0001193125-17-128852.txt : 20170616 0001193125-17-128852.hdr.sgml : 20170616 20170419164231 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-128852 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 30 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170419 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Dynamics Research Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030822 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 042211809 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-06 FILM NUMBER: 17770416 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Engility Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001544229 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711] IRS NUMBER: 453854852 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-07 FILM NUMBER: 17770417 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Engility LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001612199 IRS NUMBER: 952588754 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-01 FILM NUMBER: 17770411 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Engility Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ENGILITY Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637281 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711] IRS NUMBER: 042393618 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383 FILM NUMBER: 17770410 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TASC, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150320 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Support Services Organization, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001698227 IRS NUMBER: 461110776 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-04 FILM NUMBER: 17770414 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TexelTek, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001698230 IRS NUMBER: 522266478 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-05 FILM NUMBER: 17770415 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATAC Services, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001698226 IRS NUMBER: 472919685 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-02 FILM NUMBER: 17770412 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TASC Services Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001698229 IRS NUMBER: 043268014 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-217383-03 FILM NUMBER: 17770413 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 BUSINESS PHONE: 7036338300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CITY: CHANTILLY STATE: VA ZIP: 20151 S-4 1 d322217ds4.htm S-4 S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2017

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ENGILITY CORPORATION

Additional Registrants listed on Schedule A hereto

(Exact name of registrants as specified in their charters)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   8711   04-2393618
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

(703) 633-8300

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

Thomas O. Miiller, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

(703) 633-8300

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

 

 

Copies to:

Ryan D. Thomas, Esq.

Jay H. Knight, Esq.

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

150 Third Avenue South

Suite 2800

Nashville, Tennessee 37201

(615) 742-6200

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.

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

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

☒  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

  

Smaller reporting company

 

    

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(1)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

8.875% Senior Notes Due 2024

  $300,000,000   $300,000,000   $34,770

Guarantees of 8.875% Senior Notes Due 2024

      (2)

 

 

(1)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no additional registration fee is payable with respect to the guarantees.

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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Additional Registrants

Schedule A

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrants

   Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Formation
  

Principal

Executive

Offices

   Primary
Standard

Industrial
Classification
Code Number
   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.

Engility Holdings, Inc.

   DE   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    61-1748527

ATAC Services, LLC

   DE   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   7389    47-2919685

Dynamics Research Corporation

   MA   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   7373    04-2211809

Engility LLC

   DE   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    95-2588754

Support Services Organization, LLC

   DE   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    46-1110776

TASC Services Corporation

   DE   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    04-3268014

Texeltek, LLC

   DE   

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    52-2266478


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

 

Subject to Completion, Dated April 19, 2017

PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

Engility Corporation

Offers to Exchange

up to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 8.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for any and all outstanding unregistered 8.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”).

We refer to this offer to exchange as the “exchange offer.”

As with the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes will be, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Engility Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) and certain of our current and future domestic subsidiaries.

 

 

The Initial Notes sold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act bear the CUSIP number 29285XAC6, and the Initial Notes sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act bear the CUSIP number U2928PAB2.

Terms of the Exchange Offer

 

   

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                , 2017, unless extended.

 

   

You may withdraw your tender of Initial Notes any time before the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

   

We will exchange all Initial Notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer for an equal principal amount of Exchange Notes.

 

   

If you fail to tender your Initial Notes, your Initial Notes will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer.

 

   

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

   

The Exchange Notes are substantially identical to the Initial Notes, except the Exchange Notes are registered under the Securities Act and the transfer restrictions and certain additional interest provisions applicable to the Initial Notes will not apply to the Exchange Notes.

 

   

The exchange of Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes should not be a taxable exchange for United States federal income tax purposes. See “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

For a discussion of the specific risks that you should consider before tendering your outstanding Initial Notes in the exchange offer, see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10 of this prospectus.

There is no established trading market for the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes. We do not intend to list the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange or seek approval for quotation through any automated trading system.

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Initial Notes where such Initial Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Engility Corporation has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the “expiration date” (as defined herein), it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities other than those specifically offered hereby or an offer to sell any securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction where, or to any person whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or issuing the Exchange Notes.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     ii  

SUMMARY

     1  

RISK FACTORS

     10  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     17  

SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA

     18  

DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

     19  

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

     23  

DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES

     32  

MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

     94  

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     95  

LEGAL MATTERS

     96  

EXPERTS

     96  

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS

     96  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     97  

 

 

This prospectus incorporates by reference important business and financial information about us that is not included or delivered with this prospectus. Copies of this information are available without charge to any person to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request. Written requests should be directed to:

Engility Holdings, Inc.

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Oral requests should be made by calling our Investor Relations Department at (703) 633-8300.

In order to ensure timely delivery of the documents, you must make your request to us no later than                , 2017. In the event that we extend the exchange offer, you must submit your request at least five business days before the expiration date of the exchange offer, as extended.

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, in the section titled “Risk Factors,” that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, potential growth opportunities, potential operating performance improvements, the effects and expected benefits of acquisitions and competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “could” or the negative of these terms or similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in these forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause such differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to: (a) the loss or delay of a significant number of our contracts, or unexpected delays in customer payments under our contracts; (b) a decline in or a redirection of the U.S. budget for government services; (c) future shutdowns of the U.S. government, or a failure of the U.S. Congress to approve increases to the Federal debt ceiling; (d) the Department of Defense’s wide-ranging efficiencies initiative, which targets affordability and cost growth; (e) the intense competition for contracts in our industry, as well as the frequent protests by unsuccessful bidders; (f) our indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (“IDIQ”) contracts, which are not firm orders for services, and could generate limited or no revenue; (g) our government contracts, which contain unfavorable termination provisions and are subject to a government audit and modification; (h) the mix of our cost-plus, time-and-material and fixed-price type contracts; (i) our ability to attract and retain key management and personnel; (j) the impairment of our goodwill, which represent a significant portion of the assets on our balance sheet, other intangible assets or long-lived assets; (k) changes in regulations or any negative findings from a U.S. government audit or investigation; (l) current and future legal and regulatory proceedings; (m) risks associated with our international operations; (n) information security threats and other information technology disruptions; (o) integration, operational and other risks related to our February 2015 acquisition of TASC, Inc. (“TASC”), including difficulties and delays in fully realizing cost savings; (p) our significant level of indebtedness, our ability to comply with the terms of our debt agreements and our ability to finance our future operations, if necessary; (q) U.S. Federal income tax assets and liabilities that relate to the distribution in the spin-off of Engility Holdings, Inc. from L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (“L-3”) and the acquisition of TASC; and (r) other factors set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. There may be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time or that we currently do not expect to have a material adverse effect on our business. Any such risks could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.

You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements in this prospectus. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus and we do not have any intention or obligation to update forward-looking statements after we distribute this prospectus.

 

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SUMMARY

The following summary contains important information about us and the exchange offer but may not contain all information that may be important to you in making a decision to tender your Initial Notes. For a more complete understanding of our company and the exchange offer, we urge you to read carefully this entire prospectus, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and the financial statements (including the accompanying notes) appearing elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, references in this prospectus to “we,” “our,” “us,” “Engility,” the “Company” or “our company” refer to (i) Engility Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in 2011, and its consolidated subsidiaries, for all periods prior to the closing of the acquisition of TASC in February 2015, and (ii) successor Engility Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, incorporated in 2014 under the name New East Holdings, Inc., and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Engility Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation. References to the “Issuer” refer to Engility Corporation alone, and references to “Holdings” refer to Engility Holdings, Inc. alone.

Our Company

We support the missions of the U.S. government by deploying our highly skilled workforce to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We offer a broad range of highly technical services, including information technology modernization and sustainment, cyber security, high performance computing (“HPC”), specialized technical consulting, program and business support, training, engineering and technology lifecycle support, supply chain services and logistics management to U.S. government personnel worldwide. Our revenue is derived from a diverse mix of activities and services with no single program accounting for more than 10% of our revenue in 2016, with our largest contract representing 8% of our 2016 revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2016, we had revenue of approximately $2.1 billion, 99% of which was derived from the U.S. government.

Engility, through our predecessors, has provided mission critical services to the U.S. government for over six decades. We have a diversified portfolio that serves the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), U.S. Department of State (DoS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and space-related and intelligence community agencies, including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA).

For additional information about our business, operations and financial results, see the documents listed under “Incorporation by Reference of Certain Documents.”

Our principal executive offices are located at 4803 Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly, Virginia 20151, and our telephone number is (703) 633-8300.

 



 

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Summary of the Exchange Offer

On August 12, 2016, we issued, through a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, $300,000,000 of our Initial Notes. Simultaneously with the private placement of the Initial Notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the Initial Notes, dated August 12, 2016 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the Registration Rights Agreement, we are required to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) enabling the holders of the Initial Notes to exchange the Initial Notes for Exchange Notes with substantially identical terms to the Initial Notes and, unless not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy, to complete the exchange offer pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement within 365 days after the date of the original issuance of the Initial Notes. If we fail to complete the exchange offer on or before the date that is 365 days after such original issuance date, then we will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the Initial Notes at a rate of 0.25% for the first 90-day period after such date and thereafter at a rate of an additional 0.25% for each subsequent 90 day period that elapses, provided that the aggregate increase in such annual interest rate may in no event exceed 1.00% per annum and provided that no interest will accrue following such time that this registration default has been cured. You may exchange your Initial Notes for Exchange Notes in the exchange offer. You should read the discussion under the headings “The Exchange Offer” and “Description of the Exchange Notes” for further information regarding the Exchange Notes.

 

Securities Offered

$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.875% senior notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act.

 

 

As with the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes will be, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Holdings and certain of our current and future subsidiaries.

 

Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange the Initial Notes for a like principal amount at maturity of the Exchange Notes. Initial Notes may be exchanged only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The exchange offer is being made pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, which grants the initial purchasers and any subsequent holders of the Initial Notes certain exchange and registration rights. The exchange offer is intended to satisfy those exchange and registration rights with respect to the Initial Notes.

 

 

The form and terms of the Exchange Notes are the same as the form and terms of the Initial Notes, respectively, except that:

 

   

the Exchange Notes have been registered under the federal securities laws and will not bear any legend restricting their transfers;

 

   

the Exchange Notes will bear different CUSIP numbers than the Initial Notes; and

 

   

the holders of the Exchange Notes will not be entitled to most rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, including the provisions for an increase in the interest rate on the Initial Notes in some circumstances as described in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 



 

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Expiration Date; Withdrawal of Tender

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                , 2017, unless extended. You may withdraw your tender of Initial Notes at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. All outstanding Initial Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged. Any Initial Notes not accepted by us for exchange for any reason will be returned to you at our expense promptly after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.

 

Resales

We believe that you can offer for resale, resell and otherwise transfer the Exchange Notes without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act so long as:

 

   

you acquire the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of business;

 

   

you are not participating, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the Exchange Notes;

 

   

you are not an “affiliate” of ours, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and

 

   

you are not a broker-dealer.

 

 

If any of these conditions is not satisfied and you transfer any Exchange Notes without delivering a proper prospectus or without qualifying for a registration exemption, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. We do not assume, or indemnify you against, any such liability.

 

 

Each broker-dealer acquiring Exchange Notes issued for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes, which it acquired through market making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a proper prospectus when any Exchange Notes issued in the exchange offer are transferred. A broker-dealer may use this prospectus for an offer to resell, a resale or other retransfer of the Exchange Notes issued in the exchange offer.

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

We are not required to accept for exchange, or to issue the Exchange Notes in exchange for, any Initial Notes if the exchange offer would not be permitted by applicable law or SEC policy. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”

 

Procedures for Tendering Initial Notes held in the Form of Book-Entry Interests

The Initial Notes were issued as global securities and were deposited upon issuance with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as custodian for the global securities representing the uncertificated depositary interests in those outstanding Initial Notes, which represent a 100% interest in those Initial Notes, to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). Beneficial interests in the outstanding Initial

 



 

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Notes, which are held by direct or indirect participants in DTC, are shown on, and transfers of the Initial Notes can only be made through, records maintained in book-entry form by DTC.

 

 

You may tender your outstanding Initial Notes by instructing your broker or bank where you keep the Initial Notes to tender them for you. In some cases you may be asked to submit the letter of transmittal that may accompany this prospectus. By tendering your Initial Notes, you will be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed to be bound by the terms set forth under “The Exchange Offer.” Your outstanding Initial Notes must be tendered in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

 

In order for your tender to be considered valid, the exchange agent must receive a confirmation of book-entry transfer of your outstanding Initial Notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, under the procedure described in this prospectus under the heading “The Exchange Offer,” on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer.

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to tender your Initial Notes and your Initial Notes are not immediately available, or you cannot deliver your Initial Notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents, or you cannot comply with the procedures under DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program for transfer of book-entry interests prior to the expiration date, you must tender your Initial Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in this prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

The exchange offer should not result in any income, gain or loss to the holders of Initial Notes or to us for United States federal income tax purposes. See “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

 

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes.

 

Regulatory Approvals

Other than compliance with the Securities Act and qualification of the indenture that governs the Initial Notes and will govern the Exchange Notes under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, there are no federal or state regulatory requirements that must be complied with or approvals that must be obtained in connection with the exchange offer.

 

Exchange Agent

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Consequences of Not Exchanging Initial Notes

If you do not exchange your Initial Notes in the exchange offer, your Initial Notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer currently applicable to the Initial Notes. In general, you may offer or sell your Initial Notes only:

 

   

if they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws;

 

   

if they are offered or sold under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; or

 

   

if they are offered or sold in a transaction not subject to the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

 

We do not currently intend to register the Initial Notes under the Securities Act. Under some circumstances, however, including when holders who are not permitted to participate in the exchange offer or who may not freely resell Exchange Notes received in the exchange offer so request, we may be required to file, and to cause to become effective, a shelf registration statement covering resales of Initial Notes. For more information regarding the consequences of not tendering your Initial Notes and our obligation to file a shelf registration statement, see “The Exchange Offer—Consequences of Failure to Exchange” and “The Exchange Offer—Shelf Registration.”

 



 

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Description of Exchange Notes

The summary below describes the principal terms of the Exchange Notes. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of the Exchange Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Notes.

 

Issuer

The Exchange Notes will be issued by Engility Corporation.

 

Exchange Notes Offered

$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.875% senior notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act.

 

Maturity Dates

The Exchange Notes will mature on September 1, 2024.

 

Interest Payment Dates

The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year for the Exchange Notes. The first interest payment date on the Exchange Notes will be September 1, 2017.

 

Guarantees

The Exchange Notes will be, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Holdings and certain of our current and future subsidiaries.

 

Ranking of the Exchange Notes

The Exchange Notes will be:

 

   

senior obligations of the Issuer that will be (except as described in the following clause) unsecured;

 

   

pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future indebtedness of the Issuer that is not subordinated in right of payment to the notes, including indebtedness under our senior secured term loan facilities and our senior secured revolving credit facility, each originally dated as of August 12, 2016 (as amended and restated, collectively the “Credit Facility”).

 

   

effectively subordinated to any existing and future indebtedness of the Issuer that is secured with property or assets to the extent of the value of such property and assets securing such indebtedness (including the Credit Facility);

 

   

senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of the Issuer that is subordinated in right of payment to the notes;

 

   

initially guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each guarantor; and

 

   

structurally subordinated to all claims of creditors, including trade creditors, and claims of preferred stockholders, if any, of each of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that will not guarantee the Exchange Notes.

 

 

As of December 31, 2016, we had approximately $823.3 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured indebtedness outstanding, approximately $300.0 million of senior unsecured indebtedness outstanding and no subordinated indebtedness outstanding.

 



 

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Ranking of the Guarantees

The guarantee of the Exchange Notes by each guarantor will be:

 

   

a general senior unsecured obligation of such guarantor;

 

   

equal in right of payment with all existing and future indebtedness of such guarantor that is not subordinated in right of payment to its guarantee of the notes (including its guarantee of the Credit Facility);

 

   

effectively subordinated to any of such guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness that is secured with property or assets of such guarantor to the extent of the value of such property and assets securing such indebtedness (including its guarantee of the Credit Facility);

 

   

senior in right of payment to any of such guarantor’s future indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to such guarantee.

 

Optional Redemption

At any time prior to September 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem some or all of the Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Exchange Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date plus a “make-whole” premium set forth in this prospectus. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

 

The Issuer may redeem some or all of the Exchange Notes at any time and from time to time on or after September 1, 2019 at the redemption prices set forth in this prospectus plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date. In addition, any time prior to September 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes issued under the indenture with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 108.875% of the principal amount of the Exchange Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

Change of Control

If a certain change of control occurs, unless we have earlier exercised our right of redemption, we may be required to offer to repurchase the Exchange Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

Certain Covenants

The indenture that will govern the Exchange Notes contains covenants that, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:

 

   

incur debt or issue certain disqualified stock and preferred stock;

 

   

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pay dividends or distributions or redeem or repurchase equity;

 

   

prepay subordinated debt or make certain investments;

 

   

transfer and sell assets;

 

   

engage in a consolidation or merger, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

 

   

enter into agreements that restrict dividends, loans and other distributions from our subsidiaries; and

 

   

enter into transactions with our affiliates.

 

 

However, these limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Certain Covenants.”

 

 

In addition, certain of the covenants will be suspended if both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s assign the notes an investment grade rating in the future and no defaults or events of default exist under the indenture. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Certain Covenants—Effectiveness of Covenants.

 

No Established Trading Market

The Exchange Notes are new issues of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for the Exchange Notes to be listed on any securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system. We cannot assure you that a liquid market for the Exchange Notes will develop or be maintained.

 

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes.

 

Risk Factors

See “Risk Factors” and other information in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to participate in the exchange offer.

 



 

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Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

The following table sets forth our historical consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges on a consolidated basis for the periods indicated. You should read these ratios of earnings to fixed charges in connection with our consolidated financial statements, including the notes to those statements, incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2012      2013      2014      2015      2016  

Consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)(2)

     —          —          4.4x        4.0x        —    

 

(1)

For purposes of determining the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings are defined as earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense on all indebtedness, amortization of debt discount, amortization of deferred financing costs and an interest factor attributable to operating leases.

(2)

In 2016, 2015 and 2012, we incurred losses from operations primarily related to goodwill impairments, and as a result, our earnings were insufficient to cover our fixed charges by $8.8 million, $298.3 million and $339.6 million, respectively.

 



 

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below and the risk factors incorporated by reference herein, as well as the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the financial statements and related notes incorporated by reference into this prospectus, before deciding to exchange your Initial Notes (as defined herein) for Exchange Notes (as defined herein) pursuant to the exchange offer. Certain risks related to us and our business are outlined in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus (and in any of our reports that we file with the SEC and that are so incorporated). See the sections titled “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation by Reference of Certain Documents” for information about how to obtain copies of these documents. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, operating results, or cash flow could be materially and adversely affected. Additional risks or uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, also may impair our business operations. We cannot assure you that any of these events will not occur and if such events do occur, the value of the Exchange Notes could decline substantially.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer.

There may be adverse consequences if you do not exchange your Initial Notes.

If you do not exchange your Initial Notes for Exchange Notes in the exchange offer, you will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer of your Initial Notes. The restrictions on transfer of your outstanding Initial Notes arise because we issued the outstanding Initial Notes under exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In general, the Initial Notes may not be offered or sold unless they are registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except as required by the Registration Rights Agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the Initial Notes under the Securities Act. You should refer to the section titled “The Exchange Offer” for information about how to tender your Initial Notes.

The tender of Initial Notes under the exchange offer will reduce the outstanding amount of the Initial Notes, which may have an adverse effect upon, and increase the volatility of, the market prices of the Initial Notes due to a reduction in liquidity.

Certain persons who participate in the exchange offer must deliver a prospectus in connection with resales of the Exchange Notes.

Based on interpretations of the staff of the SEC contained in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC no-action letter (April 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., SEC no-action letter (June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, SEC no-action letter (July 2, 1983), we believe that you may offer for resale, resell or otherwise transfer the Exchange Notes without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. However, in some instances described in this prospectus under “Plan of Distribution,” certain holders of Exchange Notes will remain obligated to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to transfer the Exchange Notes. If such a holder transfers any Exchange Notes without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, such a holder may incur liability under the Securities Act. We do not and will not assume, or indemnify such a holder against, this liability.

If you wish to tender your Initial Notes for exchange, you must comply with the requirements described in this prospectus.

You will receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Initial Notes only after the exchange agent receives such Initial Notes and all other required documentation within the time limits described in this prospectus. If you wish to tender your Initial Notes in exchange for Exchange Notes, you should allow sufficient time for delivery. Neither the exchange agent nor the Issuer has any duty to give you notice of defects or irregularities with respect

 

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to tenders of Initial Notes for exchange. Initial Notes that are not tendered or are tendered but not accepted will, following consummation of the exchange offer, continue to be subject to the existing restrictions upon transfer relating to the Initial Notes.

The consummation of the exchange offer may not occur.

We are not obligated to complete the exchange offer under certain circumstances. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” Even if the exchange offer is completed, it may not be completed on the schedule described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating in the exchange offer may have to wait longer than expected to receive their Exchange Notes. You may be required to deliver prospectuses and comply with other requirements in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.

Risks Related to the Exchange Notes and our Indebtedness.

Despite our anticipated debt levels upon consummation of this offering, we and our subsidiaries may still incur significant additional debt. Incurring more debt could increase the risks associated with our substantial debt.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional debt, including additional secured debt, in the future. The terms of the Indenture and our Credit Facility (each as defined in “Description of Other Indebtedness”) restrict, but will not completely prohibit, us from doing so. As of December 31, 2016, we had approximately $163 million of undrawn availability under our Credit Facility. In addition, the Indenture allows us to issue additional notes under certain circumstances and to incur other types of indebtedness, which may also be guaranteed by Holdings and the subsidiary guarantors. In addition, the Indenture does not prevent us from incurring certain other liabilities that do not constitute “Indebtedness” (as defined in the Indenture). If new debt or other liabilities are added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we and our subsidiaries now face could intensify.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes, and we may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or to refinance our indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes, and to fund working capital, planned capital expenditures and expansion efforts and any strategic alliances or acquisitions we may make in the future, depends on our ability to generate cash in the future and our depends on our financial and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We cannot assure you that we will maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness. See “Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” See also “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” included in our Annual Report on 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes. We cannot assure you that we would be able to take any of these actions, that these actions would be successful and permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations or that these actions would be permitted under the terms of our existing or future debt agreements, including our Credit Facility and the Indenture. For example, our Credit Facility and the Indenture restrict our ability to dispose of assets and use the proceeds from any dispositions. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions and any proceeds we receive may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness” and “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

 

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We are a holding company and may not have access to sufficient cash to make payments on the Exchange Notes.

We are a holding company with no direct operations. Our principal assets are the equity interests we hold in our operating subsidiaries. As a result, we are dependent upon dividends and other payments from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our outstanding debt service and other obligations. Our subsidiaries may not generate sufficient cash from operations to enable us to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes. In addition, any payments of dividends, distributions, loans or advances to us by our subsidiaries could be subject to legal and contractual restrictions. Our subsidiaries are permitted under the terms of our indebtedness, including the Indenture, to incur additional indebtedness that may restrict payments from those subsidiaries to us. The agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries may not permit those subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient cash to fund payments on the Exchange Notes when due.

Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities, and they may have (except to the extent of any guarantees of the Exchange Notes) no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the Exchange Notes or to make any funds available to pay those amounts, whether by dividend, distribution, loan or other payment.

The agreements and instruments governing our debt, including our Credit Facility and the Indenture, contain various covenants that impose restrictions on us that may limit our ability to operate our business.

The Credit Facility and/or the Indenture contain various covenants that limit our ability and/or our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

incur additional debt or issue certain disqualified stock and preferred stock;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

pay dividends or distributions or redeem or repurchase equity;

 

   

prepay subordinated debt or make certain investments;

 

   

transfer and sell assets;

 

   

engage in a consolidation or merger, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets;

 

   

enter into agreements that restrict dividends, loans and other distributions from our subsidiaries; and

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates.

These covenants could have the effect of limiting our flexibility in planning for or reacting to changes in our business and the markets in which we compete. In addition, our Credit Facility requires us to comply with a financial maintenance covenant. Operating results below current levels or other adverse factors, including a significant increase in interest rates, could result in our being unable to comply with the financial covenant contained in our Credit Facility. If we violate covenants under the Credit Facility and are unable to obtain a waiver from our lenders, our debt under the Credit Facility would be in default and could be accelerated by our lenders. Because of cross-default provisions in the agreements and instruments governing our debt, a default under one agreement or instrument could result in a default under, and the acceleration of, our other debt.

If our debt is accelerated, we may not be able to repay our debt or borrow sufficient funds to refinance it. Even if we are able to obtain new financing, it may not be on commercially reasonable terms, on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If our debt is in default for any reason, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, complying with these covenants may also cause us to take actions that are not favorable to holders of the notes and may make it more difficult for us to successfully execute our business strategy and compete against companies that are not subject to such restrictions.

 

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Claims of holders of the Exchange Notes will be structurally subordinated to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Exchange Notes.

The Exchange Notes will be guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries. Claims of holders of the Exchange Notes will be structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Exchange Notes, including trade creditors. All obligations of these subsidiaries will have to be satisfied before any of the assets of such subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon a liquidation or otherwise, to us or to creditors of us, including the holders of the Exchange Notes. As of December 31, 2016 and for the year then ended, our non-guarantor subsidiaries accounted for (i) approximately $154.2 million, or 7.4%, of our total revenue, (ii) approximately $12.6 million of our net cash (used in) provided by operating activities; (iii) approximately $39.0 million, or 1.8%, of our total assets, and (iv) approximately $9.7 million, or 0.7%, of our total liabilities.

The Exchange Notes and the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to our existing and future secured debt.

As of December 31, 2016, we had $823.3 million of outstanding secured debt. The Credit Facility and the Indenture allow us to incur certain additional secured debt. Obligations in respect of such secured debt will be effectively senior in right of payment to all of our, Holdings’ and the subsidiary guarantors’ obligations under the Exchange Notes and the guarantees to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such debt. See “Description of Other Indebtedness” for a description of our Credit Facility. Therefore, in the event of any distribution or payment of our assets in any foreclosure, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, or other bankruptcy proceeding, holders of the Exchange Notes will participate in our remaining assets ratably with each other and with all holders of our unsecured indebtedness that is deemed to be of the same class as such Exchange Notes, and potentially with all of our other general creditors, based upon the respective amounts owed to each holder or creditor. In any of the foregoing events, we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient assets to pay amounts due on the Exchange Notes. As a result, holders of such Exchange Notes may receive less, ratably, than holders of secured indebtedness.

Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received from guarantors.

The Exchange Notes are guaranteed by certain of Holdings’ and certain of the Issuer’s present and future subsidiaries. Under the federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, a guarantee could be voided, or claims in respect of a guarantee could be subordinated to all other debts of that guarantor if, among other things, the guarantor, at the time it incurred the debt evidenced by its guarantee:

 

   

received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for entering into the guarantee; and

 

   

either:

 

   

was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of entering into the guarantee;

 

   

was engaged in a business or transaction for which the guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

   

intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts or contingent liabilities beyond its ability to pay such debts or contingent liabilities as they become due.

In addition, any payment by that guarantor pursuant to its guarantee could be voided and required to be returned to the guarantor, or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the guarantor.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer laws will vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, a guarantor would be considered insolvent if:

 

   

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the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

   

it could not pay its debts as they become due.

We cannot assure you as to what standard a court would use to determine whether or not a guarantor would be solvent at the relevant time, or regardless of the standard used, that the guarantees would not be subordinated to any guarantor’s other debt. The Indenture contains a “savings clause,” which limits the liability of each guarantor on its guarantee to the maximum amount that such guarantor can incur without risk that its guarantee will be subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer. We cannot assure you that this limitation will be effective to protect such guarantees from being voided as a result of fraudulent transfer challenges or, if it does, that the remaining amount due and collectible under the guarantees would suffice, if necessary, to pay the Exchange Notes in full when due, such that it may reduce that guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes its guarantee worthless.

Finally, as a court of equity, the bankruptcy court may subordinate the claims in respect of the Exchange Notes to other claims against us under the principle of equitable subordination, if the court determines that: (i) the holders of the Exchange Notes engaged in some type of inequitable conduct; (ii) such inequitable conduct resulted in injury to our other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holder of the Exchange Notes; and (iii) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

In the event of a finding that a fraudulent conveyance or transfer has occurred, a court may void, or hold unenforceable, the Exchange Notes or the guarantees, which could mean that you may not receive any payments on the Exchange Notes and the court may direct you to repay any amounts that you have already received from us or the guarantors for the benefit of our other creditors. Furthermore, the holders of voided Exchange Notes or guarantees would cease to have any direct claim against us or the guarantors. Consequently, our and the guarantor’s respective assets would be applied first to satisfy our and the guarantor’s other liabilities before any portion of our or the guarantor’s respective assets could be applied to the payment of the Exchange Notes. Sufficient funds to repay the Exchange Notes may not be available from other sources. Moreover, the voidance of the Exchange Notes or the guarantees could result in an event of default with respect to our other debt that could result in acceleration of such debt (if not otherwise accelerated due to insolvency or other proceedings).

The lenders under our Credit Facility have the discretion to release any guarantors under our Credit Facility in a variety of circumstances, which will cause those guarantors to be released from their guarantees of the Exchange Notes.

While any obligations under our Credit Facility remain outstanding, any guarantee of the Exchange Notes may be released without action by, or consent of, any holder of the Exchange Notes or the Trustee under the Indenture, at the discretion of lenders under our Credit Facility, if the related guarantor is no longer a guarantor of obligations under our Credit Facility or any other indebtedness. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Guarantees.” The lenders under our Credit Facility will have the discretion to release the guarantees under our Credit Facility in a variety of circumstances. You will not have a claim as a creditor against any subsidiary that is no longer a guarantor of the notes, and the indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, whether secured or unsecured, of those subsidiaries will effectively be senior to claims of holders of the Exchange Notes.

We may not be able to satisfy our obligations to holders of the Exchange Notes upon a change of control.

Upon the occurrence of a “Change of Control,” as defined in the Indenture, the holders of the Exchange Notes will be entitled to require us to repurchase the outstanding Exchange Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Exchange Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase. Failure to make this repurchase with respect to any series of Exchange Notes would result in a default under the

 

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Indenture. Also, our Credit Facility may effectively prevent the purchase of the Exchange Notes by us if a change of control occurs and the lenders thereunder do not consent to our purchase of the Exchange Notes, unless all amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility or such other credit facility are repaid in full. Our failure to purchase or give a notice of purchase with respect to the Exchange Notes would be a default under the Indenture, which would in turn be a default under the Credit Facility. In addition, a change of control may constitute an event of default under the Credit Facility. A default under the Credit Facility would result in a default under the Indenture if the lenders accelerate the debt under the Credit Facility. Any future credit agreements or indentures to which we become a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. The exercise by holders of the Exchange Notes of their right to require us to repurchase the Exchange Notes could cause a default under our other debt agreements due to the financial effect of these repurchases on us, even if the change of control itself does not cause a default under the Indenture.

In the event of a change of control, we may not have sufficient funds to repurchase the Exchange Notes and to satisfy our other obligations under the Exchange Notes and any other indebtedness. The source of funds for any purchase of Exchange Notes would be available cash or cash generated from other sources, which may not be available. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, we could seek to refinance our indebtedness or obtain a waiver from our lenders, but it is possible that we may not be able to obtain a waiver or refinance our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. On the other hand, the provisions in the Indenture regarding a change of control could increase the difficulty of a potential acquirer obtaining control of us. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

The change of control provisions in the Indenture may not protect you in the event we consummate a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or other similar transaction, unless such transaction constitutes a change of control under the Indenture. Some of these transactions may not involve a change in voting power or beneficial ownership or, even if they do, may not involve a change in the magnitude required under the definition of “Change of Control” in the Indenture to trigger our obligation to repurchase the Exchange Notes. Except as described above, the Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the Exchange Notes to require us to repurchase or redeem the Exchange Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction. Therefore, if an event occurs that does not constitute a change of control as defined under the Indenture, we will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Exchange Notes and you may be required to hold your Exchange Notes despite the event. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

In addition, in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture, we will be required to commence an “Offer to Purchase” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to which we must repay senior debt or make an offer to purchase a principal amount of the Exchange Notes equal to the “Excess Proceeds” (as defined in the Indenture). The purchase price of the Exchange Notes will be 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Our other debt may contain restrictions that would limit or prohibit us from completing any such Offer to Purchase. Our failure to purchase any such Exchange Notes when required under the Indenture would be an event of default under the Indenture.

We face risks related to rating agency downgrades.

We expect one or more rating agencies to rate the Exchange Notes. If such rating agencies either assign the Exchange Notes a rating lower than the rating expected by the investors or reduce the rating in the future, the market price of the Exchange Notes would be adversely affected, and you may not be able to resell your Exchange Notes at favorable prices or at all. In addition, if any of our other future outstanding debt is rated and subsequently downgraded, raising capital will become more difficult, other future borrowings may increase and the market price of the Exchange Notes may decrease.

 

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There is no assurance that any active trading market will develop for the Exchange Notes.

There is no established trading market for the Exchange Notes, or for the Initial Notes. We do not intend to apply for listing of the Exchange Notes on any U.S. securities exchange or for quotation through an automated dealer quotation system. The liquidity of the trading market in the Exchange Notes and the market prices quoted for the Exchange Notes may be adversely affected by changes in the overall market for this type of securities and by changes in our financial performance or prospects or in the prospects for companies in our industry generally. As a consequence, an active trading market may not develop for the Exchange Notes, you may not be able to sell the Exchange Notes, or, even if you can sell the Exchange Notes, you may not be able to sell them at an acceptable price.

Volatile trading prices may require you to hold the Exchange Notes for an indefinite period of time.

If a market develops for the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Notes may trade at prices higher or lower than their initial offering price. The trading price would depend on many factors, such as prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities, general economic conditions and our financial condition, performance and prospects. Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial fluctuation in the prices of these securities. Disruptions of this type could have an adverse effect on the price of the Exchange Notes. You should be aware that you may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Exchange Notes for an indefinite period of time.

Many of the covenants in the Indenture will not apply during any period in which the Exchange Notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.

Many of the covenants in the Indenture will not apply to us during any period in which the Exchange Notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, provided at such time no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing. Such covenants restrict, among other things, our ability to pay distributions, incur debt and enter into certain other transactions. There can be no assurance that the Exchange Notes will ever be rated investment grade, or that if they are rated investment grade, that the Exchange Notes will maintain these ratings. However, suspension of these covenants would allow us to engage in certain transactions that would not be permitted while these covenants were in force. To the extent the covenants are subsequently reinstated, any such actions taken while the covenants were suspended would not result in an event of default under the Indenture. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Certain Covenants—Effectiveness of Covenants.”

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The exchange offer is intended to satisfy certain of our and the guarantors’ obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes and have agreed to pay the expenses of the exchange offer, other than certain taxes. In consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes as contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive in exchange Initial Notes in a like principal amount. The form and terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the Initial Notes, except as otherwise described herein under “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer; Period for Tendering Outstanding Initial Notes.” The Initial Notes surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Notes will be retired and cancelled and will not be reissued. Accordingly, the issuance of the Exchange Notes will not result in any change in our outstanding indebtedness.

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected consolidated historical financial data should be read in conjunction with (i) the “Risk Factors” section included in this prospectus and (ii) “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The Consolidated Statement of Operations data for each of the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 set forth below are derived from Engility’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The Consolidated Statement of Operations data for each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 set forth below are derived from Engility’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements not incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.

 

     As of and for the year ended December 31,  
     2016     2015 (1)     2014 (2)      2013      2012  
     (in millions, except per share data)  

Statement of Operations Data

            

Revenue

   $ 2,076.4     $ 2,085.6     $ 1,367.1      $ 1,407.4      $ 1,655.3  

Net income (loss)(3)

     (6.1     (230.2     40.0        54.7        (344.8

Net income (loss) attributable to Engility(3)

     (10.8     (235.4     35.4        49.5        (350.4

Earnings (loss) per share – Basic

     (0.29     (7.02     2.07        2.94        (21.48

Earnings (loss) per share – Diluted

     (0.29     (7.02     1.97        2.81        (21.48

Weighted average number of shares – Basic

     36.7       33.5       17.1        16.9        16.3  

Weighted average number of shares – Diluted

     36.7       33.5       18.0        17.7        16.3  

Balance Sheet Data

            

Working capital

   $ 112.3     $ 128.0     $ 85.8      $ 141.7      $ 162.8  

Goodwill

     1,078.5       1,093.2       644.6        477.6        477.6  

Total assets

     2,198.6       2,254.0       1,117.0        923.9        1,017.8  

Long-term debt(1)(2)(4)

     1,040.0       1,094.0       273.8        181.3        275.1  

Total equity

     704.8       706.1       476.8        443.2        388.3  

 

(1)

On February 26, 2015, we completed the acquisition of TASC in an all-stock transaction. In connection with the acquisition, we issued 18,937,765 shares of Engility common stock on February 26, 2015 valued at approximately $663 million, and we assumed debt with an estimated fair value of $623 million. Engility declared a special cash dividend payable to stockholders of record as of immediately prior to the closing of the TASC transaction, including holders of all outstanding restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance shares upon vesting, in the amount of $207 million, or $11.434 per share.

(2)

On January 31, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Dynamics Research Corporation (“DRC”) for $207 million in cash. We borrowed $190 million to finance the DRC acquisition.

(3)

The years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2012 include non-cash goodwill impairment charges (on a pre-tax basis) of $10 million, $292 million and $426 million, respectively.

(4)

On July 17, 2012, we borrowed $335 million under our then existing credit facility that provided for total aggregate borrowings of $400 million under a $335 million senior secured term loan facility and a $65 million senior secured revolving credit facility to pay a cash dividend to L-3 in the amount of $335 million.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

Credit Facility

On August 12, 2016, the Company and the Issuer entered into a credit agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated February 13, 2017, the “Credit Facility”) with the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (“Morgan Stanley”).

The Credit Facility provides for aggregate commitments in the original principal amount of $1,045 million, consisting of (a) a $200 million senior secured term B1 loan facility (the “Term B1 Loan”), (b) a $680 million senior secured term B2 loan facility (the “Term B2 Loan”; the Term B1 Loan and the Term B2 Loan collectively are referred to as the “Term Loans”), and (c) a $165 million senior secured revolving credit facility (“Revolver”). The Revolver includes subfacilities for the issuance of letters of credit in an aggregate face amount of up to $35.0 million and a swingline commitment for swingline borrowings of up to $35.0 million at any time outstanding. The Term B1 Loan and the Term B2 Loan were fully drawn on February 13, 2017, in connection with Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Facility, in the principal amounts of $195 million and $608 million, respectively.

The Credit Facility provides that the Issuer has the right to seek commitments to provide additional term loan facilities or additional revolving credit commitments in an aggregate principal amount up to the sum of (x) $150.0 million plus (y) an additional amount so long as, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such additional borrowings, the Issuer’s first lien secured leverage ratio would be equal to or less than 4.00:1.00, subject to certain conditions and receipt of commitments by existing or additional lenders. The lenders under the Credit Facility are not under any obligation to provide any such additional term loan facilities or revolving credit commitments.

The proceeds of the Term Loans, together with proceeds from the offering of the Initial Notes, were used by the Issuer to (i) prepay all existing indebtedness outstanding under the first lien credit agreement dated May 23, 2014, as amended, and the second lien credit agreement dated May 23, 2014, as amended, each among the Issuer, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto, and Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent and collateral agent, (ii) to pay transaction costs associated with the foregoing and (iii) for general corporate purposes. The proceeds of future borrowings under the Revolver may be used for general corporate purposes.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Issuer’s option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the interest rate announced from time to time by Morgan Stanley as its prime rate, (2) the Federal funds effective rate plus 0.5% and (3) LIBOR determined by reference to the costs of funds for U.S. dollar deposits for a one-month interest period plus 1%, subject to statutory reserves and (x) in the case of the Term B2 Loan, a floor of 1% and (y) in the case of the Term B1 Loan and Revolver, a floor of 0%, or (b) LIBOR determined by reference to the costs of funds for U.S. dollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, subject to statutory reserves and (x) in the case of the Term B2 Loan, a floor of 1% and (y) in the case of the Term B1 Loan and Revolver, a floor of 0%, and in the case of either (a) or (b), plus an applicable margin.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Revolver, the Issuer is required to pay a commitment fee of 0.50% in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder, payable quarterly in arrears.

The Issuer can voluntarily reduce the unutilized portion of the commitment amount and repay outstanding loans under the Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty, other than customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans and a 1.00% premium if certain repricing transactions are consummated within the first six months after the borrowings of the Term Loans.

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balance paid at maturity. The Term B2 Loan will mature on August 12, 2023 and will require scheduled quarterly payments in amounts equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount thereof, commencing December 31, 2016, with the balance paid at maturity. The Revolver will mature on August 12, 2021. No amortization will be required with respect to the Revolver.

In addition, the Credit Facility requires the Issuer to prepay outstanding Term Loans, subject to certain exceptions, with:

 

   

50% (which percentage will be reduced to 25% if the Company’s net first lien secured leverage ratio is not greater than 3.50:1.00 and to 0% if the Company’s net first lien secured leverage ratio is not greater than 3.00:1.00) of the Issuer’s annual excess cash flow (as defined by the Credit Facility);

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other non-ordinary course dispositions of property or certain casualty events, in each case subject to certain exceptions and provided that the Issuer may (a) reinvest within 450 days or (b) commit to reinvest those proceeds within 450 days and so reinvest such proceeds within 630 days in assets to be used in its business, or certain other permitted investments; and

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds of any issuance or incurrence of debt, other than proceeds from debt permitted under the Credit Facility.

All obligations under the Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and each of the Company’s existing and future direct and indirect material, wholly owned domestic restricted subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, pursuant to that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, made by the Company, the Issuer and each of the subsidiary guarantors party thereto in favor of Morgan Stanley as collateral agent for the banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party to the Credit Facility. The obligations are secured by first-priority security interests in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Company, the Issuer and each subsidiary guarantor, in each case whether owned on the date of the initial borrowings or thereafter acquired.

The Credit Facility requires the Issuer to maintain compliance with a maximum ratio of consolidated first lien secured debt to consolidated EBITDA (the consolidated first lien net leverage ratio) of 6.125 to 1.00, with incremental step downs over time, and places certain restrictions on the ability of the Company, the Issuer and their restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt and liens; merge, consolidate or liquidate; dispose of assets; enter into hedging arrangements; pay dividends and make other restricted payments; undertake transactions with affiliates; enter into restrictive agreements on dividends and other distributions; make negative pledges; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; make certain investments; prepay or modify the terms of certain indebtedness; and modify the terms of certain organizational agreements.

We believe our most restrictive covenant is the consolidated first lien net leverage ratio requirement in the Credit Facility, which as of December 31, 2016 was 3.73:1.00. The consolidated first lien net leverage ratio is the ratio of (a) (i) funded debt secured by liens as of such date minus (ii) the unrestricted cash as of such date to (b) consolidated bank EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended. As of December 31, 2016, we were in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Facility.

The Credit Facility contains customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other material indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, material judgments, certain ERISA events, invalidity of loan documents and certain changes in control.

Indenture and Initial Notes

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collectively, the “Guarantors”) entered into an indenture with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuer issued $300 million of the Initial Notes and the Guarantors provided guarantees of the Initial Notes.

The Initial Notes are general senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer, ranking equal in right of payment with the Issuer’s existing and future senior indebtedness and senior in right of payment of any of the Issuer’s future subordinated indebtedness. The Initial Notes are effectively junior to any future or existing secured indebtedness of the Company and the Issuer, including indebtedness under the Credit Facility, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The Initial Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Initial Notes. The guarantee of the Initial Notes by each Guarantor is: (i) a general senior obligation of such Guarantor; (ii) equal in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness of such Guarantor that is not subordinated in right of payment to its guarantee of the Initial Notes (including its guarantee of the Credit Facility); (iii) effectively subordinated to any existing and future indebtedness of such Guarantor that is secured with property or assets of such Guarantor to the extent of the value of such property and assets securing such indebtedness (including the Credit Facility); and (iv) senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of such Guarantor that is expressly subordinated in right of payment of the Initial Notes.

Interest on the Initial Notes is payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on March 1, 2017, with the Initial Notes maturing on September 1, 2024. The Issuer may redeem the Initial Notes before September 1, 2019, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Initial Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date plus an applicable make-whole premium. The Initial Notes are redeemable, in whole or part, at any time on or after September 1, 2019 at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on September 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     104.438  

2020

     102.219  

2021 and thereafter

     100.000  

In addition, until September 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem up to 35% of the Initial Notes with cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 108.875% of the principal amount of the Initial Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable redemption date. However, the Issuer may only make such redemptions if at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and that such redemption occurs within 120 days of the closing date of such equity offering. In the event of a change of control (as defined in the Indenture) of the Issuer, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase the Initial Notes at 101% of their face amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The terms of the Indenture restrict the ability of the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries to borrow money, create liens on assets, make distributions and pay dividends on or redeem or repurchase stock, make certain types of investments, sell stock in certain subsidiaries, enter into agreements that restrict dividends or other payments from subsidiaries, enter into transactions with affiliates, issue guarantees of debt, and sell assets or merge with other companies. These limitations are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture provides for customary events of default which include (subject in certain cases to grace and cure periods), among others: nonpayment of principal or interest or premium, breach of covenants or other agreements in the Indenture, default for failure to pay certain other indebtedness, the failure to pay certain final

 

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judgments, and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization. Generally, if an event of default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, either the trustee or the holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes then outstanding may declare the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Initial Notes to be immediately due and payable.

Debt Summary

The composition of our debt at December 31, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2016      2015  

Term Loans

   $ 823,300      $ 1,159,725  

Notes

     300,000        —    

Other

     461        590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt

     1,123,761        1,160,315  

Less: current portion of long-term debt

     (26,947      (8,447

Less: unamortized original issue discount costs and financing fees

     (56,821      (57,839
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term debt

   $ 1,039,993      $ 1,094,029  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Our availability under the Revolver was $163 million as of December 31, 2016, with $2 million outstanding under letters of credit.

The following table presents our minimum debt payments under the Credit Facility and the Indenture.

 

2017

   $ 26,800  

2018

     26,800  

2019

     26,800  

2020

     141,800  

2021

     6,800  

Thereafter

     894,300  
  

 

 

 

Total minimum payments required

   $ 1,123,300  
  

 

 

 

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

This section of the prospectus describes the exchange offer. Although we believe that the description describes the material terms of the exchange offer, this summary may not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should carefully read this entire document for a complete understanding of the exchange offer.

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

The exchange offer is designed to provide holders of Initial Notes with an opportunity to acquire Exchange Notes which, unlike the Initial Notes, will be freely transferable at all times, subject to any restrictions on transfer imposed by state “blue sky” laws and provided that the holder is not our affiliate within the meaning of the Securities Act and represents that the Exchange Notes are being acquired in the ordinary course of the holder’s business and the holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes.

The Initial Notes were originally issued and sold on August 12, 2016, to the initial purchasers, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated August 4, 2016. The Initial Notes were issued and sold in transactions not registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Initial Notes may not be reoffered, resold or transferred other than (i) to us or our subsidiaries, (ii) to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) outside the United States to a non-U.S. person within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iv) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (if available) or (v) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

In connection with the original issuance and sale of the Initial Notes, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which we agreed to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the exchange by us of the Exchange Notes for the Initial Notes, pursuant to the exchange offer. The Registration Rights Agreement provided that we will file with the SEC an exchange offer registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act and offer to holders of Initial Notes who are able to make certain representations the opportunity to exchange their Initial Notes for Exchange Notes.

Under existing interpretations by the staff of the SEC as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties in other transactions, the Exchange Notes would, in general, be freely transferable after the exchange offer without further registration under the Securities Act; provided, however, that in the case of broker-dealers participating in the exchange offer, a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act must be delivered by such broker-dealers in connection with resales of the Exchange Notes. We have agreed to furnish a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to any such broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Notes acquired in the exchange offer for a period of 180 days after the expiration date. A broker-dealer that delivers such a prospectus to purchasers in connection with such resales will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act and will be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement (including certain indemnification rights and obligations).

We do not intend to seek our own interpretation from the SEC regarding the exchange offer, and we cannot assure you that the staff of the SEC would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Notes as it has in other interpretations to third parties.

Each holder of Initial Notes that exchanges such Initial Notes for Exchange Notes in the exchange will be deemed to have made certain representations, including representations that (i) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes and (iii) it is not our affiliate as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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If the holder is not a broker-dealer, it will be required to represent that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes, where such Initial Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes). See “Plan of Distribution.”

Terms of the Exchange Offer; Period for Tendering Outstanding Initial Notes

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, we will accept any and all Initial Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer. We will issue $2,000 principal amount of Exchange Notes in exchange for each $2,000 principal amount of Initial Notes accepted in the exchange offer, and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Holders may tender some or all of their Initial Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. However, Initial Notes may be tendered only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The form and terms of the Exchange Notes are the same as the form and terms of the outstanding Initial Notes except that:

(1) the Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and will not have legends restricting their transfer;

(2) the Exchange Notes will not contain certain registration rights and additional interest provisions contained in the outstanding Initial Notes; and

(3) interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the last interest date on which interest was paid on your Initial Notes.

The Exchange Notes will evidence the same debt as the Initial Notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

Holders of Initial Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the exchange offer. We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Initial Notes when, as and if we have given oral or written notice of our acceptance to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the Exchange Notes from us.

If any tendered Initial Notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender or the occurrence of specified other events set forth in this prospectus, the certificates for any unaccepted Initial Notes will be promptly returned, without expense, to the tendering holder.

Holders who tender Initial Notes in the exchange offer will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of Initial Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than transfer taxes in certain circumstances, in connection with the exchange offer. See “—Fees and Expenses” and “—Transfer Taxes” below.

The term “expiration date” will mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                 , 2017, unless we, in our sole discretion, extend the exchange offer, in which case the term “expiration date” will mean the latest date and time to which the exchange offer is extended.

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their holders. To extend the exchange offer, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date, we will:

(1) notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral notice (promptly confirmed in writing) or written notice, and

(2) issue a notice of such extension by press release or other public announcement.

We expressly reserve the right to amend or terminate the exchange offer and to reject for exchange any Initial Notes not previously accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified below under “—Conditions to the Exchange offer.”

Any such delay in acceptance (due to an extension of the exchange offer), extension, termination or amendment will be promptly followed by a press release or other public announcement describing such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment and disclosing the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes tendered, if any, to the date of the press release. If the exchange offer is amended in a manner determined by us to constitute a material change, including the waiver of a material condition, we will promptly disclose that amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be made available to the holders. We will also extend the exchange offer to the extent necessary to provide that at least five business days remain in the exchange offer following notice of the material change.

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes, where such Initial Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”

Procedures for Tendering Initial Notes Through Brokers and Banks

Since the Initial Notes are represented by global book-entry notes, DTC, as depositary, or its nominee is treated as the registered holder of the Initial Notes and will be the only entity that can tender your Initial Notes for Exchange Notes. Therefore, to tender Initial Notes subject to the exchange offer and to obtain Exchange Notes, you must instruct the institution where you keep your Initial Notes to tender your Initial Notes on your behalf so that they are received on or prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

The letter of transmittal that may accompany this prospectus may be used by you to give such instructions.

YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE AT THE BROKER OR BANK WHERE YOU KEEP YOUR INITIAL NOTES TO DETERMINE THE PREFERRED PROCEDURE.

IF YOU WISH TO ACCEPT AN EXCHANGE OFFER, PLEASE INSTRUCT YOUR BROKER OR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE IN TIME FOR YOUR INITIAL NOTES TO BE TENDERED BEFORE THE 5:00 PM (NEW YORK CITY TIME) DEADLINE ON                 , 2017.

Deemed Representations

To participate in the exchange offer, we require that you represent to us that:

(1) you or any other person acquiring Exchange Notes in exchange for your Initial Notes in the exchange offer is acquiring them in the ordinary course of business;

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(3) neither you nor any other person acquiring Exchange Notes in exchange for your Initial Notes has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of Exchange Notes issued in the exchange offer;

(4) neither you nor any other person acquiring Exchange Notes in exchange for your Initial Notes is our “affiliate” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and

(5) if you or another person acquiring Exchange Notes in exchange for your Initial Notes is a broker-dealer and you acquired the Initial Notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.

BY TENDERING YOUR INITIAL NOTES YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THESE REPRESENTATIONS.

Broker-dealers who cannot make the representations in item (5) of the paragraph above cannot use this prospectus in connection with resales of the Exchange Notes issued in the exchange offer.

If you are our “affiliate,” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, if you are a broker-dealer who acquired your Initial Notes in the initial offering and not as a result of market making or trading activities, or if you are engaged in or intend to engage in or have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of Exchange Notes acquired in the exchange offer, you or that person:

(1) may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC and therefore may not participate in the exchange offer; and

(2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom when reselling the Initial Notes.

You may tender some or all of your Initial Notes in the exchange offer. However, your Initial Notes may be tendered only in minimal denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

When you tender your outstanding Initial Notes and we accept them, the tender will be a binding agreement between you and us as described in this prospectus.

The method of delivery of outstanding Initial Notes and all other required documents to the exchange agent is at your election and risk.

We will decide all questions about the validity, form, eligibility, acceptance and withdrawal of tendered Initial Notes, and our reasonable determination will be final and binding on you. We reserve the absolute right to:

(1) reject any and all tenders of any particular Initial Note not properly tendered;

(2) refuse to accept any Initial Note if, in our reasonable judgment or the judgment of our counsel, the acceptance would be unlawful; and

(3) waive any defects or irregularities as to any particular Initial Notes before the expiration of the exchange offer.

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or any defect or irregularity with respect to your tender of Initial Notes. If we waive any terms or conditions pursuant to (3) above with respect to a noteholder, we will extend the same waiver to all noteholders with respect to that term or condition being waived.

Procedures for Brokers and Custodian Banks; DTC ATOP Account

In order to accept an exchange offer on behalf of a holder of Initial Notes you must submit or cause your DTC participant to submit an Agent’s Message as described below.

The exchange agent, on our behalf will seek to establish an Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) account with respect to the outstanding Initial Notes at DTC promptly after the delivery of this prospectus. Any financial institution that is a DTC participant, including your broker or bank, may make book-entry tender of outstanding Initial Notes by causing the book-entry transfer of such Initial Notes into our ATOP account in accordance with DTC’s procedures for such transfers. Concurrently with the delivery of Initial Notes, an Agent’s Message in connection with such book-entry transfer must be transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the exchange agent on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on the expiration date. The confirmation of a book-entry transfer into the ATOP account as described above is referred to herein as a “Book-Entry Confirmation.”

The term “Agent’s Message” means a message transmitted by the DTC participants to DTC, and thereafter transmitted by DTC to the exchange agent, forming a part of the Book-Entry Confirmation which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC described in such Agent’s Message stating that such participant and beneficial holder agree to be bound by the terms of the exchange offer.

Each Agent’s Message must include the following information:

(1) Name of the beneficial owner tendering such Initial Notes;

(2) Account number of the beneficial owner tendering such Initial Notes;

(3) Principal amount of Initial Notes tendered by such beneficial owner; and

(4) A confirmation that the beneficial holder of the Initial Notes tendered has made the representations for our benefit set forth under “—Deemed Representations” above.

BY SENDING AN AGENT’S MESSAGE THE DTC PARTICIPANT IS DEEMED TO HAVE CERTIFIED THAT THE BENEFICIAL HOLDER FOR WHOM NOTES ARE BEING TENDERED HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.

The delivery of Initial Notes through DTC, and any transmission of an Agent’s Message through ATOP, is at the election and risk of the person tendering Initial Notes. We will ask the exchange agent to instruct DTC to promptly return those Initial Notes, if any, that were tendered through ATOP but were not accepted by us, to the DTC participant that tendered such Initial Notes on behalf of holders of the Initial Notes.

Acceptance of Outstanding Initial Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes

We will accept validly tendered Initial Notes when the conditions to the exchange offer have been satisfied or we have waived them. We will have accepted your validly tendered Initial Notes when we have given oral or written notice to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the Exchange Notes from us. We will ask the exchange agent to deliver your Exchange Notes promptly following the expiration date. If we do not accept any tendered Initial Notes for exchange by book-entry transfer because of an invalid tender or other valid reason, we will credit the Initial Notes to an account maintained with DTC promptly after the expiration date or termination of the exchange offer, as applicable.

 

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THE AGENT’S MESSAGE MUST BE TRANSMITTED TO EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR BEFORE 5:00 PM, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to tender your Initial Notes but your Initial Notes are not immediately available or you cannot deliver your Initial Notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent or comply with the procedures under the ATOP in the case of Initial Notes, prior to the expiration date, you may still tender if:

 

   

the tender is made through an eligible guarantor institution;

 

   

prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from such eligible guarantor institution either a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery, by facsimile transmission, mail, or hand delivery or a properly transmitted agent’s message and notice of guaranteed delivery, that (1) sets forth your name and address, the certificate number(s) of such Initial Notes and the principal amount of Initial Notes tendered; (2) states that the tender is being made thereby; and (3) guarantees that, within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date, the letter of transmittal, or facsimile thereof, together with the Initial Notes or a book-entry confirmation, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal, will be deposited by the eligible guarantor institution with the exchange agent; and

 

   

the exchange agent receives the properly completed and executed letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof, as well as certificate(s) representing all tendered Initial Notes in proper form for transfer or a book-entry confirmation of transfer of the Initial Notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date.

Withdrawal Rights

You may withdraw your tender of outstanding Initial Notes at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.

For a withdrawal to be effective, you should contact your bank or broker where your Initial Notes are held and have them send an ATOP notice of withdrawal so that it is received by the exchange agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Such notice of withdrawal must:

(1) specify the name of the person that tendered the Initial Notes to be withdrawn;

(2) identify the Initial Notes to be withdrawn, including the CUSIP number and principal amount at maturity of the Initial Notes; and

(3) specify the name and number of an account at the DTC to which your withdrawn Initial Notes can be credited.

We will decide all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility of the notices and our determination will be final and binding on all parties. Any tendered Initial Notes that you withdraw will not be considered to have been validly tendered. We will promptly return any outstanding Initial Notes that have been tendered but not exchanged, or credit them to the DTC account. You may re-tender properly withdrawn Initial Notes by following one of the procedures described above before the expiration date.

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

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prospectus before the acceptance of the Initial Notes if, in our reasonable judgment, the exchange offer or the making of any exchange by a holder of Exchange Notes would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC.

These conditions are for our sole benefit and we may assert them regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any of these conditions. We may waive these conditions in our sole discretion in whole or in part at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, except for waivers of government approvals which we may make after the expiration of the exchange offer; provided, however, that we will not waive any condition with respect to an individual holder of Initial Notes unless we waive that condition for all such holders. Any reasonable determination made by us concerning an event, development or circumstance described or referred to above will be final and binding on all parties. Our failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be a waiver of our rights and each such right will be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time before the expiration of the exchange offer.

Exchange Agent

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, has been appointed the exchange agent for the exchange offer. Letters of transmittal and all correspondence in connection with the exchange offer should be sent or delivered by each holder of outstanding Initial Notes, or a beneficial owner’s commercial bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee, to the exchange agent at the following address and telephone number:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

By Registered or Certified Mail, Hand Delivery or Overnight Courier:

DB Services Americas, Inc.

Attention: Reorg Dept

5022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

Jacksonville, Florida 32256

 

By Facsimile:

 

By Telephone:

(615) 866-3889

 

(877) 843-9767

Additionally, any questions concerning tender procedures and requests for additional copies of this prospectus or the letter of transmittal should be directed to the exchange agent. Holders of outstanding Initial Notes may also contact their commercial bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the exchange offer.

DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

Fees and Expenses

The principal solicitation is being made by us through DTC. We will pay the exchange agent customary fees for its services, reimburse the exchange agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the provisions of these services and pay other registration expenses, including registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state blue sky securities laws, printing expenses, messenger and delivery services and telephone, fees and disbursements to our counsel, application and filing fees and any fees and disbursements to our independent certified public accountants. We will not make any payment to brokers, dealers, or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer except for reimbursement of mailing expenses.

 

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Accounting Treatment

The Exchange Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the existing Initial Notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will recognize no gain or loss for accounting purposes. The expenses of the exchange offer will be capitalized and expensed over the term of the Exchange Notes.

Transfer Taxes

If you tender outstanding Initial Notes for exchange you will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes. However, if you instruct us to register Exchange Notes in the name of, or request that your Initial Notes not tendered or not accepted in the exchange offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder, you will be responsible for paying any transfer tax owed.

YOU MAY SUFFER ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU FAIL TO EXCHANGE OUTSTANDING INITIAL NOTES.

If you do not tender your outstanding Initial Notes, you will not have any further registration rights, except for the rights described in the Registration Rights Agreement and described above, and your Initial Notes will continue to be subject to the provisions of the Indenture governing the Initial Notes regarding transfer and exchange of the Initial Notes and the restrictions on transfer of the Initial Notes imposed by the Securities Act and states securities law when we complete the exchange offer. These transfer restrictions are required because the Initial Notes were issued under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, if you do not tender your Initial Notes in the exchange offer, your ability to sell your Initial Notes could be adversely affected. Once we have completed the exchange offer, holders who have not tendered Initial Notes will not continue to be entitled to any increase in interest rate that the Indenture governing the Initial Notes provides for if we do not complete the exchange offer.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

The Initial Notes that are not exchanged for Exchange Notes pursuant to the exchange offer will remain restricted securities. Accordingly, the Initial Notes may be resold only:

(1) to us upon redemption thereof or otherwise;

(2) so long as the outstanding securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person inside the United States who is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, which other exemption is based upon an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to us;

(3) outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 under the Securities Act; or

(4) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

See “Risk Factors” for more information about the risks of not participating in the exchange offer.

Shelf Registration

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exchange offer is not consummated by August 12, 2017; (3) under certain circumstances, certain holders of Initial Notes so shall request; (4) a holder is prohibited by applicable law from participating in the exchange offer; or (5) a holder cannot resell the Exchange Notes it acquires in the exchange offer without delivering a prospectus and this prospectus is not appropriate or available for resales by the holder.

Other

You do not have to participate in the exchange offer. You should carefully consider whether to accept the terms and conditions of the exchange offer. We urge you to consult your financial and tax advisors in deciding which action to take with respect to the exchange offer.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES

General

Certain terms used in this description are defined under the subheading “Certain Definitions.” In this description, (i) the term “Issuer” refers only to Engility Corporation and (ii) the terms “we,” “our” and “us” each refer to the Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries.

On August 12, 2016, the Issuer issued $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “notes”) under an indenture to be dated as of the Issue Date (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. Copies of the form of the Indenture may be obtained from the Issuer upon request. The term “notes” as used in this section refers to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the exchange offer unless the context requires otherwise.

We issued the Initial Notes and will issue the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Indenture. Any Initial Note that remains Outstanding after the completion of the exchange offer, together with any Exchange Notes issued in connection with the Exchange Offer, will be treated as a single class under the Indenture. The terms of the notes will include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. A copy of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein) are available upon request from the Issuer.

The following description is only a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain terms used below. We urge you to read the Indenture because it, not this description, defines your rights as Holders of the notes.

The notes:

 

   

are unsecured senior debt obligations of the Issuer;

 

   

are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (including the Senior Credit Facilities) of the Issuer;

 

   

are effectively subordinated to all Secured Indebtedness of the Issuer (including the Senior Credit Facilities) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

   

are senior in right of payment to any future Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined with respect to the notes) of the Issuer;

 

   

are initially guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Holdings and each domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer that incurs or guarantees any Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities; and

 

   

are structurally subordinated to all existing and future Indebtedness and other claims and liabilities, including preferred stock, of Subsidiaries of the Issuer that are not Guarantors.

Guarantees

The notes are guaranteed, on a full, joint and several basis, by Holdings and the Issuer’s present and future domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are obligors under the Senior Credit Facilities. The Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, have initially jointly and severally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, the performance and full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the notes, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in the Indenture by executing the Indenture. Each Domestic Subsidiary that incurs or guarantees Obligations under the Senior Credit

 

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Facilities has also guaranteed the notes. Each of the Guarantees is a general unsecured obligation of the relevant Guarantor and ranks equal in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of each such Guarantor and is effectively subordinated to all Secured Indebtedness of each such entity (including each Guarantor’s guarantee of Indebtedness or Obligations under our Senior Credit Facilities) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness and is senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of each such entity. The notes are structurally subordinated to Indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries of the Issuer that do not Guarantee the notes.

Not all of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries Guarantee the notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of these non-guarantor Subsidiaries, such non-guarantor Subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debt and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute any of their assets to the Issuer or any other Guarantor. As of December 31, 2016 and for the year then ended, after intercompany eliminations, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries of the Issuer represented approximately 7.4% of total revenue and (110.4)% of total income (loss) before income taxes, and as of December 31, 2016, before intercompany eliminations, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries of the Issuer represented approximately 1.8% of total assets and approximately 0.7% of total liabilities.

The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee are limited as necessary to prevent such Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law and, therefore, are limited to the amount that such Guarantor could guarantee without such Guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance; this limitation, however, may not be effective to prevent such Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance. If a Guarantee was rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the applicable Guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Guarantor’s liability on its Guarantee could be reduced to zero. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Notes and Our Indebtedness—Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received from guarantors.”

Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee is entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under the Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

Any Guarantee by a Guarantor of the notes shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:

 

        (i)

(a)

in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of (I) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (II) all the assets of such Guarantor, which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture,

 

  (b)

the release or discharge of the guarantee by, or direct obligation of, such Guarantor with respect to the Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee or direct obligation which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee or direct obligation,

 

  (c)

the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture,

 

  (d)

exercise of the legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option by the Issuer as described under “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,

 

  (e)

the merger or consolidation of any Guarantor with and into the Issuer or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Issuer or another Guarantor; or

 

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  (f)

as described under “—Amendment, Supplement and Waiver”; and

 

  (ii)

such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Ranking

Senior Indebtedness versus Notes

The Indebtedness evidenced by the notes and the Guarantees is unsecured and ranks pari passu in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be. Secured Indebtedness and other secured obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors (including obligations with respect to the Senior Credit Facilities) are effectively senior to the notes to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt or other obligations.

As of December 31, 2016, the Issuer had approximately $823.3 million aggregate principal amount of Secured Indebtedness outstanding, approximately $300.0 million of unsecured Senior Indebtedness outstanding and no subordinated Senior Indebtedness outstanding.

Although the Indenture contains limitations on the amount of additional Indebtedness that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may incur, under certain circumstances the amount of such Indebtedness could be substantial and, in certain circumstances, such Indebtedness may be Secured Indebtedness. See “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” and “Certain Covenants—Liens.”

Liabilities of Subsidiaries versus Notes

Some of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries are not Guaranteeing the notes, and, as described above under “Guarantees,” Guarantees may be released under certain circumstances. In addition, the Issuer’s future Subsidiaries may not be required to Guarantee the notes. Claims of creditors of any non-guarantor Subsidiaries of the Issuer, including trade creditors and creditors holding indebtedness or guarantees issued by such non-guarantor Subsidiaries, and claims of preferred stockholders of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries over the claims of our creditors, including Holders of the notes, even if such claims do not constitute Senior Indebtedness. Accordingly, the notes will be structurally subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders, if any, of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries.

Although the Indenture limits the incurrence of Indebtedness and the issuance of preferred stock by certain of our Subsidiaries, such limitation is subject to a number of significant exceptions and qualifications and the Indebtedness incurred and preferred stock issued in compliance with the covenants could be substantial. Moreover, the Indenture does not impose any limitation on the incurrence or issuance by such subsidiaries of liabilities that are not considered Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock under the Indenture. See “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock.”

Principal, Maturity and Interest

The Issuer will issue Exchange Notes with a maximum aggregate principal amount of $300 million. The notes will mature on September 1, 2024. The Issuer may issue additional notes from time to time after this offering under the Indenture (“Additional Notes”). Any offering of Additional Notes is subject to the covenant described below under the caption “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock.” The notes offered hereby and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers, amendments,

 

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redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “notes” for all purposes of the Indenture and this “Description of the Notes” include any Additional Notes that are actually issued; provided that Additional Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP, if any, as existing notes unless such Additional Notes are fungible with existing notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Interest on the notes will accrue at the rate of 8.875% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 commencing on March 1, 2017, to Holders of record on the immediately preceding February 15 and August 15, as the case may be. Interest on the notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the Issue Date. Interest on the notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose as described under “Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes” or, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders of the notes at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the notes represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust Company or its nominees will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to The Depository Trust Company. The notes will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases

The Issuer is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Issuer may be required to offer to purchase notes as described under the caption “Repurchase at the Option of Holders.” We may at any time and from time to time purchase notes in the open market or otherwise.

Optional Redemption

At any time prior to September 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the notes, upon written notice as described under the heading “—Selection and Notice,” at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of record of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

On and after September 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under the heading “—Selection and Notice,” at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     104.438

2020

     102.219

2021 and thereafter

     100.000

In addition, until September 1, 2019, the Issuer may, at its option, upon notice as described under the heading “—Selection and Notice,” on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to 108.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to the extent such net

 

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cash proceeds are received by or contributed to the Issuer; provided that at least 60% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of notes originally issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided, further, that each such redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

Any redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, which shall be set forth in the related notice of redemption, including, but not limited to, completion of an Equity Offering, other offering or other transaction or event. In addition, if such redemption or purchase is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuer’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.

The Issuer and its affiliates may acquire notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture.

Selection and Notice

With respect to any partial redemption or repurchase of notes made pursuant to the Indenture, if less than all of the notes are to be redeemed at any given time, selection of such notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method, all in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company; provided that no notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed or repurchased in part.

Notices of purchase or redemption shall be delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase or redemption date to the Trustee and each Holder at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. If any note is to be purchased or redeemed in part only, any notice of purchase or redemption that relates to such note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased or redeemed.

If any notes are to be purchased or redeemed in part only, the Issuer will issue a new note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original note in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. On and after the redemption date, unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest shall cease to accrue on notes or portions thereof called for redemption, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event.

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

Change of Control

The Indenture provides that if a Change of Control occurs after the Issue Date, unless the Issuer has, prior to or concurrently with the time the Issuer is required to make a Change of Control Offer (as defined below), delivered electronically or mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding notes as described under “Optional Redemption” or “Satisfaction and Discharge,” the Issuer will make an offer to purchase all of the notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof 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 record date to receive

 

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interest due on the relevant interest payment date. No later than 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer will send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first class mail or overnight mail, with a copy to the Trustee sent in the same manner, to each Holder to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register with a copy to the Trustee or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company, with the following information:

 

  (1)

that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to the covenant entitled “Change of Control,” and that all notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuer;

 

  (2)

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

 

  (3)

that any note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

 

  (4)

that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

  (5)

that Holders electing to have any notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

  (6)

that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered notes and their election to require the Issuer to purchase such notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the expiration time of the Change of Control Offer, electronic transmission (in PDF), facsimile transmission or letter (sent in the same manner provided in the Change of Control Offer) setting forth the name of the Holder of the notes, the principal amount of notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered notes and its election to have such notes purchased;

 

  (7)

that if the Issuer is redeeming less than all of the notes, the Holders of the remaining notes will be issued new notes and such new notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the notes must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

  (8)

if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuer’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time as the Change of Control shall occur, or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Issuer shall determine that such condition will not be satisfied by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment as so delayed; and

 

  (9)

the other instructions, as determined by us, consistent with the covenant hereunder, that a Holder must follow.

While the notes are in global form and the Issuer makes an offer to purchase all of the notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, a Holder may exercise its option to elect for the purchase of the notes through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, subject to its rules and regulations.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent permitted by law,

 

  (1)

accept for payment all notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

  (2)

deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all notes or portions thereof so tendered; and

 

  (3)

deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating that all notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.

The Senior Credit Facilities provide, and future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Issuer (or one of its affiliates) becomes a party may provide, that certain change of control events with respect to the Issuer would constitute a default thereunder (including a Change of Control under the Indenture). If we experience a change of control event that triggers a default under our Senior Credit Facilities, we may seek a waiver of such default or seek to refinance our Senior Credit Facilities. In the event we do not obtain such a waiver or refinance the Senior Credit Facilities, such default could result in amounts outstanding under our Senior Credit Facilities being declared due and payable. Our ability to pay cash to the Holders of notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by our then existing financial resources. Therefore, sufficient funds may not be available when necessary to make any required repurchases of the notes.

In the event that we make a Change of Control Payment, the paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of the notes the Change of Control Payment for such notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate a new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

The Change of Control purchase feature of the notes may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a sale or takeover of the Issuer (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies) and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. The Change of Control purchase feature is a result of negotiations between the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers. We have no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that we could decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, we could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture, but that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect our capital structure or credit ratings. Restrictions on our ability to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenants described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” and “Certain Covenants—Liens.” Such restrictions in the Indenture can be waived only with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenants, however, the Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders of the notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction.

We will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by us and purchases all such notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of the making of such Change of Control Offer.

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Control Offer in lieu of the Issuer as described above, purchases all of the notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuer or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, provided that such notice is given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a specified date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to the applicable Change of Control Payment in respect of the Second Change of Control Payment Date.

The definition of “Change of Control” includes a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any Person. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty as to whether a particular transaction would involve a disposition of “all or substantially all” of the assets of the Issuer. As a result, it may be unclear as to whether a Change of Control has occurred and whether a Holder may require the Issuer to make an offer to repurchase the notes as described above.

The provisions under the Indenture relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the notes as a result of a Change of Control, including the definition of “Change of Control,” may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes.

Asset Sales

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale, unless:

 

  (1)

the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

  (2)

except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration from such Asset Sale and all other Asset Sales since the Issue Date, on a cumulative basis received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

  (a)

any liabilities (as reflected on the Issuer’s most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Issuer, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Issuer and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing,

 

  (b)

any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale and

 

  (c)

any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 2.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,

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Within 450 days after the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:

 

  (1)

to permanently repay or reduce:

 

  (w)

Obligations under Credit Facilities to the extent such Obligations were incurred under clause (1) of the second paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock,” and to correspondingly reduce any outstanding commitments with respect thereto;

 

  (x)

Obligations under Senior Secured Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor, and to correspondingly reduce any outstanding commitments with respect thereto;

 

  (y)

Obligations under the notes or any other Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (and, in the case of other Senior Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce any outstanding commitments with respect thereto, if applicable); provided that if the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary shall so repay any such Senior Indebtedness other than the notes, the Issuer will either reduce Obligations under the notes on a pro rata basis by, at its option, (A) redeeming notes as described under “—Optional Redemption” or (B) purchasing notes through open market purchases, at a price equal to or higher than 100% of the principal amount thereof, in a manner that complies with the Indenture and applicable securities law or make an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their notes on a ratable basis with such other Senior Indebtedness for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, thereon up to the principal amount of notes to be repurchased; or

 

  (z)

Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (2)

to make (a) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes or continues to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other property or assets, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), either (i) used or useful in a Similar Business or (ii) that replace the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with this clause (2) if and to the extent that, within 450 days after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement to consummate any such investment described in this clause (2) with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within 180 days of such cancellation or termination; provided, further, that if any Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds; or

 

  (3)

any combination of the foregoing.

Within ten Business Days after the date that the balance of any Net Proceeds not invested or applied as permitted by clauses (1), (2) and (3) above (any such Net Proceeds, whether from one or more Asset Sales, “Excess Proceeds”) exceeds $25.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the notes, and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness, (with respect to the notes only) in denominations of $2,000 initial principal amount and multiples of $1,000 thereafter, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at

 

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an offer price, in the case of the notes, in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. In the event that the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary prepays any Pari Passu Indebtedness that is outstanding under a revolving credit or other committed loan facility pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall cause the related loan commitment to be reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid.

The Issuer will commence an Asset Sale Offer by transmitting electronically or by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Asset Sale Offer being effected in advance of being required to do so by the Indenture, the amount of Net Proceeds the Issuer is offering to apply in such Asset Sale Offer), the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or such amount offered) in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered in an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the notes to be purchased or repaid on a pro rata basis and in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company; provided that no notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero, and in the case of an Asset Sale Offer being effected in advance of being required to do so by the Indenture, the amount of Net Proceeds the Issuer is offering to apply in such Asset Sale Offer shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue thereof.

The provisions under the Indenture relative to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes.

The Senior Credit Facilities limit, and future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Issuer (or one of its Affiliates) becomes a party may prohibit or limit, the Issuer from purchasing any notes pursuant to this Asset Sales covenant. In the event the Issuer is contractually prohibited from purchasing the notes, the Issuer or one of its Affiliates, as the case may be, may seek the consent of its lenders to the purchase of the notes or may attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If the Issuer or one of its Affiliates, as the case may be, does not obtain such consent or repay such borrowings, the Issuer will remain contractually prohibited from purchasing the notes. In such case, the Issuer’s failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute a Default under the Indenture.

Certain Covenants

Effectiveness of Covenants

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is continuing under the Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following provisions of the Indenture:

 

  (1)

“—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

  (2)

“—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”;

 

  (3)

“—Transactions with Affiliates”;

 

  (4)

“—Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries”;

 

  (5)

“—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries”;

 

  (6)

“Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; and

 

  (7)

clause (4) of the first paragraph of “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets”

(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event (the date of such occurrence, the “Suspension Date”), the amount of Excess Proceeds from Net Proceeds shall be set at zero. In the event that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.” Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under the Indenture, the notes or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants, and none of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period, or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to the Reversion Date, as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period).

The Issuer shall provide an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee indicating the occurrence of any Suspension Date or Reversion Date. The Trustee shall have no obligation to independently determine or verify if such events have occurred or notify the Holders of any Suspension Date or Reversion Date. The Trustee may provide a copy of such Officer’s Certificate to any Holder upon request.

On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to clause (3) of the second paragraph of “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock.” On the Reversion Date, all Liens created, incurred or assumed during the Suspension Period in compliance with the Indenture will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that they are classified as permitted under clause (7) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.” Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” will be made as though the covenant described under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” had been in effect prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period. No Subsidiaries shall be designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during any Suspension Period. Any Affiliate Transaction entered into after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (6) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Transactions with Affiliates.” Any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to take any action described in clauses (a) through (c) of the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries” that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (1) of the second paragraph of such covenant.

 

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Financial Calculations for Limited Condition Acquisitions

When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under the Indenture, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of such basket or ratio and of any Default or Event of Default shall, at the option of the Issuer, be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into and such baskets or ratios shall be calculated with such pro forma adjustments to as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the applicable period for purposes of determining the ability to consummate any such Limited Condition Acquisition (and not for purposes of any subsequent availability of any basket or ratio), and, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any of such baskets or ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such basket or ratio (including due to fluctuations in EBITDA of the Issuer or the target company) subsequent to such date of determination and at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder and (y) such baskets or ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related transactions; provided, further, that if the Issuer elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into such definitive agreement, any such transactions (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the definitive agreements are entered and outstanding thereafter for purposes of calculating any baskets or ratios under the Indenture after the date of such agreement and before the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition.

Limitation on Restricted Payments

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

  (1)

declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:

 

  (A)

dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, or

 

  (B)

dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

 

  (2)

purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, including in connection with any merger or consolidation, in each case held by a Person other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (3)

make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than

 

  (A)

Indebtedness permitted under clauses (7) and (8) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock,” or

 

  (B)

the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or

 

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  (4)

make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

  (a)

no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

  (b)

immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the provisions of the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”; and

 

  (c)

such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1) and (6)(C) of the next succeeding paragraph, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

 

  (1)

50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit, plus

 

  (2)

100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Issuer since immediately after the Issue Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second paragraph of “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”) from the issue or sale of:

 

  (x)

Equity Interests of the Issuer, including Retired Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:

 

  (A)

Equity Interests to any employee, director, manager or consultant of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer and the Issuer’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph, and

 

  (B)

Designated Preferred Stock

and, to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Issuer, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph) or

 

  (y)

Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer,

provided that this clause (2) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (b) Equity Interests (or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests) of the Issuer sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Issuer, as the case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock (or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock) or (d) Excluded Contributions, plus

 

  (3)

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cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second paragraph of “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock,” (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions), plus

 

  (4)

100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by means of:

 

  (A)

the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Issue Date; or

 

  (B)

the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, plus

 

  (5)

in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; plus

 

  (6)

$30.0 million.

The foregoing provisions will not prohibit:

 

  (1)

the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of the Indenture;

 

  (2)

(a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Retired Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent contributed to the Issuer (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6)(A) or (B) of this paragraph, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that was declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

 

  (3)

the prepayment, exchange, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer, or a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary made in exchange for, or

 

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out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, that, in each case is incurred in compliance with “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” so long as:

 

  (A)

the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock,

 

  (B)

such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value,

 

  (C)

such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date, or mandatory redemption date, as applicable, equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date, or mandatory redemption date, as applicable, of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, and

 

  (D)

such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;

 

  (4)

a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition); provided, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed in any calendar year $20.0 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $40.0 million in any calendar year); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

  (A)

the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer and, to the extent contributed to the Issuer, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (c) of the preceding paragraph, plus

 

  (B)

the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, less

 

  (C)

the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4) in any calendar year;

 

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and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Issuer (or any permitted transferee thereof), any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of the Indenture;

 

  (5)

the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or any class or series of preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;

 

        (6)

(A)

the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Issuer after the Issue Date;

 

  (B)

the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock, or

 

  (C)

the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this paragraph;

provided that, in the case of each of (A) and (C) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00;

 

  (7)

Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 1.00% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

 

  (8)

payments made or expected to be made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

 

  (9)

[reserved];

 

  (10)

Restricted Payments in an amount that does not exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions made since the Issue Date;

 

  (11)

other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.25% of Total Assets at the time made;

 

  (12)

distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;

 

  (13)

any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including dividends to any direct or indirect parent

 

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company of the Issuer to permit payment by such parent of such amount), to the extent permitted by the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Transactions With Affiliates”;

 

  (14)

the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the provisions similar to those described under the captions “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; provided that all notes tendered by Holders of the notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer, as the case may be, have been repurchased, redeemed, defeased or acquired or retired for value;

 

  (15)

the declaration and payment of dividends by the Issuer to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay:

 

  (A)

franchise and excise taxes and other fees and expenses required to maintain its organizational existence,

 

  (B)

foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes (including any interest or penalties related thereto), to the extent such taxes are attributable to the income, revenue, receipts, capital or margin of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Issuer, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would be required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such fiscal year had the Issuer, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer (separate from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) for all fiscal years ending after the Issue Date,

 

  (C)

customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, employees, directors and managers and consultants of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent such salaries, bonuses, benefits and indemnities are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Issuer’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company,

 

  (D)

general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Issuer’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company,

 

  (E)

fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer related to (i) the maintenance by such parent entity of its corporate or other entity existence and (ii) transactions of such parent company of the Issuer of the type described in clause (11) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” and

 

  (F)

cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Issuer or any such direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer;

 

  (16)

the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Issuer deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Issuer, in each case, permitted under the Indenture;

 

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  (17)

the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

 

  (18)

any Restricted Payment; provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (x) the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than 3.75 to 1.00 and (y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and

 

  (19)

payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets”;

provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (11) and (17), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would, with the passage of time, occur as a consequence thereof.

As of the Issue Date, all of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries will be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuer will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant or under clauses (7), (10) or (11) of the second paragraph of this covenant, or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Indenture.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (19) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Issuer will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (19) and such first paragraph and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuer will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or, in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not the Issuer or Guarantors, preferred stock; provided that the Issuer may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred stock, if, after giving effect thereto, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be at least 2.00 to 1.00; provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under clause (14)(x) of the following paragraph, by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $35.0 million and (y) 1.50% of Total Assets at any one time outstanding.

 

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The foregoing limitations will not apply to:

 

  (1)

Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Credit Facilities by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the then-outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1) does not exceed at any one time (x) $1,195 million plus (y) an additional amount if, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such additional amount and the application of net proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio is equal to or less than 4.00:1.00; provided, further, that, for purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred under clause (1)(y), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1) shall be treated as Secured Indebtedness.

 

  (2)

Indebtedness represented by the notes (including any Guarantee thereof, but excluding Indebtedness represented by Additional Notes, if any, or guarantees with respect thereto) and exchange notes issued in respect of such notes and any Guarantee thereof;

 

  (3)

Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (1) and (2));

 

  (4)

Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any “synthetic lease” transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (4), and all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (4), does not exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.25% of Total Assets at the time of incurrence; provided that such Indebtedness that exists at the date of such purchase, lease, construction, installation or improvement or is created within 365 days of the completion thereof incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (4) in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall not be subject to the foregoing limitation so long as the proceeds of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction are used by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to permanently repay outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (5)

Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar facilities issued or entered into in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

 

  (6)

Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness is not reflected as Indebtedness on the balance sheet of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (6));

 

  (7)

Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the notes; provided

 

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further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;

 

  (8)

Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is neither the Issuer nor a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of the notes of such Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;

 

  (9)

shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this clause;

 

  (10)

Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);

 

  (11)

obligations in respect of self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (12)

(a) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (c)(2) and (c)(3) of the first paragraph of “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to the second paragraph of “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition thereof) and (b) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 3.25% of Total Assets at the time of incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(b) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (12)(b));

 

  (13)

the incurrence or issuance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to Refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (2), (3) and (4) above, clauses (12)(a) and this clause (13) and clause (14) below or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so Refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

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  (1)

has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced,

 

  (2)

to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness Refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated to the notes or any Guarantee of the notes, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the notes or such Guarantee at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively,

 

  (3)

shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that Refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Issuer or a Guarantor; and

 

  (4)

shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

and provided, further, that subclause (1) of this clause (13) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured Indebtedness outstanding;

 

  (14)

Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (including designating an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either:

 

  (1)

the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant, or

 

  (2)

the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to this clause (14), together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $35.0 million and (y) 1.50% of Total Assets at any one time outstanding;

 

  (15)

Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (16)

Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to any Credit Facility, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

 

        (17)

(1)

any guarantee by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of a guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness could have been incurred directly by the Restricted Subsidiary providing such guarantee, or

 

  (2)

any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuer, provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with the covenant described below under “—Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries”;

 

  (18)

Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors at any one time outstanding not to exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $35.0 million and (y) 1.50% of Total Assets at the time of incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (18) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (18));

 

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  (19)

Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (20)

Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business; and

 

  (21)

Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, managers and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent described in clause (4) of the second paragraph under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant:

 

  (a)

in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (1) through (21) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the Issuer, in its sole discretion, may divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses or paragraphs; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date after giving effect to the Transactions will, as long as such Indebtedness is outstanding, be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (1) of the preceding paragraph; and

 

  (b)

at the time of incurrence, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the first and second paragraph above.

Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (1) and (12) above shall be permitted to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses in connection with such Refinancing.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing.

The Indenture does not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

 

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Liens

The Issuer does not, and does not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness or any related Guarantee on any asset or property of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, unless the notes (or the related Guarantee in the case of Liens of a Guarantor) are equally and ratably secured with (or, in the event the Lien relates to Subordinated Indebtedness, are secured on a senior basis to) the obligations so secured.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the notes pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the notes.

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets

The Issuer will not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

 

  (1)

the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”);

 

  (2)

the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the notes pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

  (3)

immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

 

  (4)

immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period,

 

  (A)

the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” or

 

  (B)

the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

 

  (5)

each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (2) of the second succeeding paragraph shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the Indenture and the notes; and

 

  (6)

the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture.

The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under the Indenture and the notes and the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under the Indenture and the notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (3) and (4),

 

  (a)

any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

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  (b)

the Issuer may merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a Guarantor, no Guarantor will, and the Issuer will not permit any such Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

 

        (A)

(1)

such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

 

  (2)

the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

  (3)

immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and

 

  (4)

the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Indenture and Guarantees, as applicable, constitute valid and binding obligations of the applicable Guarantor, subject to customary exceptions; or

 

  (B)

the transaction is an Asset Sale that is made in compliance with the covenant described under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under the Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee and such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under the Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may (i) merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Issuer, (ii) merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby or (iii) convert into a Person organized or existing under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States.

Transactions with Affiliates

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $15.0 million, unless:

 

  (a)

such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and

 

  (b)

the Issuer delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $30.0 million, a resolution

 

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adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the Issuer approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (a) above.

The foregoing provisions will not apply to the following:

 

  (1)

(a) transactions between or among the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction and (b) any merger or consolidation of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided that such parent company shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Issuer and such merger or consolidation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

 

  (2)

Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above under the covenant “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

 

  (3)

(i) the payment of indemnification and other similar amounts to the Investors pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement and (ii) payments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any of the Investors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (4)

the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, former, current or future officers, directors, managers, employees or consultants of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (5)

transactions in which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;

 

  (6)

any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

 

  (7)

the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect when taken as a whole;

 

  (8)

the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, in each case, as contemplated in the Offering Document;

 

  (9)

transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture which are fair to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors of the Issuer or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

 

  (10)

the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer and the granting and performance of customary registration rights;

 

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  (11)

sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

  (12)

payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and employment agreements, stock option plans and other similar arrangements with such employees, directors, manager or consultants which, in each case, are approved by the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (13)

investments by the Investors in indebtedness or securities of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Investors in connection therewith) so long as the investment is being generally offered to other investors on the same or more favorable terms;

 

  (14)

payments to any future, current or former employee, director, manager, officer, manager or consultant of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants that are, in each case, approved by the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (15)

any transaction with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an Equity Interest in or otherwise controls such Person;

 

  (16)

payments by the Issuer (and any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) and its Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Issuer (and any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) and its Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Issuer, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent of the amount received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would be required to pay in respect of foreign, federal, state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Issuer, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) to pay such taxes separately from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer;

 

  (17)

any lease entered into between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee, and any Affiliate of the Issuer, as lessor, in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (18)

intellectual property licenses in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (19)

transactions between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because a director of which is also a director of the Issuer or any other direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

 

  (20)

pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and

 

  (21)

transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

        (a)

(1)

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  (2)

pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (b)

make loans or advances to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

  (c)

sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (1)

contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

 

  (2)

the Indenture, the notes and the Guarantees;

 

  (3)

purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;

 

  (4)

applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

  (5)

any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated;

 

  (6)

contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

 

  (7)

Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the covenants described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” and “—Liens” that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

  (8)

restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (9)

other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”;

 

  (10)

customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture;

 

  (11)

customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (12)

restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Issuer, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and

 

  (13)

any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer’s board of directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

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common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to other Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries

The Issuer will not permit any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries guarantee other capital markets debt securities of the Issuer or a Guarantor or the Issuer’s or a Guarantor’s obligations under any the Senior Credit Facilities), other than a Guarantor or a Receivables Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any other Guarantor (other than Indebtedness payable to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) unless:

 

  (a)

such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee of the notes, any such guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee with respect to the notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the notes; and

 

  (b)

such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee;

provided that this covenant shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.

Reports and Other Information

Whether or not the Issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any notes are outstanding, the Issuer will have its annual consolidated financial statements audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent auditors and its interim consolidated financial statements reviewed by a nationally recognized firm of independent auditors in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100 issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or any similar replacement standard). In addition, so long as any notes are outstanding, Issuer will furnish to the Holders:

 

  (1)

(x) all annual and quarterly financial statements that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q of the Issuer, if the Issuer were required to file such forms, plus a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”; and (y) with respect to the annual financial statements only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Issuer’s independent registered public accounting firm; and

 

  (2)

all information that would be required to be contained in filings with the SEC on Form 8-K under Items 1.01 (including furnishing any material debt agreements that would be required to be described in such Form 8-K), 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.05, 2.06, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01 and 5.02(b) and (c) (other than with respect to information otherwise required or contemplated by Item 402 of Regulation S-K) as in effect on the Issue Date if the Issuer were required to file such reports; provided, however, that no such current report will be required to include as an exhibit, or to include a summary of the terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement agreement, plan or understanding between the Issuer (or any of its Subsidiaries) and any director, manager or executive officer, of the Issuer (or any of its Subsidiaries).

 

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All such annual reports shall be furnished within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year to which they relate, and all such quarterly reports shall be furnished within 45 days after the end of the fiscal quarter to which they relate. All such current reports shall be furnished within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for reporting companies under the Exchange Act.

The Issuer will make available such information and such reports (as well as the details regarding the conference call described below) to the Trustee under the Indenture, to any Holder and, upon request, to any beneficial owner of the notes, in each case by posting such information on its website on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment, and will make such information readily available to any prospective investor in the notes, any securities analyst (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the notes) or any market maker in the notes who (i) agrees to treat such information as confidential or (ii) accesses such information on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment; provided that the Issuer shall post such information thereon and make readily available any password or other login information to any such prospective investor, securities analyst or market maker. The Issuer will hold a quarterly conference call for all Holders and securities analysts (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the notes) to discuss such financial information (including a customary Q&A session) no later than five (5) Business Days after distribution of such financial information; provided that the conference call for the fiscal quarter ending prior to the Issue Date shall be held no later than ten business days after distribution of the financial information for such quarter.

The Issuer shall provide S&P and Moody’s (and their respective successors) with information on a periodic basis as S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall reasonably require in order to maintain public ratings of the notes. To the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Issuer will also furnish to Holders, securities analysts (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the notes) and prospective investors in the notes upon request the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, so long as the notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

If the Issuer has designated any of its Subsidiaries as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and if any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, then the annual and quarterly information required by clause (1) of the first paragraph of this covenant shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the financial statements, information and other documents required to be provided as described above, may be those of (i) the Issuer or (ii) any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer rather than those of the Issuer (including Holdings); provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

The Issuer will be deemed to have furnished the reports referred to clauses (1) and (2) of the first paragraph of this covenant if the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer has filed reports containing such information with the SEC.

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

The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, our compliance with the covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC under the Indenture.

 

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Events of Default and Remedies

The following events constitute Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to the notes:

 

  (1)

default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the notes issued under the Indenture;

 

  (2)

default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the notes issued under the Indenture;

 

  (3)

failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after the receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the notes then outstanding (with a copy to the Trustee) to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above) contained in the Indenture or the notes;

 

  (4)

default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the notes, if both:

 

  (A)

such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, and

 

  (B)

the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $50.0 million or more at any one time outstanding;

 

  (5)

failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by reputable insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

 

  (6)

certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary; or

 

  (7)

the Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be in full force (except as contemplated by the terms thereof or by the Indenture) and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the related Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture.

If any Event of Default (other than of a type specified in clause (6) above with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture to be due and payable immediately.

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without further action or notice. The Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders. In addition, the Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the notes if in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the notes.

The Indenture provides that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued thereunder by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture (except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of any such note held by a non-consenting Holder) and rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the notes, provided such rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose,

 

  (x)

the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged, or

 

  (y)

the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default, or

 

  (z)

if the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the notes unless:

 

  (1)

such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

  (2)

Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the outstanding notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

  (3)

such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

 

  (4)

the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense; and

 

  (5)

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the notes. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

The Indenture provides that the Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuer is required, within ten Business Days, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

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

No director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any of their parent companies shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Indenture and the notes will terminate (other than certain obligations) and will be released upon payment in full of all of the notes issued under the Indenture. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the notes issued under the Indenture and have the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligation discharged with respect to its Guarantee of the notes (“Legal Defeasance”) and cure all then existing Events of Default except for

 

  (1)

the rights of Holders of notes issued under the Indenture to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to the Indenture;

 

  (2)

the Issuer’s obligations with respect to notes issued under the Indenture concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of such notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

 

  (3)

the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuer’s obligations in connection therewith; and

 

  (4)

the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture.

In addition, the Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its obligations and those of each Guarantor released with respect to substantially all of the restrictive covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events pertaining to the Issuer) described under “Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the notes issued under the Indenture:

 

  (1)

the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the notes, cash (in U.S. dollars), Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the notes issued under the Indenture on the stated maturity date or on the redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on the notes and the Issuer must specify whether the notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

 

  (2)

in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

 

  (A)

the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling or

 

  (B)

since the issuance of the notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

 

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in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel in the United States shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

  (3)

in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

  (4)

no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) with respect to the notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

 

  (5)

such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which, the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

  (6)

the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code;

 

  (7)

the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or any Guarantor or others; and

 

  (8)

the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

Satisfaction and Discharge

The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to the notes issued thereunder, when either:

 

  (a)

all notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed notes which have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

         (b)

(1)

all notes not theretofore delivered to such Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or 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 Issuer and the Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the notes, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. dollar-denominated Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

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  (2)

no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) with respect to the Indenture or the notes issued thereunder shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

  (3)

the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and

 

  (4)

the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Transfer and Exchange

A Holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer. Also, the Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.

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

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture, the notes issued thereunder and any related Guarantee may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding and issued under the Indenture, including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the notes, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the notes issued thereunder may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture, other than notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or its Affiliates (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the notes).

The Indenture provides that, without the consent of each Holder of notes affected thereby, an amendment or waiver may not, with respect to any notes issued under the Indenture and held by a non-consenting Holder:

 

  (1)

reduce the principal amount of the notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

  (2)

reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any such note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any note or change the time at which any note may be redeemed as described under “—Optional Redemption”;

 

  (3)

reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any such note;

 

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  (4)

waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the notes issued under the Indenture, except a rescission of acceleration of the notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in the Indenture or any guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders of the notes;

 

  (5)

make any such note payable in money other than that stated in the notes;

 

  (6)

make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of the notes to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the notes;

 

  (7)

make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;

 

  (8)

impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on such Holder’s notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s notes; or

 

  (9)

make any change to or modify the ranking of any such note or related Guarantee that would adversely affect the Holders of the notes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer, any Guarantor (with respect to any amendment relating to its Guarantee) and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the notes and any related Guarantee:

 

  (1)

to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency as confirmed in an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee;

 

  (2)

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

 

  (3)

to comply with the covenant relating to mergers, consolidations and sales of assets;

 

  (4)

to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders;

 

  (5)

to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder;

 

  (6)

to secure the notes or add covenants for the benefit of the Holders of notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;

 

  (7)

to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee pursuant to the requirements thereof;

 

  (8)

to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the Indenture;

 

  (9)

to add a Guarantor or a parent guarantor under the Indenture provided that only the Trustee and the Guarantor or parent guarantor being added need to sign any such supplement or amendment;

 

  (10)

to conform the text of the Indenture, Guarantees or the notes to any provision of this “Description of the Notes”; or

 

  (11)

to amend the provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of notes as permitted by the Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the notes; provided that (i) compliance with the Indenture as so amended would not result in notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer notes.

The consent of the Holders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.

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amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture or the notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders that are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act, who, upon request, confirm that they are “qualified institutional buyers” and consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or amendment.

Notices

Notices given by publication will be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made; notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, will be deemed given five calendar days after mailing; notices sent by overnight delivery service will be deemed given when delivered; and notices given electronically will be deemed given when sent. Any notices required to be given to the Holders of notes represented by global notes will be given to The Depository Trust Company.

Concerning the Trustee

The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of the Issuer, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign.

The Indenture provides that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes issued thereunder will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default shall occur (which shall not be cured or waived), the Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, to use the degree of care of a prudent person would use in the conduct of his own affairs under the circumstances. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes

The Issuer will maintain one or more paying agents (each, a “Paying Agent”) for the notes in New York. The initial Paying Agent will be the Trustee.

The Issuer will also maintain one or more registrars (each, a “Registrar”) with offices in New York. The Issuer will also maintain a transfer agent in New York. The initial Registrar will be the Trustee. The initial transfer agent will be the Trustee. The Registrar and the transfer agent will maintain a register reflecting ownership of any notes in certificated, non-global form outstanding from time to time and will make payments on and facilitate transfer of such notes in certificated, non-global form on the behalf of the Issuer.

The Issuer may change the Paying Agents, the Registrars or the transfer agents without prior notice to the Holders.

Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver

The Indenture, the notes and any Guarantee are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

The Indenture provides that the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, and each holder of a note by its acceptance thereof, irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture, the notes or any transaction contemplated thereby.

 

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Certain Definitions

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. For purposes of the Indenture, unless otherwise specifically indicated, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person.

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

 

  (1)

Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

 

  (2)

Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control’’ (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

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

 

  (1)

1.0% of the principal amount of such note; and

 

  (2)

the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under the caption “Optional Redemption”) of such note at September 1, 2019, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such note (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date) through September 1, 2019, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of such note.

Calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Issuer or on behalf of the Issuer by such Person as the Issuer shall designate; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

Applicable Calculation Date” means the applicable date of calculation for (i) the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio, (iii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or (iv) EBITDA.

Applicable Measurement Period’’ means the most recently ended four fiscal quarters immediately preceding the Applicable Calculation Date for which internal financial statements are available.

Asset Sale” means:

 

  (1)

the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”) or

 

  (2)

the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:

 

  (a)

any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged, unnecessary, unsuitable or worn out equipment or other assets in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets or goods (or other assets) held for sale or no longer used in the ordinary course of business;

 

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  (b)

the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions described above under “Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to the Indenture;

 

  (c)

the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under the covenant described above under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

  (d)

any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $10.0 million;

 

  (e)

any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (f)

to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

  (g)

the lease, assignment, sub-lease, license or sub-license of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (h)

any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

  (i)

foreclosures, condemnation, eminent domain or any similar action on assets;

 

  (j)

sales or discounts of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

  (k)

any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by the Indenture;

 

  (l)

any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (m)

the sale, lease, assignment, license, sublease or discount of inventory, equipment, accounts receivable, notes receivable or other current assets in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable or other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;

 

  (n)

the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business, other than the licensing of intellectual property on a long-term basis;

 

  (o)

the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;

 

  (p)

sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

  (q)

the lapse or abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer are not material to the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and

 

  (r)

the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties as required by applicable law.

Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning set forth in the fourth paragraph under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

 

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board of directors” means, for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person does not have such a board of directors or other governing body and is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board of directors or other governing body. Unless otherwise provided, “board of directors” means the board of managers of the Issuer.

Board Resolution” means with respect to the Issuer, a duly adopted resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof.

Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

Capital Stock” means:

 

  (1)

in the case of a corporation, corporate stock,

 

  (2)

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

 

  (3)

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

 

  (4)

any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

  (1)

United States dollars,

 

  (2)

Canadian dollars,

 

         (3)

(a)

euro, pounds sterling or any national currency of any participating member state in the European Union or,

 

  (b)

local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,

 

  (4)

securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,

 

  (5)

certificates of deposit, time deposits and dollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of foreign banks,

 

  (6)

repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (4) and (5) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (5) above,

 

  (7)

commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof,

 

  (8)

marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof,

 

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  (9)

investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above and (10) through (12) below,

 

  (10)

direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,

 

  (11)

Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,

 

  (12)

Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, and

 

  (13)

in the case of Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, Investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (12) customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short-term cash management purposes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) through (3) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) through (3) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

Cash Management Services” means any of the following to the extent not constituting a line of credit (other than an overnight overdraft facility that is not in default): ACH transactions, treasury and/or cash management services, including, without limitation, controlled disbursement services, overdraft facilities, foreign exchange facilities, deposit and other accounts and merchant services.

Change of Control’’ means the occurrence of any of the following after the Issue Date:

 

  (1)

the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder in connection with which any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the transferee Person in such sale, lease or transfer of assets, as the case may be, provided that (x) so long as such transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a Permitted Parent, no Person shall be deemed to be or become a beneficial owner of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such transferee Person unless such Person shall be or become a beneficial owner of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Permitted Parent and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the beneficial owner shall not in any case be included in the calculation of any Voting Stock of which any such Person first referred to above in this clause (1) is the beneficial owner; or

 

  (2)

at any time, the Issuer becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer; provided that (x) so long as the Issuer is a Subsidiary of a parent

 

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company, no Person shall be deemed to be or become a beneficial owner of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer unless such Person shall be or become a beneficial owner of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent company and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the beneficial owner shall not in any case be included in calculating the Voting Stock of which any such Person first referred to above in this clause (2) is the beneficial owner.

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

  (a)

consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount or premium resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than or greater than par, as applicable, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Indebtedness or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (r) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (s) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (t) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (u) interest expense attributable to a parent entity resulting from push-down accounting, (v) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (w) any “additional interest” owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement, (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, and original issue discount with respect to Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions or any intercompany Indebtedness, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility); plus

 

  (b)

consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, less

 

  (c)

interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,

 

  (1)

any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transactions), severance, relocation costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefits plans, start-up, transition, integration and other restructuring and business optimization costs, charges, reserves or expenses (including related to acquisitions after the Issue Date and to the start-up, closure and/or consolidation of facilities), new product introductions, and one-time compensation charges shall be excluded,

 

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  (2)

the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,

 

  (3)

any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded,

 

  (4)

any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, shall be excluded,

 

  (5)

the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

  (6)

solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (c)(1) of the first paragraph of “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

  (7)

effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Person’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

 

  (8)

(i) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (ii) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133) and its related pronouncements and interpretations (or any successor provision) and (iii) any non-cash expense, income or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,

 

  (9)

any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down in each case pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

 

  (10)

(i) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, units or other rights to officers, directors, managers or employees and (ii) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,

 

  (11)

any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of

 

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Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the notes), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

 

  (12)

accruals and reserves, contingent liabilities and any gains or losses on the settlement of any pre-existing contractual or non-contractual relationships that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Issue Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,

 

  (13)

to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Issuer has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is (a) not denied by the applicable carrier or indemnifying party in writing within 180 days and (b) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded, and

 

  (14)

any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such item, shall be excluded.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” only (other than clause (c)(4) thereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (c)(4) thereof.

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness minus cash and Cash Equivalents of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors, in each case, as of the end of the most recent fiscal period for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the Applicable Calculation Date to (2) EBITDA of the Issuer for the Applicable Measurement Period, with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness, Cash Equivalents and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”.

Consolidated Total Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness minus cash and Cash Equivalents of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the end of the most recent fiscal period for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the Applicable Calculation Date to (2) EBITDA of the Issuer for the Applicable Measurement Period, with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness, Cash Equivalents and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” (other than as set forth in the proviso to the first paragraph thereof).

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Obligations in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations) and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and all preferred stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and

 

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preferred stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and their Maximum Fixed Repurchase Prices, in each case in (1) and (2) above, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

For purposes hereof, the “Maximum Fixed Repurchase Price” of any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock means the price at which such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock could be redeemed or repurchased by the issuer thereof in accordance with its terms or, if such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock cannot be so redeemed or repurchased, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, in each case, determined on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined

Consolidated Total Secured Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, the amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness that is Secured Indebtedness as of such date.

Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent,

 

  (1)

to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,

 

  (2)

to advance or supply funds

 

  (A)

for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or

 

  (B)

to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or

 

  (3)

to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

Credit Facilities’’ means, with respect to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that Refinance any part of the loans, notes or other securities, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such Refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock” means preferred stock of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other

 

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than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer or such parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (c) of the first paragraph of the “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant.

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale or casualty or condemnation event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale or casualty or condemnation event, in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the notes or the date the notes are no longer outstanding; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period

 

  (1)

increased (without duplication) by:

 

  (a)

provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

 

  (b)

Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses 1(a)(s) through 1(a)(z) thereof, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus

 

  (c)

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

 

  (d)

any fees, expenses, charges or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the notes and the Senior Credit Facilities and (ii) any amendments or other modification of the notes, the Senior Credit Facilities or other Indebtedness and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus

 

  (e)

any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses or items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus

 

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  (f)

the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of net income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus

 

  (g)

the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates, plus

 

  (h)

costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus

 

  (i)

the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and initiatives and synergies projected by the Issuer in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken or to be taken (which cost savings or synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (A) such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and (B) such actions have been taken or are to be taken within 24 months after the date of determination to take such action, plus

 

  (j)

the amount of loss or discount on sales of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus

 

  (k)

any costs or expense incurred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (c) of the first paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (12)(a) of “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock,” plus

 

  (l)

the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under the Indenture, plus

 

  (m)

with respect to any joint venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (a) and (c) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to the Issuer’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of such joint venture’s Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Restricted Subsidiary), plus

 

  (n)

[reserved], plus

 

  (o)

cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

 

  (p)

any non-cash loss, charge or expense relating to the incurrence of obligations in respect of any “earn out” or other similar contingent obligations, but only for so long as such loss, charge or expense remains a non-cash contingent obligation; and

 

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  (2)

decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (2) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to EBITDA, EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein; and

 

  (3)

increased or decreased by (without duplication):

 

  (a)

any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and

 

  (b)

any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations (or any successor provision).

Equity Interest” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than

 

  (1)

public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or any of its direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-8;

 

  (2)

issuances to any Subsidiary of the Issuer; and

 

  (3)

any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth under “Events of Default and Remedies.”

Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the fourth paragraph under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by the Issuer from

 

  (a)

contributions to its common equity capital, and

 

  (b)

the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Issuer) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (c) of the first paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

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Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any Investment, asset or property, the fair market value of such Investment, asset or property, determined in good faith by senior management or the board of directors of the Issuer, whose determination will be conclusive for all purposes under the Indenture and the notes.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any Applicable Calculation Date, the ratio of (1) EBITDA of such Person for the Applicable Measurement Period to (2) the Fixed Charges of such Person for such Applicable Measurement Period. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the Applicable Measurement Period but on or prior to the Applicable Calculation Date, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (in each case, including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period; provided, however, that the pro forma calculation shall not give effect to any Indebtedness incurred on such determination date pursuant to the provisions described in the second paragraph under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” (other than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (14) thereof); provided further that, for purposes of the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, in connection with the Incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock,” the Issuer may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness which is to be incurred, as being incurred as of the Applicable Calculation Date and any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment that was so treated shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence of additional Indebtedness.

For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Applicable Measurement Period or subsequent to such Applicable Measurement Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Applicable Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Applicable Measurement Period. If since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such Applicable Measurement Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger or consolidation which is being given pro forma effect that have been or are expected to be realized). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Applicable Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under revolving credit facilities computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily

 

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balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period; or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the Applicable Calculation Date. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of

 

  (a)

Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period,

 

  (b)

all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and

 

  (c)

all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.

Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect on the Issue Date. At any time after the Issue Date, the Issuer may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in the indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, any calculation or determination in the indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Issuer’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The Issuer shall give written notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States, a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and the payment for which such government pledges its full faith and credit, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depositary receipt.

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Indenture.

Guarantor” means Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees the notes under the Indenture.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate, commodity price or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

 

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Holder” means a holder of the notes.

Holdings” means Engility Holdings, Inc. (or any permitted successor or assignee thereto).

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person,

 

  (1)

any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent,

 

  (a)

in respect of borrowed money,

 

  (b)

evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof),

 

  (c)

representing the balance, deferred and unpaid, of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, after 60 days of becoming due and payable, that has not been paid and is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, or

 

  (d)

representing any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of the Issuer solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded,

 

  (2)

to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and

 

  (3)

to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of another Person secured by a Lien on any assets owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such assets at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (A) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (B) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities.

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Initial Purchasers” means the initial purchasers of the Notes on the Issue Date.

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

Investment Grade Securities” means

 

  (1)

securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),

 

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  (2)

debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,

 

  (3)

investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and

 

  (4)

corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments,”

 

  (1)

“Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to

 

  (x)

the Issuer’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less

 

  (y)

the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

 

  (2)

any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

Investors” means Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., General Atlantic Service Company, LLC and their respective Affiliates (but excluding any operating portfolio companies of the foregoing).

Issue Date” means August 12, 2016.

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, by the Issuer or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned upon the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing; provided that the Consolidated Net Income (and

 

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any other financial term derived therefrom), other than for purposes of calculating any ratios in connection with the Limited Condition Acquisition, shall not include any Consolidated Net Income of or attributable to the target company or assets associated with any such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until the closing of such Limited Condition Acquisition shall have actually occurred.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

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

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of any Cash Equivalents received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (including in connection with any repatriation of funds and after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary required (other than pursuant to the second paragraph of “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”) to be paid as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Offering Document” means the confidential offering memorandum dated August 4, 2016, pursuant to which the initial notes were offered to potential purchasers.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, any Manager or Director, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Issuer or any other Person, as the case may be.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Issuer or any other Person, as the case may be, who must be a Manager or Director, the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer (or of a Subsidiary of the Issuer acting in such capacity for the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Issuer) or such other Person, that meets the requirements set forth in the Indenture.

Opinion of Counsel’’ means a written opinion reasonably acceptable to the Trustee from legal counsel (which may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions). The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer.

Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with the “Asset Sales” covenant.

 

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Permitted Holders” means each of (i) the Investors and members of management of the Issuer (or its direct or indirect parent) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Issuer (or its direct or indirect parent company) on the Issue Date and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, such Investors, their respective Affiliates and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer and (ii) any Permitted Parent. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

Permitted Investments” means:

 

  (a)

any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (b)

any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

 

  (c)

any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment

 

  (1)

such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or

 

  (2)

such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer;

 

  (d)

any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

  (e)

any Investment existing on the Issue Date;

 

  (f)

any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary:

 

  (1)

in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or

 

  (2)

as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

 

  (g)

Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of the second paragraph of the covenant described in “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock;”

 

  (h)

any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (h) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.25% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (h) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (a) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (h) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (i)

Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will

 

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not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (c) of the first paragraph under the covenant described in “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

  (j)

guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under the covenant described in “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”;

 

  (k)

any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates” (except transactions described in clauses (2), (5), (9) and (15) of such paragraph);

 

  (l)

Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business, or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

 

  (m)

additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (m) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 3.25% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (m) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (a) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (m) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (n)

Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Issuer, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility or any repurchases in connection therewith;

 

  (o)

advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees in the aggregate not to exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of (x) $10.0 million and (y) 0.50% of Total Assets at the time of such advance or guarantee;

 

  (p)

loans and advances to officers, directors, managers and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, payroll expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company thereof;

 

  (q)

advances, loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business by Holdings Guarantor or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (r)

intercompany current liabilities owed to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries; and

 

  (s)

pledges or deposits with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

 

  (1)

pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers

 

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providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (including letters of credit issued in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof and including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (2)

Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, contractors’, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (3)

Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP, or for property taxes on property the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim is to such property;

 

  (4)

Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

 

  (5)

minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

 

  (6)

Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (1), (2), (4), (12) or (18) of the second paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”; provided that, (x) in the case of clause (4), such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or equipment being financed or Refinanced under such clause (4) and (y) in the case of clause (18), such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring such Indebtedness;

 

  (7)

Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens incurred in connection with the Senior Credit Facilities);

 

  (8)

Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (9)

Liens on property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger or consolidation; provided, further, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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  (10)

Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”;

 

  (11)

Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted under the Indenture to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;

 

  (12)

Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

  (13)

leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including of intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

  (14)

Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (15)

Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

  (16)

Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiaries’ client at which such equipment is located;

 

  (17)

Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

 

  (18)

Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (6) (solely with respect to Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (2), (4), (12) or (18) of the second paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”), (7), (8), (9), (10), (18) and (20) of this definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus accessions, additions and improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6) (solely with respect to Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (2), (4), (12) or (18) of the second paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”), (7), (8), (9), (10), (18) and (20) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under the Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, and accrued and unpaid interest related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 

  (19)

deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (20)

Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”; provided that (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or after giving effect thereto and (y) the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Lien, the related Indebtedness and the application of net proceeds therefrom, would be no greater than 4.00 to 1.00;

 

  (21)

other Liens securing obligations which obligations at any one time outstanding do not exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.25% of Total Assets at the time of incurrence;

 

  (22)

Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) under the caption “Events of Default and Remedies” so long as such Liens are adequately bonded

 

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and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

 

  (23)

Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (24)

Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to pooling, commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;

 

  (25)

Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock”; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

  (26)

Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

  (27)

Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (28)

Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under the Indenture;

 

  (29)

the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

  (30)

restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;

 

  (31)

security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (32)

zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements and contract zoning agreements;

 

  (33)

Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (34)

any Lien granted pursuant to a security agreement between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and a licensee of their intellectual property to secure the damages, if any, of such licensee resulting from the rejection by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of such licensee in a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not cover any assets other than the intellectual property subject to such license;

 

  (35)

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any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

 

  (37)

Liens on property or assets used to defease or to irrevocably satisfy and discharge Indebtedness; provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited by the Indenture;

 

  (38)

(i) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar agreements relating thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real property; and

 

  (39)

Liens on property or assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a contractor or developer arising from progress or partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets.

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (x) a Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but may be incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category), (y) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories of Permitted Liens, the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition, and (z) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to clause (20) above (giving effect to the incurrence of such portion of such Indebtedness), the Issuer, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any Obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to clause (20) above and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition.

For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

Permitted Parent” means any Person so long as such Person directly or indirectly holds 100.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer, and at the time such Person acquired such voting power, no Person and no group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) (other than any Permitted Holder), shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, of 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Person.

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

preferred stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.

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

Receivables Facility’’ means any of one or more receivables financing facilities, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are

 

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non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.

Receivables Fee” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto.

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

Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantors and the representative, on behalf of itself and the Initial Purchasers.

Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.”

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and any successor to its rating agency business.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.

SEC’’ means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

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thereto from time to time in their capacities as lenders thereunder, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, replacements, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any one or more indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

Senior Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person:

 

  (1)

Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred; and

 

  (2)

all other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such Person whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of Indebtedness described in clause (1) above

in the case of both clauses (1) and (2), to the extent permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture, unless, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such Indebtedness or other Obligations are subordinated in right of payment to the notes or the Guarantee of such Person, as the case may be; provided that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

 

  (1)

any obligation of such Person to the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

  (2)

any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

 

  (3)

any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (4)

any Capital Stock;

 

  (5)

any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

 

  (6)

that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of the Indenture.

Senior Secured Indebtedness” means Senior Indebtedness that is Secured Indebtedness.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

Stockholders Agreement” means the stockholders agreement between the Investors and the Issuer and/or a direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means

 

  (a)

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with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Guarantor under the Indenture.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,

 

  (1)

any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and

 

  (2)

any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

 

  (x)

more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as the case may be, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

 

  (y)

such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

Total Assets” means the total assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer or such other Person as may be expressly stated, as the case may be.

Transactions” means the issuance of the notes and the borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities, refinancing of the Issuer’s existing senior secured first lien term loan facility and existing senior secured second lien term loan facility, and payment of fees of expenses in connection with the foregoing.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to September 1, 2019; provided that if the period from the redemption date to September 1, 2019 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Unrestricted Subsidiary’’ means

 

  (1)

any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of the Issuer, as provided below) and

 

  (2)

any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The board of directors of the Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that

 

  (a)

any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which the Equity Interests entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer,

 

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  (b)

such designation complies with the covenants described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and

 

  (c)

each of

 

  (1)

the Subsidiary to be so designated and

 

  (2)

its Subsidiaries

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

The board of directors of the Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:

(1) the Issuer could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test described in the first paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock” or

(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation,

in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

Any such designation by the board of directors of the Issuer shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing

 

  (1)

the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by

 

  (2)

the sum of all such payments.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a summary of the material United States federal income tax consequences of the exchange of Initial Notes for Exchange Notes in the exchange offer. This summary is based on the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations thereunder and administrative interpretations and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date of this prospectus and all of which are subject to change, with possible retroactive effect. No opinion of counsel has been obtained, and the Company does not intend to seek a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), as to any of the tax consequences discussed below. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge one or more of the tax consequences described below.

This summary does not purport to address all tax consequences that may be important to a particular holder in light of that holder’s particular circumstances, and does not apply to persons subject to special treatment under United States federal income tax law (including, without limitation, a bank, governmental authority or agency, financial institution, insurance company, pass-through entity, tax-exempt organization, broker or dealer in securities or small business investment company, an employee of or other service provider to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a person holding Initial Notes that are a hedge against, or that are hedged against, currency risk or that are part of a straddle, constructive sale or conversion transaction, a person that owns more than 10% of the common stock of the Company (actually or constructively), a person that is in bankruptcy or a regulated investment company or real estate investment trust). This summary assumes that each holder of an Initial Note holds such security as a “capital asset” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. Additionally, this summary does not discuss any tax consequences that may arise under any laws other than United States federal income tax law, including under federal estate and gift tax laws or state, local or non-United States tax law.

The United States federal income tax consequences to a partner in an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes that holds an Initial Note generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partner and the partnership. A partnership, or a partner in a partnership, holding Initial Notes should consult its own tax advisor.

THIS SUMMARY IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL TAX CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO A PARTICULAR HOLDER. ACCORDINGLY, THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING AND ADVICE BASED UPON THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES PERTAINING TO A HOLDER. YOU ARE URGED TO CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR FOR THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES APPLICABLE TO THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.

Consequences of Tendering Initial Notes

The exchange of your Initial Notes for Exchange Notes in the exchange offer should not constitute an exchange for United States federal income tax purposes because the Exchange Notes should not be considered to differ materially in kind or extent from the Initial Notes exchanged therefor. Accordingly, the exchange offer should have no United States federal income tax consequences to you if you exchange your Initial Notes for Exchange Notes and the Exchange Notes you receive should be treated as a continuation of your investment in the Initial Notes. Consequently, there should be no change in your tax basis and your holding period should carry over to the Exchange Notes. In addition, the United States federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of your Exchange Notes should be the same as those applicable to your Initial Notes.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Initial Notes where such Initial Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the expiration date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                    , 2017 (90 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

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

For a period of 180 days after the expiration date, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the notes) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the Exchange Notes and the guarantees thereof and certain matters of Massachusetts law will be passed upon for us by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, New York. Certain legal matters relating to Delaware law will be passed upon for us by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.

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 of Engility Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2016 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of such firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The consolidated financial statements of TASC Parent Corporation as of December 31, 2014 and for the two years ended December 31, 2014, incorporated herein by reference from Engility Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 19, 2017, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report appearing therein, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS

This prospectus incorporates by reference information from documents filed with the SEC, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents and reports listed below that have been filed by Engility Holdings, Inc. with the SEC (other than documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the SEC’s rules, including Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 (including any financial statements or exhibits relating thereto furnished pursuant to Item 9.01)):

 

   

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (the “Annual Report”), filed with the SEC on March 9, 2017;

 

   

The portion of our Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 12, 2017 that is incorporated into Part III of the Annual Report; and

 

   

Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 9, 2017, February 17, 2017, and April 19, 2017.

We also incorporate by reference the information contained in all other documents we file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than portions of these documents that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement and from the date of this prospectus until all securities have been sold to which this prospectus relates or the offering is otherwise terminated. The information contained in any such document will be considered part of this prospectus from the date the document is filed with the SEC. We make available free of charge, through the investor relations section of our website (http://www.engilitycorp.com), annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K as well as amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practical after they are filed with the SEC. You may also request free copies of these filings by telephoning us at (703) 633-8300 or writing us at the following address: Engility Holdings, Inc., 4803 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly, Virginia 20151, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

 

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You will be deemed to have notice of all information incorporated by reference in this prospectus as if that information was reproduced herein.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act with respect to the Exchange Notes being offered hereby. This prospectus, which forms a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information with respect to us or the Exchange Notes, we refer you to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other documents are not necessarily complete and in each instance, if such contract or document is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, each statement being qualified in all respects by such reference. We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and we file reports and other information with the SEC. The registration statement, such reports and other information can be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room of the SEC, located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. Copies of such materials, including copies of all or any portion of the registration statement, can be obtained from the Public Reference Room of the SEC at prescribed rates. You can call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 to obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. Such materials may also be accessed electronically by means of the SEC’s home page on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov).

While any Initial Notes remain outstanding, we will make available, upon request, to any beneficial owner and any prospective purchaser of notes the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act during any period in which we are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Any such request should be directed to: Engility Holdings, Inc., 4803 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly, Virginia 20151, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

 

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LOGO

Engility Corporation

Offers to Exchange

8.875% Senior Notes due 2024

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

                    , 2017

We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything to you other than the information contained in this prospectus. You may not rely on unauthorized information or representations.

This prospectus does not offer to sell or ask for offers to buy any of the securities in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful, where the person making the offer is not qualified to do so, or to any person who cannot legally be offered the securities.

The information in this prospectus is current only as of the date on its cover, and may change after that date. For any time after the cover date of this prospectus, we do not represent that our affairs are the same as described or that the information in this prospectus is correct, nor do we imply those things by delivering this prospectus or selling securities to you.

Until                     , 2017 (90 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in the exchange offer may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligations to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Delaware

Engility Holdings, Inc., ATAC Services, LLC, Engility LLC, Support Services Organization, LLC, TASC Services Corporation and Texeltek, LLC are all incorporated or organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that 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.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, provides that a corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, 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 such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such corporation, and, with respect to any criminal actions and proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or contemplated action or suit by or in the right of such corporation, under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

The Limited Liability Company Agreements of each of ATAC Services, LLC, Engility LLC, Support Services Organization, LLC, and Texeltek, LLC provide, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, for the indemnification of any member, manager, director, officer or employee of the companies, as applicable, from and against any and all claims and demands arising by reason of the fact that such person is, or was, a member, manager, officer, director or employee of the companies, as applicable.

The Limited Liability Company Agreements of each of ATAC Services, LLC, Engility LLC, Support Services Organization, LLC, and Texeltek, LLC provide for the indemnification of any manager, officer or director of the companies from and against any and all claims and demands arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was a manager, officer or director of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company, provided that no manager, officer or director is entitled to indemnification thereunder in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to any acts or omissions giving rise thereto.

The Bylaws and/or Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings and TASC Services Corporation provide for the indemnification of all current and former directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

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Massachusetts

Engility Corporation and Dynamics Research Corporation are each incorporated under the laws of the State of Massachusetts.

Section 2.02 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, as amended (“Massachusetts BCA”) permits a corporation to include in its articles of organization a provision eliminating the liability of a director to the corporation for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director unless the director breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized a distribution in violation of Massachusetts law or derived an improper personal benefit.

Section 8.51 of the Massachusetts BCA provides that a corporation may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if (1)(i) the individual acted in good faith, (ii) the individual reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful or (2) the individual engaged in conduct for which he or she shall not be liable under a provision of the articles of organization authorized by clause (4) of subsection (b) of section 2.02 of the Massachusetts BCA.

Section 8.52 of the Massachusetts BCA provides that to the extent that a director is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she was a party because he or she is or was a director of the corporation, the corporation must indemnify him or her against reasonable expenses.

Section 8.53 of the Massachusetts BCA provides for the advancement of defense expenses incurred by directors and officers in specified circumstances.

The restated articles of organization of Engility Corporation do not specify the extent to which the corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

The restated articles of organization of Dynamics Research Corporation provide that to the extent legally permissible the corporation shall indemnify the officers and directors (including persons who serve at its request as directors, officers or trustees of another organization, or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees incurred by such person in connection with the defense or disposition of such action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which such person may be involved or threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of such person’s having been a director or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the corporation (any person serving another organization in one or more of the indicated capacities at the request of the corporation who shall have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of such other organization to be deemed as having acted in such manner with respect to the corporation); provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided if the majority of the disinterested directors of the corporation then in office, after having received a written opinion of independent legal counsel, shall determine that such director or officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of the corporation.

The amended and restated bylaws of Engility Corporation provide that to the extent legally permissible the corporation shall indemnify the officers and directors (including persons who serve at its request as directors, officers or trustees of another organization, or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees incurred by such person in connection the defense or disposition of such action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which such person may be involved or threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of such person’s having been a director or officer, except with respect to any

 

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matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the corporation (any person serving another organization in one or more of the indicated capacities at the request of the corporation who shall have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of such other organization to be deemed as having acted in such manner with respect to the corporation); provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided if the majority of the disinterested directors of the corporation then in office, after having received a written opinion of independent legal counsel, shall determine that such director or officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of the corporation.

The second amended and restated bylaws of Dynamics Research Corporation provide that to the extent legally permissible the corporation shall indemnify the officers and directors (including persons who serve at its request as directors, officers or trustees of another organization, or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees incurred by such person in connection the defense or disposition of such action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which such person may be involved or threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of such person’s having been a director or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the corporation (any person serving another organization in one or more of the indicated capacities at the request of the corporation who shall have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of such other organization to be deemed as having acted in such manner with respect to the corporation); provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided if the majority of the disinterested directors of the corporation then in office, after having received a written opinion of independent legal counsel, shall determine that such director or officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of the corporation.

Director and Officer Insurance

The bylaws of Holdings authorize Holdings to maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of Holdings or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not Holdings would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. Holdings has obtained insurance policies insuring its directors and officers against certain liabilities.

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

2.1

  

Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2012, between L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. and Engility Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

2.2

  

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 20, 2013, by and among Dynamics Research Corporation, Engility Corporation and Engility Solutions, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on December 23, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)). ++

2.3

  

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 28, 2014, by and among TASC Parent Corporation, Toucan Merger Corporation I, Toucan Merger Corporation II, Engility Holdings, Inc., New East Holdings, Inc. and East Merger Sub, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on October 29, 2014 (File No. 001-35487)). ++

3.1

  

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Engility Holdings, Inc. dated February 26, 2015 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B, as filed with the Commission on February 27, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

3.2

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Engility Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B, as filed with the Commission on February 27, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

3.3*

  

Certificate of Formation of ATAC Services, LLC.

3.4*

  

Limited Liability Company Agreement of ATAC Services, LLC.

3.5*

  

Restated Articles of Organization of Dynamics Research Corporation, as amended.

3.6*

  

Second Amended and Restated By-laws of Dynamics Research Corporation.

3.7*

  

Restated Articles of Organization of Engility Corporation, as amended.

3.8*

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Engility Corporation.

3.9*

  

Certificate of Formation of Engility LLC.

3.10*

  

Limited Liability Company Agreement of Engility LLC.

3.11*

  

Certificate of Formation of Support Services Organization, LLC, as amended.

3.12*

  

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Support Services Organization, LLC.

3.13*

  

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TASC Services Corporation.

3.14*

  

TASC Services Corporation Amended and Restated Bylaws.

3.15*

  

Certificate of Formation of Texeltek, LLC.

3.16*

  

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Texeltek, LLC.

4.1

  

Stockholders Agreement, dated February 26, 2015 by and among Engility Holdings, Inc. and Birch Partners, L.P. and for the limited purposes set forth therein, KKR 2006 Fund L.P. and General Atlantic Partners 85, L.P., KKR Initial Investors and GA Initial Investors (as defined therein) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B, as filed with the Commission on February 27, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

4.2

  

Indenture, dated August 12, 2016, among Engility Corporation, Engility Holdings, Inc., as a guarantor, each of the guarantors named therein, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

4.3

  

Form of 8.875% Senior Note due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Annex 1 to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

4.4

  

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, by and among Engility Corporation, Engility Holdings, Inc., as a guarantor, each of the guarantors named therein and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the representative of the initial purchasers named therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

5.1*

  

Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (New York and Massachusetts law).

5.2*

  

Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (Delaware law).

10.1+

  

Master Supply Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2012, between L-3 Communication Corporation (as Seller) and Engility Corporation (as Buyer) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on November 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.2+

  

Master Supply Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2012, between L-3 Communication Corporation (as Buyer) and Engility Corporation (as Seller) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on November 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.3

  

Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2012, between Engility Corporation and L-3 Communications Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 21, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.4

  

Tax Matters Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2012, between Engility Holdings, Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 21, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.5

  

Transition Services Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2012, between Engility Corporation and L-3 Communications Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 21, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.6

  

Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, among Engility Holdings, Inc., Engility Corporation, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.7

  

Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 13, 2017, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, among Engility Holdings, Inc., Engility Corporation, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 9, 2017 (File No. 001-35487)).

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

10.8

  

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, made by Engility Holdings, Inc., Engility Corporation and the subsidiary guarantors party thereto in favor of Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as collateral agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.9†

  

Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Cash Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 28, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.10†

  

Engility Master Savings Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8, as filed with the Commission on July 17, 2012 (File No. 333-182720)).

10.11†

  

Engility Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan I (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.12†

  

Engility Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan II (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.13†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. 2012 Directors Stock Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.14†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.15†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.16†

  

Offer Letter in respect of the employment of Anthony Smeraglinolo (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Registrant’s Amendment No. 3 to Form 10, as filed with the Commission on June 19, 2012 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.17†

  

Engility Corporation 2013 Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 21, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.18†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Performance Share Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 21, 2013 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.19†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Performance Unit Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on May 12, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.20†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on May 12, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

10.21†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Directors) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on May 12, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.22†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Directors Interim Award) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on May 12, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.23†

  

Form of Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Performance Plan Performance Retention Award Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on May 12, 2015 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.24†

  

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated April 15, 2014 by and between TASC, Inc. and John P. Hynes, Jr. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 8, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.25†

  

Employment Agreement dated April 15, 2014 by and between TASC, Inc. and Wayne Rehberger (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.36 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 8, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.26†

  

Engility Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2012 Long Term Performance Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on June 2, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.27†

  

Engility Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on June 2, 2016 (File No. 001-35487)).

10.28†

  

Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Severance Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 9, 2017 (File No. 001-35487))

10.29†

  

Engility Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 9, 2017 (File No. 001-35487)).

12

  

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 12.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 9, 2017 (File No. 001-35487)).

23.1*

  

Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included as part of its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

23.2*

  

Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included as part of its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2 hereto).

23.3*

  

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.4*

  

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors to TASC Parent Corporation.

24.1

  

Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).

25.1*

  

Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

99.1*

  

Form of Letter of Transmittal.

 

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Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.2*

  

Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees.

99.3*

  

Form of Broker’s Letters to Clients.

99.4*

  

Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

*

Filed herewith.

Compensatory plan or arrangement.

+

Portions of this exhibit have been redacted and are subject to a confidential treatment request filed with the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

++

Certain schedules referenced in the Agreement and Plan of Merger have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

Item 22. Undertakings.

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(a) 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 the 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.

(b) 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.

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

(d) That, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. 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

 

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statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(e) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will each 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 registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

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

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

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

(f) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(g) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the provisions described in Item 20, 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.

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

(i) To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chantilly, State of Virginia, on April 19, 2017.

 

ENGILITY CORPORATION

(Registrant)

By:

 

/s/ Lynn A. Dugle

 

Lynn A. Dugle

 

Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas O. Miiller, Wayne M. Rehberger and Jon Brooks and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all (i) amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this registration statement and (ii) any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

 

Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Lynn A. Dugle

Lynn A. Dugle

  

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Wayne M. Rehberger

Wayne M. Rehberger

  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer); Director

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Richard B. Harkey

Richard B. Harkey

  

Vice President, Corporate Controller

and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

Thomas O. Miiller

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chantilly, State of Virginia, on April 19, 2017.

 

ENGILITY HOLDINGS, INC.

(Registrant)

By:

 

/s/ Lynn A. Dugle

 

Lynn A. Dugle

 

Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas O. Miiller, Wayne M. Rehberger and Jon Brooks and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all (i) amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this registration statement and (ii) any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

 

Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Lynn A. Dugle

Lynn A. Dugle

  

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Wayne M. Rehberger

Wayne M. Rehberger

  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Richard B. Harkey

Richard B. Harkey

  

Vice President, Corporate Controller

and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Peter A. Marino

Peter A. Marino

   Co-Chairman   April 19, 2017

/s/ David A. Savner

David A. Savner

   Co-Chairman   April 19, 2017

/s/ John W. Barter, III

John W. Barter, III

   Director   April 19, 2017

/s/ Steven A. Denning

Steven A. Denning

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Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ David M. Kerko

David M. Kerko

   Director   April 19, 2017

/s/ Darryll J. Pines

Darryll J. Pines

   Director   April 19, 2017

/s/ Anthony Principi

Anthony Principi

   Director   April 19, 2017

/s/ Charles S. Ream

Charles S. Ream

   Director   April 19, 2017

/s/ William G. Tobin

William G. Tobin

   Director   April 19, 2017


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chantilly, State of Virginia, on April 19, 2017.

 

ATAC Services, LLC

(Registrant)

By:

 

/s/ Wayne M. Rehberger

 

Wayne M. Rehberger

President & Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas O. Miiller, Wayne M. Rehberger and Jon Brooks and each of them singly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all (i) amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this registration statement and (ii) any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

 

Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Wayne M. Rehberger

Wayne M. Rehberger

  

President & Chief Financial Officer; Director

(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

Thomas O. Miiller

   Vice President and Secretary; Director   April 19, 2017


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chantilly, State of Virginia, on April 19, 2017.

 

Each of the Registrants Named on

Schedule A-1 Hereto

By:

 

/s/ Lynn A. Dugle

 

Lynn A. Dugle

Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas O. Miiller, Wayne M. Rehberger and Jon Brooks and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all (i) amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this registration statement and (ii) any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

 

Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Lynn A. Dugle

Lynn A. Dugle

  

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Wayne M. Rehberger

Wayne M. Rehberger

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Director

(Principal Financial Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Richard B. Harkey

Richard B. Harkey

  

Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 19, 2017

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

Thomas O. Miiller

   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Director   April 19, 2017


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Schedule A-1

Registrants

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrants

Dynamics Research Corporation

Engility LLC

Support Services Organization, LLC

TASC Services Corporation

 

Texeltek, LLC

EX-3.3 2 d322217dex33.htm EX-3.3 EX-3.3

Exhibit 3.3

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

ATAC SERVICES, LLC

This Certificate of Formation of ATAC Services, LLC is to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 18-201 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

 

  1. The name of the limited liability company is ATAC Services, LLC.

 

  2. The address of the registered office of the limited liability company in the State of Delaware is as follows: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name and address of the limited liability company’s registered agent for service of process in the State of Delaware are: The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801.

Dated as of this 23rd day of January, 2015.

 

/s/ Mark J. Stechschulte

Mark. J. Stechschulte, Authorized Person
EX-3.4 3 d322217dex34.htm EX-3.4 EX-3.4

Exhibit 3.4

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ATAC SERVICES, LLC

THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of ATAC Services, LLC (the “Company”) is made by the sole member of the Company (the “Member”), to be effective as of January 26, 2015 (the “Effective Date”).

ARTICLE 1

General

1.1 Formation. The Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”) on January 23, 2015, by the filing of the Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

1.2 Adoption of Certificate. The Certificate is hereby adopted by, and all actions taken by Mark J. Stechschulte, as an authorized person, in organizing the Company, including, but not limited to, the filing of such Certificate, are in all respects ratified, confirmed, adopted and approved.

1.3 Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful business activities for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Act.

1.4 Limited Liability of Member. The Member shall not be personally obligated to any third party for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a member of the Company.

ARTICLE 2

Capital Contributions

The Member may make capital contributions to the Company but shall have no duty to make any capital contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE 3

Allocations and Distributions of Company Profits

The Member shall be entitled to all allocations of Company profits and losses and to all distributions of Company profits and other Company assets. No person other than the Member shall have any right to any such allocations or distributions. It shall be within the sole and exclusive discretion of the Member to decide whether to distribute cash and other assets to the Member; provided that, the Member shall not be permitted to distribute any cash or any other assets to the Member to the extent prohibited under applicable law.

 


ARTICLE 4

Management of Business and Affairs of Company

4.1 Management of Business and Affairs. The exclusive authority to manage, control and operate the Company shall be vested collectively in the individuals, who need not be members, elected by the Member as members of the Board of Managers of the Company (the “Managers”) in accordance with this Agreement. Each Manager is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act. All powers of the Company may be exercised by or under the authority of the Managers acting collectively and not individually (the “Board of Managers”). The Board of Managers shall have full and exclusive right, power and authority to manage the affairs of the Company and make all decisions with respect thereto without the requirement of any consent or approval by the Member (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in the Act). The initial number of Managers shall be two (2), which number may be increased and decreased pursuant to this Agreement. The names of the initial Managers, who will serve until their respective successors are elected and qualify, or until their earlier resignation, removal, incapacity or death, are as follows:

Thomas O. Miiller

Michael Alber

ARTICLE 5

Company Management

5.1 Officers. The Board of Managers shall appoint or elect officers of the Company for the purpose of managing the day-to-day operations of the Company. The Board of Managers may delegate its management rights, power and authority from time to time to one or more officers or agents and may amend or terminate any such delegation. The Board of Managers may confirm the fact and terms of each such delegation and of each such amendment and termination in a writing signed by the Board of Managers. The Company will initially have a President, Vice President, Secretary and three Assistance Secretaries (the “Officers”). The Officers of the Company shall be vested with such authority as is customarily vested in such Officers of a Delaware business corporation, respectively. Without limiting the foregoing, without further authorization from the Board of Managers, the Officers (each, an “Authorized Officer”) be, and they each, acting individually or together, hereby are, authorized and empowered on behalf of the Company to enter into, and to cause the Company to perform its obligations under, any real and personal property lease agreements and any services agreements on such terms as the Authorized Officer executing any such agreement shall determine to be necessary or advisable, the execution by such Authorized Officer to be conclusive evidence of such determination. The names of the initial Officers serving the Company and the capacities in which they serve are as follows, each to serve until the earlier of his or her removal by the Board of Managers, his or her resignation or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified:

 

Craig R. Reed    President
Thomas O. Miiller    Vice President and Secretary
Jonathan B. Brooks    Assistant Secretary
Elizabeth Scott    Assistant Secretary
Mark J. Stechschulte    Assistant Secretary

 

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5.2 Indemnification of Management and Officers.

(a) The Company shall indemnify (i) its Managers and Officers to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware now or hereafter in force, including, without limitation, the advance of expenses under the procedures and to the full extent permitted by law, and (ii) other employees and agents of the Company to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Managers and is permitted by law. The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Board of Managers may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions and is expressly empowered to adopt, approve and amend from time to time such resolutions or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law. No amendment of the Certificate or this Agreement or repeal of any of the provisions thereof shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. The indemnification shall be payable solely from the assets of the Company, and no Member shall have any personal or corporate liability therefor.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.2 shall be enforced only to the maximum extent permitted by law and no Manager, Officer or other person shall be indemnified from any liability for fraud, intentional misconduct, gross negligence or a knowing violation of the law. The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, maintain insurance, at its expense, for its benefit in respect of such indemnification and for the benefit of any such person whether or not the Company would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person. The indemnification shall be payable solely from the assets of the Company, and no Member shall have any personal liability therefor.

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by Delaware statutory or decisional law, as amended or interpreted, no Manager or Officer of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or any Members for monetary damages. No amendment of the Certificate or this Agreement, or repeal of any of their respective provisions shall limit or eliminate the limitation on liability provided to Managers and Officers hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE 6

Transfers and Pledges of Interests

6.1 Transfers of Interests. The Member, in the Member’s sole discretion, may transfer (whether by sale, gift or otherwise) all or any part of its limited liability company interest in the Company to any person at any time and, unless otherwise determined by the Member, any transferee shall be automatically admitted as a member of the Company upon such transfer. The Member may make any such transfer and/or admission subject to any terms and conditions which the Member deems appropriate.

6.2 Pledges. The Member shall have exclusive and absolute discretion to pledge all or any part of the Member’s limited liability company interest in the Company to any person at any time as collateral for any debt of the Member. The Member may make any such pledge subject to any terms and conditions which the Member deems appropriate.

 

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ARTICLE 7

Accounting and Tax

7.1 Books and Records. The Company will maintain on a current basis accurate books of account.

7.2 Tax Characterization. It is the intention of the Member that the Company be disregarded solely for federal and state income tax purposes to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, and the provisions of this Agreement are to be construed so as to preserve such tax status.

7.3 Annual Accounting Period of Company. The Company’s annual accounting period for financial and tax purposes shall be each fiscal year ending December 31.

ARTICLE 8

Dissolution

8.1 Dissolution of Company. The Member may determine whether and when to dissolve the Company. Unless and until dissolved by the Member, the Company shall have perpetual existence.

8.2 Winding Up and Liquidation of Company; Distribution of Company Assets. Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Member will wind up the Company’s business and internal affairs, liquidate its assets, satisfy or make reasonable provision to satisfy any creditors of the Company and distribute any remaining assets to the Member, all in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act.

ARTICLE 9

Miscellaneous Provisions

9.1 Amendments. No amendment of this Agreement shall be valid unless it is set forth in a writing signed by the Member.

9.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Delaware.

9.3 Captions. Captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall be deemed irrelevant in construing its provisions.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed by the Member as of the date first written above.

 

SOLE MEMBER:
ENGILITY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

Name: Thomas O. Miiller
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
EX-3.5 4 d322217dex35.htm EX-3.5 EX-3.5

Exhibit 3.5

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Michael Joseph Connolly

Secretary of State

ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 02108

FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION

NO. 04-2211809

RESTATED ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 74

This certificate must be submitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth within sixty days after the date of the vote of stockholders adopting the restated articles of organization. The fee for filing this certificate is prescribed by General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 114. Make check payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

We, Albert Rand, President, and

John R.D. McClintock, Clerk of

Dynamics Research Corporation

(Name of Corporation)

located at 44 Concord Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887 do hereby certify that the following restatement of the articles of organization of the corporation was duly adopted at a meeting held on May 22, 1987, by vote of the Board of Directors.

 

1. The name by which the corporation shall be known is:

Dynamics Research Corporation

 

2. The purposes for which the corporation is formed are as follows:

 

  (a) To design and sell technical data based management systems and analysis.

 

  (b) To carry on any manufacturing, mercantile, selling, management, service or other business, operation or activity which may be lawfully carried on by a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, whether or not related to those referred to in the foregoing paragraph.

 

3. The total number of shares and the par value, if any, of each class of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue is as follows:

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

   WITH PAR VALUE  

CLASS OF STOCK

   NUMBER OF SHARES    NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  

Preferred

   -0-      5,000,000      $ .10  

Common

   -0-      15,000,000      $ .10  

 

*4. If more than one class is authorized, a description of each of the different classes of stock with, if any, the preferences, voting powers, qualifications, special or relative rights or privileges as to each class thereof and any series now established:

See Pages 4A-4B


*5. The restrictions, if any, imposed by the articles of organization upon the transfer of shares of stock of any class are as follows:

None

 

*6. Other lawful provisions, if any, for the conduct and regulation of the business and affairs of the corporation, for its voluntary dissolution, or for limiting, defining, or regulating the powers of the corporation, or of its directors or stockholders, or of any class of stockholders:

See Pages 6A-6J

 

* If there are no such provisions, state “None”.

ARTICLE 4

PROVISIONS RELATING TO CAPITAL STOCK

(1)    Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. To the extent not inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article 4, the Board of Directors is authorized to establish and designate the different series, and to fix and determine the variations and the relative rights and preferences among the different series, provided that all shares of Preferred Stock shall be identical except for variations so fixed and determined among the different series to the extent permitted by Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26, and any successor to that Section.

(2)    The preferences, voting powers, qualifications, special or relative rights or privileges of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock are as follows:

(a)    Liquidation Preference. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of this Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after provision for the payment of creditors, the holders of each series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled, before any distribution or payment is made upon any shares of Common Stock, to be paid the amount fixed by the Board of Directors in establishing such series plus (except as otherwise provided for any series of Preferred Stock) an amount equal to dividends accrued to the date of payment, and to no further payment. Except as otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors in establishing any series of Preferred Stock, in the event that the assets of this Corporation available for distribution to holders of Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit payment to such holders of such amounts, all the assets of the Corporation then remaining shall be distributed among the series of Preferred Stock ratably on the basis of the relative aggregate liquidation preferences of each series and, within each such series, ratably among the holders of the shares of such series. The aggregate amount of payments to be made to holders of Preferred Stock upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of this Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors in establishing any series at any amount and by any method up to the full amount legally available for distribution to stockholders. After payment in full has been made to all holders of Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of this Corporation may be distributed to the holders of Common Stock. The holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to participate in any such distribution to holders of Common Stock to the extent, if any, fixed for such series by the Board of Directors in establishing such series. Except as otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors in establishing any series of Preferred Stock, neither the purchase or redemption by this Corporation of shares of any class or series of its capital stock in any manner permitted by the Articles of Organization, nor the merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations, nor the sale or transfer by this Corporation of all or any part of its assets, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of this Corporation for the purposes of this Article 4.

(b)    Dividend Preference. Holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the purpose, dividends at such annual rate or rates, and no more, as are fixed for each series of Preferred Stock by the Board of Directors in establishing such series, payable in cash or in property or in shares of any series of Preferred Stock, or in shares of Common Stock, or in any combination thereof. Holders of Preferred Stock may receive in the aggregate dividends equal to the full amount of funds legally available for the payment of dividends.


Except as otherwise provided for any series of Preferred Stock by the Board of Directors in establishing such series, until all accrued dividends, if any, on all shares of Preferred Stock shall have been declared and set apart for payment, no dividend or distribution shall be made to holders of Common Stock, other than a dividend payable in Common Stock of this Corporation, nor shall any shares of Common Stock be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise retired. The holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to participate in any dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock to the extent, if any, provided for such series by the Board of Directors in establishing such series.

(c)    Voting Powers and Qualifications. Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters presented to stockholders. The holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote separately as a class, or in combination with the holders of Common Stock as a single class, to the extent (if any), and in regard to such matters and transactions (if any), as the Board of Directors may fix in establishing any such series or as may be otherwise required by law. Maters and transactions as to which the Board of Directors, in establishing any series, may fix a separate class vote of holders of Preferred Stock or any series thereof may include, without limitation, the election of a specified number or percentage of the directors, changes in this Corporation’s authorized capital stock, amendments to this Corporation’s Articles of Organization or Bylaws, mergers, a sale of substantially all of the assets of this Corporation, and dissolution of this Corporation. The Board of Directors may fix in establishing any series of Preferred Stock the percentage of votes required to approve any matter or transaction requiring a separate vote of the Preferred Stock or any series thereof. As to matters and transactions as to which the Preferred Stock is entitled to vote in combination with holders of Common Stock as a single class, the Board of Directors, in establishing any such series, may specify that the voting power of each share of such series may be greater or less than the voting power of each share of Common Stock, provided that Preferred Stock shall have no more than ten votes per share, or such greater number as is equivalent to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Preferred Stock are convertible.

(d)    Additional Special or Relative Rights or Privileges. Holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall enjoy such additional special or relative rights or privileges vis-à-vis the holders of Common Stock as the Board of Directors (subject to the limitations imposed by this Article 4) may fix in establishing such series, including, without limitation, rights of redemption, sinking or purchase fund provisions and conversion rights.

ARTICLE 6

OTHER LAWFUL PROVISIONS

 

6A. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

The stockholder vote required to approve Business Combinations shall be as set forth in this Section A of this Article 6. (Capitalized terms used in this Section A have the meanings defined in this Section.)

(1)    Higher Vote For Business Combinations.

(a)    In addition to any affirmative vote required by law or otherwise by the Articles of Organization, and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section A, the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 80 percent of the outstanding shares of each class or series of stock of this Corporation, then entitled to vote in the election of directors (“Voting Stock”) shall be required in order to authorize any of the following:

(i)    any merger or consolidation of this Corporation or any Subsidiary with or into a Related Person or any Person which is, or after the merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate or Associate of a Related Person;

(ii)    any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition (including, without limitation, a mortgage, or any other security device), in one transaction, or a series of transactions of assets of this Corporation (including without limitation any voting securities of a Subsidiary) or of a Subsidiary having in the aggregate a Fair Market Value of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the assets of this Corporation as shown on its most recent quarterly or annual balance sheet (“Assets”) to a Related Person or to an Affiliate or Associate of a Related person;


(iii)    any merger or consolidation of a Related Person or any person which is, or after the merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate or Associate of a Related Person with or into this Corporation or a Subsidiary;

(iv)    any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition (including, without limitation, a mortgage, or any other security device), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of any assets of a Related Person, or of an Affiliate or Associate of a Related Person, having in the aggregate a Fair Market Value of fifteen percent (15%) or more of Assets to this Corporation or a Subsidiary;

(v)    any issuance, in one transaction or a series of transactions, by this Corporation or a Subsidiary of any securities of this Corporation or a Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value of fifteen percent (15%) or more Assets to a Related Person or to an Affiliate of Associate of a Related Person;

(vi)    the acquisition, in one transaction or a series of transactions, by this Corporation or a Subsidiary of this Corporation of any securities of a Related Person, or of an Affiliate or Associate of a Related Person, having an aggregate Fair Market Value of fifteen percent (15%) or more of Assets;

(vii)    the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of this Corporation proposed by or on behalf of a Related Person or any Affiliate or Associate of any Related Person; or

(viii)    any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of this Corporation (other than a redemption in accordance with the terms of the security redeemed), or any merger or consolidation of this Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving a Related Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class or series of equity or convertible securities of this Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by or issuable to any Related Person or any Affiliate or Associate of Related Person;

(ix)    any transaction (including a merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or into a Subsidiary) occurring at a time when a Related Person exists in which the proportionate interests of the stockholders of this Corporation in the assets of this Corporation are unchanged but as a result of which the provisions of this Section A or substantially equivalent provisions would thereafter cease to be in effect; and

(x)    any agreement, contract or other arrangement providing for any of the transactions described in subparagraphs (i) through (ix) above.

(b)    Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser percentage vote may be specified, by any other section of the Articles of Organization, any provision of law, any agreement with any federal regulatory agency or national securities exchange or otherwise.

(c)    The term “Business Combination” as used in this Section A shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of subparagraphs (i) through (x) of Part 1(a) of this Section A.

(2)    When Higher Vote Is Not Required. The provisions of Part 1 of this Section A shall not be applicable to any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any provision of the Articles of Organization other than this Section A, if all of the conditions specified in any one of the following paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) are met:

(a)    Approval in Advance by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then holding office (1) have expressly approved in advance either the


acquisition of outstanding shares of Voting Stock, or the issue or sale by this Corporation of shares of Voting Stock, that caused the Related Person to become a Related Person and (2) in advance of such acquisition or issue or sale, have expressly determined that the 80 percent voting requirement of Part 1 of this Section A shall not be applicable to Business Combinations with such Related Person.

(b)    Approval by Continuing Directors. The Business Combination is approved by two-thirds of the Continuing Directors holding office at the time of such approval.

(c)    Price and Procedure Requirements. All the following conditions are met:

(i)    The aggregate Fair Market Value, as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, of the consideration to be received per share by holders of Common Stock in such Business Combination is at least equal to the highest amount determined under sub-clauses (A), (B) and (C) below:

(A)    the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees and with appropriate adjustments for recapitalizations and for stock splits, stock dividends and like distributions, such distributions to be valued as of the distribution date) paid by the Related Person for any share of Common Stock acquired by it (1) within the six-month period immediately prior to the earlier of the Business Combination or the first public announcement of either (a) the proposal of the Business Combination, or (b) a tender or exchange offer which, if successful, would result in a Person together with its Affiliates and Associates owning 50% or more of the Voting Stock (the “Announcement Date”) or (2) in the transaction in which it became a Related Person; or

(B)    the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the Announcement Date or on the date (the “Determination Date”) on which the Related Person became a Related person, whichever is higher; or

(C)    the price per share equal to the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock determined pursuant to subparagraph (i)(B) above, multiplied by the ration of (1) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees and with appropriate adjustments for recapitalizations and for stock splits, stock dividends and like distributions, such distributions to be valued as of the distribution date) paid by the Related Person for any shares of Common Stock acquired by it within the six-month period immediately prior to the earlier of the Business Combination or the Announcement Date to (2) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the first day in such six-month period on which the Related Person acquired any shares of Common Stock.

(ii)    The aggregate Fair Market Value, as of the date of consummation of the Business Combination, of the consideration to be received per share by holders of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock other than Common Stock is at least equal to the highest amount determined under subclauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) below (it being intended that the requirements of this paragraph shall be required to be met with respect to every such class or series of Voting Stock, whether or not the Related Person has previously acquired any shares or a particular class or series of Voting Stock):

(A)    the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees and with appropriate adjustments for recapitalizations and for stock splits, stock dividends and like distributions, such distributions to be valued as of the distribution date) paid by the Related Person for any shares of such class or series of Voting Stock required by it (1) within the six-month period immediately prior to the earlier of the Business Combination or the Announcement date and (2) in the transaction in which it became a Related Person; or

(B)    the highest preferential amount per share to which the holders of shares of such class or series of Voting Stock would be entitled in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of this Corporation regardless of whether the Business Combination to be consummated constitutes such an event; or


(C)    the Fair Market Value per share of such class or series of Voting Stock on the Announcement Date or on the Determination Date, whichever is higher, or

(D)    the price per share equal to the Fair Market Value per share of such class or series of Voting Stock determined pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii)(C) above, multiplied by the ratio of (1) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees and with appropriate adjustments for recapitalizations and for stock splits, stock dividends and like distributions, such distributions to be valued as of the distribution date) paid by the Related Person for any shares of such class or series of Voting Stock acquired by it within the six-month period immediately prior to the earlier of the Business Combination or the Announcement Date to (2) the Fair Market Value per share of such class or series of Voting Stock on the first day in such six-month period upon which the Related Person acquired any shares of such class or series of Voting Stock.

(iii)    The consideration to be received by holders of a particular class or series of Voting Stock (including Common Stock) shall be in cash or in the same form as the Related Person has previously paid for shares of such class or series of Voting Stock. If the Related Person has paid for shares of any class or series of Voting Stock with varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for such class or series of Voting Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the largest number of shares of such class or series of Voting Stock previously acquired by the Related Person.

(iv)    After such Related Person has become a Related Person and prior to the consummation of such Business Combination: (A) except as approved by two-thirds of the Continuing Directors, there shall have been no failure to declare and pay in full at the regular date therefor any dividends (whether or not cumulative) on any outstanding Preferred Stock: (B) there shall have been (1) no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock (except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the Common Stock), except as approved by two-thirds of the Continuing Directors, and (2) an increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect any reclassification (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization, reorganization or any similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of the Common Stock, unless the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved in advance by two-thirds of the Continuing Directors holding office at the time of such approval; and (C) such Related Person shall not have become the “owner” (as that term is defined below) of any additional shares of Voting Stock except as part of the transaction which results in such Related Person becoming a Related Person.

(v)    After such Related Person has become a Related Person, such Related Person shall not have received the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided by this Corporation or a Subsidiary, whether in anticipation of or in connection with such Business Combination or otherwise.

(vi)    A proxy or information statement describing the proposed Business Combination and complying with the disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder (or any subsequent provisions replacing the 1934 Act or such rules or regulations, and provided that no such proxy or information statement need be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other administrative agency enforcing the 1934 Act unless otherwise required by law) shall be mailed to stockholders of this Corporation at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination (whether or not such proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant to the 1934 Act or subsequent provisions).

(3)    Certain Definitions. For the purpose of this Section A the following definitions apply:

(a)    “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, trust or other entity.


(b)    “Related Person” shall mean any Person that together with its Affiliates and Associates owns in the aggregate 10 percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class or series of Voting Stock, and any Affiliate or Associate of any such Related Person; provided that “Related Person” shall not include (1) this Corporation or any Subsidiary, (2) any trustee holding stock for the benefit of employees of this Corporation or any Subsidiary pursuant to any employee benefit plan, employee stock ownership plan or similar arrangement or (3) any Person that together with its Affiliates or Associates owned in the aggregate 5 percent or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of this Corporation on December 31, 1986.

(c)    A Person shall be deemed to “own”, and to be the “owner” of, any shares of Voting Stock:

(i)    of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates would be the beneficial owner as such term is defined under Section 16 of the 1934 Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder, as in effect on April 1, 1987; or

(ii)    of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates would be the beneficial owner, as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder, as in effect on April 1, 1987; or

(iii)    which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately, after the passage of time or upon the occurrence of a specified event) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; or

(iv)    which are owned by any other Person with which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of Voting Stock.

(d)    “Fair Market Value” shall mean (1) in the case of stock, the closing sale price on the day immediately preceding the date of the consummation of the Business Combination of a share of such stock on the Composite Tape for New York Stock Exchange-Listed Stocks, or, if such stock is not quoted on the Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such stock is not listed on such Exchange, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the 1934 Act on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange, or national market system for securities established pursuant to Section 11A of the 1934 Act, or if such stock is not listed on any such exchange or national market system, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to a share of such stock during the 3-day period preceding the date in question on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or any system then in use, or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such stock as determined in good faith by two-thirds of the Continuing Directors holding office at the time of such determination or (2) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined in good faith by two-thirds of the Continuing Directors holding office at the time of such determination.

(e)    For the purpose of determining whether a person is a Related Person pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Part 3, the shares of Voting Stock deemed owned through application of paragraph (c) of this Part 3 shall be deemed to be outstanding and shall be included in Voting Stock, but the shares of Voting Stock outstanding shall not include any other shares of capital stock which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

(f)    “Affiliate” or “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act, as in effect on April 1, 1987.

(g)    “Subsidiary” means any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by this Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Related Person set forth in paragraph (b) of this Part 3, the term “Subsidiary” shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by this Corporation.


(h)    “Continuing Director” means any member of the Board of Directors, (the “Board”) of this Corporation who (1) with respect to any proposed Business Combination, is not an Affiliate or an Associate of any Related Person involved (other than proportionately as a stockholder) in the Business Combination and (2)(A) was a member of the Board on April 1, 1987, or (B) was a member of the Board immediately prior to the time that any such Related Person became a Related Person (or, if the proposed Business Combination involves more than one such Related Person, immediately prior to the time the first such Related Person to become a Related Person became a Related Person), or (C) was nominated for or elected to his or her initial term of office by a vote of the directors that included the votes of two-thirds of the directors holding office at the time of such nomination or election who are Continuing Directors with respect to the proposed Business Combination.

(i)    With respect to a Business Combination that is a merger or consolidation in which this Corporation is the survivor, for purposes of paragraphs (c)(i), and (c)(ii) of Part 2 of this Section A, the term “consideration to be received” shall include, without limitation, shares of Voting Stock retained by the holders of such shares.

(4)    Amendments affecting this Section A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Organization of the Bylaws of this Corporation (and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be specified by law), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 50% of each class and series of Voting Stock shall be required to alter, amend, adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal this Section A or any portion thereof.

 

6B. EXCULPATION

A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that exculpation from liability is not permitted under the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law as in effect at the time of such breach. No amendment or repeal of this Article 6B shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

6C. INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall, to the extent legally permissible, indemnify each of its directors and officers (including persons who serve at its request as directors, officers or trustees of another organization, or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties and counsel fees, incurred by such person in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which such person may be involved or with which such person may be threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of such person’s being or having been such a director or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of this Corporation (any person serving another organization in one or more of the indicated capacities at the request of this Corporation who shall have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of such other organization to be deemed as having acted in such manner with respect to this Corporation) or, to the extent that such matter relates to service with respect to any employee benefit plan, in the best interest of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan; provided, however, no indemnification shall be provided if a majority of the disinterested directors of this Corporation then in office, after having received a written opinion of independent legal counsel, shall determine that such director or officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of this Corporation. Expenses, including counsel fees, incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or disposition of any such action, suit or other proceeding shall be paid from time to time by this Corporation in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or officer to repay the amounts so paid to this Corporation if it is ultimately determined that indemnification for such expenses is not authorized under this section. The foregoing shall not require this Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding initiated by or on behalf of such person.

The right of indemnification hereby provided shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any director or officer may be entitled. As used in this section, the terms “director” and “officer” include the relevant individual’s heirs, executors and administrators, and an “interested” director or officer is one against whom


in such capacity the proceedings in question or another proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then pending. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel other than directors and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

 

6D. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

(1)    This Corporation may carry on any business, operation or activity referred to in Article 2 to the same extent as might an individual, whether as principal, agent, contractor or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction or a joint venture or other arrangement with any corporation, association, trust, firm or individual.

(2)    This Corporation may carry on any business, operation or activity through a wholly or partly owned subsidiary.

(3)    This Corporation may be a partner in any business enterprise which it would have power to conduct by itself.

(4)    The directors may make, amend or repeal the bylaws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by law or the bylaws requires action by the stockholders.

(5)    Meetings of the stockholders may be held anywhere in the United States.

(6)    Except as otherwise provided by law, no stockholder shall have any right to examine any property or any books, accounts or other writings of this Corporation if there is reasonable ground for belief that such examination will for any reason be adverse to the interests of this Corporation, and a vote of the directors refusing permission to make such examination and setting forth that in the opinion of the directors such examination would be adverse to the interests of this Corporation shall be prima facie evidence that such examination would be adverse to the interests of this Corporation. Every such examination shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the directors may establish in regard thereto.

(7)    The directors may specify the manner in which the accounts of this Corporation shall be kept and may determine what constitutes net earnings, profits and surplus, what amounts, if any, shall be reserved for any corporate purpose, and what amounts, if any, shall be declared as dividends. Unless the board of directors otherwise specifies, the excess of the consideration for any share of its capital stock with par value issued by it over such par value shall be surplus. The board of directors may allocate to capital stock less than all of the consideration for any share of its capital stock without par value issued by it, in which case the balance of such consideration shall be surplus. All surplus shall be available for any corporate purpose, including the payment of dividends.

(8)    The purchase of other acquisition or retention by this Corporation of shares of its own capital stock shall not be deemed a reduction of its capital stock. Upon any reduction of capital or capital stock, no stockholder shall have any right to demand any distribution from this Corporation, except as and to the extent that the stockholders shall have provided at the time of authorizing such reduction.

(9)    The directors shall have the power to fix from time to time their compensation. No person shall be disqualified from holding any office by reason of any interest. In the absence of fraud, any director, officer or stockholder of this Corporation individually, or any individual having any interest in any concern which is a stockholder of this Corporation, or any concern in which any of such directors, officers, stockholders or individuals has any interest, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract, transaction or other act of this Corporation, and

(a)    such contract, transaction or act shall not be in any way invalidated or otherwise affected by that fact;

(b)    no such director, officer, stockholder or individual shall be liable to account to this Corporation for any profit or benefit realized through any such contract, transaction or act; and


(c)    any such director of this Corporation may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the directors or of any committee thereof which shall authorize any such contract, transaction or act, and may vote to authorize the same;

provided, however, that any contract, transaction or act in which any director or officer of this Corporation is so interested individually or as a director, officer, trustee or member of any concern which is not a subsidiary or affiliate of this Corporation, or in which any directors or officers are so interested as holders, collectively, of a majority of shares of capital stock or other beneficial interest at the time outstanding in any concern which is not a subsidiary or affiliate of this Corporation, shall be duly authorized or ratified by a majority of the directors who are not so interested, to whom the nature of such interest has been disclosed and who have made any findings required by law;

the term “interest” including personal interest and interest as a director, officer, stockholder, shareholder, trustee, member or beneficiary of any concern;

the term “concern” meaning any corporation, association, trust, partnership, firm, person or other entity other than this Corporation; and

the phrase “subsidiary or affiliate” meaning a concern in which a majority of the directors, trustees, partners or controlling persons is elected or appointed by the directors of this Corporation, or is constituted of the directors or officers of this Corporation.

To the extent permitted by law, the authorizing or ratifying vote of the holders of shares representing a majority of the votes of the capital stock of this Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors at any annual meeting or a special meeting duly called for the purpose (whether such vote is passed before or after judgment rendered in a suit with respect to such contract, transaction or act) shall validate any contract, transaction or act of this Corporation, or of the board of directors or any committee thereof, with regard to all stockholders of this Corporation, whether or not of record at the time of such vote, and with regard to all creditors and other claimants under this Corporation, provided, however, that

(i)    with respect to the authorization or ratification of contracts, transactions or acts in which any of the directors, officers or stockholders of this Corporation have an interest, the nature of such contracts, transactions or acts and the interest of any director, officer or stockholder therein shall be summarized in the notice of any such annual or special meeting, or in a statement or letter accompanying such notice, and shall be fully disclosed at any such meeting;

(ii)    stockholders so voting shall have made any findings required by law;

(iii)    stockholders so interested may vote at any such meeting except as to the extent otherwise provided by law; and

(iv)    any failure of the stockholders to authorize or ratify such contract, transaction or act shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive this Corporation, its directors, officers or employees of its or their right to proceed with or enforce such contract, transaction or act.

If this Corporation has more than one class or series of capital stock outstanding, the vote required by this paragraph shall be governed by the provisions of the Articles of Organization applicable to such classes or series.

No contract, transaction or act shall be avoided by reason of any provision of this Section D(9) which would be valid but for such provision or provisions.

(10)    This Corporation shall have all the powers granted to corporations by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provided that no such power shall include any activity inconsistent with the Business Corporation Law or the general laws of said Commonwealth.


“We further certify that the foregoing restated articles of organization effect no amendments to the articles of organization of the corporation as heretofore amended, except amendments to the following articles                                                                                                                                                                                                             

(If there are no such amendments, state “None”.)

Briefly describe amendments in space below:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, we have hereto signed our names this 22nd day of May in the year 1987

 

/s/ Albert Rand

   President

/s/ John R.D. McClintock

   Clerk


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

OFFICE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY

ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 02108

FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION

NO. 04-2211809

CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHING

A SERIES OF A CLASS OF STOCK

General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26

We, Albert Rand, President, and

John R.D. McClintock, Clerk of

DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

(Name of Corporation)

located at 60 Concord Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887 do hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held on July 14, 1988, the following vote establishing and designating a series of a class of stock and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was duly adopted:

See Rider A


RIDER A

VOTED: That pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Articles of Organization, as amended, a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation be and it hereby is created, and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Stock”) and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 1,500,000.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

(A)    Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash to holders of record on the 15th day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $.25 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, 10 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 10 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Stock.

(B)    The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 2 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of or subdivision with respect to Common Stock); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $.25 per share on the Series A Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

(C)    Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.


Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, each share of Series A Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 10 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(B)    Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Articles of Organization, or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

(C)

(i)    If at the time of any annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors a default in preferred dividends (as hereinafter defined) shall exist, the holders of shares of Preferred Stock voting separately as a class without regard to series (with each share of Preferred Stock being entitled to that number of votes to which it is entitled on matters submitted to stockholders generally, or, if it is not entitled to vote with respect to such matters, to one vote), shall have the right to elect two members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote in the election of the two directors so to be elected by the holders of shares of Preferred Stock. Any director elected by the holders of shares of Preferred Stock, voting as a class as aforesaid, shall continue to serve as such director for the full term for which he shall have been elected notwithstanding that prior to the end of such term a default in preferred dividends shall cease to exist. If, prior to the end of the term of any director elected by the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting as a class as aforesaid, a vacancy in the office of such director shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal or disability, or for any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided in the By-laws of the Corporation, provided that, if the By-laws provide that such vacancy shall be filled by election by the stockholders at a meeting thereof, the right to fill such vacancy shall be vested in the holders of Preferred Stock, voting as a class as aforesaid, unless, in any such case, no default in preferred dividends shall exist at the time of such election.

(ii)    For the purposes of paragraph (C)(i) of this Section 3, a default in preferred dividends shall be deemed to have occurred whenever the amount of dividends in arrears upon any series of Preferred Stock shall be equivalent to six full quarterly dividends or more and, having so occurred, such default in preferred dividends shall be deemed to exist thereafter until all accrued dividends on all shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been paid to the end of the last preceding quarterly dividend period. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent an amendment of the By-laws of the Corporation, in the manner therein provided, which shall increase the number of directors so as to provide as additional places on the Board of Directors either or both the directorships to be filled by the two directors so to be elected by the holders of the Preferred Stock or to prevent any other change in the number of directors of the Corporation.

(D)    Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

Section 4. Certain Restrictions

(A)    Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not

(i)    declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Stock;


(ii)    declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii)    redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Stock; or

(iv)    purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(B)    The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(A)    Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Stock shall have received $10.00 per share plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock (which term shall include, for the purposes only of this Section 6, any series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Common Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 10 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in Section 8 hereof to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock; such number in clause (ii), the “Adjustment Number”). In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock. Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to one (1) with respect to such Series A Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.


(B)    In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of Preferred Stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series A Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series A Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof) equal to 10 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.

Section 8. Certain Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the amounts set forth in Sections 2(A), 3(A), 6(A) and 7 hereof with respect to the multiple of (i) cash and non-cash dividends, (ii) votes, (iii) the Series A Liquidation Preference and (iv) an aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or other property referred to in Section 7 hereof, shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 9. Ranking. The Series A Stock shall rank pari passu with (or if determined by the Board of Directors in any vote establishing any other series of Preferred Stock, either senior and preferred to or junior and subordinate to as the case may be) each other Series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation with respect to dividends and/or preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Section 10. Redemption. The shares of Series A Stock may be redeemed by the Corporation at such times and on such terms as may be agreed to between the Corporation and the redeeming stockholder, subject to any limitations which may be imposed by law or the Articles of Organization, as amended, of the Corporation.

Section 11. Amendment. The Articles of Organization, as amended, of the Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Stock, voting together as a single class.

Section 12. Fractional Shares. Series A Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Stock.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, we have hereto signed our names this 14th day of July in the year 1988.

 

/s/ Albert Rand

   President

/s/ John R.D. McClintock

   Clerk


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS

ESTABLISHING A CLASS OR SERIES OF STOCK

(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26)

We, Albert Rand, President, and

and David C. Proctor, Assistant Clerk

of

DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

(Exact name of Corporation)

located at 60 Concord Street, Andover, MA 01810-5498

(Street Address of corporation in Massachusetts)

do hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held on February 17, 1998, the following vote establishing and designating a series of a class of stock and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was duly adopted:

See attached Exhibit A


DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

Certificate of Vote of Directors Establishing A Class or Series of Stock

EXHIBIT A

VOTED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, a series of preferred stock of the Corporation be and it hereby is created, and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series B Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Stock”) and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 3,000,000. The number of shares of Series B Stock may be increased or decreased by a vote duly adopted by the Board of Directors, but may not be decreased below the number of shares of Series B Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon conversion of any outstanding securities convertible into Series B Stock.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

(a)    Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of preferred stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series B Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series B Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series B Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, 10 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 10 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series B Stock.

(b)    The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series B Stock as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of or a subdivision with respect to Common Stock); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series B Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

(c)    Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series B Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series B Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series B Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.


Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series B Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a)    Subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, each share of Series B Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b)    Except as otherwise provided herein or required by applicable law, the holders of shares of Series B Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of’ stockholders of the Corporation.

(c)    Except as set forth herein or required by applicable law, holders of Series B Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

Section 4. Certain Restrictions

(a)    Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series B Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series B Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i)    declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Stock;

(ii)    declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series B Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock (A) in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series B Stock or (B) in accordance with subparagraph (iv) of this Section 4(a); or

(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series B Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of the outstanding shares of such stock upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(b)    The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.


Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series B Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of preferred stock to be created by vote or votes of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

Section 6. Liquidation. Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a)    Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior (upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series B Stock shall have received $10.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such distribution (the “Series B Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series B Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock (which term shall include, for the purposes only of this Section 6, any series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Common Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Series B Liquidation Preference by 10 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in Section 8 hereof to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock; such number in this clause (ii), as the same may be adjusted from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Adjustment Number”. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then any remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock. Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series B Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of shares of Series B Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of any remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to one (1) with respect to such Series B Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.

(b)    In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series B Stock, then any remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series B Stock and the holders of such parity stock in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.

(c)    None of the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other entity, the sale of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or the distribution to the stockholders of the Corporation of all or substantially all of the consideration for such sale, unless such consideration (apart from the assumption of liabilities) or the net proceeds thereof consists substantially entirely of cash, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of this Section 6.

(d)    Each share of Series B Stock shall stand on a parity with each other share of Series B Stock or any other series of the same class of preferred stock upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or distribution of assets or winding up of the Corporation.

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the outstanding shares of Series B Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof) equal to 10 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.


Section 8. Certain Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the amounts set forth in Sections 2(a) and (b), 3(a), 6(a) and 7 hereof with respect to the multiple of cash and non-cash dividends, votes, the Series B Liquidation Preference and an aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or other property referred to in Section 7 hereof, shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 9. Ranking. The Series B Stock shall rank pari passu with (or if determined by the Board of Directors in any vote establishing any other series of preferred stock, either senior and prior in preference to, or junior and subordinate to, as the case may be) each other series of preferred stock with respect to dividends and/or preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Section 10. Redemption. The shares of Series B Stock may be purchased by the Corporation at such times and on such terms as may be agreed to between the Corporation and the redeeming stockholder, subject to any limitations which may be imposed by law or the Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended.

Section 11. Amendment. The Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended, shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series B Stock, voting together as a single class.

Section 12. Fractional Shares. Series B Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Stock.

SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 19th day of February, 1998.

 

/s/ Albert Rand                                     ,    President
Albert Rand   
/s/ David C. Proctor                            ,    Assistant Clerk
David C. Proctor   


FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION

NO. 042211809

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)

We, Albert Rand, President and John L. Wilkinson, Clerk of Dynamic Research Corporation, located at 60 Frontage Road, Andover, Massachusetts 01810, certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered: 3 of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on April 28, 1998, by vote of: 5,407,190 shares of Common Stock of 6,322,521 shares outstanding, being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

To change the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type, class or series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the following:

The total presently authorized is:

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS

   WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES    TYPE    NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  

Common

   N/A    Common      15,000,000      $ .10  

Preferred:

   N/A    Preferred:      5,000,000      $ .10  

Change the total authorized to:

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS

   WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES    TYPE    NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  

Common

   N/A    Common      30,000,000      $ .10  

Preferred:

   N/A    Preferred:      5,000,000      $ .10  

 

Voted: That Article 3 of the Articles of Organization of this Corporation is hereby amended to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value, of the Corporation from 15,000,000 to 30,000,000.

The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6 unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing, in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date.

Later effective date:                     

SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 11th day of May, 1998,

 

/s/ Albert Rand

   *President

/s/ John L. Wilkinson

   *Clerk


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS

ESTABLISHING A CLASS OR SERIES OF STOCK

(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26)

We, Albert Rand, President, and David Proctor, Assistant Clerk, of DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION, located at 60 Frontage Road, Andover, MA 01810-5498, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held on February 17, 1998, the following vote establishing and designating a class or series of stock and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was duly adopted:

Please see the attached Exhibit A


DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

Certificate of Vote of Directors Establishing A Class or Series of Stock

EXHIBIT A

VOTED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, a series of preferred stock of the Corporation be and it hereby is created, and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and’ relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series. And the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series B Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Stock”) and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 3,000,000. The number of shares of Series B Stock may be increased or decreased by a vote duly adopted by the Board of Directors, but may not be decreased below the number of shares of Series B Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon conversion of any outstanding securities convertible into Series B Stock.

Section 2. Dividends and Distribution.

(a)    Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of preferred stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series B Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series B Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series B Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, 10 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 10 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series B Stock.

 

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(b)    The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series B Stock as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of or a subdivision with respect to Common Stock); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series B Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

(c)    Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series B Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series B Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series B Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series B Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a)    Subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, each share of Series B Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b)    Except as otherwise provided herein or required by applicable law, the holders of shares of Series B Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of’ stockholders of the Corporation.

(c)    Except as set forth herein or required by applicable law, holders of Series B Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

 

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Section 4. Certain Restrictions

(a)    Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series B Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series B Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i)    declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Stock;

(ii)    declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series B Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii)     redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock (A) in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series B Stock or (B) in accordance with subparagraph (iv) of this Section 4(a); or

(iv)     redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series B Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of the outstanding shares of such stock upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(b)    The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

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Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series B Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of preferred stock to be created by vote or votes of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a)    Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior (upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series B Stock shall have received $10.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such distribution (the “Series B Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series B Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock (which term shall include, for the purposes only of this Section 6, any series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Common Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Series B Liquidation Preference by 10 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in Section 8 hereof to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock; such number in this clause (ii), as the same may be adjusted from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Adjustment Number”. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then any remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock. Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series B Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of shares of Series B Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of any remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to one (1) with respect to such Series B Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.

(b)    In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series B Stock, then any remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series B Stock and the holders of such parity stock in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences,

 

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(c)    None of the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other entity, the sale of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or the distribution to the stockholders of the Corporation of all or substantially all of the consideration for such sale, unless such consideration (apart from the assumption of liabilities) or the net proceeds thereof consists substantially entirely of cash, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of this Section 6.

(d)    Each share of Series B Stock shall stand on a parity with each other share of Series B Stock or any other series of the same class of preferred stock upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or distribution of assets or winding up of the Corporation.

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the outstanding shares of Series B Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof) equal to 10 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.

Section 8. Certain Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the amounts set forth in Sections 2(a) and (b), 3(a), 6(a) and 7 hereof with respect to the multiple of cash and non-cash dividends, votes, the Series B Liquidation Preference and an aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or other property referred to in Section 7 hereof, shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 9. Ranking. The Series B Stock shall rank pari passu) with (or if determined by the Board of Directors in any vote establishing any other series of preferred stock, either senior and prior in preference to, or junior and subordinate to, as the case may be) each other series of preferred stock with respect to dividends and/or preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Section 10. Redemption. The shares of Series B Stock may be purchased by the Corporation at such times and on such terms as may be agreed to between the Corporation and the redeeming stockholder, subject to any limitations which may be imposed by law or the Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended.

 

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Section 11. Amendment. The Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended, shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series B Stock, voting together as a single class.

Section 12. Fractional Shares. Series B Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Stock.

 

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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 10th day of August, 1998,

 

/s/ Albert Rand                                ,   President
Albert Rand  
/s/ David Proctor                                ,   Assistant Clerk
David Proctor  


FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION

NO. 04-2211809

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS

ESTABLISHING A CLASS OR SERIES OF STOCK

(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26)

We, Albert Rand, President, and John Wilkinson, Clerk, of DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION, located at 60 Frontage Road, Andover, MA 01810-5498, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held on September 10, 1998, the following vote establishing and designating a class or series of stock and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was duly adopted: The directors wish to amend the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 26, as no shares of the Series B Preferred Stock have been issued at this time.

VOTED: That pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, the voting powers of the Series B Preferred Stock of the Corporation be and they hereby are amended as follows:

Section 3(a) shall be amended to read in its entirety follows:

“Each share of Series B Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.”

Section 8 shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

Certain Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the amounts set forth in Sections 2(a) and (b), 6(a) and 7 hereof with respect to the multiple of cash and non-cash dividends, the Series B Liquidation Preference and an aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or other property referred to in Section 7 hereof, shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.”


SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 10th day of September, 1998,

 

/s/Albert Rand                                                 ,    President
Albert Rand   
/s/John Wilkinson                                           ,    Clerk
John Wilkinson   


FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION

NO. 04-2211809

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)

We, James P. Regan, President, and David Proctor, Assistant Clerk, of DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION, located at 60 Frontage Road, Andover, MA 01810, certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered: Article 4, Paragraph 2(c) of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on April 25, 2000, by vote of: 3,868,700 shares of Common Stock of 7,582,724 shares outstanding, being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon:


To change the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type, class or series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the following:

The total presently authorized is:            NA

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS

   WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES    TYPE    NUMBER OF SHARES,_      PAR VALUE  

Common:

      Common:      

Preferred:

      Preferred:      

Change the total authorized to:              NA

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS

   WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES    TYPE    NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  

Common:

      Common:      

Preferred:

      Preferred:      

SEE ATTACHED RIDER


RIDER

Article 4, Paragraph 2(c) shall be amended to read as follows:

(c) Voting Powers and Qualifications. Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters presented to stockholders. The holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote separately as a class, or in combination with the holders of Common Stock as a single class, to the extent (if any), and in regard to such matters and transactions (if any), as the Board of Directors may fix in establishing any such series or as may be otherwise required by law. Matters and transactions as to which the Board of Directors, in establishing any series, may fix a separate class vote of holders of Preferred Stock or any series thereof may include, without limitation, the election of a specified number or percentage of the directors, changes in this Corporation’s authorized capital stock, amendments to this Corporation’s Articles of Organization or Bylaws, mergers, a sale of substantially all of the assets of this Corporation, and dissolution of this Corporation. The Board of Directors may fix in establishing any series of Preferred Stock the percentage of votes required to approve any matter or transaction requiring a separate vote of the Preferred Stock or any series thereof. As to matters and transactions as to which the Preferred Stock is entitled to vote in combination with holders of Common Stock as a single class, the Board of Directors, in establishing any such series, may specify that the voting power of each share of such series may be greater or less than the voting power of each share of Common Stock.


The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6 unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing, in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date

Later Effective date:                     

SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 27th day of September, 2000,

 

/s/ James P. Regan                            ,    President
/s/ David Proctor                                ,    Assistant Clerk


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

ARTICLES OF MERGER

Domestic Corporation Involving Foreign Corporation or Foreign Other Entity

(General Laws, Chapter 156D, Section 11.06, 950 CMR 113.37)

Exact name, jurisdiction and date of organization of each party to the merger:

 

(1)EXACT NAME    (2) JURISDICTION    DATE OF ORGANIZATION
Dynamics Research Corporation    Massachusetts    May 27, 1955
Impact Innovations Group, LLC    Delaware    December 2, 1999

(3) The foreign Corporation or other entity is not authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth.

(4) Exact name of the surviving entity Dynamics Research Corporation

(5) The jurisdiction under the laws of which the surviving entity will be organized Massachusetts

(6) The merger shall be effective at the time and on the date approved by the Division unless a later effective date not more than 90 days from the date and time of filing is specified December 31, 2004

For each domestic corporation that is a party to the merger

(Please check the appropriate box)

(7) ☐ The plan of merger was duly approved by the shareholders and, if voting by any separate voting group was required, by each separate voting group, in the manner required by G.L. Chapter 156D and the corporation’s articles of organization.

OR

(8) ☒ The plan of merger did not require the approval of the shareholders

(9) Participation of each other domestic entity foreign corporation, or foreign other entity was duly authorized by the law under which the other entity or foreign corporation is organized and by its organizational documents.


(10) Where applicable, attach any amendment to articles of organization of the surviving entity where the survivor is a domestic business corporation.

Not applicable.

(11) Where applicable, attach the articles of organization of the surviving entity, where the survivor is a NEW domestic business corporation, including all the supplemental information required by 950 CMR 113.16.

Not applicable.

(12) Where applicable, the executive office address of a foreign other entity if such information is not on the record of the foreign other entity and such foreign other entity is the survivor of the merger.

Not applicable.


Signed by /s/ James P. Regan                                        

☒ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☐ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 23rd day of December of 2004.

Signed by /s/ Richard A. Covel                                         

☐ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☒ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 27th day of December of 2004.


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

ARTICLES OF MERGER

Domestic Corporation Involving Foreign Corporation or Foreign Other Entity

(General Laws, Chapter 156D, Section 11.06, 950 CMR 113.37)

Exact name, jurisdiction and date of organization of each party to the merger:

 

(1)EXACT NAME    (2)JURISDICTION    DATE OF ORGANIZATION

Dynamics Research Corporation

   Massachusetts    May 27, 1955

Andrulis Corporation

   Delaware    September 26, 1994

(3) The foreign Corporation or other entity is not authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth.

(4) Exact name of the surviving entity Dynamics Research Corporation

(5) The jurisdiction under the laws of which the surviving entity will be organized Massachusetts

(6) The merger shall be effective at the time and on the date approved by the Division unless a later effective date not more than 90 days from the date and time of filing is specified December 31, 2004

For each domestic corporation that is a party to the merger

(Please check the appropriate box)

(7) ☐ The plan of merger was duly approved by the shareholders and, if voting by any separate voting group was required, by each separate voting group, in the manner required by G.L. Chapter 156D and the corporation articles of organization.

OR

(8) ☒ The plan of merger did not require the approval of the shareholders

(9) Participation of each other domestic entity foreign corporation, or foreign other entity was duly authorized by the law under which the other entity or foreign corporation is organized and by its organizational documents.


(10) Where applicable, attach any amendment to articles of organization of the surviving entity where the survivor is a domestic business corporation.

Not applicable.

(11) Where applicable, attach the articles of organization of the surviving entity, where the survivor is a NEW domestic business corporation, including all the supplemental information required by 950 CMR 113.16.

Not applicable.

(12) Where applicable, the executive office address of a foreign other entity if such information is not on the record of the foreign other entity and such foreign other entity is the survivor of the merger.

Not applicable.


Signed by /s/ James P. Regan                                        

☒ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☐ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 23rd day of December of 2004.

Signed by /s/ James P. Regan                                        

☐ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☒ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 23rd day of December of 2004.


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

(General Laws, Chapter 156D, Section 10.06, 950 CMR 113.34)

(1) Exact name of corporation: Dynamics Research Corporation

(2) Registered office address: 84 State Street Boston, MA 02109

(3) These articles of amendment affect article(s): IV

(4) Date adopted: July 23, 2008

(5) Approved by:

(check appropriate box)

☐ the incorporators

☒ the board of directors without shareholder approval and shareholder approval was not required.

☐ the board of directors and the shareholders in the manner required by law and the articles of organization.

(6) State the article number and the text of the amendment. Unless contained in the text of the amendment, state the provisions for implementing the exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

See attached pages.


To change the number of shares and the par value, * if any, of any type, or co designate a class or series, of stock, or change a designation of class or series of stock, which the corporation is authorized to issue, complete the following:

Total authorized prior co amendment:

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

     WITH PAR VALUE  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES      TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  
           
           
           

Total authorized after amendment!

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

     WITH PAR VALUE  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES      TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  
           
           
           

(7) The amendment shall be effective at the time and on the dare approved by the Division, unless a later effective date not more than 90 days from the date and time of filing is specified:                     

 

* G.L. Chapter 156D eliminate the concept of per value, however a corporation may specify per value in Article III. See G.L. Chapter 156D. Section 6.21, and the comments relative thereto


AMENDED

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES AND

RIGHTS OF SERIES B

PREFERRED STOCK

of

DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

Pursuant to Chapter 156D Sec. 10.06 of the

Massachusetts Business Corporation Law


We, James P. Regan, President, and Richard Covel, Secretary, of Dynamics Research Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law, (the “Corporation”) in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1561) Sec. 10.06 thereof, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) by the Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended, the Board of Directors on July 23, 2008, adopted a vote amending its authorized Series B Preferred Stock, as follows:

VOTED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, the terms of the Corporation’s Series B Preferred Stock are hereby amended and restated, and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

Section 1.    Designation and Amount. The shares of such Series shall be designated as “Series B Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Stock”) and the number of shares constituting such Series shall be 3,000,000. The number of shares of Series B Stock may be increased or decreased by a vote duly adopted by the Board of Directors, but may not be decreased below the number of shares of Series B Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon conversion of any outstanding securities convertible into Series B Stock.

Section 2.    Dividends and Distributions.

(a)    Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any Series of preferred stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series B Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series B Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series B Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series B Stock.

(b)    The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series B Stock as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of or a subdivision with respect to Common Stock); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series B Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date


(c)    Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series B Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series B Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series B Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

Section 3.    Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series B Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a)    Each share of Series B Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one-hundred votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b)    Except as otherwise provided herein or required by applicable law, the holders of shares of Series B Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

(c)    Except as set forth herein or required by applicable law, holders of Series B Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

Section 4.    Certain Restrictions.

(a)    Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series B Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series B Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i)    declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Stock;

(ii)    declare or pay dividends on or snake any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series B Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii)    redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stack (A) in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series B Stock or (B) in accordance with subparagraph (iv) of this Section 4(a); or


(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series B Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of the outstanding shares of such stock upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective Series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective Series or classes.

(b)    The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 5.    Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series B Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new Series of preferred stock to be created by vote or votes of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

Section 6.    Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a)    Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior (upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series B Stock shall have received $100.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such distribution (the “Series B Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series B Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock (which term shall include, for the purposes only of this Section 6, any Series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Common Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series B Liquidation Preference by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in Section 8 hereof to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock; such number in this clause (ii), as the same may be adjusted from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Adjustment Number”. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then any remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock. Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series B Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of shares of Series B Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of any remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to one (1) with respect to such Series B Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.

(b)    In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other Series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series B Stock, then any remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series B Stock and the holders of such parity stock in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.


(c)    None of the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other entity, the sale of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or the distribution to the stockholders of the Corporation of all or substantially all of the consideration for such sale, unless such consideration (apart front the assumption of liabilities) or the net proceeds thereof consists substantially entirely of cash, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of this Section 6.

(d)    Each share of Series B Stack shall stand on a parity with each share of Series B Stock or any other Series of the same class of preferred stock upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or distribution of assets or winding up of the Corporation.

Section 7.    Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the outstanding shares of Series B Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment set forth in Section 8 hereof) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be. into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.

Section 8.    Certain Adjustments. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case, the amounts set forth in Sections 2(a) and (b), 6(a) and 7 hereof with respect to the multiple of cash and non-cash dividends, the Series B Liquidation Preference and an aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or other property referred to in Section 7 hereof, shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 9.    Ranking. The Series B Stock shall rank pari passu with (or if determined by the Board of Directors in any vote establishing any other series of preferred stock, either senior and prior in preference to, or junior and subordinate to, as the ease may be) each other Series of preferred stock with respect to dividends and/or preference upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Section 10.    Redemption. The shares of Series B Stock may be purchased by the Corporation at such times and on such terms as may be agreed to between the Corporation and the redeeming stockholder, subject to any limitations which may be imposed by law or the Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended.

Section 11.    Amendment. The Restated Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended, shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series B Stock, voting together as a single class.

Section 12.    Fractional Shares. Series B Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Stock.


Signed by /s/ James P. Regan                                        

☐ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☒ President

☐ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 25th day of July, 2008.


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

ARTICLES OF MERGER

Involving Domestic Entities

(General Laws, Chapter 156D, Section 11.06, 950 CMR 113.36)

(1) Exact name of each domestic corporation or other entity involved in the merger:

Engility Solutions, Inc.

Dynamics Research Corporation

(2) Exact name of the surviving entity: Dynamics Research Corporation

(3) The merger shall be effective at the time and on the date approved by the Division, unless a later effective date not more than 90 days from the date and time of filing is specified:

(check appropriate box)

(4) ☐ The plan of merger was duly approved by the shareholders, and where required, by each separate voting group as provided by G.L. Chapter 156D and the articles of organization

OR

☒ The plan of merger did not require the approval of the shareholders.

(5) Participation of each other entity was duly authorized by the law under which the other entity is organized or by which it is governed and by its articles of organization or other organizational documents.

(6) Attach any amendments to articles of organization of the surviving entity, where the survivor is a domestic business corporation.

See Attached.

(7) Attach the articles of organization of the surviving entity where the survivor is a NEW domestic business corporation, including all the supplemental information required by 950 CMR 113.16.


Articles of Merger Involving Domestic Entities

Item 6 —Amendments to Articles of Surviving Corporation

Article II

Intentionally omitted.

Article III

The total number of share and par value of each class of stock that the corporation is

authorized to issue is amended as follows:

 

Class of Stock

   Par Value      Authorized Shares  

Common

   $ 0.01        100  

Article IV

Intentionally omitted.

Article VI

The following additional provisions are hereby established for the management, conduct and regulation of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and for creating, limiting, defining and regulating the powers of the Corporation and of its board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) and shareholders:

1.    Authority of Directors to Create New Classes and Series of Shares. The Board of Directors, acting without the shareholders, may (a) reclassify any unissued shares of any authorized class or series into one or more existing or new classes or series, and (b) create one or more new classes or series of shares, specifying the number of shares to be included therein, the distinguishing designation thereof and the preferences, limitations and relative rights applicable thereto; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may not approve an aggregate number of authorized shares of all classes and series which exceeds the total number of authorized shares specified in the Articles of Organization approved by the shareholders.

2.    Minimum Number of Directors. The Board of Directors may consist of one or more individuals, notwithstanding the number of shareholders.

3.    Personal Liability of Directors to the Corporation. No director shall have personal liability to the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, provided, however, that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) for improper distributions under Section 6.40 of Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

4.    Shareholder Vote Required to Approve Matters Acted on by Shareholders. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the shares in a voting group eligible to vote on a matter shall be sufficient for the approval of the matter, notwithstanding any greater vote on the matter otherwise required by any provision of Chapter I56D of the General Laws of Massachusetts.

5.    Shareholder Action Without a Meeting by Less than Unanimous Consent. Action required or permitted by Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action are present and voting.


6.    Authorization of Directors to Make Amend or Repeal the Bylaws: The Board of Directors may make, amend or repeal the bylaws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by virtue of an express provision in Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts, the Articles of Organization or the bylaws requires action by the shareholders.


Signed by /s/ James P. Regan                                                 

                                                         JAMES P. REGAN

☒ Chairman of the Board of Directors, DRC

☒ President

☐ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 31st day of January, 2014.

Signed by                                                                           

☐ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☐ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 31st day of January, 2014.


Signed by                                                                                 

☐ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☐ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 31st day of January, 2014.

Signed by /s/ Thomas O. Miiller                                               

                Thomas O. Miiller                    Engility Solutions, Inc.

☐ Chairman of the Board of Directors

☐ President

☒ Other Officer

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 31st day of January, 2014.

EX-3.6 5 d322217dex36.htm EX-3.6 EX-3.6

Exhibit 3.6

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

of

DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The Corporation shall hold an annual meeting of shareholders at a time fixed by the Directors. The purposes for which the annual meeting is to be held, in addition to those prescribed by the Articles of Organization, shall be for electing directors and for such other purposes as shall be specified in the notice for the meeting, and only business within such purposes may be conducted at the meeting. In the event an annual meeting is not held at the time fixed in accordance with these Bylaws or the time for an annual meeting is not fixed in accordance with these Bylaws to be held within 13 months after the last annual meeting was held, the Corporation may designate a special meeting held thereafter as a special meeting in lieu of the annual meeting, and the meeting shall have all of the effect of an annual meeting.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the President or by the Directors, and shall be called by the Secretary, or in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the Secretary, by another officer, if the holders of at least 10 per cent, or such lesser percentage as the Articles of Organization permit, of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at the proposed special meeting sign, date, and deliver to the Secretary one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose for which it is to be held. Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

Section 3. Place of Meetings. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless a different place is specified in the notice of the meeting.

Section 4. Requirement of Notice. A written notice of the date, time, and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting describing the purposes of the meeting shall be given to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting no fewer than seven nor more than 60 days before the meeting date. If an annual or special meeting of shareholders is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place, if any, is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, however, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given under this section to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. All notices to shareholders shall conform to the requirements of Article III.

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. A shareholder may waive any notice required by law, the Articles of Organization, or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the Corporation for inclusion with the records of the meeting. A shareholder’s

 

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attendance at a meeting: (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

Section 6. Quorum.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, or in the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws or a resolution of the Directors requiring satisfaction of a greater quorum requirement for any voting group; a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by a voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. As used in these Bylaws, a voting group includes all shares of one or more classes or series that, under the Articles of Organization or the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, as in effect from time to time (the “MBCA”), are entitled to vote and to be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders.

(b) A share once represented for any purpose at a meeting is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless (1) the shareholder attends solely to object to lack of notice, defective notice or the conduct of the meeting on other grounds and does not vote the shares or otherwise consent that they are to be deemed present, or (2) in the case of an adjournment, a new record date is or shall be set for that adjourned meeting.

Section 7. Voting and Proxies. Unless the Articles of Organization provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. A shareholder may vote his or her shares in person or may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for him or her by signing an appointment form, either personally or by his or her attorney-in-fact. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment form, an appointment is valid for a period of 11 months from the date the shareholder signed the form or, if it is undated, from the date of its receipt by the officer or agent. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, as defined in the MBCA. An appointment made irrevocable is revoked when the interest with which it is coupled is extinguished. The death or incapacity of the shareholder appointing a proxy shall not affect the right of the Corporation to accept the proxy’s authority unless notice of the death or incapacity is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his or her authority under the appointment. A transferee for value of shares subject to an irrevocable appointment may revoke the appointment if he or she did not know of its existence when he or she acquired the shares and the existence of the irrevocable appointment was not noted conspicuously on the certificate representing the shares or on the information statement for shares without certificates. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.24 of the MBCA and to any express limitation on the proxy’s authority appearing on the face of the appointment form, the Corporation is entitled to accept the proxy’s vote or other action as that of the shareholder making the appointment.

 

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Section 8. Action at Meeting. If a quorum of a voting group exists, favorable action on a matter, other than the election of Directors, is taken by a voting group if the votes cast within the group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by law, or the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws or a resolution of the Board of Directors requiring receipt of a greater affirmative vote of the shareholders, including more separate voting groups. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. No ballot shall be required for such election unless requested by a shareholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election.

Section 9. Action without Meeting by Written Consent.

(a) Action taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken either: (1) by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action; or (2) to the extent permitted by the Articles of Organization, by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action are present and voting. The action shall be evidenced by one or more written consents that describe the action taken, are signed by shareholders having the requisite votes, bear the date of the signatures of such shareholders, and are delivered to the Corporation for inclusion with the records of meetings within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation as required by this section. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a vote at a meeting.

(b) If action is to be taken pursuant to the consent of voting shareholders without a meeting, the Corporation, at least seven days before the action pursuant to the consent is taken, shall give notice, which complies in form with the requirements of Article III, of the action (I) to nonvoting shareholders in any case where such notice would be required by law if the action were to be taken pursuant to a vote by voting shareholders at a meeting, and (2) if the action is to be taken pursuant to the consent of less than all the shareholders entitled to vote on the matter, to all shareholders entitled to vote who did not consent to the action. The notice shall contain, or be accompanied by, the same material that would have been required by law to be sent to shareholders in or with the notice of a meeting at which the action would have been submitted to the shareholders for approval.

Section 10. Record Date. The Directors may fix the record date in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If a record date for a specific action is not fixed by the Board of Directors, and is not supplied by law, the record date shall be the close of business either on the day before the first notice is sent to shareholders, or, if no notice is sent, on the day before the meeting or, in the case of action without a meeting by written consent, the date the first shareholder signs the consent. A record date fixed under this section may not be more than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

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Section 11. Meetings by Remote Communications. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Organization, if authorized by the Directors: any annual or special meeting of shareholders need not be held at any place but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication; and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of shareholders may, by means of remote communications: (a) participate in a meeting of shareholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of shareholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that: (1) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder or proxyholder; (2) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such shareholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (3) if any shareholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

Section 12. Form of Shareholder Action.

(a) Any vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or other action by a shareholder or by the proxy or other agent of any shareholder shall be considered given in writing, dated and signed, if, in lieu of any other means permitted by law, it consists of an electronic transmission that sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the shareholder, proxy or agent or by a person authorized to act for the shareholder, proxy or agent; and (ii) the date on which such shareholder, proxy, agent or authorized person transmitted the electronic transmission. The date on which the electronic transmission is transmitted shall be considered to be the date on which it was signed. The electronic transmission shall be considered received by the Corporation if it has been sent to any address specified by the Corporation for the purpose or, if no address has been specified, to the principal office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary or other officer or agent having custody of the records of proceedings of shareholders.

(b) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or other action by a shareholder or by the proxy or other agent of any shareholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any purpose for which the original writing could be used, but the copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

Section 13. Shareholders List for Meeting.

(a) After fixing a record date for a shareholders’ meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of the meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of shares, and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder, but need not include an electronic mail address or other electronic contact information for any shareholder.

 

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(b) The shareholders list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two business days after notice is given of the meeting for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting: (1) at the Corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held; or (2) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall be made available on an electronic network.

(c) A shareholder, his or her agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 2(b) of Article V of these Bylaws, to copy the list, during regular business hours and at his or her expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

(d) The Corporation shall make the shareholders list available at the meeting, and any shareholder or his or her agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers. All corporate power shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, its Board of Directors.

Section 2. Number and Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more individuals, with the number fixed by the shareholders at the annual meeting, but, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Organization, if the Corporation has more than one shareholder, the number of Directors shall not be less than three, except that whenever there shall be only two shareholders, the number of Directors shall not be less than two. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or the Articles of Organization, the number of Directors shall be fixed, and the Directors elected, by the shareholders at the annual meeting.

Section 3. Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors: (a) the shareholders may fill the vacancy; (b) the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy; or (c) if the Directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the Directors remaining in office. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new Director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

Section 4. Change in Size of the Board of Directors. The number of Directors may be fixed or changed from time to time by the shareholders, and the Board of Directors may increase or decrease the number of Directors last approved by the shareholders.

 

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Section 5. Tenure. The terms of all Directors shall expire at the next annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of Directors does not shorten an incumbent Director’s term. The term of a Director elected to fill a vacancy shall expire at the next shareholders’ meeting at which Directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a Director’s term, he or she shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of Directors.

Section 6. Resignation. A Director may resign at any time by delivering written notice of resignation to the Board of Directors, its chairman, or to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

Section 7. Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more Directors with or without cause. A Director may be removed for cause by the Directors by vote of a majority of the Directors then in office. A Director may be removed by the shareholders or the Directors only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing him or her and the meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the Director.

Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting.

Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President, by the Secretary, by any two Directors, or by one Director in the event that there is only one Director.

Section 10. Notice. Special meetings of the Board must be preceded by at least two days’ notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting. All notices to directors shall conform to the requirements of Article III.

Section 11. Waiver of Notice. A Director may waive any notice before or after the date and time of the meeting. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the Director entitled to the notice, or in the form of an electronic transmission by the Director to the Corporation, and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A Director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him or her of the meeting unless the Director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his or her arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

Section 12. Quorum. A quorum of the Board of Directors consists of a majority of the Directors then in office, provided always that any number of Directors (whether one or more and whether or not constituting a quorum) constituting a majority of Directors present at any meeting or at any adjourned meeting may make any reasonable adjournment thereof.

Section 13. Action at Meeting. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of Directors present is the act of the Board of Directors. A Director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is considered to have assented to the action taken unless: (a) he objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; (b) his dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) he delivers written notice of his dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a Director who votes in favor of the action taken.

 

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Section 14. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Directors may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by the unanimous consent of the members of the Board of Directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more consents describing the action taken, in writing, signed by each Director, or delivered to the Corporation by electronic transmission, to the address specified by the Corporation for the purpose or, if no address has been specified, to the principal office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary or other officer or agent having custody of the records of proceedings of Directors, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken under this section is effective when the last Director signs or delivers the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A consent signed or delivered under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

Section 15. Telephone Conference Meetings. The Board of Directors may permit any or all Directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A Director participating in a meeting by this means is considered to be present in person at the meeting.

Section 16. Committees. The Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee may have one or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by a majority of all the Directors in office when the action is taken. Sections 11 through 15 of this Article shall apply to committees and their members. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors. A committee may not, however:

(a) authorize distributions; (b) approve or propose to shareholders action that the MBCA requires be approved by shareholders; (c) change the number of the Board of Directors, remove Directors from office or fill vacancies on the Board of Directors; (d) amend the Articles of Organization; (e) adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws; or (f) authorize or approve reacquisition Of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors. The creation of, delegation of authority to, or action by a committee does not alone constitute compliance, by a Director with the standards of conduct described in Section 18 of this Article.

Section 17. Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of Directors.

Section 18. Standard of Conduct for Directors.

(a) A Director shall discharge his or her duties as a Director, including his or her duties as a member of a committee: (1) in good faith; (2) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably believe appropriate under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner the Director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation. In determining what the Director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation, a Director may

 

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consider the interests Of the Corporation’s employees, suppliers, creditors and customers, the economy of the state, the region and the nation, community and societal considerations, and the long-term and short-term interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the Corporation.

(b) In discharging his or her duties, a Director who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the Director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent with respect to the information, opinions, reports or statements presented; (2) legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the Corporation, as to matters involving skills or expertise the Director reasonably believes are matters (i) within the particular person’s professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits confidence; or (3) a committee of the Board of Directors of which the Director is not a member if the Director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.

(c) A Director is not liable for any action taken as a Director, or any failure to take any action, if he or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with this Section.

Section 19. Conflict of Interest.

(a) A conflict of interest transaction is a transaction with the Corporation in which a Director of the Corporation has a material direct or indirect interest. A conflict of interest transaction is not voidable by the Corporation solely because of the Director’s interest in the transaction if any one of the following is true:

(1) the material facts of the transaction and the Director’s interest were disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board, of Directors and the Board of Directors or committee authorized, approved, or ratified the transaction;

(2) the material facts of the transaction and the Director’s interest were disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved, or ratified the transaction; or

(3) the transaction was fair to the Corporation.

(b) For purposes of this section, and without limiting the interests that may create conflict of interest transactions, a Director of the Corporation has an indirect interest in a transaction if: (1) another entity in which he or she has a material financial interest or in which he or she is a general partner is a party to the transaction; or (2) another entry of which he or she is a director, officer, or trustee or in which he or she holds another position is a party to the transaction and the transaction is or should be considered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(c) For purposes of clause (1) of subsection (a), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors on the Board of Directors (or on the committee) who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction, but a transaction may not be authorized, approved, or ratified under this section by a

 

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single Director. If a majority of the Directors who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve, or ratify the transaction, a quorum is present for the purpose of taking action under this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a Director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of any action taken under clause (1) of subsection (a) if the transaction is otherwise authorized, approved, or ratified as provided in that subsection.

(d) For purposes of clause (2) of subsection (a), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified if it receives the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to be counted under this subsection. Shares owned by or voted under the control of a Director who has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted under the control of an entity described in clause (1) of subsection (b), may not be counted in a vote of shareholders to determine whether to authorize, approve, or ratify a conflict of interest transaction under clause (2) of subsection (a). The vote of those shares, however, is counted in determining whether the transaction is approved under other sections of these Bylaws. A majority of the shares, whether or not present, that are entitled to be counted in a vote on the transaction under this subsection constitutes a quorum for the purpose of taking action under this Section.

Section 20. Loans to Directors. The Corporation may not lend money to, or guarantee the obligation of a Director of, the Corporation unless: (a) the specific loan or guarantee is approved by a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding voting shares of all classes, voting as a single voting group, except the votes of shares owned by or voted under the control of the benefited Director; or (b) the Corporation’s Board of Directors determines that the loan or guarantee benefits the Corporation and either approves the specific loan or guarantee or a general plan authorizing loans and guarantees. The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this section shall not affect the borrower’s liability on the loan.

ARTICLE III

MANNER OF NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS

All notices to shareholders and directors shall conform to the following requirements:

(a) Notice shall be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Notice by electronic transmission is written notice.

(b) Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, voice mail, telegraph, teletype, or other electronic means; by mail; by electronic transmission; or by messenger or delivery service. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published; or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication.

(c) Written notice, other than notice by electronic transmission, if in a comprehensible form, is effective upon deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

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(d) Written notice by electronic transmission, if in comprehensible form, is effective: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number furnished by the shareholder for the purpose; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address furnished by the shareholder for the purpose; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the shareholder of such specific posting, directed to an electronic mail address furnished by the shareholder for the purpose, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the shareholder in such manner as the shareholder shall have specified to the Corporation. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (c), written notice, other than notice by electronic transmission, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following: (1) when received; (2) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed; (3) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested; or if sent by messenger or delivery service, on the date shown on the return receipt signed by or on behalf of the addressee; or (4) on the date of publication if notice by publication is permitted.

(f) Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. Enumeration. The Corporation shall have a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such other officers as may be appointed by the Board of Directors from time to time in accordance with these Bylaws. The Board may appoint one of its members to the office of Chairman of the Board and from time to time define the powers and duties of that office notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws.

Section 2. Appointment. The officers shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the Board of Directors. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

Section 3. Qualification. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation.

Section 4. Tenure. Officers shall hold office until the first meeting of the Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders after their appointment unless a shorter term is specified in the vote appointing them.

 

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Section 5. Resignation. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice of the resignation to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation shall not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

Section 6. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any Officer at any time with or without cause. The appointment of an officer shall not itself create contract rights. An officer’s removal shall not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation.

Section 7. President. The President when present shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders. He or she shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation except as the Board of Directors may otherwise provide. The President shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the Directors shall designate.

Section 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, subject to the direction of the Directors, have general charge of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall cause to be kept accurate books of accounts. He or she shall have custody of all funds, securities, and valuable documents of the Corporation, except as the Directors may otherwise provide. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the Directors may designate.

Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall have responsibility for preparing minutes of the Directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and for authenticating records of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the Directors shall designate.

Section 10. Standards Of Conduct For Officers. An officer shall discharge his or her duties: (a) in good faith; (b) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under similar circumstances; and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation. In discharging his or her duties an officer who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted, is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent with respect to the information, opinions, reports or statements presented; or (2) legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the Corporation as to matters involving skills or expertise the officer reasonably believes are matters (1) within the particular person’s professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits confidence. An officer shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any decision to take or not to take any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as an officer, if the duties of the officer are performed in compliance with this section.

 

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ARTICLE V

PROVISIONS RELATING TO SHARES

Section 1. Issuance, and Consideration. The Board of Directors may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the Articles of Organization. The Board of Directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed, or other securities of the Corporation. Before the Corporation issues shares, the Board of Directors shall determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. The Board of Directors shall determine the terms upon which the rights, options, or warrants for the purchase of shares or other securities of the Corporation are issued and the terms, including the consideration, for which the shares or other securities are to be issued.

Section 2. Share Certificates. If shares are represented by certificates, at a minimum each share certificate shall state on its face: (a) the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (b) the name of the person to whom issued; and (c) the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents. If different classes of shares or different series within a class are authorized, then the variations in rights, preferences and limitations applicable to each class and series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any future class or series, must be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this information on request in writing and without charge. Each share certificate shall be signed, either manually or in facsimile, by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or any two officers designated by the Board of Directors, and shall bear the corporate seal or its facsimile. If the person who signed, either manually or in facsimile, a share certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate shall be nevertheless valid.

Section 3. Uncertificated Shares. The Board of Directors may authorize the issue of some or all of the shares of any or all of the Corporation’s classes or series without certificates. The authorization shall not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Corporation. Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of the information required by the MBCA to be on certificates.

Section 4. Record and Beneficial Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat as the shareholder the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of the Corporation or, if the Board of Directors has established a procedure by which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of a nominee will be recognized by the Corporation as a shareholder, the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with the Corporation.

 

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Section 5. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, subject to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 106, Section 8-405, determine the conditions upon which a new share certificate may be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of such share certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give a bond, sufficient in the opinion of the Board of Directors, with or without surety, to indemnify the Corporation against any loss or claim which may arise by reason of the issue of the new certificate.

ARTICLE VI

CORPORATE RECORDS

Section 1. Records to be Kept.

(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the Board of Directors in place of the Board of Directors on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records. The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each. The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

(b) The Corporation shall keep within The Commonwealth of Massachusetts a copy of the following records at its principal office or an office of its transfer agent or of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or of its registered agent:

(i) its Articles or Restated Articles of Organization and all amendments to them currently in effect;

(ii) its Bylaws or restated Bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

(iii) resolutions adopted by its Board of Directors creating one or more classes or series of shares, and fixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

(iv) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

(v) all written communications to shareholders generally within the past three years, including the financial statements furnished under Section 16.20 of the MBCA, for the past three years;

(vi) a list of the names and business addresses of its current Directors and officers; and

(vii) its most recent annual report delivered to the Massachusetts Secretary of State.

 

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Section 2. Inspection of Records by Shareholders.

(a) A shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the office where they are maintained pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Article, copies of any of the records of the Corporation described in said subsection if he or she gives the Corporation written notice of his or her demand at least five business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and copy.

(b) A shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection (c) and gives the Corporation written notice of his or her demand at least five business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and copy:

(1) excerpts from minutes reflecting action taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting in place of the Board of Directors on behalf of the Corporation, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders, and records of action taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (a) of this Section;

(2) accounting records of the Corporation, but if the financial statements of the Corporation are audited by a certified public accountant, inspection shall be limited to the financial statements and the supporting schedules reasonably necessary to verify any line item on those statements; and

(3) the record of shareholders described in Section 1(a) of this Article.

(c) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in subsection (b) only if:

(1) his or her demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;

(2) he or she describes with reasonable particularity his or her purpose and the records he or she desires to inspect;

(3) the records are directly connected with his or her purpose; and

(4) the Corporation shall not have determined in good faith that disclosure of the records sought would adversely affect the Corporation in the conduct of its business.

(d) For purposes of this Section, “shareholder” includes a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust or by a nominee, on his or her behalf.

Section 3. Scope of Inspection Right.

(a) A shareholder’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder represented.

 

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(b) The Corporation may, if reasonable, satisfy the, right of a shareholder to copy records under Section 2 of this Article by furnishing to the shareholder copies by photocopy, or other means chosen by the Corporation including copies furnished through an electronic transmission.

(c) The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor, material, transmission and delivery, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production, reproduction, transmission or delivery of the records.

(d) The Corporation may comply at its expense, with a shareholder’s demand to inspect the record of shareholders under Section 2(c)(3) of this Article by providing the shareholder with a list of shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the shareholder’s demand.

(e) The Corporation may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of records by the demanding shareholder.

Section 4. Inspection of Records by Directors. A Director is entitled to inspect and copy the books, records and documents of the Corporation at any reasonable time to the extent reasonably related to the performance of the Director’s duties as a Director, including duties as a member of a committee, but not for any other purpose or in any manner that would violate any duty to the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall, to the extent legally permissible, indemnify each of its Directors and officers (including persons who serve at its request as Directors, officers or trustees of another organization, or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees, incurred by such person in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which such person may be involved or with which such person may be threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of such person’s being or having been such a director or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of this Corporation (any person serving another organization in one or more of the indicated capacities at the request of this Corporation who shall have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of the such other organization to be deemed as having acted in such manner with respect to this Corporation) or, to the extent that such matter relates to service with respect to any employee benefit plan, in the best interest of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan; provided, however, no indemnification shall be provided if a majority of the disinterested Directors of this Corporation then in office, after having received a written opinion of independent legal counsel, shall determine that such director or officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of this Corporation. Expenses, including counsel fees, incurred by any director or officer in connection with the

 

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defense or disposition of any such action, suit or other proceeding shall be paid from time to time by this Corporation in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or officer to repay the amounts so paid to this Corporation if it is ultimately determined that indemnification for such expenses is not authorized under this section. The foregoing shall not require this Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding initiated by or on behalf of such person.

The right of indemnification hereby provided shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any director or officer may be entitled. As used in this section, the terms “director” and “officer” include the relevant individual’s heirs, executors and administrators, and an “interested” director or officer is one against whom in such capacity the proceedings in question or another proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then pending. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel other than Directors and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

Section 2. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a Director or officer of the Corporation, or who, while a Director or officer of the Corporation, serves at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity, against liability asserted against or incurred by him or her in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a Director or officer, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify or advance expenses to him or her against the same liability under this Article.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the year ending with December 31 in each year.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

(a) The power to make, amend or repeal these Bylaws shall be in the shareholders. If authorized by the Articles of Organization, the Board of Directors may also make, amend or repeal these Bylaws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by virtue of an express provision in the MBCA, the Articles of Organization, or these Bylaws, requires action by the shareholders.

(b) Not later than the time of giving notice of the meeting of shareholders next following the making, amending or repealing by the Board of Directors of any By-Law, notice stating the substance of the action taken by the Board of Directors shall be given to all shareholders entitled to vote on amending the Bylaws. Any action taken by the Board of Directors with respect to the Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the shareholders.

(c) Approval of an amendment to the Bylaws that changes or deletes a quorum or voting requirement for action by shareholders must satisfy both the applicable quorum and voting requirements for action by shareholders with respect to amendment of these Bylaws and also the particular quorum and voting requirements sought to be changed or deleted.

 

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(d) A By-Law dealing with quorum or voting requirements for shareholders, including additional voting groups, may not be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

(e) A By-Law that fixes a greater or lesser quorum requirement for action by the Board of Directors, or a greater voting requirement, than provided for by the MBCA may be amended or repealed by the shareholders, or by the Board of Directors if authorized pursuant to subsection (a).

(f) If the Board of Directors is authorized to amend the Bylaws, approval by the Board of Directors of an amendment to the Bylaws that changes or deletes a quorum or voting requirement for action by the Board of Directors must satisfy both the applicable quorum and voting requirements for action by the Board of Directors with respect to amendment of the Bylaws, and also the particular quorum and voting requirements sought to be changed or deleted.

 

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EX-3.7 6 d322217dex37.htm EX-3.7 EX-3.7

Exhibit 3.7

 

LOGO

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

FORM MUST BE TYPED                      Restated Articles of Organization                      FORM MUST BE TYPED

(General Laws Chapter 156D, Section 10.073950 CMR 113.35)

 

(1) Exact name of corporation: TASC, Inc.

 

(2) Registered office address: 155 Federal Street, Suite 700, Boston, MA 02110

(number, street, city or town, gate, zip code)

 

(3) Date adopted: December 18, 2009

(month, day, year)

 

(4) Approved by

(check appropriate box)

 

  the directors without shareholder approval and shareholder approval was not required;

OR

 

  the board of directors and the shareholders in the manner required by G.L Chapter 156D and the corporation’s articles of organization.

 

(5) The following information is required to be included in the articles of organization pursuant to G.L. Chapter 156D, Section 2.02 except that the supplemental Information provided for in Article VIII is not required:*

ARTICLE I

The exact name of the corporation is:

TASC, Inc.

ARTICLE II

Unless the articles of organization otherwise provide, all corporations formed pursuant to G.L. Chapter 156D have the purpose of engaging in any lawful business. Please specify if you want a more limited purpose:**

 

 

* Changes to Article VIII must be made by filing a statement of change of supplemental information form.
** Professional corporations governed by G.L. Chapter 156A and must specify the professional activities of the corporation.


ARTICLE III

State the total number of shares and par value,* if any, of each class of stock that the corporation is authorized to issue. All corporations must authorize stock. If only one class or series is authorized, it is not necessary to specify any particular designation.

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

   WITH PAR VALUE  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES    TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  
        Common        1,000      $ 0.10  

ARTICLE IV

Prior to the issuance of shares of any class or series, the articles of organization must set forth the preferences, limitations and relative rights of that class or series. The articles may also limit the type or specify the minimum amount of consideration for which shares of any class or series may be issued. Please set forth the preferences, limitations and relative rights of each class or series and, if desired, the required type and minimum amount of consideration to be received.

None.

ARTICLE V

The restrictions, if any, imposed by the articles or organization upon the transfer of shares of any class or series of stock are:

None.

ARTICLE VI

Other lawful provisions, and if there are no such provisions, this article may be left blank.

See Attachment VI.

Note: The preceding six (6) articles are considered to be permanent and may be changed only by filing appropriate articles of amendment.

 

 

* G. L. Chapter 156D eliminates the concept of par value, however a corporation may specify par value in Article III. See G.L. Chapter 156D, Section 6.21, and the comments relative thereto.


ATTACHMENT VI

Other lawful provisions:

1.    Authority of directors to create new classes and series of shares. The board of directors, acting without the shareholders, may (a) reclassify any unissued shares of any authorized class or series into one or more existing or new classes or series, and (b) create one or more new classes or series of shares, specifying the number of shares to be included therein, the distinguishing designation thereof and the preferences, limitations and relative rights applicable thereto, provided that the board of directors may not approve an aggregate number of authorized shares of all classes and series which exceeds the total number of authorized shares specified in the Articles of Organization approved by the shareholders.

2.    Minimum number of directors. The board of directors may consist of one or more individuals, notwithstanding the number of shareholders.

3.    Personal liability of directors to corporation. No director shall have personal liability to the corporation for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) for improper distributions under Section 6.40 of Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts or its successor, or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this provision shall deprive a director of the benefits hereof with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

4.    Majority vote required to approve matters acted on by shareholders. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the shares in a voting group eligible to vote on a matter shall be sufficient for the approval of the matter, notwithstanding any greater vote on the matter otherwise required by any provision of Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts or its successor.

5.    Shareholder action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent. Action required or permitted by Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts or its successor to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action are present and voting.

6.    Authorization of directors to make, amend or repeal bylaws. The board of directors may make, amend, or repeal the bylaws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by virtue of an express provision in Chapter 156D of the General Laws of Massachusetts or its successor, these Articles of Organization, or the bylaws requires action by the shareholders.


ARTICLE VII

The effective date of organization of the corporation is the date and time the articles were received for filing if the articles are not rejected within the time prescribed by law. If a later effective date is desired, specify such date, which may not be later than the 90th day after the articles are received for filing:

It is hereby certified that these restated articles of organization consolidate all amendments into a single document. If a new amendment authorizes an exchange, or effects a reclassification or cancellation, of issued shares, provisions for implementing that action are set forth in these restated articles unless contained in the text of the amendment.

Specify the number(s) of the article(s) being amended: VI

 

Signed by:  

/s/ Bradley N. Kopp

     Bradley N. Kopp    (signature of authorized individual)   

 

  Chairman of the board of directors,

 

  President,

 

  Other officer,

 

  Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 18th day of December, 2009.


LOGO

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

FORM MUST BE TYPED                      Articles of Amendment                      FORM MUST BE TYPED

(General Laws Chapter 156D, Section 10.06; 950 CMR 113.34)

 

(1) Exact name of corporation: TASC, Inc.

 

(2) Registered office address: 155 Federal Street, Suite 700, Boston, MA 02110

                (number, street, city or town, gate, zip code)

 

(3) These articles of amendment affect article(s): Article I

(specify the number(s) of article(s) being amended (I-VI))

 

(4) Date adopted: December 30, 2015

                         (month, day, year)

 

(5) Approved by

(check appropriate box)

 

  the Incorporators.

 

  the board of directors without shareholder approval and shareholder approval was not required.

 

  the board of directors and the shareholders in the manner required by law and the articles of organization.

 

(6) State the article number and the text of the amendment. Unless contained in the text of the amendment, state the provisions for implementing the exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

Article I.

The exact name of the corporation is changed from TASC, Inc. to Engility Corporation effective January 1, 2016.


To change the number of shares and the par value,* if any, of any type, or to designate a class or series, of stock, or change a designation of class or series of stock, which the corporation is authorized to issue, complete the following:

Total authorized prior to amendment:

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

     WITH PAR VALUE  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES      TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  
           
           
           

Total authorized after amendment:

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

     WITH PAR VALUE  

TYPE

   NUMBER OF SHARES      TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE  
           
           
           

 

(7) The amendment shall be effective at the time and on the date approved by the Division, unless a later effective date not more than 90 days from the date and time of filing is specified: January 1, 2016

 

 

* G.L. Chapter 156D eliminates the concept of par value, however a corporation may specify par value in Article III. See G.L. Chapter 156D, Section 621, and the comments relative thereto.


Signed by:  

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller Thomas O. Miiller, Director, Secretary

 

                       (signature of authorized individual)

  

 

  Chairman of the board of directors,

 

  President,

 

  Other officer,

 

  Court-appointed fiduciary,

on this 30th day of December, 2015.

EX-3.8 7 d322217dex38.htm EX-3.8 EX-3.8

Exhibit 3.8

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

of

ENGILITY CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The Corporation shall hold an annual meeting of shareholders at a time fixed by the Directors. The purposes for which the annual meeting is to be held, in addition to those prescribed by the Articles of Organization, shall be for electing directors and for such other purposes as shall be specified in the notice for the meeting, and only business within such purposes may be conducted at the meeting. In the event an annual meeting is not held at the time fixed in accordance with these Bylaws or the time for an annual meeting is not fixed in accordance with these Bylaws to be held within 13 months after the last annual meeting was held, the Corporation may designate a special meeting held thereafter as a special meeting in lieu of the annual meeting, and the meeting shall have all of the effect of an annual meeting.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the President or by the Directors, and shall be called by the Secretary, or in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the Secretary, by another officer, if the holders of at least 10 per cent, or such lesser percentage as the Articles of Organization permit, of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at the proposed special meeting sign, date, and deliver to the Secretary one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose for which it is to be held. Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

Section 3. Place of Meetings. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless a different place is specified in the notice of the meeting.

Section 4. Requirement of Notice. A written notice of the date, time, and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting describing the purposes of the meeting shall be given to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting no fewer than seven nor more than 60 days before the meeting date. If an annual or special meeting of shareholders is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place, if any, is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, however, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given under this section to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. All notices to shareholders shall conform to the requirements of Article III.

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. A shareholder may waive any notice required by law, the Articles of Organization, or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the Corporation for inclusion with the records of the meeting. A shareholder’s

 

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attendance at a meeting: (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

Section 6. Quorum.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, or in the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws or a resolution of the Directors requiring satisfaction of a greater quorum requirement for any voting group; a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by a voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. As used in these Bylaws, a voting group includes all shares of one or more classes or series that, under the Articles of Organization or the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, as in effect from time to time (the “MBCA”), are entitled to vote and to be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders.

(b) A share once represented for any purpose at a meeting is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless (1) the shareholder attends solely to object to lack of notice, defective notice or the conduct of the meeting on other grounds and does not vote the shares or otherwise consent that they are to be deemed present, or (2) in the case of an adjournment, a new record date is or shall be set for that adjourned meeting.

Section 7. Voting and Proxies. Unless the Articles of Organization provide otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. A shareholder may vote his or her shares in person or may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for him or her by signing an appointment form, either personally or by his or her attorney-in-fact. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment form, an appointment is valid for a period of 11 months from the date the shareholder signed the form or, if it is undated, from the date of its receipt by the officer or agent. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, as defined in the MBCA. An appointment made irrevocable is revoked when the interest with which it is coupled is extinguished. The death or incapacity of the shareholder appointing a proxy shall not affect the right of the Corporation to accept the proxy’s authority unless notice of the death or incapacity is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his or her authority under the appointment. A transferee for value of shares subject to an irrevocable appointment may revoke the appointment if he or she did not know of its existence when he or she acquired the shares and the existence of the irrevocable appointment was not noted conspicuously on the certificate representing the shares or on the information statement for shares without certificates. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.24 of the MBCA and to any express limitation on the proxy’s authority appearing on the face of the appointment form, the Corporation is entitled to accept the proxy’s vote or other action as that of the shareholder making the appointment.

 

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Section 8. Action at Meeting. If a quorum of a voting group exists, favorable action on a matter, other than the election of Directors, is taken by a voting group if the votes cast within the group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by law, or the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws or a resolution of the Board of Directors requiring receipt of a greater affirmative vote of the shareholders, including more separate voting groups. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. No ballot shall be required for such election unless requested by a shareholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election.

Section 9. Action without Meeting by Written Consent.

(a) Action taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken either: (1) by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action; or (2) to the extent permitted by the Articles of Organization, by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action are present and voting. The action shall be evidenced by one or more written consents that describe the action taken, are signed by shareholders having the requisite votes, bear the date of the signatures of such shareholders, and are delivered to the Corporation for inclusion with the records of meetings within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation as required by this section. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a vote at a meeting.

(b) If action is to be taken pursuant to the consent of voting shareholders without a meeting, the Corporation, at least seven days before the action pursuant to the consent is taken, shall give notice, which complies in form with the requirements of Article III, of the action (I) to nonvoting shareholders in any case where such notice would be required by law if the action were to be taken pursuant to a vote by voting shareholders at a meeting, and (2) if the action is to be taken pursuant to the consent of less than all the shareholders entitled to vote on the matter, to all shareholders entitled to vote who did not consent to the action. The notice shall contain, or be accompanied by, the same material that would have been required by law to be sent to shareholders in or with the notice of a meeting at which the action would have been submitted to the shareholders for approval.

Section 10. Record Date. The Directors may fix the record date in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If a record date for a specific action is not fixed by the Board of Directors, and is not supplied by law, the record date shall be the close of business either on the day before the first notice is sent to shareholders, or, if no notice is sent, on the day before the meeting or, in the case of action without a meeting by written consent, the date the first shareholder signs the consent. A record date fixed under this section may not be more than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

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Section 11. Meetings by Remote Communications. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Organization, if authorized by the Directors: any annual or special meeting of shareholders need not be held at any place but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication; and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of shareholders may, by means of remote communications: (a) participate in a meeting of shareholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of shareholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that: (1) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder or proxyholder; (2) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such shareholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (3) if any shareholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

Section 12. Form of Shareholder Action.

(a) Any vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or other action by a shareholder or by the proxy or other agent of any shareholder shall be considered given in writing, dated and signed, if, in lieu of any other means permitted by law, it consists of an electronic transmission that sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the shareholder, proxy or agent or by a person authorized to act for the shareholder, proxy or agent; and (ii) the date on which such shareholder, proxy, agent or authorized person transmitted the electronic transmission. The date on which the electronic transmission is transmitted shall be considered to be the date on which it was signed. The electronic transmission shall be considered received by the Corporation if it has been sent to any address specified by the Corporation for the purpose or, if no address has been specified, to the principal office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary or other officer or agent having custody of the records of proceedings of shareholders.

(b) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or other action by a shareholder or by the proxy or other agent of any shareholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any purpose for which the original writing could be used, but the copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

Section 13. Shareholders List for Meeting.

(a) After fixing a record date for a shareholders’ meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of the meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of shares, and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder, but need not include an electronic mail address or other electronic contact information for any shareholder.

 

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(b) The shareholders list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two business days after notice is given of the meeting for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting: (1) at the Corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held; or (2) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall be made available on an electronic network.

(c) A shareholder, his or her agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 2(b) of Article V of these Bylaws, to copy the list, during regular business hours and at his or her expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

(d) The Corporation shall make the shareholders list available at the meeting, and any shareholder or his or her agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers. All corporate power shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, its Board of Directors.

Section 2. Number and Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more individuals, with the number fixed by the shareholders at the annual meeting, but, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Organization, if the Corporation has more than one shareholder, the number of Directors shall not be less than three, except that whenever there shall be only two shareholders, the number of Directors shall not be less than two. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or the Articles of Organization, the number of Directors shall be fixed, and the Directors elected, by the shareholders at the annual meeting.

Section 3. Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors: (a) the shareholders may fill the vacancy; (b) the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy; or (c) if the Directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the Directors remaining in office. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new Director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

Section 4. Change in Size of the Board of Directors. The number of Directors may be fixed or changed from time to time by the shareholders, and the Board of Directors may increase or decrease the number of Directors last approved by the shareholders.

Section 5. Tenure. The terms of all Directors shall expire at the next annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of Directors does not shorten an incumbent Director’s term. The term of a Director elected to fill a vacancy shall expire at the next shareholders’ meeting at which Directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a Director’s term, he or she shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of Directors.

 

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Section 6. Resignation. A Director may resign at any time by delivering written notice of resignation to the Board of Directors, its chairman, or to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

Section 7. Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more Directors with or without cause. A Director may be removed for cause by the Directors by vote of a majority of the Directors then in office. A Director may be removed by the shareholders or the Directors only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing him or her and the meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the Director.

Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting.

Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President, by the Secretary, by any two Directors, or by one Director in the event that there is only one Director.

Section 10. Notice. Special meetings of the Board must be preceded by at least two days’ notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting. All notices to directors shall conform to the requirements of Article III.

Section 11. Waiver of Notice. A Director may waive any notice before or after the date and time of the meeting. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the Director entitled to the notice, or in the form of an electronic transmission by the Director to the Corporation, and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A Director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him or her of the meeting unless the Director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his or her arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

Section 12. Quorum. A quorum of the Board of Directors consists of a majority of the Directors then in office, provided always that any number of Directors (whether one or more and whether or not constituting a quorum) constituting a majority of Directors present at any meeting or at any adjourned meeting may make any reasonable adjournment thereof.

Section 13. Action at Meeting. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of Directors present is the act of the Board of Directors. A Director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is considered to have assented to the action taken unless: (a) he objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; (b) his dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) he delivers written notice of his dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a Director who votes in favor of the action taken.

 

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Section 14. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Directors may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by the unanimous consent of the members of the Board of Directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more consents describing the action taken, in writing, signed by each Director, or delivered to the Corporation by electronic transmission, to the address specified by the Corporation for the purpose or, if no address has been specified, to the principal office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary or other officer or agent having custody of the records of proceedings of Directors, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken under this section is effective when the last Director signs or delivers the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A consent signed or delivered under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

Section 15. Telephone Conference Meetings. The Board of Directors may permit any or all Directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A Director participating in a meeting by this means is considered to be present in person at the meeting.

Section 16. Committees. The Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee may have one or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by a majority of all the Directors in office when the action is taken. Sections 11 through 15 of this Article shall apply to committees and their members. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors. A committee may not, however:

(a) authorize distributions; (b) approve or propose to shareholders action that the MBCA requires be approved by shareholders; (c) change the number of the Board of Directors, remove Directors from office or fill vacancies on the Board of Directors; (d) amend the Articles of Organization; (e) adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws; or (f) authorize or approve reacquisition Of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors. The creation of, delegation of authority to, or action by a committee does not alone constitute compliance, by a Director with the standards of conduct described in Section 18 of this Article.

Section 17. Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of Directors.

Section 18. Standard of Conduct for Directors.

(a) A Director shall discharge his or her duties as a Director, including his or her duties as a member of a committee: (1) in good faith; (2) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably believe appropriate under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner the Director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation. In determining what the Director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation, a Director may

 

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consider the interests Of the Corporation’s employees, suppliers, creditors and customers, the economy of the state, the region and the nation, community and societal considerations, and the long-term and short-term interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the Corporation.

(b) In discharging his or her duties, a Director who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the Director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent with respect to the information, opinions, reports or statements presented; (2) legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the Corporation, as to matters involving skills or expertise the Director reasonably believes are matters (i) within the particular person’s professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits confidence; or (3) a committee of the Board of Directors of which the Director is not a member if the Director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.

(c) A Director is not liable for any action taken as a Director, or any failure to take any action, if he or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with this Section.

Section 19. Conflict of Interest.

(a) A conflict of interest transaction is a transaction with the Corporation in which a Director of the Corporation has a material direct or indirect interest. A conflict of interest transaction is not voidable by the Corporation solely because of the Director’s interest in the transaction if any one of the following is true:

(1) the material facts of the transaction and the Director’s interest were disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board, of Directors and the Board of Directors or committee authorized, approved, or ratified the transaction;

(2) the material facts of the transaction and the Director’s interest were disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved, or ratified the transaction; or

(3) the transaction was fair to the Corporation.

(b) For purposes of this section, and without limiting the interests that may create conflict of interest transactions, a Director of the Corporation has an indirect interest in a transaction if: (1) another entity in which he or she has a material financial interest or in which he or she is a general partner is a party to the transaction; or (2) another entry of which he or she is a director, officer, or trustee or in which he or she holds another position is a party to the transaction and the transaction is or should be considered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(c) For purposes of clause (1) of subsection (a), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors on the Board of Directors (or on the committee) who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction, but a transaction may not be authorized, approved, or ratified under this section by a

 

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single Director. If a majority of the Directors who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve, or ratify the transaction, a quorum is present for the purpose of taking action under this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a Director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of any action taken under clause (1) of subsection (a) if the transaction is otherwise authorized, approved, or ratified as provided in that subsection.

(d) For purposes of clause (2) of subsection (a), a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified if it receives the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to be counted under this subsection. Shares owned by or voted under the control of a Director who has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted under the control of an entity described in clause (1) of subsection (b), may not be counted in a vote of shareholders to determine whether to authorize, approve, or ratify a conflict of interest transaction under clause (2) of subsection (a). The vote of those shares, however, is counted in determining whether the transaction is approved under other sections of these Bylaws. A majority of the shares, whether or not present, that are entitled to be counted in a vote on the transaction under this subsection constitutes a quorum for the purpose of taking action under this Section.

Section 20. Loans to Directors. The Corporation may not lend money to, or guarantee the obligation of a Director of, the Corporation unless: (a) the specific loan or guarantee is approved by a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding voting shares of all classes, voting as a single voting group, except the votes of shares owned by or voted under the control of the benefited Director; or (b) the Corporation’s Board of Directors determines that the loan or guarantee benefits the Corporation and either approves the specific loan or guarantee or a general plan authorizing loans and guarantees. The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this section shall not affect the borrower’s liability on the loan.

ARTICLE III

MANNER OF NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS

All notices to shareholders and directors shall conform to the following requirements:

(a) Notice shall be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Notice by electronic transmission is written notice.

(b) Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, voice mail, telegraph, teletype, or other electronic means; by mail; by electronic transmission; or by messenger or delivery service. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published; or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication.

(c) Written notice, other than notice by electronic transmission, if in a comprehensible form, is effective upon deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

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(d) Written notice by electronic transmission, if in comprehensible form, is effective: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number furnished by the shareholder for the purpose; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address furnished by the shareholder for the purpose; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the shareholder of such specific posting, directed to an electronic mail address furnished by the shareholder for the purpose, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the shareholder in such manner as the shareholder shall have specified to the Corporation. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (c), written notice, other than notice by electronic transmission, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following: (1) when received; (2) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed; (3) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested; or if sent by messenger or delivery service, on the date shown on the return receipt signed by or on behalf of the addressee; or (4) on the date of publication if notice by publication is permitted.

(f) Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. Enumeration. The Corporation shall have a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such other officers as may be appointed by the Board of Directors from time to time in accordance with these Bylaws. The Board may appoint one of its members to the office of Chairman of the Board and from time to time define the powers and duties of that office notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws.

Section 2. Appointment. The officers shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the Board of Directors. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

Section 3. Qualification. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation.

Section 4. Tenure. Officers shall hold office until the first meeting of the Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders after their appointment unless a shorter term is specified in the vote appointing them.

 

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Section 5. Resignation. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice of the resignation to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation shall not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

Section 6. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any Officer at any time with or without cause. The appointment of an officer shall not itself create contract rights. An officer’s removal shall not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation.

Section 7. President. The President when present shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders. He or she shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation except as the Board of Directors may otherwise provide. The President shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the Directors shall designate.

Section 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, subject to the direction of the Directors, have general charge of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall cause to be kept accurate books of accounts. He or she shall have custody of all funds, securities, and valuable documents of the Corporation, except as the Directors may otherwise provide. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the Directors may designate.

Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall have responsibility for preparing minutes of the Directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and for authenticating records of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the Directors shall designate.

Section 10. Standards Of Conduct For Officers. An officer shall discharge his or her duties: (a) in good faith; (b) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under similar circumstances; and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation. In discharging his or her duties an officer who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted, is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent with respect to the information, opinions, reports or statements presented; or (2) legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the Corporation as to matters involving skills or expertise the officer reasonably believes are matters (1) within the particular person’s professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits confidence. An officer shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any decision to take or not to take any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as an officer, if the duties of the officer are performed in compliance with this section.

 

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ARTICLE V

PROVISIONS RELATING TO SHARES

Section 1. Issuance, and Consideration. The Board of Directors may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the Articles of Organization. The Board of Directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed, or other securities of the Corporation. Before the Corporation issues shares, the Board of Directors shall determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. The Board of Directors shall determine the terms upon which the rights, options, or warrants for the purchase of shares or other securities of the Corporation are issued and the terms, including the consideration, for which the shares or other securities are to be issued.

Section 2. Share Certificates. If shares are represented by certificates, at a minimum each share certificate shall state on its face: (a) the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (b) the name of the person to whom issued; and (c) the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents. If different classes of shares or different series within a class are authorized, then the variations in rights, preferences and limitations applicable to each class and series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any future class or series, must be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this information on request in writing and without charge. Each share certificate shall be signed, either manually or in facsimile, by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or any two officers designated by the Board of Directors, and shall bear the corporate seal or its facsimile. If the person who signed, either manually or in facsimile, a share certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate shall be nevertheless valid.

Section 3. Uncertificated Shares. The Board of Directors may authorize the issue of some or all of the shares of any or all of the Corporation’s classes or series without certificates. The authorization shall not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Corporation. Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of the information required by the MBCA to be on certificates.

Section 4. Record and Beneficial Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat as the shareholder the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of the Corporation or, if the Board of Directors has established a procedure by which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of a nominee will be recognized by the Corporation as a shareholder, the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with the Corporation.

 

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Section 5. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, subject to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 106, Section 8-405, determine the conditions upon which a new share certificate may be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of such share certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give a bond, sufficient in the opinion of the Board of Directors, with or without surety, to indemnify the Corporation against any loss or claim which may arise by reason of the issue of the new certificate.

ARTICLE VI

CORPORATE RECORDS

Section 1. Records to be Kept.

(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the Board of Directors in place of the Board of Directors on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records. The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each. The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

(b) The Corporation shall keep within The Commonwealth of Massachusetts a copy of the following records at its principal office or an office of its transfer agent or of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or of its registered agent:

(i) its Articles or Restated Articles of Organization and all amendments to them currently in effect;

(ii) its Bylaws or restated Bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

(iii) resolutions adopted by its Board of Directors creating one or more classes or series of shares, and fixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

(iv) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

(v) all written communications to shareholders generally within the past three years, including the financial statements furnished under Section 16.20 of the MBCA, for the past three years;

(vi) a list of the names and business addresses of its current Directors and officers; and

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Section 2. Inspection of Records by Shareholders.

(a) A shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the office where they are maintained pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Article, copies of any of the records of the Corporation described in said subsection if he or she gives the Corporation written notice of his or her demand at least five business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and copy.

(b) A shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection (c) and gives the Corporation written notice of his or her demand at least five business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and copy:

(1) excerpts from minutes reflecting action taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting in place of the Board of Directors on behalf of the Corporation, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders, and records of action taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (a) of this Section;

(2) accounting records of the Corporation, but if the financial statements of the Corporation are audited by a certified public accountant, inspection shall be limited to the financial statements and the supporting schedules reasonably necessary to verify any line item on those statements; and

(3) the record of shareholders described in Section 1(a) of this Article.

(c) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in subsection (b) only if:

(1) his or her demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;

(2) he or she describes with reasonable particularity his or her purpose and the records he or she desires to inspect;

(3) the records are directly connected with his or her purpose; and

(4) the Corporation shall not have determined in good faith that disclosure of the records sought would adversely affect the Corporation in the conduct of its business.

(d) For purposes of this Section, “shareholder” includes a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust or by a nominee, on his or her behalf.

Section 3. Scope of Inspection Right.

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(b) The Corporation may, if reasonable, satisfy the, right of a shareholder to copy records under Section 2 of this Article by furnishing to the shareholder copies by photocopy, or other means chosen by the Corporation including copies furnished through an electronic transmission.

(c) The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor, material, transmission and delivery, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production, reproduction, transmission or delivery of the records.

(d) The Corporation may comply at its expense, with a shareholder’s demand to inspect the record of shareholders under Section 2(c)(3) of this Article by providing the shareholder with a list of shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the shareholder’s demand.

(e) The Corporation may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of records by the demanding shareholder.

Section 4. Inspection of Records by Directors. A Director is entitled to inspect and copy the books, records and documents of the Corporation at any reasonable time to the extent reasonably related to the performance of the Director’s duties as a Director, including duties as a member of a committee, but not for any other purpose or in any manner that would violate any duty to the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall, to the extent legally permissible, indemnify each of its Directors and officers (including persons who serve at its request as Directors, officers or trustees of another organization, or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees, incurred by such person in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which such person may be involved or with which such person may be threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of such person’s being or having been such a director or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of this Corporation (any person serving another organization in one or more of the indicated capacities at the request of this Corporation who shall have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of the such other organization to be deemed as having acted in such manner with respect to this Corporation) or, to the extent that such matter relates to service with respect to any employee benefit plan, in the best interest of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan; provided, however, no indemnification shall be provided if a majority of the disinterested Directors of this Corporation then in office, after having received a written opinion of independent legal counsel, shall determine that such director or officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of this Corporation. Expenses, including counsel fees, incurred by any director or officer in connection with the

 

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defense or disposition of any such action, suit or other proceeding shall be paid from time to time by this Corporation in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or officer to repay the amounts so paid to this Corporation if it is ultimately determined that indemnification for such expenses is not authorized under this section. The foregoing shall not require this Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding initiated by or on behalf of such person.

The right of indemnification hereby provided shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any director or officer may be entitled. As used in this section, the terms “director” and “officer” include the relevant individual’s heirs, executors and administrators, and an “interested” director or officer is one against whom in such capacity the proceedings in question or another proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then pending. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel other than Directors and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

Section 2. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a Director or officer of the Corporation, or who, while a Director or officer of the Corporation, serves at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity, against liability asserted against or incurred by him or her in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a Director or officer, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify or advance expenses to him or her against the same liability under this Article.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the year ending with December 31 in each year.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

(a) The power to make, amend or repeal these Bylaws shall be in the shareholders. If authorized by the Articles of Organization, the Board of Directors may also make, amend or repeal these Bylaws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by virtue of an express provision in the MBCA, the Articles of Organization, or these Bylaws, requires action by the shareholders.

(b) Not later than the time of giving notice of the meeting of shareholders next following the making, amending or repealing by the Board of Directors of any By-Law, notice stating the substance of the action taken by the Board of Directors shall be given to all shareholders entitled to vote on amending the Bylaws. Any action taken by the Board of Directors with respect to the Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the shareholders.

 

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(c) Approval of an amendment to the Bylaws that changes or deletes a quorum or voting requirement for action by shareholders must satisfy both the applicable quorum and voting requirements for action by shareholders with respect to amendment of these Bylaws and also the particular quorum and voting requirements sought to be changed or deleted.

(d) A By-Law dealing with quorum or voting requirements for shareholders, including additional voting groups, may not be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

(e) A By-Law that fixes a greater or lesser quorum requirement for action by the Board of Directors, or a greater voting requirement, than provided for by the MBCA may be amended or repealed by the shareholders, or by the Board of Directors if authorized pursuant to subsection (a).

(f) If the Board of Directors is authorized to amend the Bylaws, approval by the Board of Directors of an amendment to the Bylaws that changes or deletes a quorum or voting requirement for action by the Board of Directors must satisfy both the applicable quorum and voting requirements for action by the Board of Directors with respect to amendment of the Bylaws, and also the particular quorum and voting requirements sought to be changed or deleted.

 

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EX-3.9 8 d322217dex39.htm EX-3.9 EX-3.9

Exhibit 3.9

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

ENGILITY LLC

This Certificate of Formation of Engility LLC (the “Company”), dated as of February 26, 2015, has been duly executed and is being filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, to form a limited liability company under Section 18-101 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

1. The name of the limited liability company formed hereby is Engility LLC.

2. The address of the Company’s registered agent for service of process on the Company and its registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801.

3. This Certificate of Formation shall be effective upon the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 26, 2015.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation as of the date first written above.

 

By:  

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

  Name:   Thomas O. Miiller
  Title:   Authorized Person

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOR CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION]

EX-3.10 9 d322217dex310.htm EX-3.10 EX-3.10

Exhibit 3.10

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ENGILITY LLC

This limited liability company agreement (this “Agreement”) of Engility LLC is entered into this 26th day of February, 2015 by TASC, Inc. (the “Member”) and pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”).

1. Name. The name of the limited liability company governed hereby is Engility LLC (the “Company”).

2. Certificates. Thomas O. Miiller, as an authorized person within the meaning of the Act, has executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Any Member, Manager (as defined below) or Officer (as defined below) shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

3. Purpose. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in all lawful activities for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.

4. Powers. The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts reasonably necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Company, and shall have, without limitation, any and all of the powers that may be exercised on behalf of the Company by the Board (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 10.

5. Principal Business Office. The principal place of business and office of the Company shall be located, and the Company’s business shall be conducted from, such place or places as may hereafter be determined by the Board.

6. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The address of the Company’s registered agent for service of process on the Company and its registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801.

7. Name and Mailing Address of the Member. The name and the mailing address of the Member are as follows:

 

   

Name

  

Address

    
 

TASC, Inc.

  

c/o Thomas O. Miiller

  
    

4801 Stonecroft Boulevard

  
    

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

  


8. Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company in accordance with the Act and shall continue until dissolution of the Company in accordance with Section 20 of this Agreement.

9. Limited Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and not of the Member, any Manager, Officer, employee or agent of the Company (including a person having more than one such capacity) shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of acting in such capacity.

10. Capital Contributions. The Member is deemed admitted as a Member of the Company upon its execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Member’s membership interest percentage is set forth on Schedule I hereto. The total capital of the Member in the Company from time to time shall be referred to as the Member’s “Capital”. The Member may update Schedule I from time to time as necessary to accurately reflect the information required to be included therein by virtue of any developments after the date hereof. Any revision to Schedule I made in accordance with this Section 10 shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement for purposes of Section 26.

11. Additional Contributions. The Member is not required hereunder to make additional capital contributions to the Company.

12. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Member at such times and in such amounts as may be determined in the sole discretion of the Member, subject to any restrictions of any credit agreement or other financing document to which the Company is a party at such time. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.

13. Management.

a. In accordance with Section 18-402 of the Act, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, and vested in, the board of managers of the Company (the “Board”, and each separately, a “Manager”). Managers do not have to hold membership interests in the Company as Members of the Company in order to serve as a Manager. The Board shall have complete and absolute control of the affairs and business of the Company and the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by managers of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and including all things necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Subject to this Section 13(a), the Board has the authority to bind the Company.

i. The Board shall initially consist of two (2) Managers.

ii. Thomas O. Miiller and Wayne M. Rehberger are hereby designated and elected to be the Managers of the Company, to hold office until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification.

 

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b. No Member, in its capacity as a Member, shall participate in the management or control of the business of, or shall have any rights or powers with respect to the management of, the Company except those expressly granted to it by the terms of this Agreement, or those conferred on it by law.

c. Consent of the Board for purposes of this Agreement may be obtained: (i) at any meeting of the Board; provided that, at least a majority of the Managers are present at such meeting and that a majority of those attending Managers vote in favor of the matter being voted upon, or (ii) by the unanimous written consent of the Managers.

d. Consent of the Member for purposes of this Agreement may be obtained by the written consent of the Member.

e. Managers may withdraw at any time. Any Manager may be removed at any time for any reason or no reason, and shall promptly be replaced, by the consent of the Member.

14. Tax Status. The Company is intended to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes.

15. Officers. Upon the adoption of this Agreement, the Officers, as hereinafter defined, of the Company shall be as set forth on Schedule II hereto, with the office(s) of each Officer as set forth opposite their respective names with such authority and duties normally associated with such office(s). The Board may, subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement, appoint new officers or remove existing officers of the Company (each, an “Officer”) and assign in writing titles (including, without limitation, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) to any such person. Unless the Board decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 15 may be revoked at any time by the Managers.

16. Other Business. The Member, Managers and Officers may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others. The Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

17. Exculpation and Indemnification.

a. None of the Member, Managers or Officers (each, an “Indemnified Party”) shall be liable to the Company or any other person or entity who has an interest in the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Party in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Party by this Agreement, except that an Indemnified Party shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, an Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Party by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Party in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the

 

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authority conferred on such Indemnified Party by this Agreement, except that no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Party by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 17(a) shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and the Member, Managers or Officers shall have no personal liability on account thereof.

b. Notwithstanding the fact that either the Member or any of its affiliates, other than the Company (together, the “Sponsor Parties”), may have concurrent liability to an Indemnified Person with respect to indemnity obligations, the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall have no right or claim against any of the Sponsor Parties for contribution or have rights of subrogation against any Sponsor Parties through an Indemnified Person with respect to any indemnity obligation provided pursuant to this Section 17. In the event that any Sponsor Party pays or advances an Indemnified Person any amount with respect to an indemnity obligation, the Company will, or will cause its subsidiaries to, as applicable, promptly reimburse such Sponsor Party for such payment or advance upon request. For the avoidance of doubt, any insurance coverage for any indemnity obligation provided by, obtained by or paid for by the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand and any Sponsor Party on the other hand shall be subject to the same primary and secondary liability hierarchy set forth in this Section 17(b).

18. Admission of Additional Members. One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member.

19. Termination of Membership. The rights of a Member to share in the profits and losses of the Company, to receive distributions and to assign its interest in the Company pursuant to Section 20 shall, on its death, bankruptcy or adjudicated incompetency, devolve on the legal representative of the Member for the purpose of settling its estate or administering its property.

20. Assignments. The Member may transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate, in whole or in part, its limited liability company interest, as determined in its sole discretion.

21. Dissolution.

a. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the written consent of the Member, (ii) the dissolution, termination, winding-up or bankruptcy of the Member, and (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.

b. In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner) and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act.

22. Elections. The Member shall determine the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of any and all applicable jurisdictions as to the treatment of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company or any other method or procedure related to the preparation of such tax returns. The Member may cause the Company to make or refrain from making any and all elections permitted by such tax laws, and the Member shall not be liable for any consequences to any previously admitted or subsequently admitted Members resulting from their making or failing to make any such elections.

 

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23. Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

24. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement.

25. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Member with respect to the subject matter hereof.

26. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof), and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws.

27. Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

TASC, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Wayne M. Rehberger

    Name:   Wayne M. Rehberger
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Authorized Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ENGILITY LLC]


Schedule I

 

Member

  

Membership Interest

TASC, Inc.    100%


Schedule II

 

Name

  

Office(s)

Anthony Smeraglinolo

   President and Chief Executive Officer

John P. Hynes

   Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Wayne M. Rehberger

   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Thomas O. Miiller

   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Craig R. Reed

   Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development

Kirk G. Dye

   Senior Vice President, Human Capital Strategies

Jon Brooks

   Assistant Secretary

Mark Stechschulte

   Assistant Secretary

Elizabeth Scott

   Assistant Secretary

Richard B. Harkey

   Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Ray Guillaume

   Treasurer
EX-3.11 10 d322217dex311.htm EX-3.11 EX-3.11

Exhibit 3.11

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SUPPORT SERVICES ORGANIZATION, LLC

TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

The undersigned, an authorized natural person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the State of Delaware (particularly Chapter 18, Title 6 of the Delaware Code and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known, identified, and referred to as the “Delaware Limited Liability Company Act”), hereby certifies that:

I.

NAME

The name of the limited liability company is Support Services Organization, LLC (the “Company”).

II.

INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

The address of the registered office and the name and address of the registered agent of the limited liability company required to be maintained by Section 18-104 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act are Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19808.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned authorized agent of the Company has executed this Certificate of Formation as of September 5, 2012.

 

/s/ Bobbi Milliken

Bobbi Milliken
Authorized Person
EX-3.12 11 d322217dex312.htm EX-3.12 EX-3.12

Exhibit 3.12

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SUPPORT SERVICES ORGANIZATION, LLC

This amended and restated limited liability company agreement (this “Agreement”) of Support Services Organization, LLC is entered into this 26th day of February, 2015 by TASC, Inc. (the “Member”) and pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”).

1. Name. The name of the limited liability company governed hereby is Support Services Organization, LLC (the “Company”).

2. Certificates. Thomas O. Miiller, as an authorized person within the meaning of the Act, has executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Any Member, Manager (as defined below) or Officer (as defined below) shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

3. Purpose. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in all lawful activities for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.

4. Powers. The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts reasonably necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Company, and shall have, without limitation, any and all of the powers that may be exercised on behalf of the Company by the Board (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 10.

5. Principal Business Office. The principal place of business and office of the Company shall be located, and the Company’s business shall be conducted from, such place or places as may hereafter be determined by the Board.

6. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The address of the Company’s registered agent for service of process on the Company and its registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801.

7. Name and Mailing Address of the Member. The name and the mailing address of the Member are as follows:

 

   

Name

  

Address

    
  TASC, Inc.    c/o Thomas O. Miiller   
     4801 Stonecroft Boulevard   
     Chantilly, Virginia 20151   


8. Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company in accordance with the Act and shall continue until dissolution of the Company in accordance with Section 20 of this Agreement.

9. Limited Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and not of the Member, any Manager, Officer, employee or agent of the Company (including a person having more than one such capacity) shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of acting in such capacity.

10. Capital Contributions. The Member is deemed admitted as a Member of the Company upon its execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Member’s membership interest percentage is set forth on Schedule I hereto. The total capital of the Member in the Company from time to time shall be referred to as the Member’s “Capital”. The Member may update Schedule I from time to time as necessary to accurately reflect the information required to be included therein by virtue of any developments after the date hereof. Any revision to Schedule I made in accordance with this Section 10 shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement for purposes of Section 26.

11. Additional Contributions. The Member is not required hereunder to make additional capital contributions to the Company.

12. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Member at such times and in such amounts as may be determined in the sole discretion of the Member, subject to any restrictions of any credit agreement or other financing document to which the Company is a party at such time. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.

13. Management.

a. In accordance with Section 18-402 of the Act, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, and vested in, the board of managers of the Company (the “Board”, and each separately, a “Manager”). Managers do not have to hold membership interests in the Company as Members of the Company in order to serve as a Manager. The Board shall have complete and absolute control of the affairs and business of the Company and the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by managers of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and including all things necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Subject to this Section 13(a), the Board has the authority to bind the Company.

i. The Board shall initially consist of two (2) Managers.

ii. Thomas O. Miiller and Wayne M. Rehberger are hereby designated and elected to be the Managers of the Company, to hold office until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification.

 

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b. No Member, in its capacity as a Member, shall participate in the management or control of the business of, or shall have any rights or powers with respect to the management of, the Company except those expressly granted to it by the terms of this Agreement, or those conferred on it by law.

c. Consent of the Board for purposes of this Agreement may be obtained: (i) at any meeting of the Board; provided that, at least a majority of the Managers are present at such meeting and that a majority of those attending Managers vote in favor of the matter being voted upon, or (ii) by the unanimous written consent of the Managers.

d. Consent of the Member for purposes of this Agreement may be obtained by the written consent of the Member.

e. Managers may withdraw at any time. Any Manager may be removed at any time for any reason or no reason, and shall promptly be replaced, by the consent of the Member.

14. Tax Status. The Company is intended to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes.

15. Officers. Upon the adoption of this Agreement, the Officers, as hereinafter defined, of the Company shall be as set forth on Schedule II hereto, with the office(s) of each Officer as set forth opposite their respective names with such authority and duties normally associated with such office(s). The Board may, subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement, appoint new officers or remove existing officers of the Company (each, an “Officer”) and assign in writing titles (including, without limitation, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) to any such person. Unless the Board decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 15 may be revoked at any time by the Managers.

16. Other Business. The Member, Managers and Officers may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others. The Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

17. Exculpation and Indemnification.

a. None of the Member, Managers or Officers (each, an “Indemnified Party”) shall be liable to the Company or any other person or entity who has an interest in the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Party in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Party by this Agreement, except that an Indemnified Party shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, an Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Party by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Party in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the

 

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authority conferred on such Indemnified Party by this Agreement, except that no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Party by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 17(a) shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and the Member, Managers or Officers shall have no personal liability on account thereof.

b. Notwithstanding the fact that either the Member or any of its affiliates, other than the Company (together, the “Sponsor Parties”), may have concurrent liability to an Indemnified Person with respect to indemnity obligations, the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall have no right or claim against any of the Sponsor Parties for contribution or have rights of subrogation against any Sponsor Parties through an Indemnified Person with respect to any indemnity obligation provided pursuant to this Section 17. In the event that any Sponsor Party pays or advances an Indemnified Person any amount with respect to an indemnity obligation, the Company will, or will cause its subsidiaries to, as applicable, promptly reimburse such Sponsor Party for such payment or advance upon request. For the avoidance of doubt, any insurance coverage for any indemnity obligation provided by, obtained by or paid for by the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand and any Sponsor Party on the other hand shall be subject to the same primary and secondary liability hierarchy set forth in this Section 17(b).

18. Admission of Additional Members. One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member.

19. Termination of Membership. The rights of a Member to share in the profits and losses of the Company, to receive distributions and to assign its interest in the Company pursuant to Section 20 shall, on its death, bankruptcy or adjudicated incompetency, devolve on the legal representative of the Member for the purpose of settling its estate or administering its property.

20. Assignments. The Member may transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate, in whole or in part, its limited liability company interest, as determined in its sole discretion.

21. Dissolution.

a. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the written consent of the Member, (ii) the dissolution, termination, winding-up or bankruptcy of the Member, and (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.

b. In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner) and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act.

22. Elections. The Member shall determine the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of any and all applicable jurisdictions as to the treatment of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company or any other method or procedure related to the preparation of such tax returns. The Member may cause the Company to make or refrain from making any and all elections permitted by such tax laws, and the Member shall not be liable for any consequences to any previously admitted or subsequently admitted Members resulting from their making or failing to make any such elections.

 

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23. Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

24. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement.

25. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Member with respect to the subject matter hereof.

26. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof), and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws.

27. Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

TASC, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

    Name:   Thomas O. Miiller
    Title:   Secretary

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF SSO, LLC]


Schedule I

 

Member

  

Membership Interest

TASC, Inc.    100%


Schedule II

 

Name

  

Office(s)

Anthony Smeraglinolo

   President and Chief Executive Officer

John P. Hynes

   Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Wayne M. Rehberger

   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Thomas O. Miiller

   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Craig R. Reed

   Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development

Kirk G. Dye

   Senior Vice President, Human Capital Strategies

Jon Brooks

   Assistant Secretary

Mark Stechschulte

   Assistant Secretary

Elizabeth Scott

   Assistant Secretary

Richard B. Harkey

   Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Ray Guillaume

   Treasurer
EX-3.13 12 d322217dex313.htm EX-3.13 EX-3.13

Exhibit 3.13

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TASC SERVICES CORPORATION

 

  1. The name of the Corporation is TASC Services Corporation.

 

  2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address if The Corporation Trust Company.

 

  3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is:

To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

  4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) and the par value of each of such shares is One Cent ($.01), amounting in the aggregate to Ten Dollars ($10.00)

 

  5a. The name and mailing address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

Name

  

Mailing Address

Michael R. Kargula, Esq.    Primark Corporation
   1000 Winter Street
   Suite 4300N
   Waltham, MA 02154

 

  5b. The name and mailing address of each person who is to serve as a director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified, is as follows:

 

Name

  

Mailing Address

Joseph E. Kasputys    Primark Corporation
   1000 Winter Street
   Suite 4300N
   Waltham, MA 02154
John C. Holt    TASC, Inc.
   55 Walkers Brook Drive
   Reading, MA 01867
Stephen H. Curran    Primark Corporation
   1000 Winter Street
   Suite 4300N
   Waltham, MA 02154
Michael R. Kargula    Primark Corporation
   1000 Winter Street
   Suite 4300N
   Waltham, MA 02154


  6. The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

  7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized:

To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation.

 

  8. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation shall so provide.

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws.

 

  9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

  10. No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholder for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this provision shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omission of such director occurring prior to such amendment.


  11. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or employee of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall insure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. The right to indemnification conferred in this provision shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, 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 under this provision or otherwise.

If a claim made pursuant to the above paragraph is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, 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. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final


disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which makes it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this paragraph 11 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this paragraph 11 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors, officers and employees of the corporation.

THE UNDERSIGNED, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is its act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set his hand this 15th day of March, 1995.

 

/s/ Michael R. Kargula

Michael R. Kargula


ATTEST:

/s/ Linda Lila Lee

EX-3.14 13 d322217dex314.htm EX-3.14 EX-3.14

Exhibit 3.14

TASC SERVICES CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

Adopted February 26, 2015

ARTICLE 1.

OFFICES

1.01. Registered Office. The corporation shall maintain a registered office and shall have a registered agent whose business office is the same as the registered office.

1.02. Principal Executive Office. The principal office of the corporation shall be at the principal place of business of the corporation and shall not be its registered office.

1.03. Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE 2.

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2.01. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at the principal business office of the corporation, or at such other place as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

2.02. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.02, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

2.03. Voting List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

 

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2.04. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called by the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

2.05. Notice of Meeting. Written notice of the annual, and each special meeting of stockholders, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.06. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

2.07. Voting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of applicable law or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

2.08. Action of Stockholders Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

2.09. Remote Attendance. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication: (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders and (b) be deemed present in person and

 

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vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (ii) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the corporation.

ARTICLE 3.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.01. Powers. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

3.02. Number and Term. The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be not more than eight nor less than one, as fixed from time to time in these bylaws or by action of the Board of Directors. The initial number of directors shall be two. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders.

3.03. Resignations. Any director or member of a committee may resign at any time. That resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the president or secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

3.04. Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.

3.05. Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.

 

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3.06. Meetings. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held immediately following each annual meeting of stockholders and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present.

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

Special meetings of the board may be called by the president upon notice to each director; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.

3.07. Quorum. At all meetings of the board, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

3.08. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

3.09. Remote Attendance. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.10. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation as appointed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall designate the directors who shall serve as members of the committees and may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolutions of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provides, no such committee shall have

 

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the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

3.11. Compensation of Directors. Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, but by resolution of the board a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

ARTICLE 4.

OFFICERS

4.01. Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and may consist of a president, a secretary and such other officers as the Board of Directors may determine, including a treasurer and one or more vice presidents. The Board of Directors may also choose additional vice presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant financial officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In addition to the offices described in these bylaws, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board.

4.02. Salary. The salaries (if any) of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

4.03. Term. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

4.04. The President. The president of the corporation, subject to the powers of the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business affairs and property of the corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The president shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or as may be provided in these bylaws.

4.05. The Vice Presidents. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice president, if such an officer be elected, (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall have charge of the corporate seal (if any) and the stock records of the corporation and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be.

4.07. The Assistant Secretary. The assistant secretary, if any, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

4.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer, if such an officer be elected, shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all the transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

ARTICLE 5.

INDEMNIFICATION

5.01. Right to Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. A person’s rights to indemnification under this bylaw shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such person may be entitled under an insurance policy, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation, a resolution of the stockholders or Board of Directors or an agreement providing for indemnification.

ARTICLE 6.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.01. Certificates of Stock. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a certificate or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the president or a vice president, and by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation. Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

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6.02. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to affirm the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

6.03. Transfer of Stock. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be canceled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the corporation.

6.04. Fixing Record Date. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law. Except as otherwise required by law, a determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting: provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

6.05. Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

6.06. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.

Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

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6.07. Stock Held by the Corporation. Shares of voting stock or other equity interests issued by another entity and held in the name of the corporation may be voted by the president or secretary on behalf of the corporation, on any issue submitted to the stockholders or equity holders of such other entity with respect to which the corporation is entitled to vote.

6.08. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by the president, treasurer, any vice president or such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

6.09. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

6.10. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be set by the Board of Directors.

6.11. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, of the corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

6.12. Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, the provision of these bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

6.13. Notice and Waiver of Notice. Whenever under the provisions of these bylaws, the certificate of incorporation, the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, written notice is required to be given to any director, officer or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice will be deemed given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such stockholder, officer, or director at such address as appears on the corporation’s current record of stockholders and, such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.

Written notice to an officer or director also may be given personally or by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail). Written notice to stockholders also may be given personally or by a form of electronic transmission (including e-mail) consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. If notice to a stockholder is provided by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given: (a) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has given consent to receive notice; (c) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (d) if by any other electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

Whenever under the provisions of these bylaws, the certificate of incorporation, the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, notice is required to be given to any director, officer or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

 

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ARTICLE 7.

AMENDMENTS

These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation, at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new bylaws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.

 

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EX-3.15 14 d322217dex315.htm EX-3.15 EX-3.15

Exhibit 3.15

STATE of DELAWARE

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

CERTIFICATE of FORMATION

 

    First: The name of the limited liability company is Texeltek, LLC

 

    Second: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington Zip Code 19801.

The name of its Registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

    Third: (Insert any other matters the members determine to include herein.)

 

   Texeltek, LLC will be a single member LLC wholly owned by TASC, Inc. (EIN 04-2393618).  

THIS FORMATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2012.

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Formation this 14th day of December, 2012.

 

By:  

/s/ Wayne Rehberger

  Authorized Person(s)
Name:  

Wayne Rehberger

  Typed or Printed
EX-3.16 15 d322217dex316.htm EX-3.16 EX-3.16

Exhibit 3.16

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

TEXELTEK, LLC

This amended and restated limited liability company agreement (this “Agreement”) of TexelTek, LLC is entered into this 26th day of February, 2015 by TASC, Inc. (the “Member”) and pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”).

1. Name. The name of the limited liability company governed hereby is TexelTek, LLC (the “Company”).

2. Certificates. Thomas O. Miiller, as an authorized person within the meaning of the Act, has executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Any Member, Manager (as defined below) or Officer (as defined below) shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

3. Purpose. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in all lawful activities for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.

4. Powers. The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts reasonably necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Company, and shall have, without limitation, any and all of the powers that may be exercised on behalf of the Company by the Board (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 10.

5. Principal Business Office. The principal place of business and office of the Company shall be located, and the Company’s business shall be conducted from, such place or places as may hereafter be determined by the Board.

6. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The address of the Company’s registered agent for service of process on the Company and its registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801.

7. Name and Mailing Address of the Member. The name and the mailing address of the Member are as follows:

 

   

Name

  

Address

    
 

TASC, Inc.

  

c/o Thomas O. Miiller

  
    

4801 Stonecroft Boulevard

  
    

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

  


8. Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company in accordance with the Act and shall continue until dissolution of the Company in accordance with Section 20 of this Agreement.

9. Limited Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and not of the Member, any Manager, Officer, employee or agent of the Company (including a person having more than one such capacity) shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of acting in such capacity.

10. Capital Contributions. The Member is deemed admitted as a Member of the Company upon its execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Member’s membership interest percentage is set forth on Schedule I hereto. The total capital of the Member in the Company from time to time shall be referred to as the Member’s “Capital”. The Member may update Schedule I from time to time as necessary to accurately reflect the information required to be included therein by virtue of any developments after the date hereof. Any revision to Schedule I made in accordance with this Section 10 shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement for purposes of Section 26.

11. Additional Contributions. The Member is not required hereunder to make additional capital contributions to the Company.

12. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Member at such times and in such amounts as may be determined in the sole discretion of the Member, subject to any restrictions of any credit agreement or other financing document to which the Company is a party at such time. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.

13. Management.

a. In accordance with Section 18-402 of the Act, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, and vested in, the board of managers of the Company (the “Board”, and each separately, a “Manager”). Managers do not have to hold membership interests in the Company as Members of the Company in order to serve as a Manager. The Board shall have complete and absolute control of the affairs and business of the Company and the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by managers of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and including all things necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Subject to this Section 13(a), the Board has the authority to bind the Company.

i. The Board shall initially consist of two (2) Managers.

ii. Thomas O. Miiller and Wayne M. Rehberger are hereby designated and elected to be the Managers of the Company, to hold office until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification.

 

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b. No Member, in its capacity as a Member, shall participate in the management or control of the business of, or shall have any rights or powers with respect to the management of, the Company except those expressly granted to it by the terms of this Agreement, or those conferred on it by law.

c. Consent of the Board for purposes of this Agreement may be obtained: (i) at any meeting of the Board; provided that, at least a majority of the Managers are present at such meeting and that a majority of those attending Managers vote in favor of the matter being voted upon, or (ii) by the unanimous written consent of the Managers.

d. Consent of the Member for purposes of this Agreement may be obtained by the written consent of the Member.

e. Managers may withdraw at any time. Any Manager may be removed at any time for any reason or no reason, and shall promptly be replaced, by the consent of the Member.

14. Tax Status. The Company is intended to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes.

15. Officers. Upon the adoption of this Agreement, the Officers, as hereinafter defined, of the Company shall be as set forth on Schedule II hereto, with the office(s) of each Officer as set forth opposite their respective names with such authority and duties normally associated with such office(s). The Board may, subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement, appoint new officers or remove existing officers of the Company (each, an “Officer”) and assign in writing titles (including, without limitation, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) to any such person. Unless the Board decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 15 may be revoked at any time by the Managers.

16. Other Business. The Member, Managers and Officers may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others. The Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

17. Exculpation and Indemnification.

a. None of the Member, Managers or Officers (each, an “Indemnified Party”) shall be liable to the Company or any other person or entity who has an interest in the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Party in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Party by this Agreement, except that an Indemnified Party shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, an Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Party by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Party in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the

 

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authority conferred on such Indemnified Party by this Agreement, except that no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Party by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 17(a) shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and the Member, Managers or Officers shall have no personal liability on account thereof.

b. Notwithstanding the fact that either the Member or any of its affiliates, other than the Company (together, the “Sponsor Parties”), may have concurrent liability to an Indemnified Person with respect to indemnity obligations, the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall have no right or claim against any of the Sponsor Parties for contribution or have rights of subrogation against any Sponsor Parties through an Indemnified Person with respect to any indemnity obligation provided pursuant to this Section 17. In the event that any Sponsor Party pays or advances an Indemnified Person any amount with respect to an indemnity obligation, the Company will, or will cause its subsidiaries to, as applicable, promptly reimburse such Sponsor Party for such payment or advance upon request. For the avoidance of doubt, any insurance coverage for any indemnity obligation provided by, obtained by or paid for by the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand and any Sponsor Party on the other hand shall be subject to the same primary and secondary liability hierarchy set forth in this Section 17(b).

18. Admission of Additional Members. One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member.

19. Termination of Membership. The rights of a Member to share in the profits and losses of the Company, to receive distributions and to assign its interest in the Company pursuant to Section 20 shall, on its death, bankruptcy or adjudicated incompetency, devolve on the legal representative of the Member for the purpose of settling its estate or administering its property.

20. Assignments. The Member may transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate, in whole or in part, its limited liability company interest, as determined in its sole discretion.

21. Dissolution.

a. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the written consent of the Member, (ii) the dissolution, termination, winding-up or bankruptcy of the Member, and (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.

b. In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner) and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act.

22. Elections. The Member shall determine the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of any and all applicable jurisdictions as to the treatment of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company or any other method or procedure related to the preparation of such tax returns. The Member may cause the Company to make or refrain from making any and all elections permitted by such tax laws, and the Member shall not be liable for any consequences to any previously admitted or subsequently admitted Members resulting from their making or failing to make any such elections.

 

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23. Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

24. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement.

25. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Member with respect to the subject matter hereof.

26. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof), and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws.

27. Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

[The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

TASC, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

  Name: Thomas O. Miiller
  Title: Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF TEXELTEK, LLC]


Schedule I

 

Member

  

Membership Interest

TASC, Inc.

   100%


Schedule II

 

Name

  

Office(s)

Anthony Smeraglinolo

   President and Chief Executive Officer

John P. Hynes

   Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Wayne M. Rehberger

   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Thomas O. Miiller

   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Craig R. Reed

   Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development

Kirk G. Dye

   Senior Vice President, Human Capital Strategies

Jon Brooks

   Assistant Secretary

Mark Stechschulte

   Assistant Secretary

Elizabeth Scott

   Assistant Secretary

Richard B. Harkey

   Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Ray Guillaume

   Treasurer

 

EX-5.1 16 d322217dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO   

Chrysler Center

666 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10017

212-935-3000

212-983-3115 fax

www.mintz.com

April 19, 2017

Engility Corporation

4803 Stonecroft Boulevard

Chantilly, VA 20151

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Engility Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Issuer”) and the entities identified on Schedule A attached to this letter (collectively the “Guarantors”) solely for the purpose of providing the opinions set forth in this letter in connection with the filing by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which relates to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) of the offer and exchange of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 8.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (collectively the “Exchange Notes”) that are to be (a) issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2016, among the Issuer, the Guarantors, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Indenture”) in an exchange offer for a like aggregate original principal amount of currently outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Old Notes”) in accordance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 12, 2016, among the Issuer, the Guarantors, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the representative of the initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) and (b) guaranteed by the Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture (the guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture being collectively the “Exchange Guarantees”). Dynamics Research Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation, is sometimes referred to herein as the “MA Guarantor.” The Issuer and the MA Guarantor are sometimes referred to herein individually, as a “Covered Party,” and collectively, as the “Covered Parties.”

In connection with our representation, we have reviewed the following:

(i) the Indenture;

(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement;

(iii) the form of Exchange Notes;

(iv) the form of Exchange Guarantees;

(v) the Registration Statement; and

 

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

BOSTON | WASHINGTON | NEW YORK | STAMFORD | LOS ANGELES | PALO ALTO | SAN DIEGO | LONDON


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(vi) the prospectus contained within the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”).

The Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Exchange Notes and the form of Exchange Guarantees are sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Transaction Documents.”

In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have assumed, without independent inquiry or investigation, (i) the genuineness of all signatures on all agreements, instruments and other documents submitted to us; (ii) the legal capacity of all persons executing all agreements, instruments and other documents examined by us; (iii) the authenticity and completeness of all agreements, instruments, corporate records, certificates and other documents submitted to us as originals; (iv) that all agreements, instruments, corporate records, certificates and other documents submitted to us as certified, electronic, facsimile, conformed, photostatic or other copies conform to authentic originals thereof, and that such originals are authentic and complete; (v) that no documents submitted to us have been amended or terminated orally or in writing except as has been disclosed to us; and (vi) that the statements contained in the certificates and comparable documents of public officials, officers and representatives of the Covered Parties and other persons on which we have relied for the purposes of this opinion letter are true and correct.

We have also assumed that each of the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Covered Parties) has all requisite power and authority and has taken all necessary action (corporate or otherwise) to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to effect the transactions contemplated thereby and that the Transaction Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of such other parties (other than the Issuer and the Guarantors), enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and that the status of the Transaction Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.

In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the Transaction Documents, and upon originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate and limited liability company records, agreements, documents and other instruments and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Covered Parties, and have made such other investigations, as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York, the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the federal law of the United States. Various issues concerning Delaware law are addressed by other counsel in an opinion which has been separately provided to you, a copy of which we understand is being filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein.


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Our opinions are subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, conscionability, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; and (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy.

We express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or arbitration, remedies, or judicial relief, (c) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (d) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of the Exchange Notes, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon, (e) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (f) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (g) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (h) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (i) grants of setoff rights, (j) proxies, powers and trusts, (k) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (l) unknown future defenses, (m) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety and provisions purporting to waive modifications of any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation, (n) the enforceability of choice of law provisions in the Transaction Documents, and (o) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.

We express no opinion as to compliance with (a) federal or state antifraud laws, rules or regulations relating to securities or the offer and sale thereof or (b) state securities or blue sky laws, including the qualification of the Exchange Notes or Exchange Guarantees under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any foreign jurisdiction.

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

1.    When and to the extent duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered in exchange for the Old Notes, in the manner and circumstances contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Exchange Notes will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms.

2.    When and to the extent (a) the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered in exchange for the Old Notes, in the manner and circumstances contemplated by the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and (b) the Exchange Guarantees on the Exchange Notes have been duly


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endorsed in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Exchange Guarantees will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms.

We express no opinion as to any matter other than as expressly set forth above, and no other opinion is intended to be implied nor may any be inferred herefrom. The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation hereby and disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change after the date hereof pertaining to any matter referred to herein. Other than as specifically consented to herein, this letter and the opinions expressed herein are solely for your benefit in connection with the above transactions and may not be circulated, quoted, relied upon or otherwise referred to in any manner or for any purpose by any other person without our prior written consent.

We consent to the filing of this letter with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and to the use of our name therein and in the Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVKSY AND POPEO, P.C.


Schedule A

 

Entity

   Jurisdiction

ATAC Services, LLC

   DE

Dynamics Research Corporation

   MA

Engility Holdings, Inc.

   DE

Engility LLC

   DE

Support Services Organization, LLC

   DE

TASC Services Corporation

   DE

Texeltek, LLC

   DE
EX-5.2 17 d322217dex52.htm EX-5.2 EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

 

LOGO

150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800

Nashville, TN 37201

(615) 742-6200

April 19, 2017

Engility Corporation

4803 Stonecroft Boulevard

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Engility Corporation (the “Company”), its direct parent, Engility Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”) and the other Delaware Guarantors (as defined below), each organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which relates to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the offer and exchange of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”) that are to be general senior unsecured obligations of the Company and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Holdings and certain of the Company’s current and future domestic subsidiaries, including the Delaware entities set forth on Schedule I attached hereto (along with Holdings, collectively, the “Delaware Guarantors”). The Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of August 12, 2016, by and among the Company, Holdings and the other guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.

The Exchange Notes are to be issued in an exchange offer for a like aggregate original principal amount of currently outstanding 8.875% senior notes due 2024 in accordance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016, by and among the Company, Holdings and the other guarantors party thereto and Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, as the representative of the initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

In rendering our opinions herein, we have relied with respect to factual matters, upon the certificate with respect to various factual matters signed by an officer of each of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors and dated the date of this opinion, and certificates of public officials referred to below. In addition, we have reviewed and relied upon such corporate or other organizational documents of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors and such other records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to form the basis for rendering our opinions, including, without limitation, the following:

(i) the Registration Rights Agreement;

(ii) the Indenture;

(iii) the form of Exchange Notes;

(iv) the Registration Statement; and

 


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(v) the prospectus contained within the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”).

In connection with our examination of documents, we have assumed the genuineness of signatures on original documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all copies submitted to us as certified, conformed or photographic copies, the legal capacity of all natural persons, and, as to certificates of public officials, we have assumed the same to have been properly given and to be accurate. We have assumed that all documents we have reviewed (i) are the valid and binding obligations of and enforceable against each party thereto and (ii) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each party thereto (other than to the extent we render opinions below as to due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company or the Delaware Guarantors).

Except as expressly set forth in this opinion letter, we have made no independent investigation or inquiry as to the accuracy or completeness of any representation, warranty, data, certificate or other information, written or oral, made or furnished to us in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement.

The opinions expressed herein are limited in all respects to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, and no opinion is expressed with respect to (i) any federal laws of the United States of America or any other jurisdiction, or any effect which such laws may have on the opinions expressed herein, (ii) the bylaws, rules or regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or (iii) the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction. We are not rendering any opinion, and we are not providing any assurance, as to compliance with any antifraud law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.

We have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of facts, and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any such facts should be drawn from the fact of our representation of the Company or the Delaware Guarantors.

With regard to our opinion in paragraph 1 below with respect to the Delaware Guarantors’ good standing, we have based our opinions solely upon examination of the certificates of good standing issued by the Delaware Secretary of State as of a recent date.

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

(1) Each of the Delaware Guarantors is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(2) Each of the Delaware Guarantors has the requisite corporate or limited liability company power, as applicable, under Delaware law to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including the guarantee of the Exchange Notes.

(3) The performance by each of the Delaware Guarantors of its obligations under the Indenture, including guaranteeing the Exchange Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, has been duly authorized by each such Delaware Guarantor by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action under Delaware law.

Our opinion is rendered as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the facts or law relating to the matters covered by this opinion that may hereafter come to our attention.


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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and to the use of our name therein and in the related Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Bass, Berry & Sims PLC


Schedule I

Delaware Subsidiary Guarantors

ATAC Services, LLC

Engility LLC

Support Services Organization, LLC

TASC Services Corporation

Texeltek, LLC

EX-23.3 18 d322217dex233.htm EX-23.3 EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our report dated March 9, 2017 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Engility Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

McLean, Virginia

April 19, 2017

EX-23.4 19 d322217dex234.htm EX-23.4 EX-23.4

Exhibit 23.4

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our report dated April 3, 2015, related to the consolidated financial statements of TASC Parent Corporation as of and for the two years ended December 31, 2014, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

April 19, 2017

EX-25.1 20 d322217dex251.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)

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

NEW YORK   13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

60 WALL STREET  
NEW YORK, NEW YORK   10005
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Catherine Wang

Legal Department

60 Wall Street, 36th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 250 – 7544

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

ENGILITY CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

Additional Registrants listed on Schedule A hereto

 

Massachusetts   04-2393618

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.  
Chantilly, Virginia   20151
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

8.875% Senior Notes Due 2024

(Title of the Indenture securities)

 

 

 


Additional Registrants

Schedule A

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrants

   Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Formation
 

Principal

Executive

Offices

   Primary
Standard

Industrial
Classification
Code Number
   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.

Engility Holdings, Inc.

   DE  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    61-1748527

ATAC Services, LLC

   DE  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   7389    47-2919685

Dynamics Research Corporation

   MA  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   7373    04-2211809

Engility LLC

   DE  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    95-2588754

Support Services Organization, LLC

   DE  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    46-1110776

TASC Services Corporation

   DE  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    04-3268014

Texeltek, LLC

   DE  

4803 Stonecroft Blvd.

Chantilly, VA 20151

   8711    52-2266478

 

Item 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

Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)    New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department    Albany, NY

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

  Yes.

 

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

Item 3. -15. Not Applicable

 

Item 16. List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1 -    Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 31, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 18, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 3, 1999; and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated March 14, 2002, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.


Exhibit 2 -    Certificate of Authority to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 3 -    Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 4 -    Existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated July 24, 2014, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 5 -    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 -    Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 7 -    A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
Exhibit 8 -    Not Applicable.
Exhibit 9 -    Not Applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 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 this 11th day of April, 2017.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
  By:  

/s/ Carol Ng

    Name:   Carol Ng
    Title:   Vice President


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS   
00623      
New York, NY 10005      
   Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System    OMB Number 7100-0036
   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    OMB Number 3064-0052
   Office of the Comptroller of the Currency    OMB Number 1557-0081
      Approval expires September 30, 2019
      Page 1 of 85
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council   

 

 

 

LOGO  

Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for

a Bank with Domestic Offices Only—FFIEC 041

 

 

 

 

Report at the close of business December 31, 2016

 

This report is required by law: 12 U.S.C. § 324 (State member banks); 12 U.S.C. §1817 (State nonmember banks); 12 U.S.C. §161 (National banks); and 12 U.S.C. §1464 (Savings associations).

            20161231 
    (RCON 9999)

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “bank” in this report form refers to both banks and savings associations.

This report form is to be filed by banks with domestic offices only. Banks with foreign offices (as defined in the instructions) must file FFIEC 031.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Each bank’s board of directors and senior management are responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control, including controls over the Reports of Condition and Income. The Reports of Condition and Income are to be prepared in accordance with federal regulatory authority instructions. The Reports of Condition and Income must be signed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the reporting bank (or by the individual performing an equivalent function) and attested to by not less than two directors (trustees) for state nonmember banks and three directors for state member banks, national banks, and savings associations.

I, the undersigned CFO (or equivalent) of the named bank, attest that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting

schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that the Reports of Condition and Income have been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct.

 
    
    

 

Signature of Chief Financial Officer (or Equivalent)

29 January 2017

Date of Signature

George Oommen

Director (Trustee)

 

Director (Trustee)

 

Director (Trustee)
 

 

 

 

Submission of Reports

Each bank must file its Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) data by either:

 

(a) Using computer software to prepare its Call Report and then submitting the report data directly to the FFIEC’s Central Data Repository (CDR), an Internet-based system for data collection (https://cdr.ffiec.gov/cdr/), or

 

(b) Completing its Call Report in paper form and arranging with a software vendor or another party to convert the data into the electronic format that can be processed by the CDR. The software vendor or other party then must electronically submit the bank’s data file to the CDR.

For technical assistance with submissions to the CDR, please contact the CDR Help Desk by telephone at (888) CDR-3111, by fax at (703) 774-3946, or by e-mail at CDR.Help@ffiec.gov.

 

FDIC Certificate Number   623

 

 
  (RSSD 9050)  

 

To fulfill the signature and attestation requirement for the Reports of Condition and Income for this report date, attach your bank’s completed signature page (or a photocopy or a computer generated version of this page) to the hard-copy record of the data file submitted to the CDR that your bank must place in its files.

The appearance of your bank’s hard-copy record of the submitted data file need not match exactly the appearance of the FFIEC’s sample report forms, but should show at least the caption of each Call Report item and the reported amount.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

Legal Title of Bank (RSSD 9017)

New York

City (RSSD 9130)

NY

  

10005

State Abbreviation (RSSD 9200)    Zip Code (RSSD 9220)

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

 

 8EWQ2UQKS07AKK8ANH81

 

(Report only if your institution already has an LEI.) (RCON 9224)
 

 

 

The estimated average burden associated with this information collection is 50.4 hours per respondent and is estimated to vary from 20 to 775 hours per response, depending on individual circumstances. Burden estimates include the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data in the required form, and completing the information collection, but exclude the time for compiling and maintaining business records in the normal course of a respondent’s activities. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an organization (or a person) is not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503, and to one of the following: Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551; Legislative and Regulatory Analysis Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

New York, NY 10005

  
     

FFIEC 041

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RC-1

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Banks

and Savings Associations for December 31, 2016

All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

 

            Dollar Amounts in Thousands      RCON      Amount         

Assets

             

1.

  Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):              
  a.   Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)           0081        1,525,000        1.a.  
  b.   Interest-bearing balances (2)           0071        30,323,000        1.b.  

2.

  Securities:              
  a.   Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)           1754        0        2.a.  
  b.   Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)           1773        0        2.b.  

3.

  Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:              
  a.   Federal funds sold           B987        0        3.a.  
  b.   Securities purchased under agreements to resell (3)           B989        10,000,000        3.b.  

4.

  Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):              
  a.   Loans and leases held for sale           5369        9,000        4.a.  
  b.   Loans and leases, net of unearned income     B528        11,352,000              4.b.  
  c.   LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses     3123        26,000              4.c.  
  d.   Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c)           B529        11,326,000        4.d.  

5.

  Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)           3545        5,000        5.  

6.

  Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)           2145        13,000        6.  

7.

  Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)           2150        8,000        7.  

8.

  Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies           2130        0        8.  

9.

  Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures           3656        0        9.  

10.

  Intangible assets:              
  a.   Goodwill           3163        0        10.a.  
  b.   Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)           0426        33,000        10.b.  

11.

  Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)           2160        572,000        11.  
              

 

 

    

12.

  Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)           2170        53,814,000        12.  
              

 

 

    

Liabilities

             

13.

  Deposits:              
  a.   In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)           2200        42,239,000        13.a.  
              

 

 

    
   

(1)    Noninterest-bearing (4)

    6631        35,291,000              13.a.(1)  
   

(2)    Interest-bearing

    6636        6,948,000              13.a.(2)  
  b.   Not applicable              

14.

  Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:              
  a.   Federal funds purchased (5)           B993        1,126,000        14.a.  
  b.   Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (6)           B995        0        14.b.  

15.

  Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)           3548        5,000        15.  

16.

  Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) (from Schedule RC-M)           3190        5,000        16.  

17.

  and 18. Not applicable              

19.

  Subordinated notes and debentures (7)           3200        0        19.  

20.

  Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)           2930        1,372,000        20.  
              

 

 

    

21.

  Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)           2948        44,747,000        21.  
              

 

 

    

22.

 

Not applicable

             

 

1. Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
2. Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
3. Includes all securities resale agreements, regardless of maturity.
4. Includes noninterest-bearing demand, time, and savings deposits.
5. Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”
6. Includes all securities repurchase agreements, regardless of maturity.
7. Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

New York, NY 10005

     
     

FFIEC 041

Page 16 of 85

RC-2

 

Schedule RC—Continued

 

             Dollar Amounts in Thousands      RCON      Amount        

Equity Capital

          
  Bank Equity Capital           
23.   Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus         3838        0       23.  
24.   Common stock         3230        2,127,000       24.  
25.   Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)         3839        608,000       25.  
26.   a.   Retained earnings         3632        6,333,000       26.a.  
  b.   Accumulated other comprehensive income (1)         B530        (1,000     26.b.  
  c.   Other equity capital components (2)         A130        0       26.c.  
            

 

 

   
27.   a.   Total bank equity capital (sum of items 23 through 26.c)         3210        9,067,000       27.a.  
            

 

 

   
  b.   Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries         3000        0       27.b.  
            

 

 

   
28.   Total equity capital (sum of items 27.a and 27.b)         G105        9,067,000       28.  
            

 

 

   
29.   Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21 and 28)         3300        53,814,000       29.  
            

 

 

   
                RCON      Number        

Memoranda

          
To be reported with the March Report of Condition.           
1.   Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 2015         6724        NA       M.1.  

 

1 =    Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank
2 =    Independent audit of the bank’s parent holding company conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the bank separately)
3 =    Attestation on bank management’s assertion on the effectiveness of the bank’s internal control over financial reporting by a certified public accounting firm
4 =    Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state-chartering authority)
5 =    Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state-chartering authority)
6 =    Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors
7 =    Compilation of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors
8 =    Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
9 =    No external audit work
 

 

         RCON      Date         

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

        

2.

 

Bank’s fiscal year-end date (report the date in MMDD format)

     8678        NA        M.2.  

 

1. Includes, but is not limited to, net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and accumulated defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan adjustments.
2. Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.

06/2016

EX-99.1 21 d322217dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

ENGILITY CORPORATION

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$300,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP No. 29285XAD4), WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING UNREGISTERED 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP Nos. 29285XAC6 and U2928PAB2)

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON             , 2017 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”) UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 

By Registered or Certified    By Facsimile    By Overnight Courier or
Mail:    (eligible institutions only):    Hand Delivery:
DB Services Americas, Inc.    (615) 866-3889    DB Services Americas, Inc.
Attention: Reorg Dept       Attention: Reorg Dept

5022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

   Telephone Inquiries:   

5022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

Jacksonville, Florida 32256    (877) 843-9767    Jacksonville, Florida 32256

DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS COMPLETED.

Holders of Initial Notes (as defined below) should complete this Letter of Transmittal either if Initial Notes are to be forwarded herewith or if a tender of Initial Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by the Exchange Agent at the book-entry transfer facility specified by the holder pursuant to the procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Initial Notes Through Brokers and Banks” in the Prospectus (as defined below) and an Agent’s Message (as defined below) is not delivered. If a tender is being made by book-entry transfer, the holder must have an Agent’s Message delivered in lieu of this Letter of Transmittal.

Holders of Initial Notes whose certificates for such Initial Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their certificates and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis must tender their Initial Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “holder” for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal means any person in whose name Initial Notes are registered or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or any person whose Initial Notes are held of record by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated             , 2017 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”) of Engility Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together constitute the


Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange up to $300,000,000 of its 8.875% senior notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Notes”) for a like principal amount of its unregistered 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”).

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year for the Exchange Notes. The first interest payment date on the Exchange Notes will be September 1, 2017.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning given them in the Prospectus.

YOUR BANK OR BROKER CAN ASSIST YOU IN COMPLETING THIS FORM. THE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MUST BE FOLLOWED. QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT, WHOSE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER APPEAR ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

The undersigned has completed the appropriate boxes below and signed this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the action that the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offer.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND THE PROSPECTUS

CAREFULLY BEFORE CHECKING ANY BOX BELOW.

 

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All Tendering Holders Complete Box 1:

Box 1: Description of Initial Notes Tendered Herewith*

8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP Nos. 29285XAC6 and U2928PAB2)

 

Name(s) and Address(es) of
Registered Holder(s)

(Please fill in, if blank, exactly as
name(s) appear(s) on Certificate(s)

   Certificate or
Registration Number(s)
of Initial Notes**
     Aggregate Principal
Amount Represented by
Initial Notes
     Aggregate Principal
Amount of Initial Notes
Being Tendered***
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* If the space provided is inadequate, list the certificate numbers and principal amount of Initial Notes on a separate signed schedule and attach the list to this Letter of Transmittal.
** Need not be completed by book-entry holders.
*** The minimum permitted tender is $2,000 in principal amount. All tenders must be in the amount of $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Unless otherwise indicated in this column, the holder will be deemed to have tendered the full aggregate principal amount represented by such Initial Notes. See Instruction 2.

 

Box 2

Book-Entry Transfer

  ☐     CHECK HERE IF TENDERED INITIAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

   

  Name of Tendering Institution:

  

 

  Account Number:

  

 

  Transaction Code Number:

  

 

      

Holders of Initial Notes that are tendering by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC can execute the tender through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”), for which the transaction will be eligible, in lieu of delivery of an executed Letter of Transmittal. DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer through DTC’s ATOP must transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC. DTC will then send a computer-generated message (an “Agent’s Message”) to the Exchange Agent for its acceptance in which the holder of the Initial Notes acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms of, and makes the representations and warranties contained in, this Letter of Transmittal, and the DTC participant confirms on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such Initial Notes all provisions of this Letter of Transmittal (including any representations and warranties) applicable to it and such beneficial owner as fully as if it had completed the information required herein and executed and transmitted this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. Each DTC participant transmitting an acceptance of the Exchange Offer through the ATOP procedures will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal. Delivery of an Agent’s Message by DTC will satisfy the terms of the Exchange Offer as to execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal by the participant identified in the Agent’s Message. DTC participants may also accept the Exchange Offer by submitting a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery through ATOP.

 

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Box 3

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

(See Instruction 1 below)

  ☐     CHECK HERE IF TENDERED INITIAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

   
  Name(s) of Registered Holder(s):   

 

  Window Ticket Number (if any):   

 

  Name of Eligible Guarantor Institution

  that Guaranteed Delivery:

  

 

  Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed

  Delivery:

  

 

 
  IF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS TO BE MADE BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER:
   
  Name of Tendering Institution:   

 

  Account Number:   

 

  Transaction Code Number:   

 

      

 

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Box 4

Return of Non-Exchanged Initial Notes

Tendered by Book-Entry Transfer

  ☐     CHECK HERE IF INITIAL NOTES TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND NON-EXCHANGED INITIAL NOTES ARE TO BE RETURNED BY CREDITING THE ACCOUNT NUMBER SET FORTH ABOVE.

 

 

Box 5

Participating Broker-Dealer

  ☐     CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE INITIAL NOTES FOR YOUR OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET-MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES AND WISH TO RECEIVE TEN (10) ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

   

  Name:

  

 

  Address:

  

 

      

The undersigned represents that (i) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) it has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of Exchange Notes and (iii) it is not our affiliate as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, or if it is an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable. If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, it represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it represents that it receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes, where such Initial Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. A broker-dealer may not participate in the Exchange Offer with respect to Initial Notes acquired other than as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Any broker-dealer who purchased Initial Notes from the Company to resell pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act.

 

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PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Company the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes indicated above. Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of all or any portion of the Initial Notes tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including, if the Exchange Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any such extension or amendment), the undersigned hereby exchanges, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Initial Notes as are being tendered herewith.

The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Company, in connection with the Exchange Offer) with respect to the tendered Initial Notes, with full power of substitution and re-substitution (such power of attorney being deemed an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (1) present and deliver certificates representing such Initial Notes for transfer on the books of the Company, or transfer ownership of such Initial Notes on the account books maintained by the book-entry transfer facility specified by the holder(s) of the Initial Notes, together, in each such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, the Company, and (2) receive all benefits or otherwise exercise all rights and incidents of beneficial ownership of such Initial Notes, all in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that (a) the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange, assign and transfer the Initial Notes tendered hereby, (b) when such tendered Initial Notes are accepted for exchange, the Company will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and (c) the Initial Notes tendered for exchange are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies when accepted by the Company. The undersigned hereby further represents that any Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Initial Notes tendered hereby will have been acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes, whether or not such person is the undersigned, that neither the holder of such Initial Notes nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to engage in, nor has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such Exchange Notes, and that neither the holder of such Initial Notes nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of the Company, or if it is an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.

The undersigned also acknowledges that the Exchange Offer is being made based on the Company’s understanding of an interpretation by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, including Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991), Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling, dated July 2, 1993, or similar no-action letters, that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by each holder thereof (other than a broker-dealer who acquires such Exchange Notes directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act or any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holder’s business and such holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such Exchange Notes and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. If a holder of the Initial Notes is an affiliate of the Company, is not acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business, is engaged in or intends to engage in a distribution (within

 

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the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder (x) may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with any secondary resale transaction. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive the Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for the Initial Notes, it represents that the Initial Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale or transfer of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company or the Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of the tendered Initial Notes or transfer ownership of such Initial Notes on the account books maintained by the book-entry transfer facility.

The Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” The undersigned recognizes that as a result of these conditions (which may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Company), as more particularly set forth in the Prospectus, the Company may not be required to exchange any of the Initial Notes tendered hereby and, in such event, the Initial Notes not exchanged will be returned to the undersigned at the address shown above, promptly following the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer. In addition, the Company may amend the Exchange Offer at any time prior to the Expiration Date if any of the conditions set forth under “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer” occur.

All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of the undersigned. Tendered Initial Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with the procedures set forth in the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” below, please deliver the Exchange Notes (and, if applicable, substitute certificates representing the Initial Notes for any Initial Notes not exchanged) in the name of the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry delivery of the Initial Notes, please credit the account indicated above. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” below, please send the Exchange Notes (and, if applicable, substitute certificates representing the Initial Notes for any Initial Notes not exchanged) to the undersigned at the address shown above in the box entitled “Description of Initial Notes Tendered Herewith.”

THE UNDERSIGNED, BY COMPLETING THE BOX ENTITLED “DESCRIPTION OF INITIAL NOTES TENDERED HEREWITH” ABOVE AND SIGNING THIS LETTER, WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE TENDERED THE INITIAL NOTES AS SET FORTH IN SUCH BOX.

 

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Box 6

SPECIAL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 4 and 5)

To be completed ONLY if certificates for the Initial Notes not tendered and/or certificates for the Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of someone other than the registered holder(s) of the Initial Notes whose name(s) appear(s) above.

 

  Issue:   

☐       Initial Notes not tendered to:

  
    

☐       Exchange Notes to:

  
  Name(s):   

 

  
     (Please Print or Type)   
  Address:   

 

  
    

 

  
     (Include Zip Code)   
 

Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number:

    

 

  
 

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:

    

 

  

 

Box 7

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 4 and 5)

To be completed ONLY if certificates for the Initial Notes not tendered and/or certificates for the Exchange Notes are to be sent in the name of someone other than the registered holder(s) of the Initial Notes whose name(s) appear(s) above.

 

  Issue:   

☐       Initial Notes not tendered to:

  
    

☐       Exchange Notes to:

  
  Name(s):   

 

  
     (Please Print or Type)   
  Address:   

 

  
    

 

  
     (Include Zip Code)   
  Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number:
    

 

  
  Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:
    

 

  

 

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Box 8

TENDERING HOLDER(S) SIGN HERE

(Complete accompanying Substitute Form or applicable Form W-8)

Must be signed by the registered holder(s) (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include the book-entry transfer facility whose name appears on a security listing as the owner of the Initial Notes) of the Initial Notes exactly as their name(s) appear(s) on the Initial Notes hereby tendered or by any person(s) authorized to become the registered holder(s) by properly completed bond powers or endorsements and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth the full title of such person. See Instruction 4.

 

 

 

 
  (Signature(s) of Holder(s))  
  Date:  

 

 
  Name:  

 

 
                        (Please Type or Print)  

 

  Capacity (full title):  

 

 
  Address:  

 

 
  (Including Zip Code)  

 

  Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number:  

 

 
  Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:  

 

 

GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)

(If Required — See Instruction 4)

 

  Authorized Signature:   

 

 

 

  Date:

 

 

 

  Name:

 

 

 

  Title:

 

 

 

  Name of Firm:

 

 

 

 

 

Address of Firm:

 

 

 
 

 

 
  (Include Zip Code)  

 

  Area Code and Telephone Number:   

 

 
  Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:   

 

 
      

 

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Form    W-9

(Rev. December 2014)

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

 

Request for Taxpayer

Identification Number and Certification

 

Give Form to the

requester. Do not

send to the IRS.

See

Specific Instructions

on page 2.

Print or type

See Specific Instructions on page 2.

 

 

 

1 Name (as shown on your income tax return). Name is required on this line; do not leave this line blank.

 

              
 

 

2 Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above

 

                   
  3 Check appropriate box for federal tax classification; check only one of the following seven boxes:       

 

 

4 Exemptions (codes apply
only to certain entities, not
individuals; see instructions
on page 3):
Exempt payee code (if
any)              

 

Exemption from FATCA
reporting code (if any)
                                     

 

(Applies to accounts maintained
outside the U.S.)

 

 

☐ Individual/sole proprietor or

     single-member LLC

            C Corporation         S Corporation         Partnership         Trust/estate       
 

 

 Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C  corporation, S=S corporation, P=partnership)  u               

 

Note. For a single-member LLC that is disregarded, do not check LLC; check the appropriate box in the line above for
the tax classification of the single-member owner.

Other (see instructions)  u

 

 
 

 

5 Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

 

      

 

 Requester’s name and address (optional)

            
 

 

6 City, state, and ZIP code

 

                                       
 

 

7 List account number(s) here (optional)

 

                                       
Part I    Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on line 1 to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is generally your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part I instructions on page 3. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 3.

 

 Social security number

 

                     
               –             –                 
                                       
 

or

 

 

Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the instructions for line 1 and the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose number to enter.    Employer identification number  
                     
                                       
                                       
Part II    Certification

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

 

1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and

 

2. I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

 

3. I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below); and

 

4. The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct.

Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions on page 3.

 

Sign
Here
   Signature of
U.S. person  
u
     Date  u

 

General Instructions

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Future developments. Information about developments affecting Form W-9 (such as legislation enacted after we release it) is at www.irs.gov/fw9.

Purpose of Form

An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer identification number (EIN), to report on an information return the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable on an information return. Examples of information returns include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

  Form 1099-1NT (interest earned or paid)

 

  Form 1099-DIV (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual funds)

 

  Form 1099-MISC (various types of income, prizes, awards, or gross proceeds)

 

  Form 1099-B (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other transactions by brokers)

 

  Form 1099-S (proceeds from real estate transactions)

 

  Form 1099-K (merchant card and third party network transactions)
  Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1098-E (student loan interest), 1098-T (tuition)

 

  Form 1099-C (canceled debt)

 

  Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property)

Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN.

If you do not return Form W-9 to the requester with a TIN, you might be subject to backup withholding. See What is backup withholding? on page 2.

By signing the filled-out form, you:

1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued),

2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or

3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners’ share of effectively connected income, and

4. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. See What is FATCA reporting? on page 2 for further information.

 

 

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Note. If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester’s form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9.

Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are:

 

  An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien;

 

  A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States;

 

  An estate (other than a foreign estate); or

 

  A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7).

Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax under section 1446 on any foreign partners’ share of effectively connected taxable income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, the rules under section 1446 require a partnership to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the section 1446 withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status and avoid section 1446 withholding on your share of partnership income.

In the cases below, the following person must give Form W-9 to the partnership for purposes of establishing its U.S. status and avoiding withholding on its allocable share of net income from the partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States:

 

  In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner of the disregarded entity and not the entity;

 

  In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner, generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and not the trust; and

 

  In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust), the U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust) and not the beneficiaries of the trust.

Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities).

Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Generally, only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax treaties contain a provision known as a “saving clause.” Exceptions specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes.

If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items:

1. The treaty country. Generally, this must be the same treaty under which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien.

2. The treaty article addressing the income.

3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the saving clause and its exceptions.

4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption from tax.

5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of the treaty article.

Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if his or her stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on his or her scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a statement that includes the information described above to support that exemption.

If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233.

Backup Withholding

What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must under certain conditions withhold and pay to the IRS 28% of such payments. This is called “backup withholding.” Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include interest, tax-exempt interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding.

You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return.

Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if:

1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester,

2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the Part II instructions on page 3 for details),

3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN,

4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only), or

5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding under 4 above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only).

Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See Exempt payee code on page 3 and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

Also see Special rules for partnerships above.

What is FATCA reporting?

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a participating foreign financial institution to report all United States account holders that are specified United States persons. Certain payees are exempt from FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA reporting code on page 3 and the Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

Updating Your Information

You must provide updated information to any person to whom you claimed to be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee and anticipate receiving reportable payments in the future from this person. For example, you may need to provide updated information if you are a C corporation that elects to be an S corporation, or if you no longer are tax exempt. In addition, you must furnish a new Form W-9 if the name or TIN changes for the account; for example, if the grantor of a grantor trust dies.

Penalties

Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.

Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Specific Instructions

Line 1

You must enter one of the following on this line; do not leave this line blank. The name should match the name on your tax return.

If this Form W-9 is for a joint account, list first, and then circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in Part I of Form W-9.

a. Individual. Generally, enter the name shown on your tax return. If you have changed your last name without informing the Social Security Administration (SSA) of the name change, enter your first name, the last name as shown on your social security card, and your new last name.

Note. ITIN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered on your Form W-7 application, line 1a. This should also be the same as the name you entered on the Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ you filed with your application.

b. Sole proprietor or single-member LLC. Enter your individual name as shown on your 1040/1040A/1040EZ on line 1. You may enter your business, trade, or “doing business as” (DBA) name on line 2.

c. Partnership, LLC that is not a single-member LLC, C Corporation, or S Corporation. Enter the entity’s name as shown on the entity’s tax return on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.

d. Other entities. Enter your name as shown on required U.S. federal tax documents on line 1. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.

e. Disregarded entity. For U.S. federal tax purposes, an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner is treated as a “disregarded entity.” See Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(iii). Enter the owner’s name on line 1. The name of the entity entered on line 1 should never be a disregarded entity. The name on line 1 should be the name shown on the income tax return on which the income should be reported. For example, if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. person, the U.S. owner’s name is required to be provided on line 1. If the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the disregarded entity’s name on line 2, “Business name/disregarded entity name.” If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN.

 

 

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Line 2

If you have a business name, trade name, DBA name, or disregarded entity name, you may enter it on line 2.

Line 3

Check the appropriate box in line 3 for the U.S. federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one box in line 3.

Limited Liability Company (LLC). If the name on line 1 is an LLC treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes, check the “Limited Liability Company” box and enter “P” in the space provided. If the LLC has filed Form 8832 or 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, check the “Limited Liability Company” box and in the space provided enter “C” for C corporation or “S” for S corporation. If it is a single-member LLC that is a disregarded entity, do not check the “Limited Liability Company” box; instead check the first box in line 3 “Individual/sole proprietor or single-member LLC.”

Line 4, Exemptions

If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, enter in the appropriate space in line 4 any code(s) that may apply to you.

Exempt payee code.

 

  Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding.

 

  Except as provided below, corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, including interest and dividends.

 

  Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions.

 

  Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding with respect to attorneys’ fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and corporations that provide medical or health care services are not exempt with respect to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC.

The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup withholding. Enter the appropriate code in the space in line 4.

1 — An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of section 401(f)(2)

2 — The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities

3 — A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities

4 — A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities

5 — A corporation

6 — A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth or possession

7 — A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

8 — A real estate investment trust

9 — An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940

10 — A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a)

11 — A financial institution

12 — A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian

13 — A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947

The following chart shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding. The chart applies to the exempt payees listed above, 1 through 13.

 

IF the payment is for…   THEN the payment is exempt for…
Interest and dividend payments   All exempt payees except for 7
Broker transactions   Exempt payees 1 through 4 and 6 through 11 and all C corporations. S corporations must not enter an exempt payee code because they are exempt only for sales of noncovered securities acquired prior to 2012.
Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends   Exempt payees 1 through 4
Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5,0001   Generally, exempt payees 1 through 52
Payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions   Exempt payees 1 through 4
1  See Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and its instructions.
2  However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys’ fees, gross proceeds paid to an attorney reportable under section 6045(f), and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency.

Exemption from FATCA reporting code. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from reporting under FATCA. These codes apply to persons submitting this form for accounts maintained outside of the United States by certain foreign financial institutions. Therefore, if you are only submitting this form for an account you hold in the United States, you may leave this field blank. Consult with the person requesting this form if you are uncertain if the financial institution is subject to these requirements. A requester may indicate that a code is not required by providing you with a Form W-9 with “Not Applicable” (or any similar indication) written or printed on the line for a FATCA exemption code.

A — An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) or any individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37)

B — The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities

C — A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities

D — A corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, as described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)

E — A corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a corporation described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)

F — A dealer in securities, commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the laws of the United States or any state

G — A real estate investment trust

H — A regulated investment company as defined in section 851 or an entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940

I — A common trust fund as defined in section 584(a)

J — A bank as defined in section 581

K — A broker

L — A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947(a)(1)

M — A tax exempt trust under a section 403(b) plan or section 457(g) plan

Note. You may wish to consult with the financial institution requesting this form to determine whether the FATCA code and/or exempt payee code should be completed.

Line 5

Enter your address (number, street, and apartment or suite number). This is where the requester of this Form W-9 will mail your information returns.

Line 6

Enter your city, state, and ZIP code.

Part I. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below.

If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN. However, the IRS prefers that you use your SSN.

If you are a single-member LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner (see Limited Liability Company (LLC) on this page), enter the owner’s SSN (or EIN, if the owner has one). Do not enter the disregarded entity’s EIN. If the LLC is classified as a corporation or partnership, enter the entity’s EIN.

Note. See the chart on page 4 for further clarification of name and TIN combinations.

How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local SSA office or get this form online at www.ssa.gov. You may also get this form by calling 1-800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can apply for an EIN online by accessing the IRS website at www.irs.gov/businesses and clicking on Employer Identification Number (EIN) under Starting a Business. You can get Forms W-7 and SS-4 from the IRS by visiting IRS.gov or by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).

If you are asked to complete Form W-9 but do not have a TIN, apply for a TIN and write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, generally you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester.

Note. Entering “Applied For” means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon.

Caution: A disregarded U.S. entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8.

 

 

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Form W-9 (Rev. 12-2014)    Page 4

 

 

 

Part II. Certification

To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if items 1, 4, or 5 below indicate otherwise.

For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). In the case of a disregarded entity, the person identified on line 1 must sign. Exempt payees, see Exempt payee code earlier.

Signature requirements. Complete the certification as indicated in items 1 through 5 below.

1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form.

3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification.

4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. “Other payments” include payments made in the course of the requester’s trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations).

5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified tuition program payments (under section 529), IRA, Coverdell ESA, Archer MSA or HSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

What Name and Number To Give the Requester

 

For this type of account:   Give name and SSN of:
  1.    

Individual

  The individual
  2.     Two or more individuals (joint account)   The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account1
  3.     Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)   The minor2
  4.     a. The usual revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee)   The grantor-trustee1
  b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law   The actual owner1
  5.     Sole proprietorship or disregarded entity owned by an individual   The owner3
  6.     Grantor trust filing under Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 1 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(A))   The grantor*
For this type of account:   Give name and EIN of:
  7.     Disregarded entity not owned by an individual   The owner
  8.     A valid trust, estate, or pension trust  

Legal entity4

  9.     Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832 or Form 2553  

The corporation

  10.     Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax-exempt organization  

The organization

  11.     Partnership or multi-member LLC  

The partnership

  12.     A broker or registered nominee   The broker or nominee
  13.     Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments   The public entity
  14.     Grantor trust filing under the Form 1041 Filing Method or the Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 2 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(B))  

The trust

1  List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that person’s number must be furnished.

 

2  Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s SSN.
3  You must show your individual name and you may also enter your business or DBA name on the “Business name/disregarded entity” name line. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the IRS encourages you to use your SSN.

 

4  List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) Also see Special rules for partnerships on page 2.

 

* Note. Grantor also must provide a Form W-9 to trustee of trust.

Note. If no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.

Secure Your Tax Records from Identity Theft

Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, SSN, or other identifying information, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund.

To reduce your risk:

 

  Protect your SSN,

 

  Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and

 

  Be careful when choosing a tax preparer.

If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter.

If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or wallet, questionable credit card activity or credit report, contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 1-800-908-4490 or submit Form 14039.

For more information, see Publication 4535, Identity Theft Prevention and Victim Assistance.

Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm or a system problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059.

Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes. Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The most common act is sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS does not request personal detailed information through email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or other financial accounts.

If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, forward this message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report misuse of the IRS name, logo, or other IRS property to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1-800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the Federal Trade Commission at: spam@uce.gov or contact them at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 1-877-IDTHEFT (1-877-438-4338).

Visit IRS.gov to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.

 

 

Privacy Act Notice

Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to provide your correct TIN to persons (including federal agencies) who are required to file information returns with the IRS to report interest, dividends, or certain other income paid to you; mortgage interest you paid; the acquisition or abandonment of secured property; the cancellation of debt; or contributions you made to an IRA, Archer MSA, or HSA. The person collecting this form uses the information on the form to file information returns with the IRS, reporting the above information. Routine uses of this information include giving it to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for use in administering their laws. The information also may be disclosed to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce civil and criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. You must provide your TIN whether or not you are required to file a tax return. Under section 3406, payers must generally withhold a percentage of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to the payer. Certain penalties may also apply for providing false or fraudulent information.

 

 

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INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

General

Please do not send certificates for Initial Notes directly to the Company. Your certificates for Initial Notes, together with your signed and completed Letter of Transmittal and any required supporting documents, should be mailed or otherwise delivered to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth on the first page hereof. The method of delivery of Initial Notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents is at your sole option and risk and the delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Exchange Agent. If delivery is by mail, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, or overnight or hand delivery service is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.

1. Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and Certificates; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.

A holder of Initial Notes (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include the book-entry transfer facility whose name appears on a security listing as the owner of the Initial Notes) may tender the same by (i) properly completing and signing this Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile hereof (all references in the Prospectus to the Letter of Transmittal shall be deemed to include a facsimile thereof) and delivering the same, together with the certificate or certificates, if applicable, representing the Initial Notes being tendered and any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, to the Exchange Agent at its address set forth above on or prior to the Expiration Date, (ii) complying with the procedure for book-entry transfer described below or (iii) complying with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

Holders who wish to tender their Initial Notes and (i) whose Initial Notes are not immediately available or (ii) who cannot deliver their Initial Notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date or (iii) who cannot comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a timely basis, must tender their Initial Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus and by completing Box 3. Holders may tender their Initial Notes if: (i) the tender is made by or through an Eligible Guarantor Institution (as defined below); (ii) the Exchange Agent receives (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery), prior to the Expiration Date, a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery in the form provided with this Letter of Transmittal that (a) sets forth the name and address of the holder of Initial Notes, if applicable, the certificate number(s) of the Initial Notes to be tendered and the principal amount of Initial Notes tendered; (b) states that the tender is being made thereby; and (c) guarantees that, within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date, the Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, together with the Initial Notes or a book-entry confirmation, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be deposited by the Eligible Guarantor Institution with the Exchange Agent; or (iii) the Exchange Agent receives a properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal, or facsimile thereof and the certificate(s) representing all tendered Initial Notes in proper form or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of the Initial Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the appropriate book-entry transfer facility and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date.

Any Holder who wishes to tender Initial Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described above and in “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus must ensure that the Exchange Agent receives the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery relating to such Initial Notes prior to the Expiration Date. Failure to complete the guaranteed delivery procedures outlined above will not, of itself, affect the validity or effect a revocation of any Letter of Transmittal form properly completed and executed by a holder who attempted to use the guaranteed delivery procedures.

No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. Each tendering holder, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of the Initial Notes for exchange.

 

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2. Partial Tenders; Withdrawals.

Tenders of Initial Notes will be accepted only in the principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. If less than the entire principal amount of Initial Notes evidenced by a submitted certificate is tendered, the tendering holder(s) must fill in the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes tendered in the column entitled “Description of Initial Notes Tendered Herewith” in Box 1 above. A newly issued certificate for the Initial Notes submitted but not tendered will be sent to such holder promptly after the Expiration Date, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal. All Initial Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered in full unless otherwise clearly indicated. Initial Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn upon the delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Exchange Agent at any time prior to the Expiration Date, after which tenders of Initial Notes are irrevocable.

To be effective with respect to the tender of Initial Notes, a written notice of withdrawal (which may be by telegram, telex, facsimile or letter) must: (i) be received by the Exchange Agent at the address for the Exchange Agent set forth above before the Company notifies the Exchange Agent that it has accepted the tender of Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; (ii) specify the name of the person who tendered the Initial Notes to be withdrawn; (iii) identify the Initial Notes to be withdrawn (including the principal amount of such Initial Notes, or, if applicable, the certificate numbers shown on the particular certificates evidencing such Initial Notes and the principal amount at maturity of Initial Notes represented by such certificates); (iv) include a statement that such holder is withdrawing its election to have such Initial Notes exchanged; (v) specify the name in which any such Initial Notes are to be registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder; and (vi) be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on this Letter of Transmittal (including any required signature guarantee). The Exchange Agent will return the properly withdrawn Initial Notes promptly following receipt of notice of withdrawal. If Initial Notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn Initial Notes or otherwise comply with the book-entry transfer facility’s procedures. All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility of notices of withdrawals, including time of receipt, will be determined by the Company, and such determination will be final and binding on all parties.

Any Initial Notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the Exchange Offer. Any Initial Notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder (or, in the case of Initial Notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book entry transfer facility pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described above, such Initial Notes will be credited to an account with such book-entry transfer facility specified by the holder) promptly after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn Initial Notes may be retendered by following the procedures described under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Initial Notes Through Brokers and Banks” in the Prospectus at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date.

Neither the Company, any affiliate or assigns of the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person will be under any duty to give any notification of any irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give such notification (even if such notice is given to other persons).

3. Beneficial Owner Instructions.

Only a holder of Initial Notes (i.e., a person in whose name Initial Notes are registered on the books of the registrar or, in the case of Initial Notes held through book-entry, such book-entry transfer facility specified by the holder), or the legal representative or attorney-in-fact of a holder, may execute and deliver this Letter of Transmittal. Any beneficial owner of Initial Notes who wishes to accept the Exchange Offer must arrange promptly for the appropriate holder to execute and deliver this Letter of Transmittal on his or her behalf through the execution and delivery to the appropriate holder of the “Instructions to Registered Holder from Beneficial Owner” form accompanying this Letter of Transmittal.

 

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4. Signature on this Letter of Transmittal; Written Instruments and Endorsements; Guarantee of Signatures.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include the book-entry transfer facility whose name appears on a security listing as the owner of the Initial Notes) of the Initial Notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificates (or on such security listing) without alteration, addition, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

If any of the Initial Notes tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

If a number of Initial Notes registered in different names are tendered, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate copies of this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimiles thereof) as there are different registrations of Initial Notes.

When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of Initial Notes (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include the book-entry transfer facility whose name appears on a security listing as the owner of the Initial Notes) listed and tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate written instruments of transfer or exchange are required. If, however, this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder(s) of the Initial Notes listed or the Exchange Notes are to be issued, or any untendered Initial Notes are to be reissued, to a person other than the registered holder(s) of the Initial Notes, such Initial Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by separate written instruments of transfer or exchange in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed by the registered holder, in each case signed exactly as the name or names of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on the Initial Notes and the signatures on such certificates must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution. If this Letter of Transmittal, any certificates or separate written instruments of transfer or exchange are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by the Company, submit proper evidence satisfactory to the Company, in its sole discretion, of such persons’ authority to so act.

Endorsements on certificates for the Initial Notes or signatures on bond powers required by this Instruction 4 must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or another “eligible guarantor institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (an “Eligible Guarantor Institution”).

Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution, unless Initial Notes are tendered: (i) by a registered holder (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include the book-entry transfer facility whose name appears on a security listing as the owner of the Initial Notes) who has not completed the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal; or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Guarantor Institution.

5. Special Registration and Delivery Instructions.

Tendering holders should indicate, in the applicable Box 6 or Box 7, the name and address in/to which the Exchange Notes and/or certificates for Initial Notes not exchanged are to be issued or sent, if different from the name(s) and address(es) of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal. In the case of issuance in a different name, the tax identification number or social security number of the person named must also be indicated. A holder tendering the Initial Notes by book-entry transfer may request that the Initial Notes not exchanged be credited to such account maintained at the book-entry transfer facility as such holder may designate. See Box 4.

 

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If no such instructions are given, the Exchange Notes (and any Initial Notes not tendered or not accepted) will be issued in the name of and sent to the holder signing this Letter of Transmittal or deposited into such holder’s account at the applicable book-entry transfer facility.

6. Transfer Taxes.

The Company will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer of Initial Notes to it or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however, Exchange Notes and/or substitute Initial Notes not exchanged are to be delivered to, or are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other than the Holder of the Initial Notes tendered hereby, or if tendered Initial Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the transfer of Initial Notes to the Company or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the Holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering Holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted herewith, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering Holder.

Except as provided in this Instruction 6, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the Initial Notes listed in this Letter of Transmittal.

7. Amendments; Waiver of Conditions.

The Company reserves the absolute right to waive, in whole or in part, any of the conditions to the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus. If the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner that the Company determines constitutes a material change, including the waiver of a material condition, the Company will promptly disclose that amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the holders. The Company will also extend the Exchange Offer to the extent necessary to provide that at least five business days remain in the Exchange Offer following notice of the material change.

8. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Securities.

Any holder whose Initial Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, should promptly contact the Exchange Agent at the address set forth on the first page hereof for further instructions. The holder will then be instructed as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the certificate(s). This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen certificate(s) have been completed.

9. No Conditional Tenders; No Notice of Irregularities.

No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of their Initial Notes for exchange. The Company reserves the right, in its reasonable judgment, to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Initial Notes. The Company’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Initial Notes must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. Although the Company intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Initial Notes, neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person is under any obligation to give such notice nor shall they incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Initial Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Initial Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holder promptly following the Expiration Date.

 

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10. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.

Questions relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal, may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address and telephone number set forth on the first page hereof.

 

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IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR A FACSIMILE OR COPY THEREOF (TOGETHER WITH CERTIFICATES OF INITIAL NOTES OR CONFIRMATION OF BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS) OR A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE AS INDICATED IN THE PROSPECTUS AND THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

Under U.S. federal income tax law, a tendering holder whose Initial Notes are accepted for exchange may be subject to backup withholding unless the holder provides the Exchange Agent with either (i) such holder’s correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) on the Substitute Form W-9 attached hereto, certifying (A) that the TIN provided on Substitute Form W-9 is correct (or that such holder of Initial Notes is awaiting a TIN), (B) that the holder of Initial Notes is not subject to backup withholding because (x) such holder of Initial Notes is exempt from backup withholding, (y) such holder of Initial Notes has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that he or she is subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (z) the Internal Revenue Service has notified the holder of Initial Notes that he or she is no longer subject to backup withholding and (C) that the holder of Initial Notes is a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien); or (ii) an adequate basis for exemption from backup withholding. If such holder of Initial Notes is an individual, the TIN is such holder’s social security number. If the Exchange Agent is not provided with the correct TIN, the holder of Initial Notes may also be subject to certain penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and any reportable payments that are made to such holder may be subject to backup withholding (see below).

Certain holders of Initial Notes (including, generally, all corporations and certain foreign holders) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. However, exempt holders of Initial Notes should indicate their exempt status on the Substitute Form W-9. For example, a corporation should complete the Substitute Form W-9, providing its TIN and indicating that it is exempt from backup withholding. In order for a foreign holder to qualify as an exempt recipient, the holder must submit a Form W-8BEN (or other applicable Form W-8), signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that holder’s exempt status. A Form W-8BEN (or other applicable Form W-8) can be obtained from the Exchange Agent. See the enclosed “General Instructions” to Form W-9 for more instructions. Holders are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors to determine whether they are exempt from these backup withholding and reporting requirements.

If backup withholding applies, the Exchange Agent is required to withhold 28% of any payments made to the holder of Initial Notes or other payee. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained from the Internal Revenue Service, provided the required information is furnished. The Exchange Agent cannot refund amounts withheld by reason of backup withholding.

A holder who does not have a TIN may check the box in Part 3 of the Substitute Form W-9 if the surrendering holder of Initial Notes has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future. If the box in Part 3 is checked, the holder of Initial Notes or other payee must also complete the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number below in order to avoid backup withholding. Notwithstanding that the box in Part 3 is checked and the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number is completed, the Paying Agent will withhold 28% of all payments made prior to the time a properly certified TIN is provided to the Paying Agent and, if the Paying Agent is not provided with a TIN within 60 days, such amounts will be paid over to the Internal Revenue Service. The holder of Initial Notes is required to give the Paying Agent the TIN (e.g., social security number or employer identification number) of the record owner of the Initial Notes. If the Initial Notes are in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the enclosed “General Instructions” to Form W-9 for additional guidance on which number to report.

 

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EX-99.2 22 d322217dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

ENGILITY CORPORATION

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$300,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP No. 29285XAD4), WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING UNREGISTERED 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP Nos. 29285XAC6 and U2928PAB2)

                , 2017

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,

Trust Companies and other Nominees:

As described in the enclosed Prospectus, dated                 , 2017 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), and Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), Engility Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is offering to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 of its 8.875% senior notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Notes”) for its unregistered 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”). The Company will accept for exchange any and all Initial Notes properly tendered according to the terms of the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

WE URGE YOU TO PROMPTLY CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS FOR WHOM YOU HOLD INITIAL NOTES REGISTERED IN YOUR NAME OR IN THE NAME OF YOUR NOMINEE. PLEASE BRING THE EXCHANGE OFFER TO THEIR ATTENTION AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.

Enclosed herewith are copies of the following documents:

1. The Prospectus;

2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use in connection with the tender of Initial Notes and for the information of your clients, including a Substitute Form W-9 and General Instructions to Substitute Form W-9 (providing information relating to U.S. federal income tax backup withholding);

3. A form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and

4. A form of letter, including a letter of instructions to a registered holder from a beneficial owner, which you may use to correspond with your clients for whose accounts you hold Initial Notes that are registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions regarding the Exchange Offer.

Your prompt action is requested. Please note that the Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                 , 2017 (the “Expiration Date”), unless extended by the Company.

To participate in the Exchange Offer, (1) certificates for Initial Notes, together with a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal or facsimile thereof, (2) a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Initial Notes into the account of Regions Bank (the “Exchange Agent”), at the book-entry transfer facility, with any required signature guarantees, and any other required documents, including an Agent’s Message, or (3) a validly submitted Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, must be received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date as indicated in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.


The Company will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or to any other persons (other than the Exchange Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of the Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. However, the Company will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of Initial Notes, except as otherwise provided in the Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal.

If holders of the Initial Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable for them to forward their Initial Notes prior to the Expiration Date or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus and in the Letter of Transmittal.

Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to Regions Bank, the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer, at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Very truly yours,
Engility Corporation

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFER, OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY CONTAINED THEREIN.

EX-99.3 23 d322217dex993.htm EX-99.3 EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

ENGILITY CORPORATION

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$300,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP No. 29285XAD4), WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING UNREGISTERED 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP Nos. 29285XAC6 and U2928PAB2)

, 2017

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration are a Prospectus dated             , 2017 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”) and a Letter of Transmittal and instructions thereto (the “Letter of Transmittal”) in connection with the offer by Engility Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 of its 8.875% senior notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Notes”) for its unregistered 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. Consummation of the Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions described in the Prospectus. All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Prospectus.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON            , 2017 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”), UNLESS THE COMPANY EXTENDS THE EXCHANGE OFFER.

The enclosed materials are being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Initial Notes held by us for your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Initial Notes may only be made by us as the registered holder and pursuant to your instructions. Therefore, the Company urges beneficial owners of Initial Notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to contact such registered holder promptly if such beneficial owners wish to tender their Initial Notes in the Exchange Offer.

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all such Initial Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal. If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Initial Notes, please so instruct us by completing, signing and returning to us the “Instructions to Registered Holder from Beneficial Owner” form that appears below. We urge you to read the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal carefully before instructing us as to whether or not to tender your Initial Notes.

The accompanying Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and may not be used by you to tender Initial Notes held by us and registered in our name for your account or benefit.

If we do not receive written instructions in accordance with the below and the procedures presented in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, we will not tender any of the Initial Notes held by us for your account.


INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTERED HOLDER FROM BENEFICIAL OWNER

The undersigned beneficial owner acknowledges receipt of your letter and the accompanying Prospectus dated            , 2017 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), and a Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by Engility Corporation (the “Company”) to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 of its Exchange Notes, which have been registered under the Securities Act for any and all of its outstanding Initial Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.

This will instruct you, the registered holder, to tender the principal amount of the Initial Notes indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Box 1 ☐    Please tender the Initial Notes held by you for my account, as indicated below.

Box 2 ☐    Please do not tender any Initial Notes held by you for my account.

 

Date:

 

 

If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Initial Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized (a) to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner of the Initial Notes, including but not limited to the representations that the undersigned (i) it is not affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, or if it is an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (ii) it has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of Exchange Notes, (iii) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business and (iv) is not a broker-dealer tendering Initial Notes acquired for its own account directly from the Company. If a holder of the Initial Notes is an affiliate of the Company, is not acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business, is engaged in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Notes or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offers, such holder may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and must comply with such requirements in connection with any secondary resale transaction of the Exchange Notes.

 

 

 
Signature(s)  

Principal Amount of Initial Notes to be Tendered: *

 

  $  

 

  (Must be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiple(s) of $1,000 in excess thereof.)

 

  * Unless otherwise indicated, the entire principal amount held for the account of the beneficial owner will be tendered.  


Please Print Name(s) Here:

 

 

 
 

 

 

Please Type or Print Address Here:

 

 

 
   

 

 

Area Code and Telephone Number:

 

 

 

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:

 

 

 

My Account Number With You:

 

 

 
EX-99.4 24 d322217dex994.htm EX-99.4 EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

ENGILITY CORPORATION

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$300,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP No. 29285XAD4), WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING UNREGISTERED 8.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024 (CUSIP Nos. 29285XAC6 and U2928PAB2)

Dated             , 2017

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 

By Registered or Certified   By Facsimile   By Overnight Courier or
Mail:   (eligible institutions only):   Hand Delivery:
DB Services Americas, Inc.   (615) 866-3889   DB Services Americas, Inc.
Attention: Reorg Dept     Attention: Reorg Dept

5022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

  Telephone Inquiries:  

5022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

Jacksonville, Florida 32256   (877) 843-9767   Jacksonville, Florida 32256

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

This form, or one substantially equivalent hereto, must be used to accept the offer made by Engility Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), to exchange its 8.875% senior notes due 2024 registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Notes”) for its unregistered 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”) pursuant to the Prospectus, dated             , 2017 (the “Prospectus”), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2017 (the “Expiration Date”). This form may be delivered or transmitted by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery to the Exchange Agent as set forth below and must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, in order to utilize the guaranteed delivery procedure to tender the Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a completed, signed and dated Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) together with the Initial Notes or a book-entry confirmation and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Letter of Transmittal.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space in Box 8 provided on the Letter of Transmittal for Guarantee of Signatures.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Company the principal amount of Initial Notes indicated below, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” section of the Prospectus.

 

Certificate Number(s) (if known) of
Initial Notes or Account Number At
Book-Entry Transfer Facility

   Aggregate Principal
Amount Represented by
Initial Notes
     Aggregate Principal
Amount of Initial Notes
Tendered
 
     
     
     

PLEASE SIGN AND COMPLETE

 

Signature(s):  

 

    Name(s):  

 

 
Address:  

 

    Capacity (full title), if signing in a representative capacity:                                      
 

 

     
  (Zip Code)        

Area Code and Telephone Number:                                                                                                   

Dated:                                                      

☐ Check this Box if the Initial Notes will be delivered by book-entry transfer to The Depository Trust Company.

Account Number:                                                                                            

THE ACCOMPANYING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED.


GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY

(Not To Be Used for Signature Guarantee)

The undersigned, a member of a recognized signature medallion program or an “eligible guarantor institution,” as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), hereby (a) represents that the above person(s) “own(s)” the Initial Notes tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4(b)(2) under the Exchange Act, (b) represents that the tender of those Initial Notes complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act and (c) guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent, at its address set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the certificates representing all tendered Initial Notes, in proper form for transfer, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, or a book-entry confirmation (a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of the Initial Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal within three (3) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date.

 

  Name of Firm:  

 

 

  Authorized Signature:  

 

 

  Title:  

 

 

  Address:  

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

  Area Code and Telephone Number:  

 

 

  Dated:  

 

NOTE: DO NOT SEND INITIAL NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. INITIAL NOTES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

 

1. Delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

A properly completed and duly executed copy of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and any other documents required by this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover page hereof prior to the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer. The method of delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and any other required documents to the Exchange Agent is at the election and risk of the holders and the delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Exchange Agent. Instead of delivery by mail, it is recommended that the holders use an overnight or hand delivery service, properly insured. If such delivery is by mail, it is recommended that the holders use properly insured, registered mail with return receipt requested. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure timely delivery. For a description of the guaranteed delivery procedure, see Instruction 1 of the Letter of Transmittal. No notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be sent to the Company.

 

2. Signatures on this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Initial Notes referred to herein, the signatures must correspond with the name(s) written on the face of the Initial Notes without alteration, addition, enlargement or any change whatsoever. If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by a person other than the registered holder(s) of any Initial Notes listed, this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed as the name of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on the Initial Notes without alteration, addition, enlargement or any change whatsoever. If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person should so indicate when signing and, unless waived by the Company, evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority so to act must be submitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

3. Questions and Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.

Questions and requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of the Prospectus may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth on the cover hereof. Holders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Exchange Offer.

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CONFIDENTIAL

FOR COMMISSION USE ONLY

ENGILITY CORPORATION

4803 Stonecroft Blvd

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

April 19, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:

Engility Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-4, Originally Filed April 19, 2017, File No. 333-                

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Engility Corporation (the “Company”) along with the other registrants listed therein (each, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors” and, together with the Company, the “Registrants”) have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange up to $300,000,000 of its 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”) registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its unregistered 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”). The obligations of the Company under the Exchange Notes will be guaranteed by the Guarantors as described in the Registration Statement.

This letter is to supplementally advise the Commission that the Registrants are registering the Company’s Exchange Offer in reliance on the Commission’s position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) (“Exxon Capital”), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling (available July 2, 1993).

The Company, on behalf of itself and the Guarantors, hereby represents that they and their affiliates have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and, to the best of each Registrant’s information and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer. In this regard, the Company, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Guarantors, hereby represents that they will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus) that any securityholder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (i) could not rely on the staff position enunciated in Exxon Capital or interpretive letters to


similar effect and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in connection with a secondary resale transaction, and (ii) if such person is a broker-dealer who acquired Initial Notes for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and who receives Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such person may be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes received in respect of such Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, which may be the prospectus for the Exchange Offer so long as it contains a plan of distribution with respect to the resale transactions (such plan of distribution need not name the broker-dealer or disclose the amount of Exchange Notes held by the broker-dealer). The Company, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Guarantors, acknowledges that such a secondary resale transaction by a person participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling securityholder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K.

The Company on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Guarantors also hereby represents that they will include in the Letter of Transmittal to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer the following additional provision: If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Initial Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, such broker-dealer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes received in respect of such Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

The Company on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Guarantors also hereby represents that they will include in the Letter of Transmittal to be executed by the exchange offeree a representation to the effect that, by accepting the Exchange Offer, the exchange offeree represents to the Registrants that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes.

 

Sincerely,

ENGILITY CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Thomas O. Miiller

 

Name: Thomas O. Miiller

 

Title: Senior Vice President,

 

General Counsel and

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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