-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PxkrKwxo0mfzui4ZCYAURiqNFhtv3MskT4I9f/vqcIcrjX6gSWOo6tCBltgQSxHc 7lqT7JyuZF26kxoL9Nx+Ew== 0001167966-05-000257.txt : 20050216 0001167966-05-000257.hdr.sgml : 20050216 20050216095751 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001167966-05-000257 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050215 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050216 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050216 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERFACE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000715787 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CARPETS AND RUGS [2273] IRS NUMBER: 581451243 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-12016 FILM NUMBER: 05619333 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2859 PACES FERRY RD STREET 2: STE 2000 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30339 BUSINESS PHONE: 7704376800 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERFACE FLOORING SYSTEMS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870817 8-K 1 t4975_8k.htm INTERFACE, INC. 8-K Interface, Inc. 8-K


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 


FORM 8-K
 

 
CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):            February 15, 2005
 

 
 
INTERFACE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
Georgia
 
000-12016
 
58-1451243
(State or other Jurisdiction of
incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
2859 Paces Ferry Road, Suite 2000
Atlanta, Georgia
 
 
30339
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (770) 437-6800

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On February 15, 2005, Interface Global Company ApS (a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of the Company) executed and delivered supplemental indentures relating to, and also became a guarantor under, the Company’s 7.3% senior notes due 2008, 10.375% senior notes due 2010, and 9.5% senior subordinated notes due 2014. Copies of the supplemental indentures, each of which is dated as of January 10, 2005, are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3, respectively.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)           Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

None.

(b)          Pro Forma Financial Information.

None.

(c)          Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
99.1
 
Supplement No. 3 to the Indenture governing the Company’s 7.3% senior notes due 2008, dated as of January 10, 2005.
 
99.2
 
Third Supplemental Indenture related to the Indenture governing the Company’s 10.375% senior notes due 2010, dated as of January 10, 2005.
 
99.3
 
First Supplemental Indenture related to the Indenture governing the Company’s 9.5% senior subordinated notes due 2014, dated as of January 10, 2005.

 


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SIGNATURES

 

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
     
 
INTERFACE, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/   Patrick C. Lynch
 
Patrick C. Lynch
 
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 
Date:  February 15, 2005


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
99.1
 
Supplement No. 3 to the Indenture governing the Company’s 7.3% senior notes due 2008, dated as of January 10, 2005.
 
99.2
 
Third Supplemental Indenture related to the Indenture governing the Company’s 10.375% senior notes due 2010, dated as of January 10, 2005.
 
99.3
 
First Supplemental Indenture related to the Indenture governing the Company’s 9.5% senior subordinated notes due 2014, dated as of January 10, 2005.



 
 
 
 
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EX-99.1 2 ex99-1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO INDENTURE THIS SUPPLEMENT NO.3 TO INDENTURE (this "SUPPLEMENT"), dated as of January 10, 2005, among Interface Global Company, AsP, a corporation dually incorporated under the laws of Denmark and the State of Delaware (the "ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR") and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as First Union National Bank), as trustee under the Indenture defined below (the "TRUSTEE"). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, Interface, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Trustee, and the other signatories thereto, are party to that certain Senior Indenture, dated as of April 3, 1998, relating to $150,000,000 in initial aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7.30 % Senior Notes due 2008 and the Company's 7.30 % Series B Senior Notes due 2008 (the "INDENTURE"); and WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 14.3(a) and 4.9 of the Indenture the signatory hereto, other than the Trustee, desires to supplement the Indenture for purposes of becoming a "Guarantor" of the Securities and the Indenture, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, including without limitation, Article Fourteen of the Indenture; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Additional Guarantor covenants and agrees as follows for the benefit of each other party to this Supplement and to the Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities: 1. DEFINED TERMS Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined are used herein with the meaning specified for such terms in the Indenture. 2. ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR The Additional Guarantor agrees that it shall be and become a Guarantor for all purposes of the Indenture and the Securities issued pursuant thereto and in accordance therewith and shall be fully liable thereunder and therefor, subject to the provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture, to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Securities, or the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder to the extent and with the same effect as though the Additional Guarantor had been one of the Guarantors originally executing and delivering the Indenture and the Guarantee. All references in the Indenture and each Security to "Guarantors" or any "Guarantor" shall be deemed to include and to refer to the Additional Guarantor. 3. GUARANTEE In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, and for value received, the undersigned Additional Guarantor hereby jointly, severally and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of a Security the payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, each Security in the amounts and at the time when due, and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of a Security and the payment or performance of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Securities, to each Holder of a Security and the Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of each Security, Article Fourteen of the Indenture, and the Guarantee (of which the Guarantee set forth in this Section 3 of this Supplement shall be, and shall be deemed to be, a part). The validity and enforceability of the Guarantee set forth in this Section 3 of this Supplement shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any Security or all of the Securities. The obligations of the undersigned Additional Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fourteen of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates. Each Holder of a Security, by accepting the same, agrees to be and shall be bound by such provisions. Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture or Supplemental to the contrary, in relation to the Additional Guarantor as a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Denmark as well as under the laws of the State of Delaware, all obligations of Additional Guarantor under the Indenture (as supplemented hereby) shall be limited if and to the extent required to comply with Danish statutory provisions on unlawful financial assistance, Sections 49(1) and (2) and Sections 50(1) and (2) of the Danish Act on Private Limited Companies (Anpartsselskabsloven), and accordingly shall not be construed as an indemnity for, guarantee of, or security for any of the obligations of Additional Guarantor's direct parent corporation, Interface Overseas Holdings, Inc. ("OVERSEAS HOLDINGS"), which is also a Guarantor under the Indenture, so long as Overseas Holdings remains a Non-Qualifying Parent Company of Additional Guarantor. A "Non-Qualifying Parent Company" shall mean a company that is a direct parent company of an entity organized under the laws of Denmark, which direct parent is not organized under the laws any of the member states of the European Union or the European Economic Area but is an entity to which the First Council Directive 60/151/EEC of March 9, 1968 is attributable. This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture. 4. DUPLICATE ORIGINALS The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplement. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all such executed copies together represent the same agreement. 5. GOVERNING LAW The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplement and the Guarantee set forth herein. The Additional Guarantor agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the 2 State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture, this Supplement, the Guarantee, or the Securities. [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE] 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplement to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS: INTERFACE GLOBAL COMPANY, ASP, as a Guarantor By: /s/ Raymond S. Willoch --------------------------------- Name: Raymond S. Willoch Title: Senior Vice President TRUSTEE: Wachovia Bank, National Association By: /s/ Sabrina Fuller --------------------------------- Name: Sabrina Fuller Title: Vice President 4 EX-99.2 3 ex99-2.txt EXHIBIT 99.2 Exhibit 99.2 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE This Third Supplemental Indenture (this "SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE"), dated as of the 10th day of January, 2005, among Interface Global Company, ApS, a corporation dually incorporated under the laws of Denmark and the State of Delaware (the "GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY"), a Subsidiary of Interface, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Georgia corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Company, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as First Union National Bank), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the "TRUSTEE"). W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors party thereto heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the "INDENTURE"), dated as of January 17, 2002 providing for the issuance of 10.375% Senior Notes due 2010 (the "NOTES"); WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances a subsidiary which becomes a guarantor of any Indebtedness shall, and other Subsidiaries may, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "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 Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: Section 1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. Section 2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary signatory hereto hereby agrees as follows: (a) Along with all other Guarantors, to jointly and severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: 1 (i) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any Special Interest), 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, premium, if any, of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. (ii) In case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. (b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective 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 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. (c) Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture or Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, in relation to the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Denmark as well as under the laws of the State of Delaware, all obligations of Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture (as supplemented hereby) shall be limited if and to the extent required to comply with Danish statutory provisions on unlawful financial assistance, Sections 49(1) and (2) and Sections 50(1) and (2) of the Danish Act on Private Limited Companies (Anpartsselskabsloven), and accordingly shall not be construed as an indemnity for, guarantee of, or security for any of the obligations of Guaranteeing Subsidiary's direct parent corporation, Interface Overseas Holdings, Inc. ("OVERSEAS HOLDINGS"), which is also a Guarantor under the Indenture, so long as Overseas Holdings remains a Non-Qualifying Parent Company of Guaranteeing Subsidiary. A "Non-Qualifying Parent Company" shall mean a company that is a direct parent company of an entity organized under the laws of Denmark, which direct parent is not organized under the laws any of the member states of the European Union or the European Economic Area but is an entity to which the First Council Directive 60/151/EEC of March 9, 1968 is attributable. (d) The following is hereby waived: 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. (e) This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture. 2 (f) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. (g) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary signatory hereto 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. (h) As between the Guarantors, including the Guarantor Subsidiary signatory hereto, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in ARTICLE 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any 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 the Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of this Guarantee. (i) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee. (j) Pursuant to SECTION 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to any maximum amount and any other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections from the Company and any of the other Guarantors, the rights of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary signatory hereto to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under ARTICLE 10 of the Indenture shall result in the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee. 4. GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS. (a) No Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets, as an entirety, to any Person or Persons, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless: 3 (i) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) either: (A) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture, its Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, or (B) the Guarantor is released pursuant to SECTION 11.07 and such sale or other disposition complies with SECTION 4.12 of the Indenture, including the application of the Excess Proceeds therefrom. (b) 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 Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. (c) Except as set forth in ARTICLE 4 and ARTICLE 5 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor. 5. RELEASE OF A GUARANTOR. (a) Upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or upon the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into any Person (in each case, other than to, with or into, as the case may be, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), such Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture without any further action required on the part of the 4 Trustee or any Holder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each such Guarantor is sold or disposed of in a transaction which does not violate SECTION 4.12 and SECTION 11.06 of the Indenture; (b) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of a Guarantor upon receipt of a request of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate certifying as to the compliance with SECTION 11.06 of the Indenture. Any Guarantor not so released or the entity surviving such Guarantor, as applicable, will remain or be liable under its Guarantee as provided in ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture. The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture. 6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any 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. GOVERNING LAW. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 8. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 10. 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 Guarantor signatory hereto and the Company. 5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY: Interface Global Company, ApS, as a Guarantor By: /s/ Raymond S. Willoch ---------------------------------- Name: Raymond S. Willoch Title: Senior Vice President TRUSTEE: Wachovia Bank, National Association By: /s/ Sabrina Fuller ---------------------------------- Name: Sabrina Fuller Title: Vice President 6 EX-99.3 4 ex99-3.txt EXHIBIT 99.3 Exhibit 99.3 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE This First Supplemental Indenture (this "SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE"), dated as of January 10, 2005, among Interface Global Company, ApS, a corporation dually incorporated under the laws of Denmark and the State of Delaware (the "GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY"), a Subsidiary of Interface, Inc. (or its permitted successors), a Georgia corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Company, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and SunTrust Bank, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the "TRUSTEE"). W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors party thereto heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the "INDENTURE"), dated as of February 4, 2004 providing for the issuance of 9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the "NOTES"); WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances a Material U.S. Subsidiary shall, and other Subsidiaries may, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "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 Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: Section 1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. Section 2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary signatory hereto hereby agrees as follows: (a) Along with all other Guarantors, to jointly and severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: 1 (i) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any Special Interest), 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, premium, if any, of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. (ii) In case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. (b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective 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 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. (c) Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture or Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, in relation to the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Denmark as well as under the laws of the State of Delaware, all obligations of Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture (as supplemented hereby) shall be limited if and to the extent required to comply with Danish statutory provisions on unlawful financial assistance, Sections 49(1) and (2) and Sections 50(1) and (2) of the Danish Act on Private Limited Companies (Anpartsselskabsloven), and accordingly shall not be construed as an indemnity for, guarantee of, or security for any of the obligations of Guaranteeing Subsidiary's direct parent corporation, Interface Overseas Holdings, Inc. ("OVERSEAS HOLDINGS"), which is also a Guarantor under the Indenture, so long as Overseas Holdings remains a Non-Qualifying Parent Company of Guaranteeing Subsidiary. A "Non-Qualifying Parent Company" shall mean a company that is a direct parent company of an entity organized under the laws of Denmark, which direct parent is not organized under the laws any of the member states of the European Union or the European Economic Area but is an entity to which the First Council Directive 60/151/EEC of March 9, 1968 is attributable. (d) The following is hereby waived: 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. (e) This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture. 2 (f) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. (g) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary signatory hereto 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. (h) As between the Guarantors, including the Guarantor Subsidiary signatory hereto, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in ARTICLE 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any 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 the Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of this Guarantee. (i) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor (including any other Guaranteeing Subsidiary) so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee. (j) Pursuant to SECTION 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to any maximum amount and any other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections from the Company and any of the other Guarantors, the rights of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary signatory hereto to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor (including any other Guaranteeing Subsidiary) in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under ARTICLE 10 of the Indenture shall result in the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee. 4. GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS. (a) No Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets, as an entirety, to any Person or Persons, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless: 3 (i) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) either: (A) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture, its Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, or (B) the Guarantor is released pursuant to SECTION 11.08 and such sale or other disposition complies with SECTION 4.12 of the Indenture, including the application of the Excess Proceeds therefrom. (b) 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 Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. (c) Except as set forth in ARTICLE 4 and ARTICLE 5 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor. 5. RELEASE OF A GUARANTOR. (a) Upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or upon the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into any Person (in each case, other than to, with or into, as the case may be, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), such Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture without any further action required on the part of the 4 Trustee or any Holder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each such Guarantor is sold or disposed of in a transaction which does not violate SECTION 4.12 and SECTION 11.06 of the Indenture; (b) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of a Guarantor upon receipt of a request of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate certifying as to the compliance with SECTION 11.07 of the Indenture. Any Guarantor not so released or the entity surviving such Guarantor, as applicable, will remain or be liable under its Guarantee as provided in ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture. The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture. 6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any 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. GOVERNING LAW. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 8. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 10. 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 Guarantor signatory hereto and the Company. 5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY: Interface Global Company, ApS, as a Guarantor By: /s/ Raymond S. Willoch -------------------------------- Name: Raymond S. Willoch Title: Senior Vice President TRUSTEE: SunTrust Bank By: /s/ Esther Fannin -------------------------------- Name: Esther Fannin Title: Vice President 6
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