EX-10.65 19 file015.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE DEC 2003 INDENTURE




                                                                   Exhibit 10.65

                     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED
                          BY GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARIES

     Supplemental Indenture (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of January
14, 2005, among L-3 Communications Corporation (or its permitted successor), a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), each a direct or indirect subsidiary of
the Company signatory hereto (each, a "Guaranteeing Subsidiary", and
collectively, the "Guaranteeing Subsidiaries"), and The Bank of New York, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").

                               W I T N E S S E T H

             WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of December 22, 2003 providing
for the issuance of an unlimited amount of 6 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2014 (the "Notes");

             WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances
the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall
unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's Obligations (as defined in the
Indenture) under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set
forth herein (the "Subsidiary Guarantee"); and

             WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

             NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

             1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

             2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby
agrees as follows:

               (a)  Such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, jointly and severally with all
                    other current and future guarantors of the Notes
                    (collectively, the "Guarantors" and each, a "Guarantor"),
                    unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note
                    authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
                    Trustee and its successors and assigns, regardless of the
                    validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or
                    the Obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the
                    Notes, that:

                    (i)  the principal of, premium, interest and Additional
                         Interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in
                         full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
                         redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
                         principal of,



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                         premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
                         the Notes, to the extent lawful, and all other
                         Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
                         Trustee thereunder or under the Indenture will be
                         promptly paid in full, all in accordance with the terms
                         thereof; and

                    (ii) in case of any extension of time for payment or renewal
                         of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the
                         same will be promptly paid in full when due in
                         accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal,
                         whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
                         otherwise.

               (b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this
                    Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a
                    violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar
                    law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiary under this Supplemental Indenture
                    and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be reduced to the maximum
                    amount permissible under such fraudulent conveyance or
                    similar law.

          3.   EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

               (a)  To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this
                    Supplemental Indenture, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby
                    agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee
                    substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture
                    shall be endorsed by an officer of such Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary on each Note authenticated and delivered by the
                    Trustee after the date hereof.

               (b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                    hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein
                    shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
                    failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such
                    Subsidiary Guarantee.

               (c)  If an Officer whose signature is on this Supplemental
                    Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds
                    that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note
                    on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary
                    Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

               (d)  The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the
                    authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute
                    due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this
                    Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary.

               (e)  Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that its
                    Obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of
                    the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or
                    the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the
                    same, any waiver or consent



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                    by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
                    hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
                    Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
                    circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
                    equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.

               (f)  Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby waives diligence,
                    presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a
                    court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the
                    Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the
                    Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and
                    covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to
                    this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by
                    complete performance of the Obligations contained in the
                    Notes and the Indenture.

               (g)  If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
                    otherwise to return to the Company or any Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary, or any custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other
                    similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
                    such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, any amount paid by either to
                    the Trustee or such Holder, the Subsidiary Guarantee made
                    pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, to the extent
                    theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force
                    and effect.

               (h)  Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that it shall not be
                    entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the
                    Holders in respect of any Obligations guaranteed hereby
                    until payment in full of all Obligations guaranteed hereby.
                    Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary further agrees that, as between
                    such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the
                    Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

                    (i)  the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may
                         be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the
                         Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee
                         made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture,
                         notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
                         prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
                         the Obligations guaranteed hereby; and

                    (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such
                         Obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture,
                         such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall
                         forthwith become due and payable by such Guaranteeing
                         Subsidiary for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee
                         made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

               (i)  Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek
                    contribution from any other non-paying Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary so long as the exercise of such right does not
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                    the Holders or the Trustee under the Subsidiary Guarantee
                    made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

          4.   GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.

               (a)  Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture,
                    nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental
                    Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or
                    merger of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into the
                    Company or any other Guarantor or shall prevent any
                    transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of any
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or substantially as
                    an entirety, to the Company or any other Guarantor.

               (b)  Except as set forth in Article 4 and 5 of the Indenture,
                    nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental
                    Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or
                    merger of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into a
                    corporation or corporations other than the Company or any
                    other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not affiliated
                    with the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), or successive
                    consolidations or mergers in which a Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                    or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties,
                    or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of
                    any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or substantially
                    as an entirety, to a corporation other than the Company or
                    any other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not affiliated
                    with the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) authorized to acquire and
                    operate the same; provided, however, that each Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary hereby covenants and agrees that (i) subject to
                    the Indenture, upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or
                    conveyance, the due and punctual performance and observance
                    of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture and
                    this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiaries, shall be expressly assumed (in
                    the event that such Guaranteeing Subsidiary is not the
                    surviving corporation in the merger), by supplemental
                    indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and
                    delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such
                    consolidation, or into which such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                    shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall
                    have acquired such property and (ii) immediately after
                    giving effect to such consolidation, merger, sale or
                    conveyance no Default or Event of Default exists.

               (c)  In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or
                    conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor
                    corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and
                    delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the
                    Trustee, of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this
                    Supplemental Indenture and the due and



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                    punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions
                    of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to be
                    performed by such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, such successor
                    corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for such
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiary with the same effect as if it had
                    been named herein as the Guaranteeing Subsidiary. Such
                    successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed any
                    or all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon the
                    Notes issuable under the Indenture which theretofore shall
                    not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the
                    Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in
                    all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the
                    Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture as the Subsidiary
                    Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance
                    with the terms of the Indenture and this Supplemental
                    Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had
                    been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

            5. RELEASES.

               (a)  Concurrently with any sale of assets (including, if
                    applicable, all of the Capital Stock of a Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary), all Liens, if any, in favor of the Trustee in
                    the assets sold thereby shall be released; provided that in
                    the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Proceeds from such sale
                    or other disposition are treated in accordance with the
                    provisions of Section 4.10 of the Indenture. If the assets
                    sold in such sale or other disposition include all or
                    substantially all of the assets of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                    or all of the Capital Stock of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary,
                    then the Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in the event of a sale or
                    other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of such
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiary) or the Person acquiring the
                    property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all
                    or substantially all of the assets of such Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary) shall be released from and relieved of its
                    Obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and its
                    Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant hereto; provided that in
                    the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Proceeds from such sale
                    or other disposition are treated in accordance with the
                    provisions of Section 4.10 of the Indenture. Upon delivery
                    by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate to
                    the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by
                    the Company or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as the case may
                    be, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
                    this Supplemental Indenture, including without limitation,
                    Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any
                    documents reasonably required in order to evidence the
                    release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its Obligations
                    under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary
                    Guarantee made pursuant hereto. If the Guaranteeing
                    Subsidiary is not released from its obligations under its
                    Subsidiary Guarantee, it shall remain liable for the full
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                    of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other
                    obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the
                    Indenture as provided in this Supplemental Indenture.

               (b)  Upon the designation of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an
                    Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the
                    Indenture, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released
                    and relieved of its Obligations under its Subsidiary
                    Guarantee and this Supplemental Indenture. Upon delivery by
                    the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and
                    an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such designation of
                    such Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
                    was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of
                    the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.07 of
                    the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents
                    reasonably required in order to evidence the release of such
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its Obligations under its
                    Subsidiary Guarantee. Any Guaranteeing Subsidiary not
                    released from its Obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee
                    shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and
                    interest on the Notes and for the other Obligations of any
                    Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture as provided
                    herein.

               (c)  Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released and relieved
                    of its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture in
                    accordance with, and subject to, Section 4.18 of the
                    Indenture.

             6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of any Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any Obligations of the Company
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantees, the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 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.

             7. SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES; ANTI-LAYERING. No
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Debt of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary and senior in
any respect in right of payment to any of the Subsidiary Guarantees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Subsidiary Guarantee of each
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subordinated to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Debt of that Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Notes are subordinated to Senior Debt), which shall include
all guarantees of Senior Debt.

             8. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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

             10. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

             11. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Company.




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                                                                   Exhibit 10.65

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


Dated: January 14, 2005             L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                    By: ______________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:






                                                                   Exhibit 10.65

Dated: January 14, 2005         APCOM, INC., a Maryland corporation
                                BROADCAST SPORTS INC., a Delaware corporation
                                D.P. ASSOCIATES INC., a Virginia corporation
                                ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC., an Arizona corporation
                                HENSCHEL INC., a Delaware corporation
                                HYGIENETICS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC., a
                                   Delaware corporation
                                INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, a California
                                   corporation
                                KDI PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROMET, INC., an Oregon
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC, a
                                   Delaware limited liability company
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION, a
                                   Delaware corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AVIONICS SYSTEMS, INC., a
                                   Delaware corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AVYSIS CORPORATION, a Texas
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AYDIN CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CSI, INC., a California
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS
                                   CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ESSCO, INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
                                   LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT CAPITAL LLC, a
                                   Delaware limited liability company
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC., a
                                   Virginia corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ILEX SYSTEMS, INC., a
                                   Delaware corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P., a
                                   Delaware limited partnership
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS KLEIN ASSOCIATES, INC., a
                                   Delaware corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAS (US) CORPORATION, a
                                   Delaware corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND DETECTION
                                   SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation




                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS STORM CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC.,
                                   a California corporation
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VECTOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
                                   LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
                                L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION, a
                                   Nevada corporation
                                MCTI ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Maryland
                                   corporation
                                MICRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
                                   INCORPORATED, a Maryland corporation
                                MICRODYNE CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation
                                MICRODYNE OUTSOURCING INCORPORATED, a Maryland
                                   corporation
                                MPRI, INC., a Delaware corporation
                                PAC ORD INC., a Delaware corporation
                                POWER PARAGON, INC., a Delaware corporation
                                SHIP ANALYTICS, INC., a Connecticut corporation
                                SHIP ANALYTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                SHIP ANALYTICS USA, INC., a Connecticut
                                   corporation
                                SPD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                SPD SWITCHGEAR INC., a Delaware corporation
                                SYCOLEMAN CORPORATION, a Florida corporation
                                TROLL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, a California
                                   corporation
                                WESCAM AIR OPS INC., a Delaware corporation
                                WESCAM AIR OPS LLC, a Delaware limited liability
                                   company
                                WESCAM HOLDINGS (US) INC., a Delaware
                                   corporation
                                WESCAM INCORPORATED, a Florida corporation
                                WESCAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
                                WESCAM SONOMA INC., a California corporation
                                WOLF COACH, INC., a Massachusetts corporation
                                   As Guaranteeing Subsidiaries

                                By: ______________________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:




                                                                   Exhibit 10.65


Dated:  January 14, 2005                    THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                            as Trustee


                                            By: ________________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title: