guarantee), but excluding liabilities under the Guarantee, of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any other Subsidiary of the Company in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee), excluding debt in respect of the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as they become absolute and matured.
Section 9.06. Waiver of Subrogation.
     Until all guaranteed obligations under this Indenture and with respect to all Securities of an applicable Series are paid in full, each Guarantor irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee and this Indenture, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Securities of the applicable Series against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other Property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Securities of the applicable Series shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Securities of the applicable Series, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Securities of the applicable Series, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 9.06 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
Section 9.07. Execution of Guarantee.
     To evidence their guarantee to the Holders set forth in this Article Nine with respect to any Series, the Guarantors shall execute the Guarantee in substantially the form included in Exhibit A or in any such other form set forth in the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to the applicable Series, which shall be endorsed on each Security ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee set forth in this Article Nine shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of each Guarantor by one Officer (who shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or other actions) shall attest to such Guarantee prior to the authentication of the Security on which it is endorsed, and the delivery of such Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of such Guarantee on behalf of such Guarantor. Such signature upon the Guarantee may be by manual or facsimile signature of such officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Guarantee, and in case any such officer who shall have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed the Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of the Guarantor.
ARTICLE TEN
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 10.01. Without Consent of Holders.
     The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of a Series without notice to or consent of any Securityholder of such Series:
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     (2) to comply with Article Five;
     (3) to provide that specific provisions of this Indenture shall not apply to a Series not previously issued or to make a change to specific provisions of this Indenture that only applies to any Series not previously issued or to additional Securities of a Series not previously issued;
     (4) to create a Series and establish its terms;
     (5) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
     (6) to release a Guarantor in respect of any Series which, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture applicable to the particular Series, ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee;
     (7) to add a Guarantor in respect of any Series;
     (8) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; and
     (9) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of Securityholders.
     After an amendment under this Section 10.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail notice of such amendment to the Securityholders.
Section 10.02. With Consent of Holders.
     The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of a Series without notice to any Securityholder of such Series but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by the amendment (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities of such Series). Each such Series shall vote as a separate class. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of the Securities of such Series or of this Indenture relating to such Series without notice to any Securityholder (including any waiver granted in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities of such Series). Without the consent of each Holder of a Security affected thereby, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:
  (1)   reduce the amount of Securities of the relevant Series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
 
  (2)   reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Security;
 
  (3)   reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Security or alter the provisions (including related definitions) with respect to redemption of any Security pursuant to Article Three hereof or with respect to any obligations on the part of the Company to offer to purchase or to redeem Securities of a Series pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to such Series;
 
  (4)   make any change that adversely affects any right of a Holder to convert or exchange any Security into or for shares of the Company’s common stock or other securities, cash or other property in accordance with the terms of such Security;
 
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  (6)   release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
 
  (7)   make any change in Sections 6.04, 6.07 or this Section 10.02;
 
  (8)   waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security; or
 
  (9)   make any Security payable at a place or in money other than that stated in the Security, or impair the right of any Securityholder to bring suit as permitted by Section 6.07.
     An amendment of a provision included solely for the benefit of one or more Series does not affect the interests of Securityholders of any other Series.
     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplement, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
Section 10.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
     Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or any Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 10.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
     A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. Unless otherwise provided in the consent or the consent solicitation statement or other document describing the terms of the consent, any Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of a Security. Any revocation of a consent by the Holder of a Security or any such subsequent Holder shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate from the Company certifying that the requisite number of consents have been received.
     The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any Series entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver, which record date shall be at least 10 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, and if Holders otherwise have a right to revoke their consent under the consent or the consent solicitation statement or other document describing the terms of the consent, then notwithstanding the second to last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
     An amendment, supplement or waiver with respect to a Series becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Company or the Trustee of the requisite consents, (ii) satisfaction of any conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment, supplement or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver (or the related supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee. After an amendment, supplement or waiver with respect to a Series becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of such Series, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (9) of Section 10.02, in which case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind a Holder of a Security who is affected thereby only if it has consented to such amendment, supplement or waiver and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security; provided that no such waiver shall impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on a Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates without the consent of such Holder.


 

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Section 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
     If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee, at which time the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.
Section 10.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
     Subject to Section 7.02(b), the Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company and any Guarantors in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 11.01. Applicability of Article.
     Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any Series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular Series, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Securities of such Series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE TWELVE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
     If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.
Section 12.02. Notices.
     Any order, consent, notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
     if to the Company or to any Guarantor:
Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
West8 Tower, Suite 1000
10205 Westheimer Rd.
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer
     if to the Trustee:
[                                                            ]
[                                                            ]
[                                                            ]
[                                                            ]
Attention: [                                        ]
     The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
     Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him by first class mail at his address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
     Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it except that notice to the Trustee shall only be effective upon receipt thereof by the Trustee.
     If the Company mails notice or communications to the Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.
Section 12.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
     Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section 12.04. 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:
  (1)   an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
 
  (2)   an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action or inaction, have been complied with and that any such section does not conflict with the terms of this Indenture.
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
     Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
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  (2)   a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
 
  (3)   a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
 
  (4)   a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
     The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for its functions.
Section 12.07. Legal Holidays.
     A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in Houston, Texas and New York, New York are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If this Indenture provides for a time period that ends or requires performance of any non-payment obligation by a day that is not a Business Day, then such time period shall instead be deemed to end on, and such obligation shall instead be performed by, the next succeeding Business Day. A “Business Day” is any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Section 12.08. Governing Law.
     The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Indenture, the Securities of each Series and the Guarantees.
Section 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
     This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 12.10. No Recourse Against Others.
     All liability (i) described in Paragraph 12 of the Securities of any director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company and (ii) described in the second paragraph of the guarantees of each Guarantor of any stockholder, officer, director, employee, incorporator, partner, member or manager, of any Guarantor, is waived and released.
Section 12.11. Successors and Assigns.
     All covenants and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns.
Section 12.12. Duplicate Originals.
     The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.


 

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Section 12.13. Severability.
     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of a Series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities.


 

 

SIGNATURES
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
         
  DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      


 

 
         
         
  [                                        ], as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

 


 

EXHIBIT A
     
No.                                            CUSIP/ISIN No.:                                        
[Title of Security]
DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
a Delaware corporation
                 
 
               
promises to pay to       or registered assigns    
 
 
 
           
                 
the principal sum of
      [Dollars]* on        
 
 
 
     
 
   
                 
Interest Payment Dates:
 
 
  and  
 
   
 
                 
Record Dates:
 
 
  and  
 
   
 
         
Authenticated: Dated:

DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Title:   
       
 
     
[                                                            ], as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
   
         
By:
       
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
   
 
*   Or other currency. Insert corresponding provisions on reverse side of Security in respect of foreign currency denomination or interest payment requirement.

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DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC.
[Title of Security]
     DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), issued this Security under an Indenture dated as of                     , 2009 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture dated as of                      (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and [                                        ], as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authorized and delivered. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.
1. Interest.
     The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on                                          and                                          of each year, commencing                                          ,                     , until the principal is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from                     ,                     , provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding interest payment date, interest shall accrue from such interest payment date. 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 Securities (except defaulted interest, if any, which will be paid on such special payment date to Holders of record on such special record date as may be fixed by the Company) to the persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the [Insert record dates] immediately preceding the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of [Insert applicable country or currency] that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
     Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Optional Redemption.1
     The Company may redeem the Securities at any time on or after                                         , in whole or in part, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of their principal amount) together with interest accrued and unpaid to the date fixed for redemption:
     
If redeemed during the twelve-month period
commencing on                     and ending on
                     in each of the following years
  Percentage
[Insert provisions relating to redemption at option of Holders, if any]
 
1   If applicable.

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     Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than                     2 may be redeemed in part. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Securities or portions of them called for redemption, provided that if the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price together with accrued interest, interest shall continue to accrue at the rate borne by the Securities.
5. Mandatory Redemption.3
     The Company shall redeem [      ]% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities originally issued under the Indenture on each of [            ], which redemptions are calculated to retire [      ]% of the Securities originally issued prior to maturity. Such redemptions shall be made at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the redemption date. The Company may reduce the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed pursuant to this Paragraph 5 by the principal amount of any Securities previously redeemed, retired or acquired, otherwise than pursuant to this Paragraph 5, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and not previously credited to the Company’s obligations under this Paragraph 5. Each such Security shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price and the amount of such mandatory redemption payment shall be reduced accordingly.
6. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.
     The Securities are in registered form only without coupons in denominations of                     4 and integral multiples of                      in excess thereof.5 A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities by presentation of such Securities to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Security selected for redemption or purchase, except the unredeemed or unpurchased part thereof if the Security is redeemed or purchased in part, or transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or purchased.
7. Persons Deemed Owners.
     The registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
8. Unclaimed Money.
     Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
 
2   Insert applicable denominations and multiples.
 
3   If applicable.
 
4   Insert applicable denominations and multiples.
 
5   Insert applicable denominations and multiples.

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9. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.
     Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by the amendment and any past default or compliance with any provision relating to any Series of the Securities may be waived in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series.6 Without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities in certain respects as specified in the Indenture.
10. Successor Corporation.
     When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will be released from those obligations.
11. Trustee Dealings With Company.
     Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, 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 Trustee, including owning or pledging the Securities.
12. No Recourse Against Others.
     A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities 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 Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
13. Discharge of Indenture.
     The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.
14. Authentication.
     This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
15. 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 Gift to Minors Act).
16. GOVERNING LAW.
     THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
6   If different terms apply, insert a brief summary thereof.

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17. 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 Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of repurchase as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of repurchase and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
18. Copies.
     The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and the applicable Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture. Requests may be made to: Dresser-Rand Group Inc., West8 Tower, Suite 1000, 10205 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas 77042, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below:
         
 
  I or we assign and transfer this Security to    
 
       
 
 
 
(Insert assignee’s social security or tax ID number)
   
 
       
 
 
 
   
 
       
 
 
 
   
 
       
 
 
 
   
 
       
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address, and zip code)
   
and irrevocably appoint
 
agent to transfer this Security 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 Security)     
 
   
Signature Guarantee:
   
 
   

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[FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY OF GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
     The undersigned (the “Guarantors”) have unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally (such guarantee by each Guarantor being referred to herein as the “Guarantee”) (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on this Security, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on this Security, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Nine of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of this Security or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
     No past, present or future stockholder, officer, director, employee, incorporator, partner, member or manager, as such, of any of the Guarantors shall have any liability under the Guarantee by reason of such person’s status as stockholder, officer, director, employee, incorporator, partner, member or manager. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Guarantees.
     Each Holder of this Security by accepting this Security agrees that any Guarantor named below shall have no further liability with respect to its Guarantee if such Guarantor otherwise ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
     THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
         
  [List of Guarantors]
 
 
  By:      
    Title:   
       
 

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EX-5.1 3 y80010exv5w1.htm EX-5.1 exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
October 29, 2009
     
(303) 298-5700   C 22847-00011
(303) 298-5907
Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
West8 Tower, Suite 1000
10205 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, Texas 77042
     
     Re:   Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
    Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) of Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on the date hereof, in connection with the offering from time to time by the Company of the following: (i) one or more series of its debt securities (the “Debt Securities”), which may include guarantees of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”) by direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the “Guarantors”), (ii) shares of its Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), (iii) shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), (iv) depositary shares of the Company, each representing a fraction of a share of a particular series of Preferred Stock (the “Depositary Shares”), which will be issued under one or more deposit agreements (each a “Deposit Agreement”), (v) warrants to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Debt Securities or units of two or more of these types of securities (the “Warrants”), which will be issued under one or more warrant agreements (each a “Warrant Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and a financial institution identified therein as warrant agent, (vi) stock purchase contracts, including contracts obligating holders to purchase from the Company, and obligating the Company to sell to the holders, shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares (the “Stock Purchase Contracts”), (vii) stock purchase units, each representing ownership of a Stock Purchase Contract and one or more series of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, debt obligations of third parties or other securities (the “Stock Purchase Units”), which will be

 


 

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issued under one or more unit agreements (each a “Unit Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and a financial institution identified therein and (viii) units of the securities described above. The foregoing securities are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities.”
     We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company and the Guarantors and certificates of officers of the Company and the Guarantors and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.
     Based upon the foregoing examination and in reliance thereon, and subject to completion of the corporate or other entity action required to be taken by the Company and the Guarantors based on the type of Security being issued (including, with respect to any Preferred Stock and any Depositary Shares, the due authorization, approval and filing of a Certificate of Designations with respect thereto), the due execution and delivery of the relevant indenture or supplemental indenture pursuant to which any Debt Securities may be issued (each an “Indenture”), the due execution and delivery of each Warrant Agreement, Deposit Agreement, Stock Purchase Contract and Unit Agreement relating to the applicable Securities, and the assumptions stated and in reliance on statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that:
          1. When the Debt Securities and related Guarantees shall have been executed and authenticated as specified in the relevant Indenture and offered and sold as described in the Registration Statement, and if in an underwritten offering, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable underwriting or purchase agreement, and in a manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, including the Offering Documents (as hereinafter defined) relating to any such Debt Securities and related Guarantees, the Debt Securities and related Guarantees will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers and (ii) general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 


 

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          2. When the Preferred Stock shall have been issued and sold within the limits and as described in the Registration Statement, and if in an underwritten offering, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable underwriting or purchase agreement, and in a manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, including the Offering Documents relating to the applicable series of such Preferred Stock, the Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
          3. When the Common Stock shall have been issued and sold within the limits and as described in the Registration Statement, and if in an underwritten offering, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable underwriting, purchase, distribution or similar agreement, and in a manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, including the Offering Documents relating to the applicable offering of such Common Stock (including an offering through other convertible Securities), the Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
          4. When the Depositary Shares shall have been issued and sold in accordance with the terms of the applicable Deposit Agreements, and if in an underwritten offering, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable underwriting or purchase agreement, and in a manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, including the Offering Documents relating to the applicable offering of such Depositary Shares, the Depositary Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
          5. When the Warrants shall have been executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of the applicable Warrant Agreements, and if in an underwritten offering, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable underwriting or purchase agreement, and in a manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, including the Offering Documents relating to the applicable offering of such Warrants, the Warrants will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers and (ii) general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
          6. When the Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units shall have been executed and delivered by the Company, and if in an underwritten offering, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable underwriting or purchase agreement, and in a manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, including the Offering Documents relating to the applicable offering of such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units, the Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units will be valid and binding obligations of the

 


 

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Page 4
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers and (ii) general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
     The opinions set forth herein are subject to the following assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions being true and correct at or prior to the time of the delivery of any Security:
     (a) the Board of Directors or other authorized governing body of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors shall have duly established the terms of such Security and duly authorized and taken any other necessary corporate or other entity action to approve the issuance and sale of such Security in conformity with the certificates or articles of incorporation and bylaws or other constituent instruments of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors, each as amended through such time (subject to the further assumptions that such instruments have not been amended from the date hereof in a manner that would affect any of the opinions rendered herein and that any limited liability company agreement or partnership agreement of any Guarantor constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), and such authorization shall remain in effect and unchanged at all times during which such Security is offered and shall not have been modified or rescinded (subject to the further assumption that the sale of any Security takes place in accordance with such authorization);
     (b) the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will have been filed under the Securities Act and the effectiveness thereof upon such filing shall not have been terminated or rescinded;
     (c) a preliminary prospectus supplement, a final prospectus supplement and one or more free writing prospectuses (collectively, the “Offering Documents”) will have been prepared and filed with the SEC describing the Securities offered thereby;
     (d) all Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and solely in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the appropriate Offering Documents and there will not have occurred any change in law affecting any of the opinions rendered herein;
     (e) upon issuance of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock, including upon exercise or conversion of any Security exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock,

 


 

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the total number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, that the Company is then authorized to issue;
     (f) with respect to Debt Securities and Guarantees, the applicable trustee shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and a Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 shall have been properly filed with the SEC (to the extent not previously filed); and
     (g) in the case of an Indenture, Warrant Agreement, Stock Purchase Contract, Unit Agreement, Certificate of Designations, Deposit Agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any Securities are to be issued, there shall be no terms or provisions contained therein which would affect any of the opinions rendered herein.
     We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the State of New York, the United States of America and the Delaware General Corporation Law and (ii) for purposes of paragraph 1 as it applies to any Guarantor, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. We are not admitted to practice in the State of Delaware; however, we are generally familiar with the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as currently in effect and have made such inquiries as we consider necessary to render the opinions with respect thereto. We have assumed without independent investigation that the operating agreement of each Guarantor that is a Delaware limited liability company constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; to the extent our opinions in paragraph 1 above are dependent on the interpretation of such agreement, they are based on the plain meaning of the provisions thereof in light of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. Without limitation, we do not express any opinion regarding any Delaware contract law. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America and, to the limited extent set forth above, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the current judicial interpretations thereof and to the facts as they exist on the date hereof. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
     With respect to our opinions in paragraph 1 above, we express no opinion regarding (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or of unknown future rights or (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws.
     We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration

 


 

Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
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Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Very truly yours,
/s/ GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

 

EX-12.1 4 y80010exv12w1.htm EX-12.1 exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
                                                           
    Successor       Predecessor  
    Nine Months                                     October 31,       January 1,  
    Ended                                     2004 through       2004 through  
    September 30,     Year Ended December 31,     December 31,       October 30,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004       2004  
    ($ in millions)          
Income before income taxes
    246.2       301.3       167.6       137.3       52.6       14.5         54.2  
Equity investee losses (earnings)
    0.8                         0.6       (0.2 )       1.0  
 
                                                         
Fixed charges, excluding capitalized amounts:
                                                         
Interest expense, including amortization of financing costs
    25.8       35.9       43.7       51.5       60.5       10.0         0.8  
Interest portion of rent expense (1)
    4.4       5.8       5.5       4.3       2.7       0.5         3.6  
 
                                           
 
                                                         
Earnings as defined
    277.2       343.0       216.8       193.1       116.4       24.8         59.6  
 
                                                         
Fixed charges:
                                                         
Interest expense, including amortization of financing costs
    25.8       35.9       43.7       51.5       60.5       10.0         0.8  
Interest portion of rent expense (1)
    4.4       5.8       5.5       4.3       2.7       0.5         3.6  
Capitalized interest
    0.8       0.9       0.8       0.4                      
 
                                           
 
                                                         
Fixed charges
    31.0       42.6       50.0       56.2       63.2       10.5         4.4  
 
                                           
 
                                                         
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
    8.9 x     8.1 x     4.3 x     3.4 x     1.8 x     2.4 x       13.5 x
 
                                           
 
(1)   One-third of rent expense is deemed to be a reasonable approximation of the interest portion of rent expense.

 

EX-23.1 5 y80010exv23w1.htm EX-23.1 exv23w1
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 20, 2009 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Dresser-Rand Group Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
October 29, 2009

 

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