0001193125-16-719863.txt : 20160926 0001193125-16-719863.hdr.sgml : 20160926 20160926160205 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-719863 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 11 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160926 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160926 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Domtar Industries LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001465234 IRS NUMBER: 251157103 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-01 FILM NUMBER: 161902300 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 BUSINESS PHONE: (514) 848-5555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Domtar Industries Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090601 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001543372 IRS NUMBER: 135585947 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-02 FILM NUMBER: 161902301 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 BUSINESS PHONE: (514)848-6850 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Domtar A.W. LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001465287 IRS NUMBER: 522326681 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-03 FILM NUMBER: 161902302 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 BUSINESS PHONE: (514) 848-5555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Associated Hygienic Products LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001587686 IRS NUMBER: 581933227 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-04 FILM NUMBER: 161902303 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3400 RIVER GREEN COURT, SUITE 600 CITY: DULUTH STATE: GA ZIP: 30096 BUSINESS PHONE: 770-497-9800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3400 RIVER GREEN COURT, SUITE 600 CITY: DULUTH STATE: GA ZIP: 30096 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Domtar Paper Company, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001412615 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAPER MILLS [2621] IRS NUMBER: 205915351 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1230 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-05 FILM NUMBER: 161902304 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 KINGSLEY PARK DRIVE CITY: FORT MILL STATE: SC ZIP: 29715-6476 BUSINESS PHONE: (803) 802-7500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 KINGSLEY PARK DRIVE CITY: FORT MILL STATE: SC ZIP: 29715-6476 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001465286 IRS NUMBER: 382752673 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-07 FILM NUMBER: 161902306 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 BUSINESS PHONE: (514) 848-5555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Domtar CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001381531 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAPER MILLS [2621] IRS NUMBER: 205901152 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800 FILM NUMBER: 161902299 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 234 KINGSLEY PARK DRIVE CITY: FORT MILL STATE: SC ZIP: 29715 BUSINESS PHONE: (803) 802-7500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 234 KINGSLEY PARK DRIVE CITY: FORT MILL STATE: SC ZIP: 29715 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EAM Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001556217 IRS NUMBER: 582418329 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213800-06 FILM NUMBER: 161902305 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 BUSINESS PHONE: 1 (514) 848 - 5555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 395 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H3A 1L6 S-3ASR 1 d245969ds3asr.htm S-3ASR S-3ASR
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2016.

Registration No. 333-             

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Domtar Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

  2621   20-5901152

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Domtar Corporation

234 Kingsley Park Drive

Fort Mill, SC 29715

(803) 802-7500

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

See Next Page for Registrant Guarantors

 

 

Zygmunt Jablonski

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer

234 Kingsley Park Drive

Fort Mill, SC 29715

(803) 802-7500

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

 

 

Copies of Communications to:

Steven J. Slutzky

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 909-6694

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If 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.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

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.  ¨

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.  x

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.  ¨

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   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered   Amount to be
registered(1)
 

Proposed maximum
offering price per

unit(1)

  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price(1)
 

Amount of
registration

fee(1)

Common Stock

               

Debt Securities

               

Preferred Stock

               

Depositary Shares

               

Warrants

               

Purchase Contracts

               

Purchase Units

               

Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities(2)

               

Rights

               

 

 

  (1) An unspecified aggregate initial offering price and number or amount of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be sold at unspecified prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by depositary shares. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. The registrants are relying on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to defer payment of all of the registration fee.
  (2) Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate filing fee is required for the guarantees.

 

 

 


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Registrant guarantors

 

         
Name of Registrant Guarantor    Jurisdiction of
organization
   Primary
standard
industrial
classification
code
   IRS
employee
identification
number
   Address of principal executive
office

Associated Hygienic Products LLC

   Delaware    2676    58-1933227   

8020 Arco Corporate Drive,

Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27617

Attends Healthcare Products, Inc.

   Delaware    2676    06-1640071   

8020 Arco Corporate Drive,

Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27617

Domtar A.W. LLC

   Delaware    2621    52-2326681   

100 Kingsley Park Dr.

Fort Mill, SC 29715

Domtar Industries LLC

   Delaware    2621    25-1157103   

100 Kingsley Park Dr.

Fort Mill, SC 29715

Domtar Paper Company, LLC

   Delaware    2621    20-5915351   

100 Kingsley Park Dr.

Fort Mill, SC 29715

EAM Corporation

   Delaware    2676    58-2418329   

2075 Sunset Blvd.

Jesup, GA 31545

E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc.

   Delaware    2621    38-2752673   

1700 Washington Ave.

P.O. Box 5003

Port Huron, MI, 48061


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Prospectus

 

 

LOGO

Domtar Corporation

DEBT SECURITIES

PREFERRED STOCK

COMMON STOCK

DEPOSITARY SHARES

WARRANTS

RIGHTS

PURCHASE CONTRACTS

PURCHASE UNITS

 

 

We may from time to time offer to sell the securities described in this prospectus separately or together in any combination.

We will provide the specific terms of any securities to be offered, together with the terms of the offering, in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any applicable supplement carefully before you invest. A supplement may also change, add to, update, supplement or clarify information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, in each case under the symbol “UFS”. Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will not list any of the other securities to be offered pursuant to this prospectus on any securities exchange.

We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more agents, underwriters, dealers or other third parties or directly to one or more purchasers on a continuous or delayed basis.

Our principal executive office is located at 234 Kingsley Park Drive, Fort Mill, SC 29715 and our telephone number is (803) 802-7500.

 

 

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.

The date of this prospectus is September 26, 2016.


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About this prospectus

    1   

Forward-looking statements

    2   

Domtar Corporation

    4   

Use of proceeds

    5   

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends

    6   

Description of the debt securities

    7   

Description of capital stock

    13   

Description of depositary shares

    15   

Description of warrants

    16   

Description of rights

    17   

Description of purchase contracts and purchase units

    18   

Plan of distribution

    19   

Legal matters

    20   

Experts

    21   

Where you can find more information

    22   

Incorporation by reference

    23   

 

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About this prospectus

This prospectus is part of an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. By using a shelf registration statement, we may sell, at any time and from time to time, in one or more offerings, any combination of the securities described in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement in amounts, at prices and on other terms to be determined at the time of the offering. As allowed by the SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information, we refer you to the registration statement, including its exhibits.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus, and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We have not, and the underwriters named in any prospectus supplement have not, authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus and any prospectus supplement do not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, the securities offered by this prospectus and any prospectus supplement in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom or from whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation of an offer in such jurisdiction. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document. Neither the delivery of this prospectus and any prospectus supplement nor any distribution of securities pursuant to this prospectus shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the information set forth or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or in our affairs since the date of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading “Where you can find more information.” Information in any prospectus supplement or incorporated by reference after the date of this prospectus is considered a part of this prospectus and may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Any information in such subsequent filings that is inconsistent with this prospectus will supersede the information in this prospectus or any earlier prospectus supplement. For more details, you should read the exhibits filed with the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

In this prospectus, “Domtar,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to Domtar Corporation, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires.

 

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Forward-looking statements

This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement may contain or incorporate by reference certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act. These statements include statements relating to trends in, or representing management’s beliefs about, Domtar’s future growth, results of operations, performance and business prospects and opportunities. These forward-looking statements are generally denoted by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “aim,” “target,” “plan,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “will,” “should” and similar expressions. These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur, or if any occurs, what effect they will have on Domtar’s results of operations or financial condition.

These factors include, but are not limited to:

 

  continued decline in usage of fine paper products in our core North American market;

 

  our ability to implement our business diversification initiatives, including strategic acquisitions;

 

  product selling prices;

 

  raw material prices, including wood fiber, chemical and energy;

 

  conditions in the global capital and credit markets, and the economy generally, particularly in the United States, Canada and Europe;

 

  performance of Domtar’s manufacturing operations, including unexpected maintenance requirements;

 

  the level of competition from domestic and foreign producers;

 

  the effect of, or change in, forestry, land use, environmental and other governmental regulations (including taxation), and accounting regulations;

 

  the effect of weather and the risk of loss from fires, floods, windstorms, hurricanes and other natural disasters;

 

  transportation costs;

 

  the loss of current customers or the inability to obtain new customers;

 

  legal proceedings;

 

  changes in asset valuations, including impairment of property, plant and equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other assets for impairment or other reasons;

 

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  changes in currency rates, particularly the relative value of the U.S. dollar to the Canadian dollar, the Euro and other European currencies;

 

  the effect of timing of retirements and changes in the market price of Domtar’s common stock on charges for stock-based compensation; and

 

  performance of pension fund investments and related derivatives, if any.

The foregoing factors are not exhaustive, and new factors may emerge or changes to the foregoing factors may occur that could impact our business. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future performance or results. Unless specifically required by law, we are not obligated to, and do not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise. You should consider these risks when reading any forward-looking statements and review carefully the section captioned “Risk Factors” in any accompanying prospectus supplement and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and/or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference herein for a more complete discussion of the risks of an investment in our securities.

 

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Domtar Corporation

We design, manufacture, market and distribute a wide variety of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers, and absorbent hygiene products. The foundation of our business is a network of wood fiber converting assets that produce paper grade, fluff and specialty pulp. The majority of our pulp production is consumed internally to manufacture paper and other consumer products with the balance sold as market pulp. We are the largest integrated marketer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America serving a variety of customers, including merchants, retail outlets, stationers, printers, publishers, converters and end-users. We are also a marketer and producer of a broad line of incontinence care products marketed primarily under the Attends®, IncoPack® and Indasec® brand names, as well as infant diapers.

The Company operates in two reportable segments. Each reportable segment offers different products and services and requires different manufacturing processes, technology and/or marketing strategies. The following summary briefly describes the operations included in the Company’s two reportable segments:

 

  Pulp and Paper Segment  –  consists of the design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of communication, specialty and packaging papers, as well as softwood, fluff and hardwood market pulp.

 

  Personal Care Segment  –  consists of the design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of absorbent hygiene products.

 

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Use of proceeds

Unless otherwise stated in any prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures, investments in subsidiaries, acquisitions and refinancing of debt, including commercial paper and other short-term indebtedness. We will include a more detailed description of the use of proceeds of any specific offering of securities in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering.

 

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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and

ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges

and preferred dividends

The following table sets forth the Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends for each of the last five years and the six months ended June 30, 2016.

 

     
   

Six months
ended

June 30,

2016

    Year ended  
      December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges

    1.7        2.5        3.3        1.7        3.5        6.4   

Ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges
and preferred dividends

    1.7        2.5        3.3        1.7        3.5        6.4   

 

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Description of the debt securities

General

We may issue unsecured senior and subordinated debt securities in one or more series. Senior debt securities will be issued under an indenture (as previously amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”), dated November 19, 2007, among Domtar, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”) and the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) party thereto. Subordinated debt securities will be issued pursuant to a subordinated indenture. We will describe the material terms and provisions of any subordinated debt securities to be offered and the subordinated indenture in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Senior debt securities

The following description is a summary of the terms and provisions of the senior debt securities and the Indenture. It summarizes only those portions of the Indenture which we believe will be most important to your decision to invest in our senior debt securities. You should keep in mind, however, that it is the Indenture, and not this summary, which defines your rights as a holder of the senior debt securities. There may be other provisions in the Indenture which are also important to you. You should read the Indenture for a full description of the terms of the senior debt securities. A copy of the Indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus. See “Where you can find more information” for information on how to obtain copies of the Indenture.

We may from time to time without notice to, or the consent of, the holders of the senior debt securities, create and issue additional senior debt securities under the Indenture, equal in rank to the existing senior debt securities in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the new senior debt securities, or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the new senior debt securities) so that the new senior debt securities may be consolidated and form a single series with existing senior debt securities and have the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as existing senior debt securities.

The senior debt securities are unsecured obligations

The senior debt securities will be our general unsecured senior obligations and will rank equally with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The senior debt securities will be senior in right of payment to all of our future subordinated indebtedness and will be effectively subordinated to all of our future secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing such secured indebtedness.

Subsidiary guarantees

Each of our direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) that guarantees our indebtedness or that of any of our subsidiaries under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended and supplemented, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of August 18, 2016 among us and certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and agents party thereto or our indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”), dated as of July 20, 2015, among us, Domtar Paper

 

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Company, LLC, as borrower, CoBank, ACB as administrative agent and the lenders and agents party thereto, as amended on August 18, 2016, will, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantee the senior debt securities. The Subsidiary Guarantors will agree to pay, in addition to the obligations under the senior debt securities and the Indenture, any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the holders in enforcing any rights under the subsidiary guarantees.

The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the subsidiary guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantors, including their guarantees in respect of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement, and will be effectively subordinated to all of such Subsidiary Guarantors’ future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such secured indebtedness.

Terms of the senior debt securities

We may issue the senior debt securities in one or more series through a supplemental indenture that supplements the Indenture or through a resolution of our board of directors or an authorized committee of our board of directors.

You should refer to the applicable prospectus supplement for the specific terms of the senior debt securities. These terms may include the following:

 

  title of the series;

 

  total principal amount of the series;

 

  maturity date or dates;

 

  interest rate and interest payment dates;

 

  any redemption dates, prices, obligations and restrictions;

 

  any provisions permitting the senior debt securities to be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any class or classes of our stock, or our other securities or property, at a specified price or prices or at specified rates of exchange and with any adjustments; and

 

  any other terms of the series.

Form and exchange

The senior debt securities will normally be denominated in U.S. dollars, in which case we will pay principal, interest and any premium in U.S. dollars. We may, however, denominate any series of senior debt securities in another currency or composite currency. In those cases, payment of principal, interest and any premium would be in that currency or composite currency and not U.S. dollars.

Book-entry only form

The senior debt securities will normally be issued in book-entry only form, which means that they will be represented by one or more permanent global certificates registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, which we refer to as “DTC,” or its nominee. We refer to this form here and in any prospectus supplement as “book-entry only.”

 

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In the event that senior debt securities are issued in book-entry only form, DTC will keep a computerized record of its participants (for example, your broker) whose clients have purchased the senior debt securities. The participant will then keep a record of its clients who purchased the senior debt securities. A global security may not be transferred, except that DTC, its nominees and their successors may transfer an entire global security to one another.

In the case of book-entry only, we will wire principal and interest payments to DTC’s nominee. In accordance with the Indenture, we and the Trustee will treat DTC’s nominee as the owner of the global securities for all purposes. Accordingly, neither we nor the Trustee will have any direct responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on the senior debt securities to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities.

Under book-entry only, we will not issue certificates to individual holders of the senior debt securities. Beneficial interests in global securities will be shown on, and transfers of global securities will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants.

Senior debt securities represented by a global security will be exchangeable for senior debt securities certificates with the same terms in authorized denominations if DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed by us within 90 days. DTC may surrender a global security in exchange, in whole or in part, for senior debt securities certificates on such terms as are acceptable to us, the Trustee and DTC. We may, in our sole discretion, determine that one or more global securities shall no longer be represented by such global securities. In such event, the Trustee, upon receipt of a company order for the delivery of senior debt securities certificates, will authenticate and make such senior debt securities certificates available.

Certificated form

Alternatively, we may issue the senior debt securities in certificated form registered in the name of the holder of the senior debt security. Under these circumstances, holders may receive certificates representing the senior debt securities. Senior debt securities in certificated form will be transferable without charge except for reimbursement of taxes, if any. We will refer to this form in the prospectus supplement as “certificated.”

Redemption provisions, sinking fund and defeasance

We may redeem some or all of the senior debt securities at our option subject to the conditions stated in the prospectus supplement relating to that series of senior debt securities. If a series of senior debt securities is subject to a sinking fund, the applicable prospectus supplement will describe those terms.

We may discharge or defease certain of our obligations on any series of senior debt securities at any time. We may defease by depositing with the Trustee sufficient cash or government securities to pay all sums due on that series of senior debt securities.

Limitations on liens

The Indenture provides that, with certain exceptions, neither we nor any of our restricted subsidiaries may create, issue, assume or otherwise have outstanding any mortgage upon any principal property belonging to us or to any of our restricted subsidiaries or upon the shares of capital stock or debt of any of our restricted subsidiaries, whether such principal property, shares or debt are owned by us or our restricted subsidiaries on the date of the Indenture or acquired in the future, to secure any debt of

 

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ours or any of our restricted subsidiaries, unless the senior debt securities, and if we so elect, any of our other indebtedness ranking at least pari passu with the senior debt securities, shall be secured by a mortgage equally and ratably with or in priority to the new secured debt so long as such debt shall be so secured.

Limitation on sale and leaseback transactions

The Indenture restricts, with certain exceptions, transactions involving the sale and leaseback by us or any of our restricted subsidiaries with any person (other than us or a restricted subsidiary) providing for the leasing by us or any restricted subsidiary of any of our or their principal property or any property which together with any other property subject to the same transaction or series of related transactions would in the aggregate constitute a principal property, whether such principal property is owned by us or our restricted subsidiaries on the date of the Indenture or acquired in the future.

Changes to the Indenture

The Indenture may be changed with the consent of holders owning not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding senior debt securities of each series affected by the change. However, we may not, among other things, change the maturity or interest payment dates of any senior debt security or reduce the principal, rate of interest, any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or the percentage required to change other terms of the Indenture without the consent of the holder of such senior debt security.

We may enter into supplemental indentures for other specified purposes, including the creation of any new series of senior debt securities without the consent of any holder of senior debt securities.

Consolidation, merger or sale

We may not consolidate with or merge with or into another company or convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another company, and we will not permit any company to consolidate with or merge with or into us, unless:

 

  we will be the surviving corporation in any merger or consolidation, or, if we consolidate with or merge into another company or convey or transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any company, the successor company will be an entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and the successor entity will expressly assume our obligations relating to the senior debt securities;

 

  if we will not be the surviving company, each Subsidiary Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its subsidiary guarantee shall apply to such successor company’s obligations in respect of the Indenture and the senior debt securities;

 

  immediately after giving effect to the consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, there will exist no default or event of default; and

 

  other conditions, including the delivery of an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, described in the Indenture will be met.

 

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Events of default

Under the terms of the Indenture, each of the following constitutes an event of default with respect to the senior debt securities:

 

  default for 30 days in the payment of any interest on the senior debt securities when due;

 

  default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, on the senior debt securities when due;

 

  default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty in the Indenture with respect to the senior debt securities for 60 days after written notice;

 

  the subsidiary guarantee of a significant subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect, except as otherwise permitted under the Indenture, or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or is disaffirmed by the subsidiary guarantor;

 

  certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization;

 

  certain defaults under mortgage, indenture or other instruments which may secure or evidence indebtedness for money borrowed by us or any of our restricted subsidiaries; and

 

  certain judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of $80 million.

An event of default for a particular series of senior debt securities does not necessarily impact any other series of senior debt securities issued under the Indenture.

If an event of default exists (other than an event of default with respect to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization), the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of the series may declare the entire principal amount of and premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest and any other monetary obligations on the senior debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to us, and to the Trustee if given by holders of the senior debt securities. Upon that declaration, the principal (or specified) amount, premium, if any, and interest will become immediately due and payable. If this happens, subject to certain conditions, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of that series may rescind the declaration if all events of default with respect to the senior debt securities of that series (other than the non-payment of the principal of and interest on the senior debt securities of that series) have been cured or waived and there has been deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all overdue interest, principal, any premium, interest upon overdue interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful), all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Subject to the provisions for the security or indemnification of the Trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee in connection with the senior debt securities. We are required to furnish the Trustee annually with an officers’ certificate as to the fulfillment of our obligations under the Indenture.

 

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Concerning the Trustee

The Trustee under the Indenture will have all the duties and responsibilities of an indenture trustee specified in the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in performing its duties or exercising its rights and powers if it reasonably believes that it is not reasonably assured of repayment or adequate indemnity.

The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee, acts as depositary for funds of, makes loans to, and/or performs other services for us and our subsidiaries in the normal course of business.

 

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Description of capital stock

Authorized capital stock

Our authorized capital consists of 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Approximately 62,585,337 shares of our common stock and no shares of preferred stock were outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.

Common stock

The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held of record on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote, except that, unless otherwise required by law, the holders of our common stock are not entitled to vote on any amendment to our certificate of incorporation that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to our certificate of incorporation or pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). Except as otherwise provided by law, our certificate of incorporation or any resolution adopted by our board of directors designating any series of preferred stock, holders of our common stock will have the exclusive right to vote for the election of the members of our board of directors and for all other purposes.

Subject to the rights of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock as to dividends, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property as may be declared on the common stock by our board of directors at any time or from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor.

In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and subject to the rights of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive all of our remaining assets available for distribution to our stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of common stock held by them.

The holders of our common stock have no preemptive rights. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of holders of any series of preferred stock.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, in each case under the symbol “UFS”.

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Preferred stock

We may issue preferred stock from time to time in one or more series. Our certificate of incorporation expressly authorizes our board of directors, without the approval of our stockholders, to provide, out of the unissued shares of preferred stock, for series of preferred stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the

 

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voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. The terms and provisions of any preferred stock to be offered will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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Description of depositary shares

We may elect to offer depositary shares representing receipts for fractional interests in debt securities or preferred stock. In this case, we will issue receipts for depositary shares, each of which will represent a fraction of a debt security or share of a particular series of preferred stock, as the case may be.

We will deposit the debt securities or shares of any series of preferred stock represented by depositary shares under a deposit agreement between us and a depositary which we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, as an owner of a depositary share you will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a debt security or share of preferred stock represented by the depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the debt security or preferred stock, as the case may be, represented by the depositary share, including, as the case may be, interest, dividend, voting, conversion, redemption, sinking fund, repayment at maturity, subscription and liquidation rights. The terms of any depositary shares to be offered and a description of the material provisions of the applicable deposit agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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Description of warrants

We may issue warrants, including warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or other securities, property or assets (including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices) as well as other types of warrants. We may issue warrants independently or together with any other securities, and they may be attached to or separate from those securities. We will issue the warrants under warrant agreements between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, that we will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the warrants that we offer. The terms of any warrants to be issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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Description of rights

We may issue rights to purchase common stock or preferred stock. Each right will entitle the holder of rights to purchase for cash the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock at the exercise price provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. Rights may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date for the rights provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, all unexercised rights will be void.

Holders may exercise rights as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the rights certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the rights agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the shares of common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon exercise of the rights. If less than all of the rights issued in any rights offering are exercised, we may offer any unsubscribed securities directly to persons other than stockholders, to or through agents, underwriters or dealers or through a combination of such methods, including pursuant to standby underwriting arrangements, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the material terms and conditions of the rights being offered, the rights agreement relating to the rights and the rights certificates representing the rights. The applicable prospectus supplement may add, update or change the terms and conditions of the rights as described in this prospectus.

 

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Description of purchase contracts

and purchase units

We may issue purchase contracts, including contracts obligating or entitling you to purchase from us, and obligating or entitling us to sell to you, a specific number of shares of common stock or preferred stock or other securities, property or assets, at a future date or dates. Alternatively, the purchase contacts may obligate or entitle us to purchase from you, and obligate or entitle you to sell to us, a specific or varying number of shares of common stock or preferred stock, or other securities, property or assets, at a future date. The price per share of preferred stock or common stock may be fixed at the time the purchase contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula described in the purchase contracts. We may issue purchase contracts separately or as a part of units each consisting of a purchase contract and debt securities, undivided beneficial ownership interests in debt securities, depositary shares representing fractional interests in debt securities or shares of preferred stock, or debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury securities, securing your obligations to purchase the preferred stock or the common stock, or other securities, property or assets, under the purchase contract. The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to you or vice versa and the payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The purchase contracts may require you to secure your obligations in a specified manner. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of any purchase contracts or purchase units and any related guarantee.

 

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Plan of distribution

We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis. We will provide the specific plan of distribution for any securities to be offered in supplements to this prospectus.

 

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Legal matters

Unless otherwise indicated in the appropriate prospectus supplement, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, will opine on the validity of the securities on our behalf and on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantors. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP will rely upon the opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., as to certain matters of Delaware law.

 

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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, 2015 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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Where you can find more information

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy all or any portion of these reports, proxy statements and other information at the offices of the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference rooms. The SEC maintains a website, www.sec.gov, that contains reports, proxy and prospectus and other information regarding registrants, such as Domtar, that file electronically with the SEC. You can also find additional information about us at www.domtar.com.

 

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Incorporation by reference

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. We hereby incorporate by reference the documents listed below, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and in some cases supersede this information. Specifically, we incorporate by reference the following documents or information filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):

 

  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015;

 

  Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016;

 

  Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2016, April 15, 2016, May 5, 2016, August 19, 2016 and September 23, 2016;

 

  Our definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 2, 2016 on Schedule 14A for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 3, 2016;

 

  The description of our common stock contained on our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2012; and

 

  Future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this prospectus.

We will provide any of these filings, at no charge, upon written or oral request. Requests for this information may be made in writing to Domtar Corporation, 234 Kingsley Park Drive, Fort Mill, SC 29715 or by telephone at (803) 802-7500.

 

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Information not required in prospectus

Item 14.    Other expenses of issuance and distribution.

The following statement sets forth the expenses of Domtar Corporation (the “Registrant”) in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (all of which will be borne by the Registrant).

 

Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee

  $ *   

Trustee Fees and Expenses

    +   

Legal Fees and Expenses

    +   

Accounting Fees and Expenses

    +   

Printing Fees and Expenses

    +   

Miscellaneous Expenses

    +   

Total

  $ *   
  * In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrant is deferring payment of the registration fee for the securities offered by this prospectus.

 

  + Estimated expenses are not presently known.

Item 15.    Indemnification of directors and officers

Delaware

(a) Each of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc., Domtar Corporation, EAM Corporation and E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. is incorporated as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. This provision, however, may not eliminate or limit a director’s liability (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 involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The certificate of incorporation of each of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc., Domtar Corporation, EAM Corporation and E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. contains such a provision.

Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.

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in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

The certificate of incorporation of Domtar Corporation provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL. The certificate of incorporation of Domtar Corporation further provides that, subject to certain exceptions, Domtar Corporation shall indemnify any person seeking indemnification in connection with any action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person only if such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by Domtar Corporation’s board of directors. In addition, the certificate of incorporation of Domtar Corporation also provides that if a claim for indemnification or advancement is not paid in full by the corporation within 30 calendar days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. The certificate of incorporation of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. provides that the corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, indemnify any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim by reason of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of the corporation. The certificate of incorporation of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. does not, however, require that the corporation indemnify any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person.

The bylaws of EAM Corporation provide that the corporation shall indemnify and reimburse all persons who are required or permitted to be indemnified and reimbursed pursuant to applicable provisions of Delaware law. The bylaws of E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. provide that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL against any liability, cost or expense incurred by the applicable director or officer in such director’s or officer’s capacity as a director or officer, or arising of such person’s status as a director or officer of the corporation.

Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the

 

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corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL. Section 145(e) of the DGCL further provides such expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by former directors and officers or other persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.

The certificate of incorporation of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. provides that the corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, upon request advance expenses to any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim by reason of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of the corporation. The certificate of incorporation of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. does not, however, require the corporation to advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person. The certificate of incorporation of Domtar Corporation provides that the corporation may pay the expenses of a director or officer incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however that, to the extent required by the DGCL, the payment of such expenses shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified.

The bylaws of E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. provide that expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending an action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized by Article VI of the bylaws of E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. Neither the certificate of incorporation nor the bylaws of EAM Corporation provides for the advancement of expenses as permitted by Section 145(e) of the DGCL.

Section 145(g) of the DGCL specifically provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.

The certificate of incorporation of Domtar Corporation expressly provides that the corporation may maintain insurance at its expense to protect any director or officer of the corporation against any expenses, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such director or officer against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. The bylaws of E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. expressly provide that the corporation may maintain insurance at its expense, to protect itself and any director or officer of the corporation against liability costs or expenses. Neither the certificate of incorporation nor the bylaws of each of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. and EAM Corporation contain specific provisions addressing liability insurance for the corporation’s directors and officers.

Domtar Corporation maintains insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Domtar Corporation or its subsidiaries and affiliates against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not it would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

 

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The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the DGCL and each of the above registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended to date.

(b) Each of Associated Hygienic Products LLC, Domtar A.W. LLC, Domtar Industries LLC and Domtar Paper Company, LLC is organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq.) (the “Delaware LLC Act”) provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The limited liability company agreements of each of Associated Hygienic Products LLC, Domtar A.W. LLC, Domtar Industries LLC and Domtar Paper Company, LLC contain specific provisions relating to indemnification.

In accordance with Section 18-108 of the Delaware LLC Act, the limited liability company agreement of Associated Hygienic Products LLC provides that the limited liability company may indemnify a person who is or was party to an action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a manager, member, employee or agent of the limited liability company or is or was serving at the request of the limited liability company as a manager, member, director, officer, employee or agent of another enterprise against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement if such person acted in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the limited liability company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The limited liability company agreement of Associated Hygienic Products LLC further provides that, to the extent a manager, member, employee or agent of the limited liability company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action, suit or proceeding such person must be indemnified by the limited liability company against expenses actually and reasonably incurred. In addition, the limited liability company agreement of Associated Hygienic Products LLC provides that indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter to which a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the limited liability company unless and only to the extent the court in which the action was brought or another court of competent jurisdiction determines the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. In accordance with Section 18-108 of the Delaware LLC Act, the limited liability company agreements of each of Domtar A.W. LLC and Domtar Industries LLC provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, an officer, board member or the member, or any of the member’s directors, officers, agents or employees, or any affiliate of any of the foregoing (the “Covered Person”) shall be entitled to indemnification from the limited liability company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the limited liability company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by the applicable limited liability company agreement, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Covered Person. The limited liability company agreement of Domtar Paper Company, LLC provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the member or any of its or the limited liability company’s directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents or representatives (a “Domtar Paper Covered Person”) shall be entitled to indemnification from the limited liability company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Domtar Paper Covered Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Domtar Paper Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the limited liability company, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Domtar Paper Covered Person.

 

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Furthermore, each of the limited liability company agreements of Associated Hygienic Products LLC, Domtar A.W. LLC, Domtar Industries LLC and Domtar Paper Company, LLC provides that the right to indemnification conferred in the applicable limited liability company agreement includes the right to be paid by the limited liability company the expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Covered Person (or manager or member in the case of Associated Hygienic Products LLC) in defending any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt by the limited liability company of an undertaking by the Covered Person (or manager or member in the case of Associated Hygienic Products LLC) to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification under the applicable limited liability company agreement.

Section 18-406 of the Delaware LLC Act provides that a member, manager or liquidating trustee of a limited liability company shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the limited liability company and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented by another manager, member or liquidating trustee, an officer or employee of the limited liability company, or committees of the limited liability company, members or managers, or by any other person as to matters the member, manager or liquidating trustees reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the limited liability company, or the value and amount of assets or reserves or contracts, agreements or other undertakings that would be sufficient to pay claims and obligations of the limited liability company or to make reasonable provision to pay such claims and obligations, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to members or creditors might properly be paid.

Consistent with Section 18-406 of the Delaware LLC Act, each of the limited liability company agreements of Domtar A.W. LLC, Domtar Industries LLC and Domtar Paper Company, LLC provides that in carrying out any duties under the limited liability company agreement, the Covered Person shall not be liable to the limited liability company for breach of any duty for the Covered Person’s good faith reliance on the records of the limited liability company, or such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the limited liability company by any person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the limited liability company.

Section 18-1101(d) of the Delaware LLC Act provides that unless otherwise provided in a limited liability company agreement, a member or manager or other person will not be liable to a limited liability company or to another member or manager or to another person that is a party to or is otherwise bound by a limited liability company agreement for breach of fiduciary duty for the member’s or manager’s or other person’s good faith reliance on the provisions of the limited liability company agreement. The limited liability company agreements of Associated Hygienic Products LLC, Domtar A.W. LLC, Domtar Industries LLC, and Domtar Paper Company, LLC do not contain specific provisions that override Section 18-1101(d) of the Delaware LLC Act.

Section 18-1101(e) of the Delaware LLC Act permits a limited liability company agreement to limit or eliminate any and all liabilities for breach of contract and breach of duties (including fiduciary duties) of a member, manager or other person to a limited liability company or to another member or manager or to another person that is a party to or is otherwise bound by a limited liability company agreement. However, under Section 18-1101(e) of the Delaware LLC Act, a limited liability company agreement may not limit or eliminate liability for any act or omission that constitutes a bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Each of the limited liability company agreements of Domtar A.W. LLC and Domtar Industries LLC provides that in the absence of bad faith

 

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by the Covered Person, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Covered Person shall not constitute a breach of the limited liability company agreement or any other agreement contemplated therein or of any duty or obligation of the Covered Person at law or in equity or otherwise. In addition, each of the limited liability company agreements of Domtar A.W. LLC and Domtar Industries LLC provides that the provisions of the limited liability company agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity to the limited liability company or its members, are agreed by the parties to the limited liability company agreement to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person. The limited liability company agreement of Domtar Paper Company LLC provides that the provisions of the limited liability company agreement, to the extent that they restrict, expand or eliminate the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the parties to the limited liability company agreement to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person. The limited liability company agreement of Associated Hygienic Products LLC does not contain specific provisions that limit or eliminate liabilities for breach of contract and breach of duties (including fiduciary duties) of a member, manager or other person as permitted by Section 18-1101(e) of the Delaware LLC Act.

The limited liability company agreement of Associated Hygienic Products LLC provides that the limited liability company may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is a manager, member, employee or agent of the limited liability company for any liability asserted against such person and liability and expenses incurred by such person in such person’s capacity as manager, member, director, officer, employee or agent, whether or not the limited liability company has the authority to indemnify such person against such liability and expenses.

The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the Delaware LLC Act and each of the above registrant’s limited liability company agreements, as amended to date.

Director indemnification agreements

Domtar Corporation has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors, including John D. Williams, who is also the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Each indemnification agreement provides that the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the individual (the “Indemnitee”) to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law against losses incurred by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company. In addition, the Company will advance to the Indemnitee certain expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending against an indemnifiable claim. The Indemnitee agrees to repay to the Company all amounts advanced to the Indemnitee by the Company if the Indemnitee is ultimately determined not to be entitled to indemnification in respect of such claim. The Company has entered into substantially similar indemnification agreements with each Board-appointed officer.

 

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Item 16.            Exhibits

 

Exhibit
number
    Exhibit description
  1.1      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Equity)**
  1.2      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities)**
  1.3      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Securities)**
  1.4      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Purchase Contracts)**
  1.5      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Purchase Units)**
  1.6      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Warrants)**
  1.7      Form of Underwriting Agreement (Rights)**
  3.1      Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Domtar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2009 and the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2008)
  3.2      Amended and Restated By-laws of Domtar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2016)
  4.1      Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2007, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Paper Company, LLC and The Bank of New York, as Trustee*
  4.2      Supplemental Indenture, dated February 15, 2008, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, and the new Subsidiary Guarantors parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2008)
  4.3      Second Supplemental Indenture, dated February 20, 2008, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, and the new Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2008)
  4.4      Third Supplement Indenture, dated June 9, 2009, among Domtar Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, relating to the Company’s 10.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 9, 2009)
  4.5      Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated June 23, 2011, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Delaware Investments Inc., and Domtar Delaware Holdings, LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 5, 2011)
  4.6      Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 7, 2011, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Delaware Investments Inc. and Domtar Delaware Holdings, LLC, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 4, 2011)

 

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  4.7      Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 16, 2012 among Domtar Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Company’s 4.40% Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2012)
  4.8      Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated May 21, 2012 among Domtar Corporation, EAM Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the Company’s Form S-3 filed with the SEC on August 20, 2012)
    4.9      Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 23, 2012, among Domtar Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Company’s 6.25% Senior Notes due 2042 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2012)
    4.10      Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated July 31, 2013, among Domtar Corporation, Associated Hygienic Products LLC, Domtar Personal Care Absorbent Hygiene, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Form S-3 ASR filed with the SEC on October 1, 2013)
    4.11      Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, among Domtar Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Company’s 6.75% Notes due 2044 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 26, 2013)
    4.12      Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 2015, among Domtar Corporation, Palmetto Enterprises LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016)
    4.13      Form of Depositary Receipt**
    4.14      Form of Depositary Agreement**
    4.15      Form(s) of Warrant Agreement(s), including form of Warrant**
    4.16      Form of Purchase Contract Agreement**
    4.17      Form of Pledge Agreement**
    4.18      Form of Global Security (Senior Debt Security)**
    4.19      Form of Global Security (Subordinated Debt Security)**
    5.1      Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP*
    5.2      Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.*
  12.1      Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends*
  23.1      Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2      Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (contained in Exhibit 5.2)

 

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  23.3      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
  24.1      Powers of Attorney*
  25.1      Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, under the Indenture*
  *   Filed herewith.

 

  **   To be filed by amendment or report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Item 17.            Undertakings

 

(a) Each undersigned registrant hereby undertakes

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of 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 (i), (ii) and (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 SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, 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, 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.

 

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  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

  (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

 

  (i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of 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 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 a 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 a 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 registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

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  (6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (7) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,

 

  (i) The information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

  (ii) Each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (8) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (“Act”) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)2 of the Act.

 

  (9) To supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of any warrant or right subscription period, to set forth the results of any warrant or right subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.

 

(b) Insofar as indemnification by the registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION
By:   *
Name:   John D. Williams
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

John D. Williams

  

President and Chief Executive Officer

and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Daniel Buron

  

Senior Vice-President and Chief

Financial Officer (Principal Financial

Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Robert J. Steacy

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors and

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Giannella Alvarez

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Robert E. Apple

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Louis P Gignac

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

David J. Illingworth

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Brian M. Levitt

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

David G. Maffucci

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Domenic Pilla

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Pamela B. Strobel

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Denis Turcotte

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Mary A. Winston

  

Director

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

ASSOCIATED HYGIENIC PRODUCTS LLC
By:  

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

Michael Fagan

  

President and Manager (Principal

Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Marcy Lemieux

  

Controller and Manager (Principal

Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Daniel Buron

  

Manager

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
By:   /s/ Razvan Theodoru
Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

Michael Fagan

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and

Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Marcy Lemieux

  

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Daniel Buron

  

Vice President, Treasurer and Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Patrick Loulou

  

Vice President Corporate Development

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

DOMTAR A.W. LLC
By:   /s/ Razvan Theodoru
Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

Roger H. Brear

  

President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer, Principal

Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Jack Bray

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Zygmunt Jablonski

  

Director

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

DOMTAR INDUSTRIES LLC
By:   /s/ Razvan Theodoru
Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

John D. Williams

  

President and Director (Principal

Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Roger H. Brear

  

Treasurer (Principal

Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Michael Garcia

  

Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Zygmunt Jablonski

  

Director

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

DOMTAR PAPER COMPANY, LLC
By:   /s/ Razvan Theodoru
Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

Michael Garcia

  

President and Manager (Principal

Executive Officer, Principal Financial

Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Jack Bray

  

Vice President and Manager

  September 26, 2016

*

Zygmunt Jablonski

  

Manager

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

EAM CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Razvan Theodoru
Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

Michael Fagan

  

President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Larry Aaron

  

Vice President and Treasurer (Principal

Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Daniel Buron

  

Vice President and Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Lee West

  

Managing Director

  September 26, 2016

*

Lori Venn

  

Director

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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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 of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Mill, South Carolina, on September 26, 2016.

 

E.B. EDDY PAPER, INC.
By:   /s/ Razvan Theodoru
Name:   Razvan Theodoru
Title:   Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

*

Tim Wight

  

President and Director (Principal

Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Jack Bray

  

Treasurer and Director (Principal

Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

*

Zygmunt Jablonski

  

Director

  September 26, 2016
*By:     

/s/ Razvan Theodoru

Razvan Theodoru,

as Attorney-in-Fact

       September 26, 2016

 

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Exhibit index

 

Exhibit
number
     Exhibit description
  1.1       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Equity)**
  1.2       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities)**
  1.3       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Securities)**
  1.4       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Purchase Contracts)**
  1.5       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Purchase Units)**
  1.6       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Warrants)**
  1.7       Form of Underwriting Agreement (Rights)**
  3.1       Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Domtar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2009 and the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2008)
  3.2       Amended and Restated By-laws of Domtar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2016)
  4.1       Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2007, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Paper Company, LLC and The Bank of New York, as Trustee*
  4.2       Supplemental Indenture, dated February 15, 2008, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, and the new Subsidiary Guarantors parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2008)
  4.3       Second Supplemental Indenture, dated February 20, 2008, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, and the new Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2008)
  4.4       Third Supplement Indenture, dated June 9, 2009, among Domtar Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, relating to the Company’s 10.75% Senior Notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 9, 2009)
  4.5       Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated June 23, 2011, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Delaware Investments Inc., and Domtar Delaware Holdings, LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 5, 2011)

 

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  4.6       Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 7, 2011, among Domtar Corporation, Domtar Delaware Investments Inc. and Domtar Delaware Holdings, LLC, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 4, 2011)
  4.7       Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 16, 2012 among Domtar Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Company’s 4.40% Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2012)
  4.8       Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated May 21, 2012 among Domtar Corporation, EAM Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the Company’s Form S-3 filed with the SEC on August 20, 2012)
  4.9       Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 23, 2012, among Domtar Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Company’s 6.25% Senior Notes due 2042 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2012)
  4.10       Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated July 31, 2013, among Domtar Corporation, Associated Hygienic Products LLC, Domtar Personal Care Absorbent Hygiene, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Form S-3 ASR filed with the SEC on October 1, 2013)
  4.11       Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, among Domtar Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Company’s 6.75% Notes due 2044 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 26, 2013)
  4.12       Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 2015, among Domtar Corporation, Palmetto Enterprises LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016)
  4.13       Form of Depositary Receipt**
  4.14       Form of Depositary Agreement**
  4.15       Form(s) of Warrant Agreement(s), including form of Warrant**
  4.16       Form of Purchase Contract Agreement**
  4.17       Form of Pledge Agreement**
  4.18       Form of Global Security (Senior Debt Security)**
  4.19       Form of Global Security (Subordinated Debt Security)**
  5.1       Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP*

 

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  5.2       Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.*
  12.1       Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends*
  23.1       Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2       Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (contained in Exhibit 5.2)
  23.3       Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
  24.1       Powers of Attorney*
  25.1       Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, under the Indenture*
  *   Filed herewith.

 

  **   To be filed by amendment or report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

 

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EX-4.1 2 d245969dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION,

THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR PARTY HERETO

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Trustee

SENIOR INDENTURE

Dated as of November 19, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  

ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     1   
 

SECTION 101.

 

Definitions.

     1   
 

SECTION 102.

 

Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

     13   
 

SECTION 103.

 

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

     14   
 

SECTION 104.

 

Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

     15   
 

SECTION 105.

 

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

     17   
 

SECTION 106.

 

Notice to Holders; Waiver.

     18   
 

SECTION 107.

 

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

     18   
 

SECTION 108.

 

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

     18   
 

SECTION 109.

 

Successors and Assigns.

     18   
 

SECTION 110.

 

Separability Clause.

     19   
 

SECTION 111.

 

Benefits of Indenture.

     19   
 

SECTION 112.

 

Governing Law; Trust Indenture Act.

     19   
 

SECTION 113.

 

Legal Holidays.

     19   
 

SECTION 114.

 

Computations.

     19   
 

SECTION 115.

 

Agency for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities.

     20   
 

SECTION 116.

 

Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability.

     20   

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS

     21   
 

SECTION 201.

 

Forms Generally.

     21   
 

SECTION 202.

 

Form of Legend for Global Securities.

     22   
 

SECTION 203.

 

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

     22   

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES

     23   
 

SECTION 301.

 

Title; Terms.

     23   
 

SECTION 302.

 

Denominations.

     25   
 

SECTION 303.

 

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

     25   
 

SECTION 304.

 

Temporary Securities.

     27   
 

SECTION 305.

 

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     27   
 

SECTION 306.

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

     30   
 

SECTION 307.

 

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

     31   
 

SECTION 308.

 

Persons Deemed Owners.

     32   
 

SECTION 309.

 

Cancellation.

     33   
 

SECTION 310.

 

Computation of Interest.

     33   
 

SECTION 311.

 

CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.

     33   

 

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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     34   
  

SECTION 401.

  

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     34   
  

SECTION 402.

  

Application of Trust Money.

     35   

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES

     36   
  

SECTION 501.

  

Events of Default.

     36   
  

SECTION 502.

  

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

     38   
  

SECTION 503.

  

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

     39   
  

SECTION 504.

  

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     40   
  

SECTION 505.

  

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

     41   
  

SECTION 506.

  

Application of Money Collected.

     41   
  

SECTION 507.

  

Limitation on Suits.

     41   
  

SECTION 508.

  

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

     42   
  

SECTION 509.

  

Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

     42   
  

SECTION 510.

  

Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

     43   
  

SECTION 511.

  

Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

     43   
  

SECTION 512.

  

Control by Holders.

     43   
  

SECTION 513.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults.

     43   
  

SECTION 514.

  

Undertaking for Costs.

     44   
  

SECTION 515.

  

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

     44   

ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE

     45   
  

SECTION 601.

  

Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     45   
  

SECTION 602.

  

Notice of Defaults.

     45   
  

SECTION 603.

  

Certain Rights of Trustee.

     45   
  

SECTION 604.

  

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

     47   
  

SECTION 605.

  

May Hold Securities.

     48   
  

SECTION 606.

  

Money Held in Trust.

     48   
  

SECTION 607.

  

Compensation and Reimbursement.

     48   
  

SECTION 608.

  

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

     49   
  

SECTION 609.

  

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

     49   
  

SECTION 610.

  

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     49   
  

SECTION 611.

  

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

     51   
  

SECTION 612.

  

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

     52   
  

SECTION 613.

  

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

     53   
  

SECTION 614.

  

Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

     53   

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

     55   
  

SECTION 701.

  

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

     55   
  

SECTION 702.

  

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

     55   
  

SECTION 703.

  

Reports by Trustee.

     55   
  

SECTION 704.

  

Reports by Company.

     56   

ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     57   
  

SECTION 801.

  

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

     57   
  

SECTION 802.

  

Successor Person Substituted.

     59   

ARTICLE NINE AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

     59   
  

SECTION 901.

  

Without Consent of Holders.

     59   
  

SECTION 902.

  

With Consent of Holders.

     60   
  

SECTION 903.

  

Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     62   
  

SECTION 904.

  

Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

     62   
  

SECTION 905.

  

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

     62   
  

SECTION 906.

  

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

     63   

ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS

     63   
  

SECTION 1001.

  

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

     63   
  

SECTION 1002.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     63   
  

SECTION 1003.

  

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

     64   
  

SECTION 1004.

  

Statement by Officers as to Default.

     65   
  

SECTION 1005.

  

Existence.

     65   
  

SECTION 1006.

  

Maintenance of Properties.

     66   
  

SECTION 1007.

  

Payment of Taxes.

     66   
  

SECTION 1008.

  

Limitation on Liens.

     66   
  

SECTION 1009.

  

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

     68   
  

SECTION 1010.

  

Calculations.

     69   
  

SECTION 1011.

  

Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

     70   

ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     71   
  

SECTION 1101.

  

Company’s Right of Redemption.

     71   
  

SECTION 1102.

  

Applicability of Article.

     71   
  

SECTION 1103.

  

Election to Redeem; Notices to Trustee and any Stock Exchange.

     71   
  

SECTION 1104.

  

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

     72   
  

SECTION 1105.

  

Notice of Redemption.

     73   
  

SECTION 1106.

  

Deposit of Redemption Price.

     73   
  

SECTION 1107.

  

Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

     74   

 

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SECTION 1108.

  

Securities Redeemed in Part.

     74   

ARTICLE TWELVE RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE

     74   
  

SECTION 1201.

  

Change of Control.

     74   

ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     77   
  

SECTION 1301.

  

Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     77   
  

SECTION 1302.

  

Defeasance and Discharge.

     77   
  

SECTION 1303.

  

Covenant Defeasance.

     78   
  

SECTION 1304.

  

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     78   
  

SECTION 1305.

  

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

     80   
  

SECTION 1306.

  

Reinstatement.

     81   
  

SECTION 1307.

  

Qualifying Trustee.

     81   

ARTICLE FOURTEEN SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

     81   
  

SECTION 1401.

  

Subsidiary Guarantees

     81   
  

SECTION 1402.

  

Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor

Liability

     83   
  

SECTION 1403.

  

Right of Contribution

     84   
  

SECTION 1404.

  

No Subrogation

     85   

 

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CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING

TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,

INCLUSIVE OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:

 

TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION      INDENTURE SECTION   
SECTION 310(a)(1)      609, 610   
(a)(2)      609   
(a)(3)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(a)(4)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(a)(5)      609   
(b)      608, 610   
(c)      NOT APPLICABLE   
SECTION 311(a)      613   
(b)      613   
(c)      NOT APPLICABLE   
SECTION 312(a)      701, 702   
(b)      702   
(c)      702   
SECTION 313(a)      703   
(b)(1)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(b)(2)      703   
(c)      703   
(d)      703   
SECTION 314(a)      704   
(a)(4)      101, 1004   
(b)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(c)(1)      102   
(c)(2)      102   
(c)(3)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(d)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(e)      102   
(f)      NOT APPLICABLE   
SECTION 315(a)      601   
(b)      602   
(c)      601   
(d)      601   
(e)      514   
SECTION 316(a)      101   
(a)(1)(A)      502, 512   
(a)(1)(B)      513   
(a)(2)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(b)      508   
(c)      104   

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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SECTION 317(a)(1)      503   
(a)(2)      504   
(b)      1003   
SECTION 318(a)      107   
(b)      NOT APPLICABLE   
(c)      107   

 

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SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of November 19, 2007, among Domtar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 395 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1L6, the Subsidiary Guarantor party hereto and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR

WHEREAS, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantor have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s unsecured senior debt securities in one or more series (the “Securities”) of substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Subsidiary Guarantee of the Securities, when duly issued by the Subsidiary Guarantor, the valid obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Subsidiary Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of a series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

SECTION 101. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;


(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of such computation; provided, that when two or more principles are so generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by the Company;

(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

(5) the words “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Attributable Obligation” means, in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, if known, or at the rate of 10% if such implicit rate is not known) of the obligation of the lessee for the Net Rental Payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended) entered into in connection therewith, such present value to be established as at the date as of which the amount of the payment is determined and in accordance with U.S. GAAP as in effect from time to time.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

 

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“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, the Corporate Trust Office or any Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or other equity interests of such Person.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person as lessee with respect to any lease that is required to be capitalized on its balance sheet in accordance with U.S. GAAP as in effect from time to time. The amount of any Capitalized Lease Obligation at any time shall be the amount at which it is carried on the balance sheet of the lessee at such time in accordance with such principles.

“Change of Control” means:

(1) any “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 40% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company (or its successor by merger, consolidation or purchase of all or substantially all of its assets) (for the purposes of this clause, such person or group shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of the Company held by a parent entity, if such person or group “beneficially owns” (as defined above), directly or indirectly, more than 40% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity); or

(2) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or

(3) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act); or

 

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(4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee person immediately after giving effect to such issuance; or

(5) the adoption by the stockholders of the Company of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

“Change of Control Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by (i) its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President, and (ii) its Treasurer, any Associate Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee or, with respect to Sections 303, 304, 305 and 603, any other employee of the Company named in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, with respect to any Person(s), the total of all assets appearing on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person(s), less the sum of the following amounts appearing on such consolidated balance sheet:

 

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(1) amounts, if any, at which goodwill, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other similar intangible assets (other than timber licenses) and unamortized stock or debt commission, discount, expense and premium shall appear as assets;

(2) all amounts at which investments in Persons which are not being consolidated shall appear on such consolidated balance sheet as assets;

(3) the amount of all liabilities appearing on such consolidated balance sheet as current liabilities; and

(4) any minority interest appearing on such consolidated balance sheet,

all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP as in effect from time to time.

“Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who: (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Global Finance Americas.

“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2007, among the Company, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, Domtar Inc., the banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as co-documentation agents, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time (and whether or not with the original administrative agent and lenders or another administrative agent or agents or other lenders and whether provided under the original Credit Agreement or any other credit or other agreement or indenture).

 

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“Debt” means all Capitalized Lease Obligations, any undischarged indebtedness for money borrowed and guarantees of indebtedness for borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other instrument; provided, however, that Debt shall not include any Debt for the payment or redemption of which money in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in irrevocable trust either at or before the maturity or Redemption Date thereof.

“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

“Depositary” means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated by the Company in Section 301 to act as depositary for any series of Securities with respect to such series (or any successor to such clearing agency).

“Event of Default,” unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a series pursuant to Section 301, has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Exempted Debt” means without duplication (a) all Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which is secured by a Mortgage described in paragraph (i) of Section 1008 and (b) all Attributable Obligations in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions described in paragraph (b) of Section 1009.

“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Funded Debt” of any Person means any Debt, whether issued, assumed or guaranteed by any Person, maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of issuance, assumption or guarantee thereof or which is extendible or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from the date of issuance, assumption or guarantee thereof by such Person.

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of a series of Securities issued to the Depositary or its nominee for such series, and registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee and except as specified with respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 301, bearing the legend set forth in Section 202.

“Guarantor Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 1401.

 

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“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of each particular series of Securities established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto as contemplated by Section 301, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.

“Interest Payment Date” means as to each series of Securities the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities.

“Interest Rate” means the rate of interest specified or determined as specified in each Security as being the rate of interest payable on such Security.

“Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in the Securities or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Mortgage” means any mortgage, hypothec, privilege, pledge, security interest, floating charge or other similar lien or encumbrance.

“Net Rental Payments” under any lease for any period means the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional rental) on account of indemnities (other than any constituting basic rent) or maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates, utilities or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, production or other measures of economic performance.

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(3).

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President, and (ii) the

 

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Treasurer, any Associate Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for (and an employee of) the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or, with respect to Section 801, any Person, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Date” means the date of issuance specified as such in each Security.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

“Outstanding” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(3) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen; and

(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand,

 

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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, and (C) Securities beneficially owned by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means the Trustee or any other Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

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

“Place of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Principal Facility” means any mill, converting plant or manufacturing plant owned or leased at the date of this Indenture or acquired or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary after such date and which is located within Canada or the United States, other than any mill or plant the fair market value of which as determined by the Board of Directors does not at the time exceed 1% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.

 

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“Principal Property” means, as the context may require, any real or immoveable property forming part of or constituting any or all of the following: any Principal Facility or Timberlands.

“Purchase Money Obligation” means any indebtedness, whether or not secured, incurred in respect of the cost of acquisition of any property (including shares of Capital Stock or Debt) or of the cost of construction or improvement of any property acquired, constructed or improved after the date of this Indenture, which indebtedness existed at the time of acquisition or was created, issued, incurred, assumed or guaranteed contemporaneously with the acquisition, construction or improvement or within 120 days after the completion thereof (or subsequently if created pursuant to a firm commitment financing arrangement obtained within such 120-day period, provided that the related indebtedness is created within 90 days after the expiration of such 120-day period) and includes any extension, renewal or refunding of any such indebtedness if the principal amount thereof outstanding on the date of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased.

“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Securities of a series, the date which is fifteen days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, located at the Corporate Trust Office and assigned by the Trustee from time to time to administer its corporate trust matters.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means (a) a Subsidiary which, as at the end of the Company’s then most recently completed fiscal quarter, had Consolidated Net Tangible Assets representing 5% or more of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company (including such Subsidiary) and owns or leases any interest in a Principal Property and (b) any other Subsidiary which the Board of Directors shall have determined to be a Restricted Subsidiary. Any determination mentioned in (b) shall be irrevocable; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may determine that a Restricted

 

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Subsidiary described in (b) shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary and shall become an Unrestricted Subsidiary if (i) a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall hold a minority interest in such Restricted Subsidiary of at least 15% of the common shareholders’ equity (or equivalent equity interests) of such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) immediately after such Restricted Subsidiary becomes an Unrestricted Subsidiary, no Default or Event of Default shall exist.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1009.

“Securities” or “Security” means any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable, in the case of such principal or installment of principal, as such date may be extended or shortened as provided pursuant to the terms of such Security.

“Subsidiary” of any Person means any other Person of which more than 50% of the Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise specified herein, each reference to a Subsidiary will refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any guarantee of payment of the Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture hereto, and, collectively, all such guarantees.

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Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of such subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such subsidiary shall cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

“Timberlands” means any real or immovable property located within Canada or the United States and (a) which is owned by the Company or any Subsidiary and contains, or (b) with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary is entitled under any lease, license or similar agreement to cut and remove, standing timber which is (or upon completion of a growth cycle then in process is expected to become) of a commercial quantity and of merchantable quality, other than (i) any such property which at the time of determination is not held primarily for the production of lumber or other wood products, (ii) any such property the fair market value of which as determined by the Board of Directors does not at the time exceed 1% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company or (iii) any reserves of oil and gas located under such property.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and, if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series.

“U.S. Dollar” or “U.S.$” means the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

“U.S. GAAP” means, at any particular time, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America at such time.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America and which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any

 

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such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository 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 depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

“U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia other than any such Subsidiary of which more than 50% of the Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by non-U.S. Subsidiaries.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the time of determination.

“Vice President” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”.

“Voting Stock” of any Person means Capital Stock of any class of such Person then outstanding which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors or other governing body of such Person.

“Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary all of whose Voting Stock (other than shares required to be owned by directors under any applicable law) are owned by the Company and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. In the case of an application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided pursuant to Section 1004) shall comply with the provisions of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, 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, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers, or other management employee of the Company or any Subsidiary stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such Subsidiary, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which such certificate or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

 

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Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive and may be relied upon by the Trustee, the Company, and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a Person acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.

(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

 

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(f) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date (as defined below) by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106.

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice

 

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of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

 

SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed to or with the Trustee in writing at its Corporate Trust Office, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be deemed to have received any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders unless given, furnished or filed as provided in this Section 105.

 

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SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the written approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Each Subsidiary Guarantor in addition to performing its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall perform such other obligations as may be imposed upon it with respect to this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Securities by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

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SECTION 110. Separability Clause.

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

 

SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar and their successors and assigns, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

SECTION 112. Governing Law; Trust Indenture Act.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of The Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity or Stated Maturity and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, if such payment is made or duly provided for on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

SECTION 114. Computations.

Unless otherwise specifically provided, the certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of any computation made under the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall furnish to the Trustee upon its request a copy of any such certificate or opinion.

 

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SECTION 115. Agency for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities.

(a) By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantor, and by execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 1011 of this Indenture any other Subsidiary Guarantor will thereby, (i) acknowledge that they have, by separate written instrument, irrevocably designated and appointed CT Corporation System, as their authorized agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the Securities of any series, the Subsidiary Guarantees thereof or this Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, or brought under United States federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee, and acknowledges that CT Corporation System has accepted such designation, (ii) irrevocably submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) agree that service of process upon CT Corporation System and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered to the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at its principal office in Montreal, Canada as specified in Section 105(2) in this Indenture) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all actions, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as this Indenture shall be in full force and effect.

(b) To the extent that the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, to the extent permitted by law.

 

SECTION 116. Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee or in any Security of any series, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any successor thereof, either directly or through the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor thereof, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

 

SECTION 201. Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate provisions as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable laws or the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 with respect to the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in this Article.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on a steel engraved border or on steel engraved borders or produced by any combination of these methods, if required by any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the Securities of each series will initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. Each such Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amounts of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of any series the Global Security or Global Securities evidencing the Securities of a series (and all Securities issued in exchange therefore) shall bear the legend indicated in Section 202.

 

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SECTION 202. Form of Legend for Global Securities.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for a Depositary other than the Depositary Trust Company, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained in Exhibit A, bear a legend in substantially the following form:

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

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR SUCH NOMINEE, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

SECTION 203. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

 

The Bank of New York

as Trustee
By:    

 

  Authorized Officer

 

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ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

 

SECTION 301. Title; Terms.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of a series:

(a) the title of the securities of such series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;

(b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the same series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1108 or Article 12 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by this Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;

(c) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination thereof;

(d) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series shall bear interest or the method of determining such rate or rates, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the right, if any, of the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date, the Regular Record Date (if other than as defined in this Indenture) for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date and the dates from which interest shall accrue and the method of determining these dates;

(e) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;

 

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(f) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series may be redeemed or prepaid, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(g) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase the Securities of such series, including pursuant to any sinking fund, purchase fund, amortization or analogous provisions, or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation or right;

(h) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of U.S.$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

(i) if other than U.S. Dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and if other than U.S. Government Obligations, the securities permitted to be deposited with the Trustee under Articles Four and Thirteen of the Indenture or deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Company under Section 1003 and any conforming changes to such section as are necessary;

(j) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the Events of Default or covenants of the Company set forth herein or to Sections 901 or 902, in each case with respect to the Securities of such series;

(k) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;

(l) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;

(m) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series or the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(n) the issuance of a temporary Security (which may include a Global Security) representing all of the Securities of such series and the terms upon which such temporary Global Security may be exchanged for definitive Securities of such series;

 

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(o) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the identity of the Depositary for such Global Securities and the legends to be placed on such Global Securities;

(p) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities of such series;

(q) the obligations of the Company in addition to those set forth in Article Four (if any) that shall not be extinguished upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article Four or the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Securities pursuant to Article Thirteen;

(r) the terms and conditions of any right or obligation on the part of the Company, or any option on the part of the Holders, to convert or exchange Securities of such series into cash or any other securities or property of the Company or any other Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange; and

(s) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 with respect to the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

 

SECTION 302. Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable in denominations of U.S.$1,000 and any integral multiples thereof, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.

 

SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President and attested by its Treasurer, any Associate Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

 

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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Company Order otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such Company Order is delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Minor typographical and other minor errors in the text of any Security shall not affect the validity and enforceability of such Security if it has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

Except in the case of Securities of any series (in whole or in part) as to which it is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, that such Securities shall be issued initially in individual certificated form, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate

 

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and deliver one or more Global Securities with respect to each series of Securities that (i) shall represent an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the initially issued Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, (iv) shall bear a legend substantially in the form required in Section 202 and (v) shall bear such other legends or endorsements as contemplated by Section 201. If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

The Depositary must, at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable statute or regulation.

 

SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of any series in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms as such temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.

 

SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the

 

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Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or nominee of such successor Depositary.

At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities, of the same series of any authorized denominations, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary shall cease to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act as provided in Section 303, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary. If a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities, will authenticate and make available for delivery, individual Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing the Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

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execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities, will authenticate and make available for delivery, individual Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing the Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

The Depositary may surrender a Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, without service charge:

(1) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new individual Security or Securities of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

(2) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

Upon the exchange of a Global Security for individual Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall make available for delivery such individual Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

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

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906 or 1108 or Article 12 not involving any transfer.

 

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Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this Section: (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 Business Days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption of Securities pursuant to Article Eleven and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing of notice of redemption; or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof that is not redeemed.

 

SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue and series, of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such mutilated Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same issue and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company or the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

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Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor (if applicable) and any other obligor upon the Securities whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

 

SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Interest on any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of such series. The initial payment of interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the related series of Securities.

Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect of which interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the

 

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notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of the series in respect of which interest is in default may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

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 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

None of the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

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SECTION 309. Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be delivered to it or that a certification of their disposal be delivered to the Company. Acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any Security shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Security unless and until the same is delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

SECTION 311. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.

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

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for or as specified as contemplated by Section 301) and the Trustee at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

(1) either

(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

(i) have become due and payable, or

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or

(iii) 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 the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of Clause (B)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds: (A) money in an amount; (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount; or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee of such series (but such opinion need only be delivered if any U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), to pay and discharge, and

 

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which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against any U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 401 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under this Section 401 and Section 607, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money and/or U.S. Government Obligations shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

 

SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 and all proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations and the interest thereon, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money and U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

 

SECTION 501. Events of Default.

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or

(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(4) any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of this Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee; or

(5) the making of an order or judgment by a court having jurisdiction adjudging the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent or ordering the winding up or liquidation or rearrangement of its affairs, or the seizure or attachment of all or a substantial part of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s property at the instance of a creditor, or the appointment of a Person to take possession or control under an agreement subjecting the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to a security interest or pursuant to an order of any court having jurisdiction of all or a substantial part of the property or the inventory of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Person to include a receiver, a receiver-manager, an agent, a sequestrator, a trustee under a trust indenture, a creditor in possession or any Person or

 

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corporation authorized to act on their behalf, provided that such order, judgment, seizure or attachment remains in force or such taking of possession or control continues in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement shall not be in effect; or

(6) the making by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, the filing by it of a petition for the declaration of its own bankruptcy, the consenting by it to the institution of, or the granting by a court of, bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings against it, the admission by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to some or all of its creditors at a meeting or by other means of communication that it is insolvent or the commencement by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any proceeding relative to its indebtedness under any reorganization, arrangement, compromise, adjustment or postponement of debt, dissolution, winding up, composition or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; or

(7) default under any Mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), other than indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Original Issue Date, which default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such indebtedness (“payment default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its maturity (“cross acceleration provision”) 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 U.S. $80,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) or more; or

(8) the taking or entering against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of U.S. $80,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in the aggregate, if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, fails to file an appeal therefrom within the applicable appeal period or, if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, does file an appeal therefrom within such period, such judgment or decree is not within a period of 60 days from the date thereof, and does not remain, vacated, discharged or stayed; or

(9) any other Event of Default specified with respect to Securities of that series as contemplated in Section 301.

 

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SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest and any other monetary obligations on all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount), premium and interest shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6) with respect to Securities of a series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of such series (or specified amount), premium, if any, accrued but unpaid interest and any other monetary obligations shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Securities because an Event of Default described in clause (7) of Section 501 has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Securities shall be automatically annulled if the default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (7) of Section 501 shall be remedied or cured by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (1) the annulment of the acceleration of the Securities would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest on the Securities that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Securities, have been cured or waived.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

 

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(B) the principal of, and premium, if any, on, any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by such Securities,

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal (or a specified portion of the principal) of and interest on Securities of that series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company covenants that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal or premium, if any, on any Security at the Maturity thereof,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and interest, including, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or premium, if any, and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all the amounts due to the Trustee under Section 607 hereof.

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any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors:

(a) the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding, and

(ii) in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 506; and

(b) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee for distribution in accordance with Section 506, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

 

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SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.

Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 607;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company, its successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Securities of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

 

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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

 

SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 512. Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, involve the Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of the Securities not joining in the action; and

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

Subject to Section 502 hereof, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, waive (including, without limitation, by consent obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such series of Securities) any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

 

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(1) in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security of such series; or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any such party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date).

 

SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenant that they 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.

 

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ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

The duties, responsibilities, protections, privileges, and immunities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, particularly Sections 315 and 316 thereof, unless expressly excluded as provided in this Article Six. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.

If a Default occurs hereunder with respect to the Securities of a series, the Trustee within 90 days of such Default shall give the Holders of such Securities notice of such Default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in Section 501(3) with respect to such Securities, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof; and provided, further, that the Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders, of any Default with respect to Securities of a series (except any Default of the character specified in Section 501(1) and (2)), if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the Holders of such Securities.

 

SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

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(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate and may at its discretion secure such further evidence deemed necessary or advisable, but shall in no case be bound to secure the same;

(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(5) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

(6) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(7) the Trustee’s immunities and protections from liability and its rights to compensation and indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to the Trustee’s officers, directors, agents and employees and its services as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other role assumed by the Trustee hereunder or to which it has been appointed with respect to the Securities issued hereunder. Such immunities and protections and right to indemnification, together with the Trustee’s right to compensation, shall survive the Trustee’s resignation or removal and final payment of the Securities;

(8) the Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;

 

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(9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default hereunder except (i) during any period it is serving as Paying Agent for the Securities of a series, any Event of Default pursuant to Section 501(1) or (2), or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer shall have received written notification from the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series with respect to which such Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or obtained “actual knowledge.” The term “actual knowledge” as used herein shall mean the actual fact or statement of knowing by a Responsible Officer without independent investigation with respect thereto;

(10) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture (other than the payment of debt service on the Securities from moneys furnished to it pursuant hereto), whether at the request or direction of the Holders or any other Person, pursuant to this Indenture or otherwise, unless it shall have been offered reasonable indemnity or security against the fees, advances, costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in connection with the exercise of any such rights or powers;

(11) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties; and

(12) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, (i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any officer of the Trustee unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts and (ii) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it believes the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

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SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as agreed with the Company herein or otherwise.

 

SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree:

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents or attorneys), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of it or of its agents or attorneys;

(3) to indemnify, defend and to hold the Trustee harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents or attorneys) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection therewith or with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder;

(4) that the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities; and

 

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(5) without limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, that when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction, discharge or termination of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a Trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall (i) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (iii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S. $50,000,000, and (iv) be subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation files reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so filed. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder.

 

SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

 

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The Trustee may resign as Trustee at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Trustee may be removed as Trustee hereunder at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the

 

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applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, subject to Section 514, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of all series, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3)

 

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shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect that this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

 

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SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

Subject to the provisions of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, if and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such other obligor).

 

SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State, territory or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than U.S. $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent files reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so filed.

If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided

 

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such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.

No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By:    

 

  As Authenticating Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; and

(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, that no such list need be provided in any case to the extent it would include names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.

 

SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.

The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15 following the

 

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date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a). The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) and Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act, with the Commission and with the Company (Attn: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer). The Company will notify the Trustee whenever any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

SECTION 704. Reports by Company.

The Company shall:

(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;

(3) notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to remain subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, continue to file with the Commission and provide the Trustee:

(A) on or before the date on which such reports would be required to be filed by the Company with the Commission, annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form),

(B) on or before the date on which such reports would be required to be filed by the Company with the Commission, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form),

 

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(C) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time period specified for filing current reports on Form 8-K by the Commission), reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form), and

(D) any other information, documents and other reports which the Company would be required to file with the Commission if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such reports, information and documents with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such filings (but in such event the Company will nevertheless provide such reports, information and documents to the Trustee).

(4) transmit by mail, to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a) Subject to Section 801(c), the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge with or into the Company, unless:

(1) the Company is the surviving corporation in a merger or consolidation; or

(2) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by or continuing from such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which

 

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leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company, organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall (except where such assumption is deemed to have occurred by the sole operation of law) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; and

(3) if the Company is not the surviving Person, each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above (in which case clause (2) shall apply), shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall apply to such successor Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities;

(4) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have happened and be continuing; and

(5) the Company or such Person has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(b) Subject to Section 801(c) any Debt which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of any such transaction shall be treated as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction.

(c) The provisions of Section 801(a) and (b) shall not be applicable to the direct or indirect conveyance, transfer or lease of all or any portion of the stock, assets or liabilities of any of the Company’s wholly owned Subsidiaries to the Company or to other wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company.

For purposes of this Section 801, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more subsidiaries of the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

 

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SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 801) shall thereafter, except in the case of any lease, be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE NINE

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

SECTION 901. Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor herein and in the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantee; or

(2) to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or release a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture; or

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(4) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities in bearer form (including securities registrable as to principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities for Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form, and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose; or

(5) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 or 301; or

(6) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders of all Securities or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or

(7) to add any additional Events of Default; or

(8) to secure the Securities; or

(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by an additional or successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or

(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as the Company and the Trustee may deem necessary and desirable, provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (10) shall not adversely affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or

(11) to conform any provision hereof to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or otherwise as necessary to comply with applicable law of the United States or any State thereof.

 

SECTION 902. With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such series of Securities), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing

 

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in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision, covenant or condition of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Securities of any series if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders either waive (including, without limitation, by consent obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such series of Securities) such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision, covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision, covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision, covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect. However, no such supplemental indenture or waiver shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest payable on, any Outstanding Security, or reduce the principal amount of or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon redemption or acceleration or would be provable in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment of the Holder of any Outstanding Security or change the Place of Payment or the coin or currency in which, any Outstanding Security or any principal (and premium, if any) or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or

(2) reduce the premium payable upon the repurchase of any Security or change the time at which any Security may be repurchased as described under Article 12, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise (except amendments to the definition of “Change of Control”); or

(3) modify the Subsidiary Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders; or

(4) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with any term, provision, covenant or condition of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences or reduce the quorum or voting requirements provided for in this Indenture; or

 

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(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 513, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(9).

A supplemental indenture or waiver which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 102, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and that all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, protections, privileges, indemnities, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and, subject to Section 902, every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

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SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture or approval of a waiver pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture or waiver. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture or waiver may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, the Company shall pay interest on overdue amounts at the rate set forth in the first paragraph of the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue interest at the same rate (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which interest on overdue interest shall accrue from the date such amounts became overdue.

 

SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and each other Place of Payment for any series, an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, and an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and each other Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and any interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent,

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, and

(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

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Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Any money or U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof and the interest thereon) deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company at its option on Company Request (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate covering the preceding fiscal year, stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

SECTION 1005. Existence.

Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

 

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SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.

The Company will cause all material properties of the Company used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Restricted Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Restricted Subsidiary may properly and advantageously conduct their respective businesses at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from selling, abandoning or otherwise disposing of, or discontinuing the operation or maintenance of, any of such properties if such action is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes.

The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, and lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become a Mortgage upon the property of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment or governmental charge whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities.

 

SECTION 1008. Limitation on Liens.

The Company will not itself and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or otherwise have outstanding any Mortgage upon any Principal Property of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary or upon the shares of Capital Stock or Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned at the date of this Indenture or hereafter acquired by the Company or by any Restricted Subsidiary, to secure any Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, without making effective provision concurrently with the creation of any such Mortgage whereby the Securities (together with any other Debt of the Company ranking equally with or in priority to the Securities and then existing or thereafter created if the Company shall determine such is required by

 

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the terms of such Debt) shall be secured by a Mortgage equally and ratably with or prior to such Debt, so long as such Debt shall be so secured; provided, however, that this covenant shall not apply to any of the following:

(a) Mortgages securing indebtedness and other obligations of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $1,550,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of all mandatory prepayments of principal thereof permanently reducing the commitments thereunder;

(b) Mortgages in favor of the Company or any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) any Mortgage to secure a Purchase Money Obligation, provided that: (i) in the case of any construction or improvement of any property, the Mortgage shall not apply to any property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the time of the commencement of such construction or improvement, other than any real or immovable property which is substantially unimproved for the purposes of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and on which the property so constructed or improved is located, and other than any machinery or equipment installed at any time so as to constitute immovable property or a fixture on the real property on which the property so constructed or improved is located and (ii) in the case of any acquisition of property, the Mortgage shall not apply to any property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to the consummation of the acquisition;

(d) any Mortgage existing upon any property or asset of a company which is merged with or into, amalgamated with, or consolidated into, or substantially all the assets or shares of Capital Stock of which are acquired by, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, at the time of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or acquisition; provided that (i) the Mortgage shall not apply to any other property or asset, other than improvements to the property or asset subject to such Mortgage and (ii) the Mortgage shall not have been created in anticipation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or acquisition;

(e) Mortgages securing obligations issued by Canada or any province or territory thereof; the United States of America, any State thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States of America; or any political subdivision, agency or authority or any of the foregoing, to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of property subject to such Mortgages, including without limitation Mortgages incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings;

 

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(f) any Mortgage required to be given or granted by any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any trust deed or similar document entered into by such Restricted Subsidiary prior to the date it became a Restricted Subsidiary;

(g) Mortgages existing as of the date of this Indenture, except that the creating, incurring, assuming or permitting of Mortgages securing obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement shall be deemed so created, incurred, assumed or permitted on the date of this Indenture under Clause (a);

(h) any extension, renewal, alteration or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, alterations or replacements) of any Mortgage referred to in paragraphs (b) through (g) above; provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, alteration or replacement and provided further, however, that such extension, renewal, alteration or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property or other assets which secured the Mortgage so extended, renewed, altered or replaced (plus improvements on such property or other assets); and

(i) a Mortgage (including successive extensions, renewals, alterations or replacements thereof) not excepted by clauses (a) through (h) above; provided, that after giving effect thereto, Exempted Debt does not exceed 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.

 

SECTION 1009. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to, enter into any arrangement with any Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property, or any property which together with any other property subject to the same transaction or series of related transactions would in the aggregate constitute a Principal Property, whether owned at the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired (except for leases for a term of not more than three years, including renewals), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), more than six months after the acquisition, completion of construction, or commencement of operations of such property, with the intention of taking back a lease of such property (herein referred to as a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property to be leased are at least equal to the fair market value of such property and unless:

 

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(1) The Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would, at the time of entering into such arrangement, be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, to create a Mortgage on such property to secure Debt in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Obligation in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to the provisions of Section 1008, or

(2) The Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall apply an amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale or transfer within 180 days after receipt thereof to (A) the retirement (other than mandatory retirement or by way of payment at maturity) of Funded Debt of the Company or any Funded Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with, or senior to, the Securities and owing to a Person other than the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, or (B) the purchase of property, facilities or equipment (other than the property, facilities or equipment involved in such sale) forming part of or constituting Principal Property having a fair market value at least equal to the net proceeds of such sale or transfer.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 1009, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction in addition to those permitted by paragraph (a) of this Section 1009, and without any obligation to retire Funded Debt or to acquire property, facilities or equipment, provided at the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and after giving effect thereto, Exempted Debt does not exceed 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.

 

SECTION 1010. Calculations.

For the purposes of the calculations required to be made under Section 1008 and 1009:

(1) when determining any ratio between Exempted Debt and Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, such determination (which may stipulate such Consolidated Net Tangible Assets to be not less than a stated amount without stipulating the exact amount thereof) shall be made by a financial officer of the Company, on the basis of the most recent available financial statements or financial data, as at a date not more than 120 days prior to the date on which the Exempted Debt in respect of which such ratio is being determined is to be incurred or, in the case of an Attributable Obligation, the date on which the Sale and Leaseback Transaction is to be entered into, and there shall be taken into calculation all issues and retirements of Funded Debt and Exempted Debt (without duplication) and of shares of Capital Stock and the proceeds of such issues and the expenditures on such retirements made and received, as the case may be, and such change in the value of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as

 

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shall be deemed material, subsequent to the date as of which such determination is being made up to and including the first date on which any of the Exempted Debt in respect of which such determination is being made is to be incurred or entered into and including all the other Exempted Debt which have been concurrently authorized for issue and the estimated net proceeds to be received on the issue of such other Exempted Debt;

(2) there shall be excluded from such calculations all Exempted Debt of the Company payable to a Restricted Subsidiary or of any Restricted Subsidiary payable to the Company or to any other Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) all such calculations and determinations shall be made in accordance with U.S. GAAP; and

(4) the Trustee shall not be obligated to recalculate, recompute or confirm any such calculations.

 

SECTION 1011. Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

The Company shall cause each U.S. Subsidiary that guarantees, on the Original Issue Date or any time thereafter, any indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement or any other indebtedness of the Company to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such U.S. Subsidiary will unconditionally guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on a senior basis and all other obligations under this Indenture. In addition, such U.S. Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:

(1) such Subsidiary Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized; and

(2) such Subsidiary Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such U.S. Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity.

In the event that a U.S. Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor at a time when any Securities of a series are listed on the official list of any stock exchange, the Company will, to the extent required by the rules of the stock exchange on which such Securities are listed, notify and deposit a copy of the new supplemental indenture executed by such U.S. Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 1011 with such stock exchange.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

SECTION 1101. Companys Right of Redemption.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, and notwithstanding any additional redemption rights that may be so specified, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of any series after their date of issuance in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, subject to the provisions of this Section 1101 and the other provisions of this Article Eleven. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, the redemption price for any Security so redeemed shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities then Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that installments of accrued and unpaid interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article.

Redemption of Securities, as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture or the documentation providing therefor, shall be made in accordance with such form of Security or documentation and this Article Eleven; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security or documentation shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security or documentation shall govern. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 or as set forth in the form of Security for such series or such documentation, each Security shall be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of U.S. $1,000 or integral multiples of U.S. $1,000.

 

SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notices to Trustee and any Stock Exchange.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of a series, the Company shall, at least 45 days but not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the

 

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expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

If at any time and for so long as any Securities of a series are listed on the official list of any stock exchange, and to the extent required by the stock exchange on which such Securities are listed, the Company will notify such stock exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the stock exchange on which such Securities are listed of the principal amount outstanding following any partial redemption of the Securities.

 

SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.

 

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SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the Security Register. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date;

(2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof;

(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;

(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and

(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

 

SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.

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Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given pursuant to Section 1105, the Securities to be so redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear or accrue any interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of accrued and unpaid interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

 

SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

ARTICLE TWELVE

RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE

 

SECTION 1201. Change of Control.

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have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem all of the Securities pursuant to Article 11, the Company shall mail a notice (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, stating:

 

  (1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Regular Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date) (the “Change of Control Payment”);

 

  (2) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); and

 

  (3) the procedures determined by the Company, consistent with this Indenture, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities repurchased.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

 

  (1) accept for payment all Securities or portions of Securities (in integral multiples of U.S.$1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

  (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities or portions of Securities so tendered; and

 

  (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions of Securities being purchased by the Company.

 

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The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Securities so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Securities. With respect to the unpurchased portion of the Securities so tendered of any series, the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Security shall be in a principal amount of U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.

If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.

Prior to mailing a Change of Control Offer, and as a condition to such mailing, (i) the requisite holders of each issue of indebtedness issued under an indenture or other agreement that may be violated by such payment shall have consented to such Change of Control Offer being made and waived the event of default, if any, caused by the Change of Control or (ii) the Company shall repay all outstanding indebtedness issued under an indenture or other agreement that may be violated by a payment to the Holders of Securities under a Change of Control Offer or (iii) the Company must offer to repay all such indebtedness, and make payment to the holders of such indebtedness that accept such offer, and obtain waivers of any event of default from the remaining holders of such indebtedness. The Company covenants to effect such repayment or obtain such consent within 30 days following any Change of Control, it being a default of the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture if the Company fails to comply with such covenant.

The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this covenant. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue of the conflict.

 

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If at any time of such Change of Control, any Securities of a series are listed on the official list of any stock exchange, to the extent required by the stock exchange on which such Securities are listed, the Company will notify such stock exchange that a Change of Control has occurred and any relevant details relating to such Change of Control.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

SECTION 1301. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Thirteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.

 

SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company and upon Company Request, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003; (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder; and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.

Upon the Company’s exercise of its Defeasance option, the Subsidiary Guarantees in effect at such time shall terminate.

 

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SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under paragraph (a)(4) of Section 801, paragraph (c) of Section 801, Sections 1006 to 1009, inclusive, Section 1011, and any covenants provided pursuant to 901(6) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities; and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(3) (with respect to any of paragraphs (a)(4) of Section 801, paragraph (c) of Section 801, Sections 1006 to 1009, Section 1011, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 901(6)) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, 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 specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(3)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities, Sections 501(4), and 501(7) and 501(8) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities:

(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or on the Redemption Date, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities.

 

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(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in the case of either (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in Canada or a ruling from the Canada Revenue Agency to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal or provincial income or other tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Canadian federal or provincial income and other tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case had such defeasance not occurred (and for the purposes of such opinion, such Canadian counsel shall assume that Holders of the Outstanding Securities include Holders who are not resident in Canada).

(5) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 123rd day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 123rd day).

(6) The Company is not “insolvent” within the meaning of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or applicable state law on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period ended on the 91st day following such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any indenture or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

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(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

(9) If such Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made.

(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof and the interest thereon) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

 

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SECTION 1306. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors make any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

 

SECTION 1307. Qualifying Trustee.

Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1305 for the purpose of holding trust funds deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

 

SECTION 1401. Subsidiary Guarantees.

Subject to the provisions of this Article 14, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each Holder of the Securities and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture (including without limitation interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding and the obligations

 

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under Section 607) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor Obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except to the extent such other indebtedness is subordinate to the Guarantor Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article 14 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guarantor Obligations.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.

Except as set forth in Section 1402, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Company; (g) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (h) by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee in compliance with

 

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Section 1402. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Subsidiary Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay, in addition to the obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Article 14.

 

SECTION 1402. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability.

(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including, without limitation, any guarantees of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

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(b) In the event a Subsidiary Guarantor is sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise disposed of (whether by merger, consolidation, the sale of its capital stock or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by lease)) and whether or not the Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate; provided, that (x) the sale or other disposition is in compliance with this Indenture, including Article 8 of this Indenture and (y) all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and related documentation and under any other agreements relating to any other indebtedness of the Company terminate upon consummation of such transaction.

(c) A Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate upon the release and discharge of any such Subsidiary Guarantor in full from all of its obligations under its guarantees of (x) indebtedness under the Credit Agreement (including by reason of the termination of the Credit Agreement) and (y) all other indebtedness of the Company (except in each case a release or discharge by or as a result of payment under such guarantee), in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y) if such Subsidiary Guarantor would not then otherwise be required to guarantee the Securities pursuant to this Indenture.

(d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed released from all its obligations under this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate upon the Defeasance of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of Article Thirteen hereof or upon the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ Obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with Article Four hereof.

 

SECTION 1403. Right of Contribution.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company, or any other Subsidiary Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. The provisions of this Section 1403 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

 

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SECTION 1404. No Subrogation.

Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Subsidiary Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Guarantor Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Subsidiary Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Subsidiary Guarantor (duly endorsed by such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION
By:      

/s/ Gilles Pharand

  Name: Gilles Pharand
  Title: Senior Vice-President, Law and Corporate Affairs

 

DOMTAR PAPER COMPANY, LLC
By:      

/s/ Marvin D. Cooper

  Name: Marvin D. Cooper
  Title: President

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
  as Trustee
By:      

/s/ Arlene Thelwell

  Name: Arlene Thelwell
  Title: Assistant Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[SPECIMEN BOND]

(FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY)

[Insert Legends As Applicable, Including Legend Required by Section 202 of the Indenture]

DOMTAR CORPORATION

[Title of Security]

[Date of Issuance]

CUSIP:                     

ISIN:                     

 

No.            

[U.S.]$              [, as revised by the

Schedule of Increases and Decreases

in Global Security attached hereto]

DOMTAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Insert if Global Security-Cede & Co.], or registered assigns, the principal sum of $             (                     [United States Dollars])[, revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto,] on              [If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert – , and to pay interest thereon from              or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on              and              in each year, commencing             , at the rate of     % per annum, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment] [(If applicable insert – , and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of     % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest)].

[If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert – The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as

 

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provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the date which is fifteen days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].

[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert – The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert – any interest] on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of [the United States of America] as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert – ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the payee in the United States].

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION
By:      
  Name:
  Title:

Attest:

 

 

Name:
Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

The Bank of New York,

as Trustee

By:      
  Authorized Officer

 

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(FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY)

 

1. INDENTURE

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2007 as supplemented and amended from time to time (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable insert —, limited in aggregate principal amount to [U.S.]$             ].

All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at any time [on or after                     , 20    ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company. The Redemption Price for any Security so redeemed shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities then Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption. In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

[Installments of accrued and unpaid interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of the Securities of this series, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provision of the Indenture.]

 

3. MANDATORY REDEMPTION

[The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.]

 

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4. OFFER TO PURCHASE

If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem all of the Securities, then the Company shall offer to repurchase from each Holder all or any part (equal to [U.S.]$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

5. SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

The Events of Default relating to the Securities of this series are set forth in the Indenture. [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, – If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, accrued but unpaid interest and any other monetary obligations of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, – If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal, premium, if any, accrued but unpaid interest and any other monetary obligations of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such principal amount shall be equal to – insert formula for determining the amount.]

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of this series by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) may declare the principal of, premium, if any, accrued but unpaid interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then Outstanding Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all Outstanding Securities of such series will automatically become due and payable immediately without further action or notice on part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

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Upon payment of the amount of principal so declared due and payable, of premium, if any, [if applicable insert – and of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable)], all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]

 

7. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such series of Securities) may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of this series, waive compliance with any term, provision, covenant or condition of the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee or the Securities of this series. Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series (including, without limitation, by consent obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such series of Securities) may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of this series, waive past defaults under certain covenants of the Indenture which relate to this series. However, a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of this series or relating to a provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security of this series affected cannot be so waived. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this

 

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Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [U.S.]$             and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

9. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

10. AUTHENTICATION

This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

 

11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes.

 

12. CUSIP AND ISIN NUMBERS

The Company has caused CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if applicable, to be printed on the Securities and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if applicable, in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

 

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13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement or any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities of this series by the Holders as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.

 

14. GOVERNING LAW

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE COMPANY AND EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THE SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Company at the following address:

Domtar Corporation

395 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Montreal, Quebec H3A 1L6

Fax No.: (514) 848-6850

Attention: Corporate Secretary

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to:  

 

  (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint  

 

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 face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee*:  

 

  

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1201 of the Indenture, check the following box: [    ]

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1201 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

[U.S.]$                                          

 

Date:                                          

 

Your Signature:                                          

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

 

Tax Identification No.:                                          

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                          

 

  * Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases and decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of

Decrease or
Increase

  

Amount of decrease in Principal
Amount of this Global Security

  

Amount of increase in Principal
Amount of this Global Security

  

Principal Amount of this Global
Security following such

decrease or increase

  

Signature of authorized

signatory of Trustee or

Securities Custodian

           
           

 

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EX-5.1 3 d245969dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

September 26, 2016

Domtar Corporation

234 Kingsley Park Drive

Fort Mill, SC 29715

Registration Statement on Form S-3 of

Domtar Corporation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Domtar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the proposed issuance from time to time of (i) senior debt securities of the Company (the “Senior Debt Securities”) to be issued pursuant to the Senior Indenture, dated November 19, 2007, among the Company, Domtar Paper Company, LLC, The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Senior Trustee”), and the Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), as previously supplemented and amended (the “Senior Indenture”), (ii) subordinated debt securities of the Company (the “Subordinated Debt Securities” and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the “Debt Securities”) to be issued pursuant to a subordinated indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture” and, together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indentures”) to be entered into among the Company and one or more trustees as may be determined from time to time (the “Subordinated Trustee” and, together with the Senior Trustee, the “Trustees”), (iii) shares of preferred stock of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”), (iv) shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), (v) depositary shares representing fractional interests in Debt Securities or Preferred Stock (the “Depositary Shares”) pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”) to be entered into among the Company and one or more depositaries as may be determined from time to time, (vi) warrants representing rights to purchase Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other types of securities, property or assets as well as other warrants (the “Warrants”) pursuant to one or more warrant agreements (the “Warrant Agreements”) to be entered into among the Company and one or more warrant agents as may be determined from time to time, (vii) purchase contracts representing rights or obligations to purchase or sell Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other securities, property or assets (the “Purchase Contracts”), (viii) purchase units, representing ownership of Purchase Contracts and Debt Securities (or undivided beneficial interests therein), Depositary Shares or debt obligations of third


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parties, including U.S. Treasury Securities (the “Purchase Units”) and (ix) rights to purchase Preferred Stock or Common Stock (the “Rights”) pursuant to one or more rights agreements (the “Rights Agreements”). The obligations of the Company with respect to the Senior Debt Securities that may be issued by the Company from time to time pursuant to the Registration Statement will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by the Subsidiary Guarantors.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, (i) we have examined and relied on the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents and records of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and such other instruments and certificates of public officials and officers and representatives of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of such opinions, (ii) we have examined and relied as to factual matters upon, and have assumed the accuracy of, the statements made in the certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors delivered to us and (iii) we have made such investigations of law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for such opinions. In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed, with your permission, without independent investigation or inquiry, (a) the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, (b) the genuineness of all signatures on all documents that we examined, (c) the conformity to authentic originals and completeness of documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or reproduction copies, (d) the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents, (e) the power and authority of the Trustees to enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Indentures, (f) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indentures by the Trustees and (g) the enforceability of each Indenture against its respective Trustee.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the assumptions, qualifications and limitations hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.

When (i)(a) the terms of the Senior Debt Securities and their issuance and sale have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof (the “Board of Directors”) and (b) the terms of the Senior Debt Securities have been duly established in accordance with the Senior Indenture and so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (ii) the Senior Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Senior Indenture and any underwriting agreement, Warrants or Warrant Agreements relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Senior Debt Securities will be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. When (i) the terms of any supplemental indenture to the Senior Indenture and the Guarantees

 

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  and the performance of the Subsidiary Guarantors of their obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Subsidiary Guarantor so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon such Subsidiary Guarantor and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) such Guarantees and any supplemental indenture to the Senior Indenture have been validly executed and delivered by each Subsidiary Guarantor, such Guarantees will constitute a valid and binding obligation of each Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against each Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

2. When (i) the terms, and the execution and delivery, of the Subordinated Indenture have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Subordinated Indenture and any supplemental indenture thereto has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Subordinated Trustee, (iii) (a) the terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities and their issuance and sale have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors and (b) the terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities have been established in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iv) the Subordinated Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and any underwriting agreement, Warrants or Warrant Agreements relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Subordinated Debt Securities will be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

3. When (i) the terms of the Preferred Stock and of its issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, (ii) a Certificate of Designations fixing and determining the terms of the Preferred Stock has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (iii) certificates for the shares of the Preferred Stock have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with any underwriting agreement, Warrants or Warrant Agreements, Rights or Rights Agreement or Purchase Contracts relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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4. When (i) the terms, and the execution and delivery, of the Deposit Agreement relating to the Depositary Shares and the terms of the Depositary Shares and of their issuance and sale have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Deposit Agreement and the depositary receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Receipts”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and such depositary as shall have been duly appointed by the Company (the “Depositary”), (iii) the terms of the Depositary Shares and the Depositary Receipts have been established in accordance with the applicable Deposit Agreement so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, and so as to comply with any applicable requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company, (iv) (a) (1) in the case of Depositary Shares representing fractional interests in Subordinated Debt Securities, the Subordinated Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Subordinated Trustee, as contemplated in paragraph 2 above, and (2) the Debt Securities relating to the Depositary Shares have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated in paragraph 1 or 2 above, as the case may be, or (b) the shares of Preferred Stock relating to the Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable as contemplated in paragraph 3 above, and, in the case of either (a) or (b), have been deposited with the Depositary under the applicable Deposit Agreement and (v) the Depositary Receipts have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered, as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement related thereto, and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement and any underwriting agreement, Warrants or Warrant Agreements, Rights or Rights Agreement or Purchase Contracts relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Depositary Receipts will be validly issued.

 

5. When (i) the terms of the issuance and sale of the Common Stock have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (ii) certificates for the shares of Common Stock have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement, Warrants or Warrant Agreements, Rights or Rights Agreement or Purchase Contracts relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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6. When (i) the terms, and the execution and delivery, of the Warrants and any Warrant Agreement or Warrant Agreements relating to the Warrants and the terms of the issuance and sale of the Warrants and related matters have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Warrant Agreement or Warrant Agreements relating to the Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such warrant agent as shall have been duly appointed by the Company, (iii) the terms of the Warrants have been established in accordance with the applicable Warrant Agreement and so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iv) the Warrants or certificates representing the Warrants have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with the terms of any Warrant Agreement and underwriting agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

7. When (i) the terms, and the execution and delivery, of the Purchase Contracts and the terms of the issuance and sale thereof and related matters have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, (ii) the terms of the Purchase Contracts have been established so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iii) the Purchase Contracts have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such contract agent as shall have been duly appointed by the Company and any certificates representing Purchase Contracts have been duly executed, authenticated, if required, issued and delivered, in each case, as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any Purchase Contract and underwriting agreement related to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

8.

When (i) the terms of the Purchase Units and the terms of the issuance and sale thereof and related matters have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, (ii) the terms of the Purchase Units have been established so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, (iii) the Purchase Contracts that form a part of the Purchase Units have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated (if required), issued and delivered as

 

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  contemplated in paragraph 7 above, (iv) (a) (1) the Subordinated Indenture relating to the Subordinated Debt Securities (or undivided beneficial interests therein) that form a part of the Purchase Units or that are deposited under the Deposit Agreement referred to below has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Subordinated Trustee, as contemplated in paragraph 2 above, and (2) the Debt Securities (or undivided beneficial interests therein) that form a part of the Purchase Units or that are deposited under the Deposit Agreement referred to below have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated in paragraph 1 or 2 above, as the case may be, (b) the Preferred Stock that form a part of the Purchase Units have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated in paragraph 3 above, (c) (1) the Deposit Agreement relating to the Depositary Shares that form a part of the Purchase Units, the related Depositary Shares and the Depositary Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, if required, and delivered as contemplated by paragraph 4 above, (2) in the case of Depositary Shares representing fractional interests in Subordinated Debt Securities, the Subordinated Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Subordinated Trustee, as contemplated in paragraph 2 above, and (3) the Debt Securities relating to the Depositary Shares that form a part of the Purchase Units have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated in paragraph 1 or 2 above, as the case may be, or (d) the debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury Securities, that form a part of the Purchase Units have been duly authorized, issued and delivered in accordance with their terms and (v) the certificates representing the Purchase Units have been duly executed, authenticated, if required, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any Purchase Contract and underwriting agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Purchase Units will be validly issued.

 

9. When (i) the terms, and the execution and delivery, of the Rights and any Rights Agreement or Rights Agreements relating to the Rights and the terms of the issuance and sale of the Rights and related matters have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Rights Agreement or Rights Agreements relating to the Rights have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such agent as shall have been duly appointed by the Company, (iii) the terms of the Rights have been established in accordance with the applicable Rights Agreement and so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iv) the Rights or certificates representing the Rights have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with the terms of any Rights Agreement and underwriting agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors, the Rights will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

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10. If the Debt Securities are exchangeable or convertible into Common Stock, when (i) the terms of the issuance of the Common Stock have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors, and (ii) the shares of Common Stock have been issued in exchange for or upon conversion of such Debt Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities and the applicable Senior Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as the case may be, so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or a violation of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, and so as to comply with any applicable requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company, the shares of Common Stock so issued will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Our opinions set forth above are subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization and moratorium laws, and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or remedies generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) concepts of good faith, reasonableness and fair dealing, and standards of materiality.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America, as currently in effect, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other laws.

In rendering the opinion expressed above with respect to the Senior Debt Securities and the Guarantees we have relied, as to all matters relating to the laws of the State of Delaware, on the opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., delivered to you today.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal matters” in the prospectus forming a part thereof. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

 

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Schedule A

 

Subsidiary Guarantor

   State of Organization

Associated Hygienic Products LLC

   Delaware

Attends Healthcare Products, Inc.

   Delaware

Domtar A.W. LLC

   Delaware

Domtar Industries LLC

   Delaware

Domtar Paper Company, LLC

   Delaware

EAM Corporation

   Delaware

E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc.

   Delaware

 

Schedule A-1

EX-5.2 4 d245969dex52.htm EX-5.2 EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

September 26, 2016

To Each of the Persons Listed

  on Schedule A Attached Hereto

Re:         Domtar Corporation: Form S-3 Exhibit 5 - Delaware Entities

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel for each of the Delaware corporations listed on Schedule B attached hereto (each, a “Corporation” and collectively, the “Corporations”) and each of the Delaware limited liability companies listed on Schedule C attached hereto (each, an “LLC” and collectively, the “LLCs”), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of executed or conformed counterparts, or copies otherwise proved to our satisfaction, of the following:

(a) Each of the documents listed on Schedule D attached hereto (each, a “Certificate of Incorporation”), as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”);

(b) The bylaws of each of the Corporations, as amended and/or restated through the date hereof (each, “Bylaws”);

(c) Resolutions adopted by the unanimous written consent of the board of directors of each of the Corporations, each dated September 26, 2016;

(d) Each of the documents listed on Schedule E attached hereto, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State;

(e) Each of the documents listed on Schedule F attached hereto (each, an “LLC Agreement”);

(f) Resolutions adopted by the unanimous written consent of the sole member, the managers and/or directors, as applicable, of each of the LLCs, each dated September 26, 2016;


To Each of the Persons Listed

  on Schedule A Attached Hereto

September 26, 2016

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(g) The Senior Indenture (including the Subsidiary Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors (each as defined therein) set forth therein), dated as of November 19, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among Domtar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Domtar”), Domtar Paper (as defined in Schedule E attached hereto) and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”);

(h) Each of the documents listed on Schedule G attached hereto (collectively, the “Supplemental Indentures”);

(i) The Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Domtar, the Companies (as defined below) and the other registrants as provided on the signature pages thereto with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2016, including a prospectus (the “Prospectus”), relating to, inter alia, the securities described therein;

(j) A certificate of an officer of each of the Companies, each dated September 26, 2016, as to certain matters; and

(k) A Certificate of Good Standing for each of the Companies, each dated September 26, 2016, obtained from the Secretary of State.

Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Indenture. The Corporations and the LLCs are referred to herein collectively as the “Companies.” The Indenture and the Supplemental Indentures are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Transaction Documents.”

For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (k) above. In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (k) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into any document reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed that (i) all signatures on documents examined by us are genuine, (ii) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, and (iii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform with the original copies of those documents.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that any amendment or restatement of any document reviewed by us has been accomplished in accordance with, and was permitted by, the relevant provisions of said document prior to its amendment or restatement


To Each of the Persons Listed

  on Schedule A Attached Hereto

September 26, 2016

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from time to time, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraphs 1 and 5 below, the due organization, formation or creation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its organization, formation or creation, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons who are signatories to the documents examined by us, (iv) except to the extent provided in paragraphs 2, 4, 6 and 8 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, and (v) except to the extent provided in paragraphs 3 and 7 below, the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents examined by us. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no responsibility for its contents.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the insurance, securities and blue sky laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.

Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. Each of the Corporations has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (8 Del. C. §101, et seq.) (the “DGCL”).

2. Each of the Corporations has all necessary corporate power and authority under the DGCL, its Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

3. The execution and delivery by each of the Corporations of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by each of the Corporations of its obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Corporation under the DGCL, its Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws.

4. Each of the Corporations has all necessary corporate power and authority under the DGCL, its Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws to execute the Registration Statement and to file the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

5. Each of the LLCs has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq.) (the “LLC Act”).


To Each of the Persons Listed

  on Schedule A Attached Hereto

September 26, 2016

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6. Each of the LLCs has all necessary limited liability company power and authority under the LLC Act and its LLC Agreement to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

7. The execution and delivery by each of the LLCs of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by each of the LLCs of its obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of such LLC under the LLC Act and its LLC Agreement.

8. Each of the LLCs has all necessary limited liability company power and authority under the LLC Act and its LLC Agreement to execute the Registration Statement and to file the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We note that notwithstanding any covenants to the contrary contained in the Transaction Documents: (i) the stockholders of any of the Corporations may dissolve such Corporation under Section 275(c) of the DGCL upon the consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, (ii) a stockholder owning at least 90% of the outstanding shares of each class of stock of any of the Corporations entitled to vote thereon may effect a merger with such Corporation under Section 253 or Section 267 of the DGCL, (iii) the stockholders of each of the Corporations may amend the Bylaws of such Corporation, and (iv) a member or manager of any of the LLCs has the right or power to apply to or petition a court to decree a dissolution of such LLC pursuant to Section 18-802 of the LLC Act.

We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s relying as to matters of Delaware law upon this opinion in connection with an opinion to be rendered by it on the date hereof. In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal matters” in the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of Persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

WAY/CAS


Schedule A

Attends Healthcare Products, Inc.

E. B. Eddy Paper, Inc.

EAM Corporation

Associated Hygienic Products LLC

Domtar Paper Company, LLC

Domtar A.W. LLC

Domtar Industries LLC


Schedule B

Attends Healthcare Products, Inc.

E. B. Eddy Paper, Inc.

EAM Corporation


Schedule C

Associated Hygienic Products LLC

Domtar Paper Company, LLC

Domtar A.W. LLC

Domtar Industries LLC


Schedule D

 

1. The Certificate of Incorporation of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Attends”), dated as of July 15, 2002, as filed in the office of the Secretary and State on July 15, 2002, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Attends, dated September 12, 2002, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on September 12, 2002, as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Attends, dated June 20, 2007, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on June 22, 2007, as further amended by the Certificate of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, dated February 19, 2008, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on February 19, 2008, as further amended by the Certificate of Merger of Attends Healthcare, Inc. with and into Attends, dated September 1, 2011, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on September 1, 2011, and as further amended by the Certificate of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, dated September 9, 2011, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on September 9, 2011.

 

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of E. B. Eddy Paper, Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated August 6, 1987, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on August 11, 1987, as amended by the Certificate of Change of Location of Registered Office and of Registered Agent, dated November 1, 2005, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on November 4, 2005.

 

3. The Certificate of Incorporation of EAM Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“EAM”), dated July 27, 1998, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on July 27, 1998, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation Before Payment of Capital of EAM, dated August 6, 1998, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on August 6, 1998, as further amended by the Certificate of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, dated March 16, 2006, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 16, 2006, together with the Certificate of Merger of EAM Acquisition Corp. with and into EAM, dated May 10, 2012, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on May 10, 2012, and as further amended by the Certificate of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on February 14, 2013.


Schedule E

 

1. The Certificate of Formation of Associated Hygienic Products LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Associated”), dated January 13, 2000, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on January 13, 2000, as amended by the Certificate of Merger, dated as of January 14, 2000, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on January 14, 2000, and as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment Changing Only the Registered Office or Registered Agent of Associated, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 26, 2014.

 

2. The Certificate of Formation of Domtar Paper Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Domtar Paper”), dated as of August 18, 2006, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on August 18, 2006, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment of Domtar Paper, dated November 15, 2006, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on November 15, 2006, and as further amended by the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Formation of Domtar Paper, dated October 24, 2007, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on October 26, 2007.

 

3. The Certificate of Formation of Domtar A.W. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Domtar A.W.”), dated as of April 30, 2009, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on April 30, 2009.

 

4. The Certificate of Formation of Domtar Industries LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Domtar Industries”), dated December 7, 2011, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 9, 2011.


Schedule F

 

1. The Limited Liability Company Agreement of Associated, dated as of January 13, 2000, made by Associated, and AHP Holdings L.P., a Georgia limited partnership (“AHP”), and Elmbay Limited, an English corporation, as members, as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Associated, dated as of January 1, 2011, made by Associated, and AHP and TYBW, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“TYBW”), as members, as further amended and restated by the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Associated, dated as of May 25, 2011, made by Associated, and AHP and TYBW, as members, and as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of July 31, 2013, made by Associated, Domtar Personal Care Absorbent Hygiene Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Personal Care”), as sole member, and TYBW.

 

2. The Limited Liability Company Agreement of Domtar Paper, dated as of August 18, 2006, entered into by Weyerhaeuser Company (“Weyerhaeuser”), as the sole member, as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Domtar Paper, dated as of March 1, 2007, entered into by Weyerhaeuser, as the sole member, as further amended and restated by the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Domtar Paper, dated as of March 7, 2007, entered into by Domtar, as the sole member, and as amended by the First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Domtar Paper, dated as of January 31, 2009, entered into by Domtar, as the sole member.

 

3. The Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Domtar A.W., dated as of April 30, 2009, entered into by Domtar Enterprises Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Domtar Enterprises”), as the sole member, together with the Assignment of Limited Liability Company Interest and Amendment to Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Domtar A.W., dated as of April 30, 2009, entered into by Domtar Enterprises, as assignor, and Domtar, as assignee, and as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Domtar A.W., dated as of April 30, 2009, made by Domtar, as the sole member

 

4. The Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Domtar Industries, dated as of December 31, 2011, entered into by Domtar, as the sole member.


Schedule G

 

1. The Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 15, 2008, among the New Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto, Domtar, Domtar Paper and the Trustee.

 

2. The Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2008, among the New Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined therein) party thereto, Domtar, Domtar Paper and the Trustee.

 

3. The Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among Domtar, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and the Trustee.

 

4. The Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2011, among Domtar, the New Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and the Trustee.

 

5. The Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 7, 2011, among Domtar, the New Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and the Trustee.

 

6. The Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 16, 2012, among Domtar, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and the Trustee.

 

7. The Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 21, 2012, among Domtar, EAM and the Trustee.

 

8. The Eight Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 23, 2012, among Domtar, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and the Trustee.

 

9. The Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2013, among Domtar, Personal Care, Associated, and the Trustee.

 

10. The Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, among Domtar, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and the Trustee.

 

11. The Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 2015, among Palmetto Enterprises LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Domtar and the Trustee.
EX-12.1 5 d245969dex121.htm EX-12.1 EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

 

    Three months ended     Six months ended     Year ended     Year ended     Year ended     Year ended     Year ended  
    March 31,
2016
    June 30,
2016
    June 30,
2016
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
    $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  

Available earnings:

               

Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings

    1        24        25        156        261        72        236        505   

Add fixed charges:

               

Interest expense incurred

    16        15        31        87        99        83        75        76   

Amortization of debt expense and discount

    1        —          1        6        4        4        8        7   

Interest portion of rental expense(1)

    2        2        4        9        11        11        11        11   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total earnings as defined

    20        41        61        258        375        170        330        599   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges:

               

Interest expense incurred

    16        15        31        87        99        83        75        76   

Amortization of debt expense and discount

    1        —          1        6        4        4        8        7   

Interest portion of rental expense(1)

    2        2        4        9        11        11        11        11   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed charges

    19        17        36        102        114        98        94        94   

Preferred stock dividends

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Combined fixed charges and preferred dividends

    19        17        36        102        114        98        94        94   

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

    1.1        2.4        1.7        2.5        3.3        1.7        3.5        6.4   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deficiency in the coverage of earnings to fixed charges

               
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends

    1.1        2.4        1.7        2.5        3.3        1.7        3.5        6.4   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deficiency in the coverage of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends

               
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Interest portion of rental expense is calculated based on the proportion deemed representation of the interest component (i.e. 1/3 of rental expense).
EX-23.3 6 d245969dex233.htm EX-23.3 EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

LOGO

26 September 2016

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 26, 2016 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Domtar Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

LOGO

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Richmond, Virginia

September 26, 2016

 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1021 East Cary Street, Suite 1250, Richmond, VA 23219-4058

 

   T: (804) 697-1900, F: (804) 697-1901, www.pwc.com/

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Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Domtar Corporation

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of Domtar Corporation (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ John D. Williams

John D. Williams

  

President and Chief Executive Officer

and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Daniel Buron

Daniel Buron

  

Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting

Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Robert J. Steacy

Robert J. Steacy

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors and

Director

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Giannella Alvarez

Giannella Alvarez

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Robert E. Apple

Robert E. Apple

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Louis P. Gignac

Louis P. Gignac

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ David J. Illingworth

David J. Illingworth

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Brian M. Levitt

Brian M. Levitt

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ David G. Maffucci

David G. Maffucci

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Domenic Pilla

Domenic Pilla

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Pamela B. Strobel

Pamela B. Strobel

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Denis Turcotte

Denis Turcotte

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Mary A. Winston

Mary A. Winston

   Director   September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Associated Hygienic Products LLC

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of Associated Hygienic Products LLC (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Michael Fagan

Michael Fagan

  

President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Marcy Lemieux

Marcy Lemieux

  

Controller and Manager

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Daniel Buron

Daniel Buron

   Manager   September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Attends Healthcare Products, Inc.

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Michael Fagan

Michael Fagan

  

President, Chief Executive

Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Marcy Lemieux

Marcy Lemieux

  

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial Officer

and Principal Accounting

Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Daniel Buron

Daniel Buron

  

Vice President, Treasurer and

Director

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Patrick Loulou

Patrick Loulou

  

Vice President Corporate

Development

  September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Domtar A.W. LLC

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of Domtar A.W. LLC (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Roger H. Brear

Roger H. Brear

  

President and Director (Principal

Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Jack Bray

Jack Bray

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Zygmunt Jablonski

Zygmunt Jablonski

   Director   September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Domtar Industries LLC

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of Domtar Industries LLC (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ John D. Williams

John D. Williams

   President and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
  September 26, 2016

/s/ Roger H. Brear

Roger H. Brear

   Treasurer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
  September 26, 2016

/s/ Michael Garcia

Michael Garcia

   Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Zygmunt Jablonski

Zygmunt Jablonski

   Director   September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Domtar Paper Company, LLC

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of Domtar Paper Company, LLC (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Michael Garcia

Michael Garcia

  

President and Manager

(Principal Executive Officer,

Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

  September 26, 2016

/s/ Jack Bray

Jack Bray

   Vice President and Manager   September 26, 2016

/s/ Zygmunt Jablonski

Zygmunt Jablonski

   Manager   September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

EAM Corporation

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of EAM Corporation (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Michael Fagan

Michael Fagan

   President and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
  September 26, 2016

/s/ Larry Aaron

Larry Aaron

   Vice President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
  September 26, 2016

/s/ Daniel Buron

Daniel Buron

   Vice President and Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Lee West

Lee West

   Managing Director   September 26, 2016

/s/ Lori Venn

Lori Venn

   Director   September 26, 2016

 

2


POWER OF ATTORNEY

E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc.

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Zygmunt Jablonski and Razvan Theodoru with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute on his or her behalf, as an officer and/or director of E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. (the “Company”), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus and any exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered under the Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Tim Wight

Tim Wight

   President and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
  September 26, 2016

/s/ Jack Bray

Jack Bray

   Treasurer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
  September 26, 2016

/s/ Zygmunt Jablonski

Zygmunt Jablonski

   Director   September 26, 2016
EX-25.1 8 d245969dex251.htm EX-25.1 EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   13-5160382

(State of incorporation if not a

U.S. national bank)

  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

225 Liberty Street,

New York, N.Y.

  10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

DOMTAR CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligors as specified in their charters)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   20-5901152

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

234 Kingsley Park Drive

Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715

(Address of registrants’ principal executive offices)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name    Address

New York State Department of Financial Services

  

One State Street, New York,

N.Y. 10004, and One Commerce Plaza,

Albany, N.Y. 12257

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  

33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.

10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   550 17th Street, N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20429

New York Clearing House Association

   New York, New York 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor and Guarantor.

If the obligor or guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

3-15. Pursuant to General Instruction B of the Form T-1, no responses are included for Items 3-15 of this Form T-1 because, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor or the guarantor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee and the Trustee is not a foreign trustee as provided under Item 15.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T 1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits l a and l b to Form T-1 filed


with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T 1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of September, 2016.

 

The Bank of New York Mellon
By:  

/s/ James Briggs

  Name: James Briggs
  Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of 225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 2016, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar amounts
in thousands
 

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     5,045,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     97,696,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     40,504,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     72,663,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     5,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     16,902,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     217,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     35,107,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     137,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     34,970,000   

Trading assets

     5,254,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,071,000   

Other real estate owned

     5,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     527,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,301,000   

Other intangible assets

     985,000   

Other assets

     16,574,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     298,719,000   
  

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     138,076,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     90,728,000   

Interest-bearing

     47,348,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     114,024,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     8,485,000   

Interest-bearing

     105,539,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .

     224,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     636,000   

Trading liabilities

     5,507,000   

Other borrowed money:

  

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     7,363,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     515,000   

Other liabilities

     8,594,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     274,939,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     10,397,000   

Retained earnings

     13,218,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,320,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     23,430,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     23,780,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     298,719,000   
  

 

 

 


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

Joseph J. Echevarria

          Directors

 

 

 

 

 

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