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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-01-503824
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: T-3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4
FILED AS OF DATE: 20011107
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER CORP OF AMERICA
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944649
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
IRS NUMBER: 061420850
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593
FILM NUMBER: 1777391
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: SUITE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER AMERICAS ACQUISITION CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950428
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER AMERICAS INC /TX
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990317
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KWT INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160301
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 223008143
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-01
FILM NUMBER: 1777392
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: SUITE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 570-3200
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: SUITE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160302
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 760491274
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-02
FILM NUMBER: 1777393
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: SUITE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 570-3200
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: SUITE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KEMWATER NORTH AMERICA CO
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160299
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 952375683
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-03
FILM NUMBER: 1777394
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: SUITE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 570-3200
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: SUITE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IMPERIAL WEST CHEMICAL CO
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944719
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
IRS NUMBER: 952375683
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-04
FILM NUMBER: 1777395
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 4200 NATIONSBANK CENTER
STREET 2: 700 LOUISIANA STREET
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER LICENSING INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001050376
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
IRS NUMBER: 522058031
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-05
FILM NUMBER: 1777396
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 900 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: SUITE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER AMERICAS INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944717
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
IRS NUMBER: 760280373
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-06
FILM NUMBER: 1777397
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER EAST INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001041862
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 860311265
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NM
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-07
FILM NUMBER: 1777398
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PCI CHEMICALS CANADA INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001050385
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
IRS NUMBER: 760549506
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-08
FILM NUMBER: 1777399
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA ST
STREET 2: STE 4300
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 4300 NATIONSBANK CENTER
STREET 2: 700 LOUISIANA ST
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER COMPANIES INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000830141
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
IRS NUMBER: 061215192
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: T-3
SEC ACT: 1939 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 022-22593-09
FILM NUMBER: 1777400
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
BUSINESS PHONE: 7132253831
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 700 LOUISIANA
STREET 2: STE 4200
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77002
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FINEVEST FOODS INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GEV CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930902
T-3
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h91724t-3.txt
PIONEER COMPANIES INC
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-3
FOR APPLICATIONS FOR QUALIFICATION OF INDENTURES
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
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PIONEER CORPORATION OF AMERICA
PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.
PCI CHEMICALS CANADA INC./PCI CHIMIE CANADA INC.
PIONEER (EAST), INC.
PIONEER AMERICAS, INC.
PIONEER LICENSING, INC.
IMPERIAL WEST CHEMICAL CO.
KEMWATER NORTH AMERICA COMPANY
PIONEER WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
KWT, INC.
(Names of Applicants)
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED UNDER THE INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED
Title of Class Amount
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Senior Secured Floating Rate An amount not to exceed
Guaranteed Notes Due 2006 $50,000,000
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: November 30, 2001
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Kent R. Stephenson, Esq.
Pioneer Companies, Inc.
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Robert C. Feldman, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
100 Crescent Court, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75201-6950
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The Applicants hereby amend this application for qualification on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effectiveness until: (i) the 20th day
after the filing of a further amendment which specifically states that it shall
supercede this amendment, or (ii) such date as the Commission, acting pursuant
to Section 307(c) of the Act, may determine upon the written request of the
Applicants.
FORM T-3
GENERAL
ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.
(A) FORM OF ORGANIZATION.
Each of Pioneer Corporation of America, (the "Issuer"), Pioneer
Companies, Inc. ("PCI"), PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc.
("PCICC"), Pioneer (East), Inc. ("PEI"), Pioneer Americas, Inc. ("PAI"), Pioneer
Licensing, Inc. ("PLI"), Imperial West Chemical Co. ("IWC"), Kemwater North
America Company ("KNA"), Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc. ("PWT") and KWT, Inc.
("KWT" and, together with PCI, PCICC, PEI, PAI, PLI, IWC, KNA and PWT, the
"Guarantors") is a corporation. The Issuer and the Guarantors are sometimes
hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Applicants."
(B) STATE OR OTHER SOVEREIGN POWER UNDER THE LAWS OF WHICH ORGANIZED.
The Issuer is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state
of Delaware. Except for IWC and PCICC, each of the Guarantors is a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. IWC is a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada. PCICC is a company organized
under the laws of New Brunswick, Canada.
ITEM 2. SECURITIES ACT EXEMPTION APPLICABLE.
The Applicants rely upon Section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Reform
Act of 1978, as amended, Title 11, United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code"),
as the basis for their claim that registration of the offer and sale to the
holders of Allowed PCA U.S. Secured Term and Note Claims and the holders of
Allowed Canadian Secured Term and Note Claims (as such terms are defined in the
Plan (as defined below)) (such holders collectively referred to as the
"Claimholders") in partial satisfaction of their claims against all of the
Debtors (as defined below), pursuant to the Plan, of the Senior Secured Floating
Rate Guaranteed Notes Due 2006 (the "Notes") to be issued by the Issuer under an
indenture (the "Indenture") to be dated as of the effective date of the Plan
(the "Effective Date"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), is not required
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
On July 31, 2001, the Issuer and certain affiliates of the Issuer filed
petitions for relief under Chapter 11 ("Chapter 11") of the Bankruptcy Code in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
Division (the Issuer and such affiliates, in such capacity, collectively, the
"Debtors," and such District Court, the "Bankruptcy Court"). Since such time,
the Debtors have continued to operate their businesses and manage their
properties as debtors in possession pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
Pursuant to the Debtors' Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated September 21, 2001 (as it may be
altered, amended or modified from time to time, the "Plan"), on the Effective
Date, the Notes will be issued to Claimholders in partial satisfaction of their
claims against all of the Debtors. Each of the Applicants is a Debtor. In order
to ensure that no such Claimholder is an "underwriter" with respect to the Notes
within the meaning of Section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, each such
Claimholder will be required, as a condition to receiving Notes without a legend
restricting transfers thereof, to represent and agree that such Claimholder is
not such an "underwriter." An integral and essential element of the Plan is that
the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Plan shall be exempt from registration
under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.
AFFILIATIONS
ITEM 3. AFFILIATES.
Each of the Applicants is an affiliate of the other Applicants. Set
forth below is a description of the corporate organization of the Applicants as
of November 6, 2001.
Pioneer Companies, Inc., the ultimate parent company of the other
Applicants, directly owns 100% of the voting securities of the following
subsidiaries:
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Pioneer Corporation of America
Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc.
Pioneer Corporation of America directly owns 100% of the voting
securities of the following subsidiaries:
PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc.
Pioneer (East), Inc.
Pioneer Americas, Inc.
Pioneer Licensing, Inc.
Imperial West Chemical Co.
Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc. directly owns 100% of the voting
securities of the following subsidiary:
KWT, Inc.
Imperial West Chemical Co. directly owns 100% of the voting securities
of the following subsidiary:
Kemwater North America Company
OTHER AFFILIATES
As of May 10, 2001, Interlaken Investment Partners, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership ("Interlaken") beneficially owns 34.9% of the voting
securities of PCI, the parent company of the Issuer. William R. Berkley, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of PCI, is the sole owner of Interlaken and
therefore may be deemed to beneficially own the voting securities held by
Interlaken. Together with the voting securities of PCI held by Interlaken, as of
May 10, 2001 Mr. Berkley beneficially owns approximately 59.8% of the voting
power of PCI.
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE (SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED,
AS REQUIRED BY FORM T-3, ON THE BASIS OF PRESENT INFORMATION)
Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date the Issuer will
be converted into a Delaware limited liability company. After such conversion,
PCI will contribute the Issuer to PCICC in exchange for a number of PCICC's
preferred shares of equal value. PAI will then be merged with and into the
Issuer, with the Issuer being the surviving company. Upon the consummation of
such merger, the Issuer will change its name to Pioneer Americas LLC.
Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date PCICC will be
continued from the jurisdiction of New Brunswick, Canada to the jurisdiction of
Nova Scotia, Canada and then amalgamated to form an unlimited liability company
under the name PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada. The
Articles of Association of PCICC will provide for a minimum of one and a maximum
of twenty directors. The exact number of directors of PCICC initially appointed
and the names and mailing addresses of such persons will be provided by
amendment.
Each of the Applicants will remain affiliates of the other Applicants,
however, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, on or before the Effective Date the
corporate structure of the Applicants will be reorganized as follows:
As of the Effective Date, Pioneer Companies, Inc. will directly own
100% of the voting securities of the following subsidiaries:
PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada
Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc.
Pioneer (East), Inc.
Pioneer Licensing, Inc.
Imperial West Chemical Co.
As of the Effective Date, PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI
Chimie Canada will directly own 100% of the voting securities of the following
subsidiary:
Pioneer Americas LLC
As of the Effective Date, Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc. will
directly own 100% of the voting securities of the following subsidiary:
KWT, Inc.
As of the Effective Date, Imperial West Chemical Co. will directly own
100% of the voting securities of the following subsidiary:
Kemwater North America Company
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Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date all of the outstanding
shares of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common and Series A Preferred Stock of
PCI, and all options or warrants to purchase or other rights in any such common
stock or preferred stock will be cancelled. Commencing on the Effective Date,
PCI will issue 10,000,000 shares of New Common Stock (as such term is defined in
the Plan) to certain creditors pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The holders of
New Common Stock will be entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be
voted upon by the stockholders. Holders of a plurality of the shares voting for
the election of directors can elect all of the directors since the holders of
the New Common Stock will not have cumulative voting rights.
The identities of any other affiliates of the Issuer as of the
Effective Date will be included by amendment.
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
ITEM 4. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF EACH OF THE ISSUER AND PCI AS OF
NOVEMBER 6, 2001
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Michael J. Ferris c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Philip J. Ablove c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Officer and Director
Houston, Texas 77002
William R. Berkley c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Andrew M. Bursky c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Richard C. Kellogg, Jr. c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
John R. Kennedy c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Jack H. Nusbaum c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Secretary
Houston, Texas 77002
Jerry B. Bradley c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Samuel Z. Chamberlain c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Environmental, Health and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Safety
Houston, Texas 77002
Ronald E. Ciora c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Western Regional Sales and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Marketing
Houston, Texas 77002
James E. Glattly c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Sales and Marketing
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
John DuManoir c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Technology
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Pierre Prud'homme c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President and Controller
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Scholes c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Manufacturing
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Roger A. Zampini c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Supply Chain Management
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Leslie c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF EACH OF PCICC AND PAI AS OF
NOVEMBER 6, 2001
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Michael J. Ferris c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Philip J. Ablove c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Officer and Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 and Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Jerry B. Bradley c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Samuel Z. Chamberlain c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Environmental, Health and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Safety
Houston, Texas 77002
Ronald E. Ciora c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Western Regional Sales and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Marketing
Houston, Texas 77002
James E. Glattly c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Sales and Marketing
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
John DuManoir c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Technology
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Pierre Prud'homme c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President and Controller
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Scholes c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Manufacturing
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Roger A. Zampini c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Supply Chain Management
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Leslie c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF PEI AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001(1)
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President, Secretary and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Victoria L. Garrett c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Director
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Leslie c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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(1) One seat on the Board of Directors is currently vacant.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF PLI AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001(1)
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President, Secretary and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
John DuManoir c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Victoria L. Garrett c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Pierre Prud'homme c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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(1) One seat on the Board of Directors is currently vacant.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF KNA AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Michael J. Ferris c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Philip J. Ablove c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 and Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Jerry B. Bradley c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Samuel Z. Chamberlain c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Environmental, Health and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Safety
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Leslie c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF PWT AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Michael J. Ferris c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Philip J. Ablove c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 and Director
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Leslie c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF EACH KWT AND IWC AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001
NAME ADDRESS OFFICE/POSITION
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Michael J. Ferris c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. President and Director
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Philip J. Ablove c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Kent R. Stephenson c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 and Director
Houston, Texas 77002
Samuel Z. Chamberlain c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Vice President, Environmental, Health and
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 Safety
Houston, Texas 77002
David A. Leslie c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Eva Clark c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. Assistant Secretary
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE APPLICANTS
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE (SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, AS
REQUIRED BY FORM T-3, ON THE BASIS OF PRESENT INFORMATION)
Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date the Issuer will
be converted into a Delaware limited liability company. After such conversion,
PCI will contribute the Issuer to PCICC in exchange for a number of PCICC's
preferred shares of equal value. PAI will then be merged with and into the
Issuer, with the Issuer being the surviving company. Upon the consummation of
such merger, the Issuer will change its name to Pioneer Americas LLC. Pioneer
Americas LLC will have only one member and will be member-managed. As of the
Effective Date such member will be PCICC.
Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date PCICC will be
continued from the jurisdiction of New Brunswick, Canada to the jurisdiction of
Nova Scotia, Canada and then amalgamated to form an unlimited liability company
under the name PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada. The
Articles of Association of PCICC will provide for a minimum of one and a maximum
of twenty directors. The exact number of directors of PCICC initially appointed
and the names and mailing addresses of such persons will be provided by
amendment.
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The directors and executive officers of each of the Applicants as of
the Effective Date will remain as disclosed above, with the exception of the
Issuer, which will become a one-member limited liability company, and PCI. The
executive officers of PCI as of the Effective Date will remain as disclosed
above, however, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Fourth Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PCI will provide for a Board of
Directors consisting of not less than five nor more than nine members. The names
and addresses of such persons and their respective mailing addresses will be
provided by amendment.
ITEM 5. PRINCIPAL OWNERS OF VOTING SECURITIES.
AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001
I. Issuer.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Stock, par 1,679,614 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 value $.01 per share
Houston, Texas 77002
II. PCICC.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Corporation of America Common Shares, no par value 100 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc.
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
III. PCI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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William R. Berkley Class A Common Stock 6,375,335 59.8%(1)
165 Mason Street, par value $0.01
Greenwich, CT 06830
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(1) Includes 3,723,850 shares held by Interlaken Investment Partners, L.P.,
representing 34.9% of the voting power of PCI's capital stock.
Mr. Berkley is the sole owner of a company that indirectly controls
Interlaken, and so he may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the
shares held by Interlaken.
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IV. PEI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Corporation of America Common Stock, $0.01 1,000 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
V. PAI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Corporation of America Common Stock, $1.00 1,000 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
VI. PLI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Corporation of America Common Stock, $0.01 1,000 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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VII. IWC.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pioneer Corporation of America Common Stock, $1.00 1,000 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
VIII. KNA.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Imperial West Chemical Co. Common Stock, $0.10 11,167 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Imperial West Chemical Co. Preferred Stock, $1.00 6,965 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
IX. PWT.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Stock, $1.00 1,000 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 par value
Houston, Texas 77002
X. KWT.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc. Common Stock, $1.00 100 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
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AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE (SUCH INFORMATION
IS PROVIDED, AS REQUIRED BY FORM T-3, ON THE BASIS
OF PRESENT INFORMATION, AND TO THE EXTENT
SUCH INFORMATION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ABOVE DISCLOSURE)
I. Issuer.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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PCI Chemicals Canada Company/
Societe PCI Chimie Canada Membership Interest 100%(2) 100.0%
630 Rene-Levesque Blvd. W.
Suite 3100
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 1S6 Canada
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(1) Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date the Issuer will
be converted into a Delaware limited liability company. After such
conversion, PCI will contribute the Issuer to PCICC for a number of
PCICC's preferred shares of equal value. PAI will then be merged with
and into the Issuer, with the Issuer being the surviving company. Upon
the consummation of such merger, the Issuer will change its name to
Pioneer Americas LLC.
(2) The membership interest in the Issuer will be expressed as a percentage
of ownership rather than a number of units.
II. PCICC.(1)(2)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Shares 100 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Pioneer Companies, Inc. Class A Preferred Shares(3) -- 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date the PCICC will
be continued from the jurisdiction of New Brunswick, Canada to the
jurisdiction of Nova Scotia, Canada and will have amalgamated with a
wholly-owned subsidiary to continue as an unlimited liability company
under the name PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada.
(2) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
(3) Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date PCI will
contribute the Issuer to PCICC in exchange for a number of Class A
Preferred Shares of equal value. The number of such preferred shares to
be issued by PCICC pursuant to the Plan will be provided in an
amendment.
III. PCI.(1)(2)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned Amount Owned Securities Owned
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-- Common Stocks, $0.01 par value -- --
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(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
(2) Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date PCI will issue
its common stock in exchange for the partial satisfaction of certain
claims against the Issuer and PCICC. Disclosure with respect to the
ownership of PCI at the effective date will be provided by amendment.
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IV. PEI.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned(1) Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Stock, $0.01 1,000 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 par value
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
V. PLI.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned(1) Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Stock, $0.01 1,000 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 par value
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
VI. IWC.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned(1) Amount Owned Securities Owned
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Stock, $1.00 1,000 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 par value
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
VII. KNA.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned(1) Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Imperial West Chemical Co. Common Stock, $0.10 11,167 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Imperial West Chemical Co. Preferred Stock, $1.00 6,965 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
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VIII. PWT.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned(1) Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Companies, Inc. Common Stock, $1.00 1,000 100.0%
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300 par value
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
IX. KWT.(1)
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Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Percentage of
Name and Voting
Complete Mailing Address Title of Class Owned(1) Amount Owned Securities Owned
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Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc. Common Stock, $1.00 100 100.0%
c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc. par value
700 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
----------
(1) This Applicant will also act as a Guarantor of the Notes to be issued
by the Issuer.
UNDERWRITERS
ITEM 6. UNDERWRITERS.
(a) None.
(b) No underwriter within the meaning of Section 303(4) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"), has been proposed with
respect to the Notes.
CAPITAL SECURITIES
ITEM 7. CAPITALIZATION.
AS OF NOVEMBER 6, 2001
(A) CAPITALIZATION.
I. Issuer.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock (voting) 2,500,000 shares, par value $0.01 1,679,614
Common Stock (non-voting) 500,000 shares, par value $0.01 0
Preferred Stock 100,000 shares, par value $100.00 0
9 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2007 $200,000,000 principal amount $200,000,000 principal amount
II. PCICC.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Shares Unlimited, without par value 100
9 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2007 $175,000,000 principal amount $175,000,000 principal amount
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III. PCI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 46,000,000 10,678,893
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 4,000,000 858,831
Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 10,000,000 55,000
IV. PEI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 1,000 shares, par value $0.01 1,000
V. PAI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 1,000 shares, par value $1.00 1,000
VI. PLI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 1,000 shares, par value $0.01 1,000
VII. IWC.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 25,000 shares, par value $1.00 1,000
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VIII. KNA.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 30,000 shares, par value $0.10 11,167
Preferred Stock 50,000 shares, par value $1.00 6,965
IX. PWT.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 25,000 shares, par value $1.00 1,000
X. KWT.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock 1,000 shares, par value $1.00 100
CAPITALIZATION AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE (SUCH INFORMATION
IS PROVIDED, AS REQUIRED BY FORM T-3, ON THE BASIS
OF PRESENT INFORMATION, AND TO THE EXTENT
SUCH INFORMATION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ABOVE DISCLOSURE)
Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, on the basis of present information,
the Claimholders will receive their pro rata portion of (A)(i) $150,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of 10% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2008
issued by PCICC and guaranteed by the Guarantors and the Issuer, (ii) up to
$50,000,000 of the Notes issued by the Issuer or its successor in interest and
guaranteed by the Guarantors or their successors in interest and (iii) a new
class of common stock, par value $0.01, to be issued by PCI in exchange for,
among other claims, (B)(i) all of the Issuer's 9 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due
2007 outstanding and (ii) all of PCICC's 9 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2007
outstanding. The principal amount of the Notes to be issued by the Issuer will
be determined by the election of the Claimholders either (x) to participate in a
term loan agreement among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as agent (the "Loan Agreement") or (y) to
receive their pro rata portion of the Notes. In no event will the sum of the
aggregate principal amount of the Loan Agreement and the Notes exceed
$50,000,000.
I. ISSUER.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Membership Interest(1) n/a n/a
Senior Secured Floating
Rate Guaranteed Notes due 2006 $50,000,000 $50,000,000
(less the amount of
borrowings under the
Loan Agreement)
----------
(1) The membership interest in the Issuer will be expressed as a percentage
of ownership rather than a number of units.
II. PCICC.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Shares 150,000,000, without par value 100
Class A Preferred Shares (1) 150,000,000, without par value --
Class B Preferred Shares 150,000,000, without par value 0
10% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes
due 2008 $150,000,000 $150,000,000
----------
(1) Pursuant to the Plan, on or before the Effective Date PCI will
contribute the Issuer to PCICC in exchange for a number of PCICC's
Class A Preferred shares of equal value. The number of Class A
Preferred Shares to be issued will be provided by amendment.
III. PCI.
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Col. A Col. B Col. C
Title of Class Amount Authorized Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 50,000,000 10,000,000
Preferred Stock 10,000,000 0
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(B) VOTING RIGHTS.
I. ISSUER AND KNA.
COMMON STOCK
The holders of outstanding voting common stock of each the Issuer and
KNA, with respect to each such company, have the right to elect the Board of
Directors and to vote on all others matters that may be acted on at any meeting
of stockholders of such companies.
PREFERRED STOCK
Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by determination of
the respective Board of Directors of such companies, no shares of preferred
stock have any voting power.
II. PCICC.
COMMON SHARES
The holders of the outstanding common shares of PCICC have the right to
elect the Board of Directors and to vote on all others matters that may be acted
on at any meeting of shareholders.
III. PCI.
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
Each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of PCI has one vote with respect to all matters subject to stockholder
vote. The holders of Class A Common Stock, voting together with the holders of
Class B Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock as a single class, have the
right to elect the Board of Directors of PCI and to vote on all other matters
that may be acted on at any meeting of stockholders of PCI.
CLASS B COMMON STOCK
Each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of PCI has one-tenth of one vote with respect to all matters subject to
stockholder vote. The holders of Class B Common Stock, voting together with the
holders of Class A Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock as a single class,
have the right to elect the Board of Directors of PCI and to vote on all others
matters that may be acted on at any meeting of stockholders of PCI.
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
Each outstanding share of Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of PCI, has the right to vote together with
the holders of Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock as a single
class on other all matters that may be acted on at any meeting of stockholders
of PCI. Each share of Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock will be
entitled to such number of votes as are equal to the number of votes which could
be cast by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares
of Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock is then convertible in
accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations for such
preferred stock.
IV. PEI, PAI, PLI, IWC, PWT AND KWT.
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COMMON STOCK
The holders of the common stock of each of PEI, PAI, PLI, IWC, PWT and
KWT, have the right, with respect to each such company, to elect the Board of
Directors and to vote on all other matters that may be acted on at any meeting
of stockholders of such companies.
The information set forth above is provided pursuant to the
requirements of Form T-3. However, the Applicants are currently under the
protection of the Bankruptcy Court and a stockholder that presently holds equity
interests in any of the Applicants is subject to the provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code. Under the Bankruptcy Code, all actions taken pursuant to the
Plan must be approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court. For Applicants
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, in accordance with Section
303 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, such actions may then be carried
out by each Applicant without further action by the stockholder(s) of such
Applicant.
VOTING RIGHTS AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
(SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, AS REQUIRED BY
FORM T-3, ON THE BASIS OF PRESENT INFORMATION, AND TO THE
EXTENT SUCH INFORMATION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ABOVE DISCLOSURE)
I. Issuer.
Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Issuer will be converted to a
Delaware limited liability company consisting of one member. As of the Effective
Date such member will be PCICC. The Certificate of Conversion of the Issuer to
be filed on the Effective Date will provide for a single-member, member-managed
company.
II. PCICC.
COMMON SHARES
Pursuant to the Articles of Association of PCICC, each outstanding
common share of PCICC will have one vote with respect to all matters subject to
shareholder vote. The holders of such common shares, voting together with the
holders of the preferred shares of PCICC as a single class, have the right to
elect the Board of Directors of PCICC and to vote on all other matters that may
be acted on at any meeting of shareholders of PCICC.
PREFERRED SHARES
Pursuant to the Articles of Association of PCICC, each outstanding
Class A Preferred Share and Class B Preferred Share of PCICC will have one-tenth
of one vote with respect to all matters subject to shareholder vote. The holders
of such preferred shares, voting together with the holders of the common shares
of PCICC as a single class, will have the right to elect the Board of Directors
of PCICC and to vote on all others matters that may be acted on at any meeting
of shareholders of PCICC.
III. PCI.
Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date all of the outstanding
common stock of PCI will be canceled. Shares of New Common Stock (as such term
is defined in the Plan) will be issued to certain creditors of the Issuer and
PCICC in partial exchange for the claims of such creditors against the Issuer
and PCICC.
COMMON STOCK
Pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Fourth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of PCI, to be filed on the Effective Date, each
outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be issued on
the Effective Date will have one vote with respect to all matters subject to
stockholder vote. The holders of such common stock will have the right to elect
the Board of Directors of PCI and to vote on all other matters that may be acted
on at any meeting of stockholders of PCI.
PREFERRED STOCK
Pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Fourth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of PCI, to be filed on the Effective Date, PCI may
issue shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series, each
such series to have such voting and other rights as are fixed by the Board of
Directors prior to the issuance of any shares thereof; provided, however, that
in compliance with Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, no non-voting securities
may be issued.
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INDENTURE SECURITIES
ITEM 8. ANALYSIS OF INDENTURE PROVISIONS.
The following analysis of provisions of the Indenture required under
Section 305(a)(2) of the 1939 Act is a summary and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Indenture, a copy of the form of which is filed as Exhibit
T3C hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used in
this section and not otherwise defined in this application shall have the
meanings given to them in the Indenture.
(A) EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Indenture defines an Event of Default as:
(a) (i) a default by the Issuer in the payment of any
principal of any Note when the same becomes due, whether by acceleration, at
maturity, upon redemption, in connection with a Change of Control or an Asset
Sale, or otherwise, or (ii) a failure by the Issuer to pay any interest, fee or
penalty on any Note, or any other amount payable under the Indenture, within
three (3) days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture;
(b) a default by any other obligor in the payment when due of
any fee with respect to any Note or any monetary indenture obligation (other
than those covered by clause (a) hereof), and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of three (3) days;
(c) the failure by obligors (including the Issuer) to observe
or perform any covenant, condition or agreement on the part of such obligors to
be observed or performed pursuant to certain covenants in the Indenture, or
Article Eight (Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease) thereof;
(d) the failure by obligors (including the Issuer) to duly
observe or perform any other covenant, condition or agreement in, to and under
the Indenture or in any other Indenture Document executed by it and such failure
continues for a period of thirty (30) days;
(e) a denial, disaffirmation or repudiation by any obligor
(including the Issuer) of its obligations under the Indenture (including the
Guaranties of the Notes), the Notes, or any other Indenture Documents or
Transaction Documents to which such obligor is party, or any material provision
in the Indenture, such other Indenture Documents or Transaction Documents
ceasing to be valid and binding, or any obligor so asserting in writing;
(f) a default (i) in the payment when due, whether by
acceleration or otherwise, of any amount (including principal, premium or
interest) in respect of any Indebtedness of any obligor (including the Issuer),
including Indebtedness in respect of the New Tranche B Notes (as such term is
defined in the Plan) (subject only to any applicable grace period pursuant to
the terms of such Indebtedness) but not including the Indebtedness described in
and covered by clauses (a) and (b) hereof, (ii) a default in the performance or
observance of any obligation or condition with respect to such Indebtedness if
the effect of such default is to accelerate the maturity of any such
Indebtedness or such default shall continue unremedied for any applicable period
of time sufficient to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, or any
trustee or agent for such holders, to cause such Indebtedness to become due and
payable prior to its expressed maturity, or (iii) a default in, or an event of
default in connection with, the performance or observance of any obligation or
condition of any agreement (including any Transaction Document) to which any
obligor (including the Issuer) is party or by which it is bound and such default
or event of default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(g) a final judgment has been, or final judgments have been,
rendered by any court or courts of competent jurisdiction against any obligor
(including the Issuer) or any subsidiary of such obligor and such judgment or
judgments remain undischarged, unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30)
days, provided that the aggregate of all such judgments equals or exceeds
$1,000,000 or any such
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individual judgment exceeds $500,000 (other than, in each case, any judgment as
to which and only to the extent that, a reputable insurance company has
acknowledged coverage of such claim in writing);
(h) the issuance of a notice of Lien, levy, assessment,
injunction or attachment (other than pursuant to the Security Documents) against
the property of any obligor (including the Issuer) or any subsidiary of such
obligor having an aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000 which is not stayed or
lifted within thirty (30) days;
(i) any representation, warranty or certification of any
obligor (including the Issuer) made or deemed made under the Indenture or in any
other Indenture Document or Transaction Document executed by it or in any other
writing or certificate furnished by or on behalf of such obligor (including the
Issuer) for the purposes of or in connection with the Indenture or such other
Indenture Document or any other Transaction Document is or shall be incorrect
when made or deemed made in any material respect;
(j) any of the Security Documents ceasing to give the
Collateral Agent a valid and perfected Lien of the priority required thereby or
the rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby (other than in
accordance with their respective terms or if released by the Trustee, at the
direction of all of the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Indenture),
(ii) any of the Security Documents being declared null and void, (iii) the
denial by any obligor (including the Issuer) of any of its obligations under any
of the Security Documents, (iv) any Collateral becoming subject to any Lien
other than the Liens created or permitted by the Security Documents or the
Indenture, or (v) any Collateral (or part thereof) being seized or taken by any
governmental agency or authority;
(k) any obligor (including the Issuer) or any subsidiary of
such obligor, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (i)
commencing a voluntary case, (ii) consenting to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case in which it is a debtor, (iii) consenting to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official
of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (iv) making a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (v) admitting in writing its
inability to pay debts as they become due;
(l) the entry of an order or decree by a court of competent
jurisdiction under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against any obligor
(including the Issuer) or any subsidiary of such obligor in an involuntary case
in which it is a debtor, (ii) appoints a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator
or similar official of such obligor or such subsidiary for all or substantially
all of their respective property, (iii) orders the liquidation of such obligor
or such subsidiary, and such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for
sixty (60) days;
(m) any obligor (including the Issuer) or Subsidiary of such
obligor committing or suffering to occur a Canadian Act of Bankruptcy; or
(n) the Guaranty of any Guarantor for any reason ceasing to
be, or being asserted by any Guarantor or the Issuer not to be, in full force
and effect or enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent
contemplated in the Guaranty.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clauses (k), (l) or (m) above) occurs and is continuing for any reason, whether
voluntary or involuntary, then the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the
Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at any
time outstanding by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may declare
the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued interest on all the
Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon such declaration the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall become automatically and
immediately due and payable, without further notice, demand or presentment. If
an Event of Default specified in clauses (k), (l) or (m) above occurs, unpaid
principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued interest on all the Notes shall
ipso facto automatically be and become immediately due and payable, without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and such
amount shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of an intercreditor
and collateral agency agreement among the Holders and others.
Other than in respect of (i) a continuing Default or Event of Default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note
held by a non-consenting Holder, or (ii) a covenant or provision in the
Indenture which under Article Nine (Supplemental Indentures) of the Indenture
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note
then outstanding, or (iii) any
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continuing Default or Event of Default in respect of any matter involving the
release of Collateral, which shall not be waived without the consent of the
Holder of each then outstanding Note, Holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee,
may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree and if (A) the Issuer has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (i) all sums paid or advanced by the
Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, (ii) all
overdue interest on all Notes, (iii) the principal of and premium, if any, on
any Notes which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes, and (iv) to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
interest at the rate borne by the Notes, and (B) all Events of Default, other
than the non-payment of principal of the Notes which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived in accordance with
the Indenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
Within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of any Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, notice of such Default under the
Indenture known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or
waived.
(B) AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE NOTES UNDER THE INDENTURE;
APPLICATION OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.
The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture is limited to $50,000,000 in principal amount of
Notes. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by one of its
Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Notes
as provided in the Indenture and not otherwise.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in the
Indenture duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
under the Indenture.
The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Plan to Claimholders in
exchange therefor and, accordingly, no proceeds will be derived from the
issuance of the Notes. The Notes will be distributed to the Claimholders as
described in Item 2 of this application.
(C) RELEASE OR RELEASE AND SUBSTITUTION OF ANY PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE
LIEN OF THE INDENTURE.
The Trustee shall not direct the Collateral Agent to release any
Collateral subject to the lien of the Indenture and the Security Documents
unless such release is in accordance with the provisions of the Security
Documents and Section 314(d) of the 1939 Act. The Indenture permits any obligor
(including the Issuer) or any subsidiary of such obligor to sell, lease, convey,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, provided that certain
conditions are met (including the application of Net Proceeds in accordance with
the Indenture), and provided, further, that if any such assets comprise
Collateral, the consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding is obtained prior to the disposition
thereof and cash in an amount equal to the Collateral Proceeds is pledged to the
Collateral Agent and deposited in the Intercreditor Collateral Account. Any
non-cash consideration permitted by the Indenture received by any such obligor
or subsidiary pursuant to such disposition of assets shall be subject to the
lien of the Indenture and the Security Documents.
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(D) SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF THE INDENTURE
The Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes therein
expressly provided for) when each of the following are satisfied:
(a) either (1) all Notes authenticated and delivered under the
Indenture have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all Notes
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due
and payable, (y) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or (z) are to be called for redemption within one year, and the Issuer
or any Guarantor, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in United States
dollars sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) the Issuer or any other obligor has paid or caused to be
paid all other sums payable under the Indenture by the Issuer or such other
obligor, and has indefeasibly discharged all Indebtedness thereunder; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an officers'
certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that (i) all conditions precedent
in the Indenture provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the
Indenture have been complied with and (ii) such satisfaction and discharge shall
not result in a breach or violation of or constitute a default under the
Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or
any other obligor is a party or by which Issuer or such obligor is bound.
The Issuer may effect a defeasance (i.e., the discharge of certain
obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, including the Indebtedness
represented by such Notes), or a covenant defeasance (i.e., the release of
certain covenant obligations of the Issuer and each Guarantor under the
Indenture) with respect to the defeased Notes upon the satisfaction of certain
conditions, including, (1) the irrevocable deposit by the Issuer with the
Trustee in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, trust funds
which constitute (a) United States dollars in an amount, or (b) U.S. Government
Obligations, or (c) a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge (and
which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge) the principal of,
interest and premium, if any, on the Defeased Securities on the Stated Maturity
of such principal or installment of principal or interest, (2) the delivery to
the Trustee of certain prescribed opinions of counsel (including an opinion with
respect to certain U.S. Federal income tax and Canadian federal or provincial
income tax matters) and the delivery to the Trustee of certain prescribed
officers' certificates of the Issuer, (3) that (x) no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; or
(y) in so far as clauses (k), (l) or (m) specified in paragraph A (Events of
Default) above are concerned, at any time during the period ending on 91st day
after the date of deposit, or (4) that such defeasance or covenant defeasance
shall not have resulted in a breach or violation of, nor constitute a Default
under, any material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which
the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound.
(E) THE EVIDENCE REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED BY THE OBLIGOR UPON THE
INDENTURE SECURITIES TO THE TRUSTEE AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND
COVENANTS PROVIDED FOR IN THE INDENTURE.
The Indenture requires:
(a) the Issuer to furnish, within (x) 90 days after the end of
its fiscal year, and (y) 45 days after the end of the first three quarters of
each fiscal year, an officers' certificate stating that a review of the
activities of each obligor (including the Issuer) and each subsidiary of each
such obligor, has been made under the supervision of the signing officer, with a
view to determine whether each such obligor or such subsidiary has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under the Indenture and the
other Indenture Documents, and further stating, as to each such signing officer,
that to the best of such officer's knowledge, each obligor and subsidiary has
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled all of its obligations under the
Indenture and the other Indenture Documents to which it is a party and is not in
default in the performance or observance thereof (or if a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred, describing such Default or Event of Default, and
what action is being taken or proposed to be taken in respect thereto);
(b) the Issuer to furnish, (x) within ninety (90) days after
each fiscal year, a copy of the annual audited financial statements of the
Issuer and its parent corporation and their respective subsidiaries, as well as
of any of the Guarantors as are required to file their annual financial
statements pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, certified by an independent certified public accountant
satisfactory to the Trustee, together with a certificate from such accountant,
to the effect that, in making the examination necessary for the signing of such
annual audit report, such accountant has not become aware of any Default or
Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing and that relates to
financial or other accounting matters or the covenants set forth in the
Indenture or, if such accountant has become aware of any such event, describing
it, and (y) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a
copy of the unaudited financial statements of the Issuer and its parent
corporation and their respective subsidiaries, as well as of any of the
Guarantors as are required to file their quarterly financial statements pursuant
to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder;
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(c) the Issuer to give (A) prompt notice of the occurrence of
(i) a Default or an Event of Default or (ii) a default by any obligor (including
the Issuer) or any subsidiary of such obligor under any material note,
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease, deed or other material similar
agreement to which such obligor or subsidiary, as appropriate, is a party or by
which it is bound (including any of the Indenture Documents and Transaction
Documents), and (B) so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, to deliver to
the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any matters
referred to in clauses (A)(i) or (ii) above, an officers' certificate specifying
such Default, Event of Default or such other default or event of default and
what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto; and
(d) Upon any application or request by any obligor (including
the Issuer) to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of the
Indenture, such obligor shall furnish to the Trustee (x) an officers'
certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the
Indenture (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition
precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (y) an
opinion of counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the case
of such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents,
certificates and/or opinions is specifically required by any provision of the
Indenture relating to such application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
ITEM 9. OTHER OBLIGORS.
None.
CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION. THIS APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION
COMPRISES -
(A) Pages number 1 to 32, consecutively.
(B) The statement of eligibility and qualification on Form T-1 of
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee
under the indenture to be qualified (filed herewith as
Exhibit 25.1).
(C) The following exhibits in addition to those filed as part of
the statement of eligibility and qualification of the Trustee:
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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Exhibit T3A-1 Articles of Incorporation of PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI
Chimie Canada Inc. (formerly known as Chemicals Canada
Inc./Produits Chimiques PCI Canada Inc.), as amended by
Articles of Amendment, as in effect on the date of filing
hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-1 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-2 Form of Articles of Association of PCI Chemicals Canada
Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada to become effective as of
the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-2
to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures
on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-3 Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer
Companies, Inc. (formerly known as Finevest Foods, Inc.), as
amended by Certificate of Amendment of Third Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, and in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-3 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-4 Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Pioneer
Companies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-4 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-5 Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Pioneer Companies, Inc., to be filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and to become
effective as of the Effective Date (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-5 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-6 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Corporation of America
(formerly known as Pioneer Americas Acquisition Corp.), as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-6 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-7 Form of Certificate of Conversion of Pioneer Corporation of
America, to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware and to become effective as of the Effective Date
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-7 to the Applicants'
Application for Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File
No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-8 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer (East), Inc., as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-8 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-9 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Pioneer (East), Inc., to be filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware and to become effective as of the
Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-9 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-10 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Americas, Inc.
(formerly known as Atkemix Twenty-Nine Inc.), as in effect on
the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit T3A-10 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-11 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Licensing, Inc., as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-11 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
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Exhibit T3A-12 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Pioneer Licensing, Inc., to be filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and to become effective as of
the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3A-12 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-13 Articles of Incorporation of Imperial West Chemical Co., as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-13 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-14 Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of
Imperial West Chemical Co., to be filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Nevada and to become effective as of the
Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-14 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-15 Certificate of Incorporation of Kemwater North America
Company, as in effect on the date of filing hereof
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-15 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-16 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Kemwater North America Company, to be filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware and to become effective as
of the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3A-16 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-17 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Water Technologies,
Inc., as in effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit T3A-17 to the Applicants' Application
for Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-18 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc., to be filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and to become
effective as of the Effective Date (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-18 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-19 Certificate of Incorporation of KWT, Inc. (formerly known as
Kemira Water Treatment, Inc.), as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-19 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-20 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
KWT, Inc., to be filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and to become effective as of the Effective
Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-20 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-1 Bylaws of PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc., as
in effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit T3B-1 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-2 Form of Memorandum of Association of PCI Chemicals Canada
Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada to become effective as of
the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-2
to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures
on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-3 Bylaws of Pioneer Companies, Inc., as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-3 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-4 Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Pioneer Companies, Inc.
to become effective on the Effective Date (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit T3B-4 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-5 Bylaws of Pioneer Corporation of America, as in effect on the
date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3B-5 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-6 Bylaws of Pioneer (East), Inc., as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-6 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-7 Bylaws of Pioneer Licensing, Inc., as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-7 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
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Exhibit T3B-8 Bylaws of Imperial West Chemical Co., as in effect on the date
of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-8
to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures
on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-9 Bylaws of Kemwater North America Company, as in effect on the
date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3B-9 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-10 Bylaws of Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc., as in effect on
the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit T3B-10 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-11 Bylaws of KWT, Inc. as in effect on the date of filing hereof
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-11 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-12 Bylaws of Pioneer Americas, Inc. as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-12 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3C Form of Indenture, to be dated as of the Effective Date,
between the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee, in the
form to be qualified, including an itemized table of contents
showing the articles, sections and subsections of the
Indenture, together with the subject matter thereof and the
pages on which they appear (filed herewith).
Exhibit T3D Not applicable.
Exhibit T3E Amended Joint Disclosure Statement of the Applicants Pursuant
to Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code dated September 21,
2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3E to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3F A cross reference sheet showing the location in the Indenture
of the provisions inserted therein pursuant to Section 310
through 318(a), inclusive, of the 1939 Act (filed herewith).
Exhibit 25.1 Form T-1 qualifying Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as trustee under the Indenture to be qualified
(filed herewith).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, each of the Applicants, Pioneer Corporation of America, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI
Chimie Canada Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of New
Brunswick, Canada, Pioneer Companies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware, Pioneer East, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware, Pioneer Americas, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, Pioneer Licensing, Inc., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, Kemwater North
America Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware, Imperial West Chemical Co., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of Nevada, and KWT, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Application on Form T-3 to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all in the City of Houston, and State of Texas,
as of the 7th day of November, 2001.
(SEAL) PIONEER CORPORATION OF AMERICA
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
PCI CHEMICALS CANADA INC./PCI CHIMIE
CANADA INC.
(SEAL) By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
(SEAL) PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
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(SEAL) PIONEER (EAST), INC.
By: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
---------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: President
Attest: /s/ Eva Clark
--------------------------------
Name: Eva Clark
Title: Assistant Secretary
(SEAL) PIONEER AMERICAS, INC.
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
(SEAL) PIONEER LICENSING, INC.
By: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
---------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: President
Attest: /s/ Eva Clark
--------------------------------
Name: Eva Clark
Title: Assistant Secretary
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(SEAL) IMPERIAL WEST CHEMICAL CO.
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
(SEAL) KEMWATER NORTH AMERICA COMPANY
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
(SEAL) PIONEER WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President
Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
(SEAL) KWT, INC.
By: /s/ Michael J. Ferris
---------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Ferris
Title: President
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Attest: /s/ Kent R. Stephenson
--------------------------------
Name: Kent R. Stephenson
Title: Vice President, General Counsel,
and Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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Exhibit T3A-1 Articles of Incorporation of PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI
Chimie Canada Inc. (formerly known as Chemicals Canada
Inc./Produits Chimiques PCI Canada Inc.), as amended by
Articles of Amendment, as in effect on the date of filing
hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-1 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-2 Form of Articles of Association of PCI Chemicals Canada
Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada to become effective as of
the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-2
to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures
on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-3 Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer
Companies, Inc. (formerly known as Finevest Foods, Inc.), as
amended by Certificate of Amendment of Third Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, and in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-3 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-4 Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Pioneer
Companies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-4 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-5 Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Pioneer Companies, Inc., to be filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and to become
effective as of the Effective Date (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-5 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-6 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Corporation of America
(formerly known as Pioneer Americas Acquisition Corp.), as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-6 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-7 Form of Certificate of Conversion of Pioneer Corporation of
America, to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware and to become effective as of the Effective Date
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-7 to the Applicants'
Application for Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File
No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-8 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer (East), Inc., as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-8 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-9 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Pioneer (East), Inc., to be filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware and to become effective as of the
Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-9 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-10 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Americas, Inc.
(formerly known as Atkemix Twenty-Nine Inc.), as in effect on
the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit T3A-10 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-11 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Licensing, Inc., as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-11 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-12 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Pioneer Licensing, Inc., to be filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and to become effective as of
the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3A-12 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-13 Articles of Incorporation of Imperial West Chemical Co., as in
effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-13 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-14 Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of
Imperial West Chemical Co., to be filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Nevada and to become effective as of the
Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-14 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
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Exhibit T3A-15 Certificate of Incorporation of Kemwater North America
Company, as in effect on the date of filing hereof
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-15 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-16 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Kemwater North America Company, to be filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware and to become effective as
of the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3A-16 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-17 Certificate of Incorporation of Pioneer Water Technologies,
Inc., as in effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit T3A-17 to the Applicants' Application
for Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-18 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc., to be filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and to become
effective as of the Effective Date (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit T3A-18 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-19 Certificate of Incorporation of KWT, Inc. (formerly known as
Kemira Water Treatment, Inc.), as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-19 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3A-20 Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
KWT, Inc., to be filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and to become effective as of the Effective
Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3A-20 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-1 Bylaws of PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc., as
in effect on the date of filing hereof (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit T3B-1 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-2 Form of Memorandum of Association of PCI Chemicals Canada
Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada to become effective as of
the Effective Date (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-2
to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures
on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-3 Bylaws of Pioneer Companies, Inc., as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-3 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-4 Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Pioneer Companies, Inc.
to become effective on the Effective Date (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit T3B-4 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-5 Bylaws of Pioneer Corporation of America, as in effect on the
date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3B-5 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-6 Bylaws of Pioneer (East), Inc., as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-6 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-7 Bylaws of Pioneer Licensing, Inc., as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-7 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-8 Bylaws of Imperial West Chemical Co., as in effect on the date
of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-8
to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures
on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-9 Bylaws of Kemwater North America Company, as in effect on the
date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
T3B-9 to the Applicants' Application for Qualification of
Indentures on Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
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Exhibit T3B-10 Bylaws of Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc., as in effect on
the date of filing hereof (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit T3B-10 to the Applicants' Application for
Qualification of Indentures on Form T-3 (File No.
022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-11 Bylaws of KWT, Inc. as in effect on the date of filing hereof
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-11 to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3B-12 Bylaws of Pioneer Americas, Inc. as in effect on the date of
filing hereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3B-12 to
the Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3C Form of Indenture, to be dated as of the Effective Date,
between the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as trustee, in the
form to be qualified, including an itemized table of contents
showing the articles, sections and subsections of the
Indenture, together with the subject matter thereof and the
pages on which they appear (filed herewith).
Exhibit T3D Not applicable.
Exhibit T3E Amended Joint Disclosure Statement of the Applicants Pursuant
to Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code dated September 21,
2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit T3E to the
Applicants' Application for Qualification of Indentures on
Form T-3 (File No. 022-22587-09)).
Exhibit T3F A cross reference sheet showing the location in the Indenture
of the provisions inserted therein pursuant to Section 310
through 318(a), inclusive, of the 1939 Act (filed herewith).
Exhibit 25.1 Form T-1 qualifying Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as trustee under the Indenture to be qualified
(filed herewith).
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FORM T-1 - WELLS FARGO MINNESOTA, NAT. ASSOCIATION
EXHIBIT 25.1
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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)
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A U.S. NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION 41-1592157
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national Identification No.)
bank)
SIXTH STREET AND MARQUETTE AVENUE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Stanley S. Stroup, General Counsel
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(612) 667-1234
(Agent for Service)
-----------------------------
PIONEER AMERICAS LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
700 LOUISIANA, SUITE 4300
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
-----------------------------
SENIOR SECURED FLOATING RATE GUARANTEED NOTES DUE 2006
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
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.
Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington, D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the
trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None with respect to the trustee.
No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is
not in default as provided under Item 13.
Item 15. Foreign Trustee. Not applicable.
Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this
Statement of Eligibility. Wells Fargo Bank
incorporates by reference into this Form T-1 the
exhibits attached hereto.
Exhibit 1. a. A copy of the Articles of Association of the
trustee now in effect.**
Exhibit 2. a. A copy of the certificate of authority of the
trustee to commence business issued June 28,
1872, by the Comptroller of the Currency to The
Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis.*
b. A copy of the certificate of the Comptroller of
the Currency dated January 2, 1934, approving the
consolidation of The Northwestern National Bank
of Minneapolis and The Minnesota Loan and Trust
Company of Minneapolis, with the surviving entity
being titled Northwestern National Bank and Trust
Company of Minneapolis.*
c. A copy of the certificate of the Acting
Comptroller of the Currency dated January 12,
1943, as to change of corporate title of
Northwestern National Bank and Trust Company of
Minneapolis to Northwestern National Bank of
Minneapolis.*
d. A copy of the letter dated May 12, 1983 from the
Regional Counsel, Comptroller of the Currency,
acknowledging receipt of notice of name change
effective May 1, 1983 from Northwestern National
Bank of Minneapolis to Norwest Bank Minneapolis,
National Association.*
e. A copy of the letter dated January 4, 1988 from
the Administrator of National Banks for the
Comptroller of the Currency certifying approval
of consolidation and merger effective January 1,
1988 of Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National
Association with various other banks under the
title of "Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association."*
f. A copy of the letter dated July 10, 2000 from the
Administrator of National Banks for the
Comptroller of the Currency certifying approval
of consolidation effective July 8, 2000 of
Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association with
various other banks under the title of "Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association."***
Exhibit 3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers issued January 2, 1934, by the
Federal Reserve Board.*
Exhibit 4. Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.**
Exhibit 5. Not applicable.
Exhibit 6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
Act.
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.
* Incorporated by reference to exhibit number 25 filed with
registration statement number 33-66026.
** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to
the trustee's Form T-1 filed as exhibit 99.T3G to the Form T-3
dated July 13, 2000 of GB Property Funding Corp. file number
022-22473.
*** Incorporated by reference to exhibit number 2f to the
trustee's Form T-1 filed as exhibit 25.1 to the Current Report
Form 8-K dated September 8, 2000 of NRG Energy Inc. file
number 001-15891.
**** Incorporated by reference to exhibit 25.1 to the Current
Report Form T-3 dated September 10, 2001 of Loewen Group
International Inc. file number 022-22557.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
trustee, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of
Minneapolis and State of Minnesota on the 31st day of October 2001.
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
/s/ Timothy P. Mowdy
--------------------
Timothy P. Mowdy
Corporate Trust Officer
EXHIBIT 6
October 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the
undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities
authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
/s/ Timothy P. Mowdy
--------------------
Timothy P. Mowdy
Corporate Trust Officer
EX-99.T3C
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FORM OF INDENTURE
EXHIBIT T3C
PIONEER AMERICAS LLC,
as the Issuer,
PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.
PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY,
IMPERIAL WEST CHEMICAL CO.,
KEMWATER NORTH AMERICA CO.,
PIONEER (EAST), INC.,
PIONEER WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
PIONEER LICENSING, INC.,
and
KWT, INC.,
as Guarantors
and
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
----------
INDENTURE
dated as of [o], 2001
----------
$[o]
Senior Secured Floating Rate Guaranteed Notes due 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.....................................................................2
"Act"..............................................................................................2
"Additional Amounts"...............................................................................3
"Adjusted Net Assets"..............................................................................3
"Affiliate"........................................................................................3
"Agent Members"....................................................................................3
"Allowed Other Secured Claim"......................................................................3
"Allowed Secured Tax Claim"........................................................................3
"Asset Sale".......................................................................................3
"Attributable Indebtedness"........................................................................4
"Average Liquidity"................................................................................4
"Authorized Officer"...............................................................................5
"Bankruptcy Code"..................................................................................5
"Bankruptcy Court".................................................................................5
"Bankruptcy Law"...................................................................................5
"Board of Directors"...............................................................................5
"Board Resolution".................................................................................5
"Business Day".....................................................................................5
"Calendar Quarter".................................................................................5
"Canadian Act of Bankruptcy".......................................................................6
"Canadian Bankruptcy Law"..........................................................................6
"Canadian Benefits Plan"...........................................................................7
"Canadian Corporate Reorganization"................................................................7
"Canadian Security Agreements".....................................................................7
"Capital Expenditures".............................................................................7
"Capital Stock"....................................................................................7
"Capitalized Lease Obligation".....................................................................8
"Cash Equivalents".................................................................................8
"Change of Control"................................................................................8
"Chapter 11 Cases".................................................................................9
"Closing Date".....................................................................................9
"Closing Date Certificate".........................................................................9
"Code".............................................................................................9
"Collateral".......................................................................................9
"Collateral Agent".................................................................................9
"Collateral Proceeds"..............................................................................9
"Commission".......................................................................................9
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"Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement"......................................................9
"Company".........................................................................................10
"Company Request" or "Company Order"..............................................................10
"Confirmation Order"..............................................................................10
"Consolidated Net Income".........................................................................10
"Consolidated Net Worth"..........................................................................10
"Corporate Trust Office"..........................................................................10
"covenant defeasance".............................................................................11
"Creditors' Committee Lenders"....................................................................11
"Custodian".......................................................................................11
"Default".........................................................................................11
"Defaulted Interest"..............................................................................11
"defeasance"......................................................................................11
"Defeasance Redemption Date"......................................................................11
"Defeased Securities".............................................................................11
"Depositary"......................................................................................11
"Direction".......................................................................................11
"Disclosure Schedule".............................................................................11
"EBITDA"..........................................................................................11
"Effective Plan Date".............................................................................11
"Eligible Investments"............................................................................11
"Environmental Claim".............................................................................12
"Environmental Law"...............................................................................12
"ERISA Event".....................................................................................12
"Event of Default"................................................................................13
"Excess Cash Flow"................................................................................13
"Exchange Act"....................................................................................14
"Excluded Holder".................................................................................14
"Existing Indebtedness"...........................................................................14
"Exit Facility"...................................................................................14
"Fair Market Value"...............................................................................14
"Final Order".....................................................................................14
"Fiscal Quarter"..................................................................................14
"Fiscal Year".....................................................................................14
"Funding Guarantor"...............................................................................14
"Funding Losses"..................................................................................14
"GAAP"............................................................................................15
"Global Security".................................................................................15
"Guaranties"......................................................................................15
"Guarantor".......................................................................................15
"Guaranty"........................................................................................15
"Guaranteed Obligations"..........................................................................15
"Hazardous Materials".............................................................................15
"Hedging Obligations".............................................................................15
"Holder"..........................................................................................16
"including".......................................................................................16
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"incur"...........................................................................................16
"Indebtedness"....................................................................................16
"Indenture".......................................................................................17
"Indenture Documents".............................................................................17
"Indenture Obligations"...........................................................................17
"Indenture Obligor"...............................................................................17
"Independent Director"............................................................................18
"Insurance Proceeds"..............................................................................18
"Intercreditor Collateral Account"................................................................18
"Interest Accrual Period".........................................................................18
"Interest Determination Date".....................................................................18
"Interest Payment Date"...........................................................................18
"Investment"......................................................................................18
"judgment currency"...............................................................................18
"LIBOR"...........................................................................................19
"London Business Day".............................................................................19
"Lien"............................................................................................19
"Liquidity".......................................................................................19
"Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment"..................................................................19
"Material Adverse Effect".........................................................................21
"Maturity"........................................................................................21
"MEIP"............................................................................................21
"Minimum Quarterly Prepayment"....................................................................21
"Moody's".........................................................................................22
"Mortgage"........................................................................................22
"Mortgaged Property"..............................................................................22
"Multiemployer Plan"..............................................................................22
"Multiple Employer Plan"..........................................................................22
"Net Award".......................................................................................22
"Net Income"......................................................................................22
"Net Offering Proceeds"...........................................................................22
"Net Proceeds"....................................................................................22
"New Common Stock"................................................................................23
"New Debt"........................................................................................23
"New Other Secured Notes".........................................................................23
"New Other Secured Notes And Claims"..............................................................23
"New Tranche B Notes".............................................................................23
"New Tranche B Notes Indenture"...................................................................23
"New Tranche B Notes Holder"......................................................................23
"New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee"...........................................................23
"Obligor".........................................................................................23
"Obligor Subsidiary"..............................................................................23
"Occupational Safety and Health Laws".............................................................23
"Officers' Certificate"...........................................................................24
"Old Debt"........................................................................................24
"Opinion of Counsel"..............................................................................24
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"Opinion of Independent Counsel"..................................................................24
"Organizational Documents"........................................................................24
"Outstanding".....................................................................................24
"Paying Agent"....................................................................................25
"PBGC"............................................................................................25
"PCI".............................................................................................25
"Permitted Investments"...........................................................................25
"Permitted Issuance"..............................................................................26
"Permitted Liens".................................................................................26
"Person"..........................................................................................28
"Physical Securities".............................................................................28
"Pioneer Companies"...............................................................................28
"Plan"............................................................................................28
"Plan of Reorganization"..........................................................................28
"Post Petition Interest"..........................................................................28
"Power of Attorney"...............................................................................28
"Predecessor Security"............................................................................28
"Qualified Equity Offering".......................................................................28
"Quebec Mortgage and Security Agreement"..........................................................28
"Redemption Date".................................................................................28
"Redemption Price"................................................................................29
"Reference Banks".................................................................................29
"Refinancing".....................................................................................29
"Refinancing Indebtedness"........................................................................29
"Registration Rights Agreement"...................................................................29
"Regular Record Date".............................................................................29
"Related Business"................................................................................29
"Release".........................................................................................29
"Reserve Interest Rate"...........................................................................29
"Restoration".....................................................................................29
"Restricted Payment"..............................................................................29
"S&P".............................................................................................29
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction"..................................................................29
"Secured Parties".................................................................................30
"Securities"......................................................................................30
"Securities Act"..................................................................................30
"Security Agreement Supplement"...................................................................30
"Security Documents"..............................................................................30
"Security Register"...............................................................................30
"Security Registrar"..............................................................................30
"Senior Indebtedness".............................................................................30
"Single Employer Plan"............................................................................30
"Special Record Date".............................................................................30
"Stated Maturity".................................................................................30
"Subordinated Indebtedness".......................................................................30
"Subordinated Obligations"........................................................................31
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"Subsidiary"......................................................................................31
"Taxes"...........................................................................................31
"Telerate Screen Page 3750".......................................................................31
"Tranche B Documents".............................................................................31
"Transaction Documents"...........................................................................31
"Trust Indenture Act".............................................................................32
"Trust Moneys"....................................................................................32
"Trustee".........................................................................................32
"UCC".............................................................................................32
"Unfunded Pension Liabilities"....................................................................32
"U.S. Government Obligations".....................................................................32
"Voting Stock"....................................................................................33
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary".........................................................................33
"Withdrawal Liability"............................................................................33
"Working Capital".................................................................................33
Section 102. [Intentionally omitted]........................................................33
Section 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions...........................................33
Section 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.........................................34
Section 105. Acts of Holders................................................................34
Section 106. Notices, etc., to Trustee, the Company and any Indenture Obligor
or Obligor Subsidiary..........................................................36
Section 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver......................................................37
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act..............................................37
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.......................................37
Section 110. Successors and Assigns.........................................................38
Section 111. Separability Clause............................................................38
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture..........................................................38
Section 113. Governing Law..................................................................38
Section 114. Legal Holidays.................................................................38
Section 115. Schedules and Exhibits.........................................................38
Section 116. Counterparts...................................................................38
Section 117. Communication by Holders with other Holders....................................39
Section 118. No Recourse against Others.....................................................39
Section 119. Article Applicable to Paying Agents............................................39
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally................................................................39
Section 202. Legends........................................................................40
Section 203. Form of Face of Security.......................................................41
Section 204. Form of Reverse of Securities..................................................43
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication................................49
Section 206. Form of Guaranty of Each of the Guarantors.....................................49
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Title and Terms................................................................51
Section 302. Denominations..................................................................52
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.................................52
Section 304. Temporary Securities...........................................................53
Section 305. Registration of Transfer and Exchange..........................................54
Section 306. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security......................................55
Section 307. [Intentionally omitted.].......................................................56
Section 308. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities...............................56
Section 309. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.................................57
Section 310. Persons Deemed Owners..........................................................58
Section 311. Cancellation...................................................................58
Section 312. Computation of Interest; Interest Act (Canada).................................59
Section 313. Deposit of Moneys..............................................................59
Section 314. CUSIP Number...................................................................59
ARTICLE FOUR
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................59
Section 402. Defeasance and Discharge.......................................................59
Section 403. Covenant Defeasance............................................................60
Section 404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................................60
Section 405. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.................................................62
Section 406. Reinstatement..................................................................63
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Section 407. Repayment of the Company.......................................................63
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default..............................................................64
Section 502. Acceleration...................................................................67
Section 503. Other Remedies.................................................................68
Section 504. Waiver of Past Defaults........................................................68
Section 505. Control by Majority............................................................69
Section 506. Limitation on Suits............................................................69
Section 507. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment...........................................70
Section 508. Collection Suit by Trustee.....................................................70
Section 509. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...............................................71
Section 510. Priorities.....................................................................71
Section 511. Undertaking for Costs..........................................................72
Section 512. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws........................................72
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Notice of Defaults.............................................................72
Section 602. Certain Rights of Trustee......................................................73
Section 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Dispositions of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof..................................74
Section 604. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections; etc.......................74
Section 605. Money Held in Trust............................................................75
Section 606. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim................75
Section 607. Conflicting Interests..........................................................76
Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility........................................76
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee......................77
Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.........................................78
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business....................79
Section 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..............................79
Section 613. Certain Duties and Responsibilities............................................80
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders......................81
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders......81
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.............................................................81
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantors..............................................82
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER,
CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. When Indenture Obligors May Merge, Etc.........................................84
Section 802. Successor Substituted..........................................................86
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements without Consent of Holders..............86
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements with Consent of Holders.................88
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures and Agreements............................90
Section 904. Revocation Effect of Supplemental Indentures...................................90
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act............................................91
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.............................91
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.....................................91
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................................91
Section 1003. Compliance Certificate.........................................................92
Section 1004. Taxes..........................................................................93
Section 1005. Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue Immunity; Judgment Currency.........93
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Section 1006. Limitation on Restricted Payments..............................................95
Section 1007. Limitations on Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.....................95
Section 1008. Limitations on Indebtedness....................................................96
Section 1009. Asset Sales....................................................................99
Section 1010. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.................................100
Section 1011. Limitation on Transactions With Affiliates....................................101
Section 1012. Limitation on Liens...........................................................102
Section 1013. Corporate Existence; Corporate Separateness...................................103
Section 1014. Change of Control.............................................................104
Section 1015. Maintenance of Properties.....................................................104
Section 1016. Maintenance of Insurance......................................................104
Section 1017. Stock Pledges.................................................................105
Section 1018. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust...............................105
Section 1019. [Redemption of Securities with proceeds of Qualified Equity Offering..........106
Section 1020. Limitation on Ownership of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Stock......................107
Section 1021. Impairment of Security Interest...............................................107
Section 1022. Amendment to Certain Agreements...............................................108
Section 1023. Plan of Reorganization........................................................108
Section 1024. Nature of Business, Organizational Documents and Capital
Structure and New Subsidiaries; Books and Records.............................108
Section 1025. Compliance with Laws and Environmental and Safety and Health Matters..........109
Section 1026. Authorizations................................................................109
Section 1027. Further Assurances............................................................109
Section 1028. Fiscal Year...................................................................110
Section 1029. Additional Amounts............................................................110
Section 1030. Capital Expenditures..........................................................111
Section 1031. Working Capital Line..........................................................111
Section 1032. ERISA and Canadian Benefit Plans..............................................112
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Optional and Mandatory Rights of Redemption...................................114
Section 1102. Applicability of Article......................................................115
Section 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.........................................115
Section 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.............................116
Section 1105. Notice of Redemption..........................................................116
Section 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................................117
Section 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.........................................117
Section 1108. Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part......................................118
Section 1109. [Intentionally Left Blank]....................................................118
ARTICLE TWELVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 1201. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.......................................118
Section 1202. Application of Trust Money....................................................119
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
GUARANTY
Section 1301. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability.............................................120
Section 1302. Guaranty Absolute.............................................................121
Section 1303. Right to Demand Full Performance..............................................122
Section 1304. Waivers and Acknowledgments...................................................122
Section 1305. The Guarantors Remain Obligated in Event the Company is No Longer
Obligated to Discharge Indenture Obligations..................................123
Section 1306. Subrogation...................................................................124
Section 1307. Subordination.................................................................125
Section 1308. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments..............................................125
Section 1309. Guaranty Is in Addition to Other Security.....................................126
Section 1310. Contribution..................................................................126
Section 1311. Trustee's Duties; Notice to Trustee...........................................126
Section 1312. Release of Guaranty...........................................................126
Section 1313. Execution of Guaranty.........................................................127
Section 1314. Payment Permitted by Each of the Guarantors if no Default.....................127
Section 1315. Notice to Trustee by Each of the Guarantors...................................127
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Section 1316. Additional Guaranties.........................................................127
Section 1317. No Suspension of Remedies.....................................................128
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF INDENTURE
AND REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 1401. Conditions Precedent..........................................................128
Section 1401A. Resolutions Etc...............................................................128
Section 1401B. Secretary of States' Certificates.............................................128
Section 1401C. Indenture Documents...........................................................129
Section 1401D. Mortgages of Real Property Situated in the United States......................129
Section 1401E. Mortgages of Real or Immovable Property Situated in Canada....................130
Section 1401F. Security Documents............................................................131
Section 1401G. Transaction Documents.........................................................131
Section 1401H. Canadian Corporate Reorganization.............................................132
Section 1401I. Confirmation Orders...........................................................132
Section 1401J. Plan of Reorganization........................................................132
Section 1401K. Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of the Plan of
Reorganization, etc...........................................................132
Section 1401L. Implementation of Plan of Reorganization......................................132
Section 1401M. Financial Information, etc....................................................132
Section 1401N. Pro Forma Balance Sheet Certificate...........................................132
Section 1401O. Litigation....................................................................133
Section 1401P. Consents and Approvals, et....................................................133
Section 1401Q. Opinions of Counsel...........................................................133
Section 1401R. No Default, Compliance with Representations and Warranties and Closing
Date Certificates.............................................................134
Section 1401S. Closing Fees, Expenses, etc...................................................134
Section 1401T. Satisfactory Legal Form.......................................................134
Section 1402. Representations and Warranties................................................134
Section 1402A. Organization, etc.............................................................134
Section 1402B. Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc.....................................135
Section 1402C. No Conflicts..................................................................135
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Section 1402D. Validity and Binding Effect...................................................135
Section 1402E. No Default....................................................................135
Section 1402F. Financial Statements..........................................................135
Section 1402G. Insurance.....................................................................135
Section 1402H. Litigation; Contingent Liabilities............................................136
Section 1402I. Liens.........................................................................136
Section 1402J. Subsidiaries..................................................................136
Section 1402K. Partnerships; Joint Ventures..................................................136
Section 1402L. Transaction Documents.........................................................136
Section 1402M. Intellectual Property.........................................................137
Section 1402N. Solvency......................................................................137
Section 1402O. Contracts; Labor Matters......................................................137
Section 1402P. Employee Benefit Plans........................................................138
Section 1402Q. Compliance....................................................................139
Section 1402R. Taxes.........................................................................139
Section 1402S. Investment Company Act Representation.........................................139
Section 1402T. Public Utility Holding Company Act Representation.............................139
Section 1402U. Environmental and Safety and Health Matters...................................139
Section 1402V. Related Agreements and Transaction Documents..................................141
Section 1402W. Holding Companies.............................................................141
Section 1402X. Security Interests and Priority...............................................141
Section 1402Y. Related Business..............................................................141
Section 1402Z. Plan of Reorganization........................................................141
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SECURITY
Section 1501. Security......................................................................142
Section 1502. Recording; Priority; Opinions, Etc............................................143
Section 1503. Release of Collateral.........................................................144
Section 1504. Trust Indenture Act Requirements..............................................144
Section 1505. Suits to Protect Collateral...................................................144
Section 1506. Determinations Relating to Collateral.........................................145
Section 1507. Trust Moneys..................................................................145
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Section 1508. Power of Attorney for Collateral in Quebec....................................146
SCHEDULE 1 Disclosure Schedule
EXHIBIT A Form of Mortgage
EXHIBIT B Form of Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement
EXHIBIT C Form of Global Security
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Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of [o], 2001
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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Section 310(a)(1)........................................ 608
(a)(2)............................................ 608
(a)(3)............................................ N.A.
(a)(4)............................................ N.A.
(a)(5)............................................ 607
(b)............................................... 607, 609
(c)............................................... N.A.
Section 311(a)........................................... 612
(b)............................................... 612
(c)............................................... N.A.
Section 312(a)........................................... 701, 702
(b)............................................... 117, 702
(c)............................................... 117, 702
Section 313(a)........................................... 703
(b)(1)............................................ 703
(b)(2)............................................ 703
(c)............................................... 703
(d)............................................... 703
Section 314(a)........................................... 704, 1003
(b)............................................... 1502
(c)(1)............................................ 103
(c)(2)............................................ 103
(c)(3)............................................ N.A.
(d)............................................... 103, 1503, 1504,
1507
(e)............................................... 103
(f)............................................... N.A.
Section 315(a)........................................... 602, 613, 903
(b)............................................... 601, 602, 903
(c)............................................... 602, 903
(d)............................................... 602, 903
(e)............................................... 511
101
Section 316(a)(last sentence)............................ ("Outstanding")
502, 505
(a)(1)(A)................................................ 504
(a)(1)(B)......................................... N.A.
(a)(2)............................................ 507
(b)............................................... 105
(c)............................................... 508
Section 317(a)(1)........................................ 509
(a)(2)............................................ 1018
(b)............................................... 310
Section 318(a)...........................................
N.A. means not applicable.
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of this Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of [o], 2001, among Pioneer Americas LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), each Guarantor (as
hereinafter defined) from time to time a party hereto (the Company and the
Guarantors party to this Indenture, and their respective assigns and affiliates,
shall be referred to herein as the "Pioneer Companies") and WELLS FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
1. The Pioneer Companies are successors to the debtors that commenced
the Chapter 11 Cases (as hereinafter defined) and the initial Holders of the
Securities on the date hereof (as each such term is hereinafter defined), prior
to the effectiveness of the Plan of Reorganization (as hereinafter defined),
together beneficially hold the Old Debt (as hereinafter defined).
2. Pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization and the implementation
thereof and upon the Plan of Reorganization becoming effective, the applicable
Pioneer Companies are willing and required (among other things) to remain
indebted to certain holders of the Old Debt by accepting the New Debt and to
issue the New Common Stock (as each such term is hereinafter defined) in
exchange for the cancellation and the extinguishment of the Old Debt by such
holders.
3. Such holders of the Old Debt are willing and required to accept the
New Debt and the New Common Stock upon such cancellation and extinguishment.
4. The New Debt comprises indebtedness represented by the New Tranche B
Notes (as hereinafter defined) and the Securities, and the Pioneer Companies and
the Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Old Debt, wish to enter into this
Indenture to consummate that part of the exchange of Old Debt for New Debt that
relates to the issuance by the Company of the Securities (guaranteed by the
Guarantors jointly and severally) and to govern (for the benefit of such Holders
or any other Holders) the indebtedness assumed and incurred hereby.
5. In accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and the implementation
thereof, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of Senior
Secured Floating Rate Guaranteed Notes due 2006 (the "Securities"), of
substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide
therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture and the Securities. The Securities are referred to in the Plan of
Reorganization as the "New Tranche A Term Notes".
6. Each Guarantor has duly authorized the issuance of its Guaranty (as
hereinafter defined) of the Securities, of substantially the tenor hereinafter
set forth, and to provide therefor, each Guarantor has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture and its Guaranty.
7. This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act (as hereinafter defined) that are required
to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
8. All things necessary have been done to make (i) the Securities, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly
issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, (ii) their
respective Guaranties (as hereinafter defined), when executed and delivered by
each of the Guarantors, the valid obligation of such Guarantor, and (iii) this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is covenanted and agreed, for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders
of the Securities issued under this Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(d) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) all references to $, US$, dollars or United States dollars
shall refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America.
"Act" is defined in Section 105 hereof.
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"Additional Amounts" is defined in Section 1029 hereof.
"Adjusted Net Assets" means, with respect to any Guarantor, at
any date, the lesser of the amount by which (x) the Fair Market Value of the
property of such Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including,
without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other
fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date, but excluding
liabilities under the Guaranty), of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the
present Fair Market Value of assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the
amount that shall be required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on
its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities
incurred or assumed on such date but excluding debt in respect of its Guaranty),
as they become absolute and matured.
"Affiliate", with respect to any specified Person, (i) any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such specified Person, (ii) any director or
controlling shareholder of such other Person, or (iii) any senior officer of
such specified Person or such other 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, means 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; provided,
however, that beneficial ownership of 5% or more of the voting equity securities
(or of warrants or other rights to acquire such voting equity securities) of a
Person shall be deemed to be control; and provided further that, notwithstanding
the first proviso to this definition of "Affiliate", creditors of the debtors in
the Chapter 11 Cases receiving New Common Stock that beneficially own, at any
time, 20% or less of the voting securities of any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary
shall not be "Affiliates" of such Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary.
"Agent Members" is defined in Section 306 hereof.
"Allowed Other Secured Claim" has the meaning given to it in
the Plan of Reorganization.
"Allowed Secured Tax Claim" has the meaning given to it in the
Plan of Reorganization.
"Asset Sale" means, with respect to any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary, the sale (including Sale and Leaseback Transactions), lease,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition (including, without limitation, by way
of merger or consolidation, and whether indirectly or directly or by operation
of law or otherwise) to any Person, other than any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary, of any of such Obligor's or such Obligor Subsidiary's assets
(including, without limitation, (x) any sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition of Capital Stock of any Obligor Subsidiary, and (y) any sale,
lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of any non-cash consideration
received by any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary from any prior
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transaction or series of related transactions that constituted an Asset Sale
hereunder), whether owned on the date hereof or subsequently acquired, in one
transaction or a series of related transactions; provided, however, that the
following will not constitute an Asset Sale: (i) transactions (other than
transactions described in clause (y) above), including Sale and Leaseback
Transactions, in any calendar year with aggregate cash and/or Fair Market Value
of any other consideration received (including, without limitation, the
unconditional assumption of Indebtedness) of less than $1,000,000; (ii) a
transaction or series of related transactions that results in a Change of
Control; (iii) any sale of assets of any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary or
merger permitted pursuant to Article Eight; (iv) any sale or other disposition
of inventory, property (whether real, personal or mixed) or equipment that has
become worn out, obsolete or damaged or otherwise unsuitable or no longer needed
for use in connection with the business of any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the good faith determination of the Boards of
Directors of PCI and the Company and so certified to the Trustee (provided,
that, no certification to the Trustee shall be required in respect of such sales
or dispositions with aggregate cash and/or fair market value of any non-cash
consideration received in respect of such sales or dispositions being equal to
or less than $100,000 in any calendar year); (v) any sale of inventory to
customers in the ordinary and customary course of business; (vi) sales of cash
and cash equivalents in the ordinary course of business; (vii) transfers
resulting from any casualty or condemnation of property or assets; and (viii)
the sale or discount of overdue accounts receivable in the ordinary course of
business, in connection with the compromise or collection thereof.
"Attributable Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Sale
and Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the greater of (i)
the Fair Market Value of the property subject to such transaction, and (ii) the
present value (discounted at a rate equivalent to the Company's then current
weighted average cost of funds for borrowed money, compounded on a semi-annual
basis) of the total net obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease (or the lease back in the case of a lease and
leaseback transaction) included in such arrangement (including any period for
which such lease has been extended). As used in the preceding sentence, the
"total net obligations of the lessee for rental payments" under any lease (or
any lease back in the case of a lease and leaseback transaction) for any such
period means the sum of rental and other payments required to be paid (including
any step-up in interest rate of any financing) with respect to such period by
the lessee thereunder excluding any amounts required to be paid by such lessee
on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water
rates or similar charges. In the case of any lease (or any lease back in the
case of a lease and leaseback transaction) which is terminable by the lessee
upon payment of a penalty, such net amount of rent also includes the amount of
such penalty, but no rent will be considered as required to be paid under such
lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.
"Average Liquidity" means, in respect of any period, the
average (arithmetical mean) Liquidity in dollars during such period, with
Liquidity being determined on each Friday of each calendar week and,
accordingly, Average Liquidity for any given period shall be determined by
determining the Liquidity for each Friday
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during such period (each, a "Friday Liquidity Total") and then by dividing the
sum of all the Friday Liquidity Totals for such period by the number of Fridays
during such period.
"Authorized Officer" means, with respect to any Obligor, those
of its officers whose signatures and incumbency shall have been certified to the
Trustee and the Holders pursuant to Section 1401A(d).
"Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or
relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.
"Bankruptcy Court" means the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, having jurisdiction over
the Chapter 11 Cases, or if such court ceases to exercise jurisdiction over the
Chapter 11 Cases, such other court or adjunct thereof that exercises
jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases in lieu of the United States Bankruptcy
Court for such district.
"Bankruptcy Law" means the Bankruptcy Code, Canadian
Bankruptcy Law or any law of any other country or jurisdiction relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or
relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, in respect of any Person, its
Board of Directors or equivalent body or any committee thereof duly authorized
to act on behalf of such Board of Directors or equivalent body in respect of
such matters as are referred to herein as requiring such action on behalf of
such Board of Directors or equivalent body.
"Board Resolution" of any corporation, limited liability
company or other entity means a copy of a resolution or limited liability
company corporate action or other equivalent action certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary or equivalent officer of such corporation, limited
liability company or other entity to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of such corporation, limited liability company or other entity, as the
case may be, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day which is neither a Saturday or
Sunday nor a legal holiday on which banking institutions and trust companies in
The City of New York, [London], or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office
is located are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.
"Calendar Quarter" means each three month period ending on the
last day of each December, March, June and September, with the first such three
month period ending on the last day of [March 2002] and the last such three
month period ending on the last day in September 2006, provided that the period
commencing on the Effective Plan Date and ending on December 31, 2001, [and the
period commencing on October 1, 2006 and ending on the Stated Maturity Date]
shall [each] also be a "Calendar Quarter" for the purposes of this Indenture.
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"Canadian Act of Bankruptcy" means, with respect to any
Person:
(1) an admission in writing by such Person of its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due;
(2) a general assignment by such Person for the benefit of its
creditors pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada);
(3) such Person becoming subject to any bankruptcy proceedings
in Canada which it is not contesting in good faith, diligently and by
appropriate means or which continue undischarged, unstayed or
undismissed for a period of 30 days;
(4) any application under any Canadian Bankruptcy Law to any
tribunal or authority for the purpose of suspending payment or
performance of any of the liabilities of such Person;
(5) a petition or application by such Person under any
Canadian Bankruptcy Law to any tribunal or authority for the
appointment of an administrator, receiver, trustee or intervenor for it
or for any substantial part of such Person's property;
(6) the commencement against such Person of any proceedings
(including a notice of intention or a proposal under the Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Act (Canada)) or any Canadian Bankruptcy Law, statute,
regulation or decree whether now or hereafter in effect in Canada,
relating to it or its debt, or to any reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, dissolution or liquidation involving such Person, which
proceedings are not being contested in good faith, diligently and by
appropriate means or which continue undischarged, unstayed or
undismissed for a period of 30 days;
(7) the bankruptcy of such Person within the meaning of the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), or any successor or equivalent
legislation; or
(8) any act by such Person signifying its consent to, approval
of, or acquiescence in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency
proceeding in Canada under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency
or relief of debtors or any proceeding for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee for itself or for any substantial part of its
property where such receiver or trustee remains undischarged for a
period of 30 days.
"Canadian Bankruptcy Law" means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Act (Canada), the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding-Up
and Restructuring Act (Canada), or any similar Canadian federal or provincial
law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization or relief of debtors, each as amended or changed.
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"Canadian Benefits Plan" means any plan, program, practice,
arrangement or policy, whether registered or unregistered, written or unwritten,
funded or unfunded, insured or uninsured, that is maintained, administered or
contributed to by any Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries (or under which
any Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries has or may have any obligation)
in respect of employees or former employees in Canada (or their spouses,
beneficiaries or dependents), and relating to pensions, supplemental pensions,
retirement or retirement savings, profit sharing or deferred profit sharing,
deferred or incentive compensation, bonuses, death benefits, life or disability
insurance, medical or dental insurance or benefits or other similar employee
benefits.
"Canadian Corporate Reorganization" has the meaning given to
it in Section 1401H.
"Canadian Security Agreements" means any general security
agreement and deed of hypothec charging all of the personal and movable property
of PCI Chemicals Canada Company and any other Obligor having property, assets or
any place of business or office in Canada, including, without limitation, the
Quebec Mortgage and Security Agreement, a deed of hypothec charging all of the
immovable property of PCI Chemicals Canada Company located in the province of
Quebec and deeds of mortgage charging all the real property of PCI Chemicals
Canada Company located in the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick.
"Capital Expenditures" means, for any Person for any period,
the sum of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures made, directly or
indirectly, by such Person during such period for equipment, fixed assets, real
property or improvements, or for replacements or substitutions therefor or
additions thereto, that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP,
reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment on a consolidated balance
sheet of such Person or have a useful life of more than one year, plus (b) the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness assumed or incurred (to the
extent permitted by this Indenture) in connection with any such expenditures.
For purposes of this definition, the purchase price of equipment that is
purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment or with
insurance proceeds shall be included in Capital Expenditures only to the extent
of the gross amount of such purchase price less the credit granted by the seller
of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time or the amount
of such proceeds, as the case may be.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any common
stock, preferred stock and any other capital stock of such Person and shares,
interests, participations or other ownership interest (however designated), of
any Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into, or
exchangeable for, capital stock or such other ownership interests), warrants,
options or other rights to purchase any of the foregoing, including each class
of common stock and preferred stock of such Person if such Person is a
corporation and each general and/or limited partnership interest of such Person
if such Person is a partnership and/or limited liability company interest of
such Person if such Person is a limited liability company.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means Indebtedness represented
by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP and the amount of such Indebtedness
shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance
with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means, (i) any evidence of Indebtedness
with a maturity of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of
the United States of America is pledged in support thereof); (ii) certificates
of deposit or acceptances with a maturity of one year or less from the date of
acquisition of any financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve
System having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less
than $250,000,000; (iii) commercial paper with a maturity of one year or less
from the date of acquisition issued by a corporation that is not an Affiliate of
the Company organized under the laws of any state of the United States of
America or the District of Columbia and rated at least "A-1" by S&P or at least
"P-1" by Moody's or at least an equivalent rating category of another nationally
recognized securities rating agency; (iv) any money market deposit accounts
issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in
excess of $250,000,000; and (v) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase
agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the government of the United States of America or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;
provided that the terms of such agreements comply with the guidelines set forth
in the Federal Financial Agreements of Depository Institutions With Securities
Dealers and Others, as adopted by the Comptroller of the Currency on October 31,
1985.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following: (i) a "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections
14(d)(2) and 13(d)(3), respectively, of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least
35% of the outstanding voting power of the fully diluted Voting Stock of PCI or
the Company, (ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of PCI or the Company, taken individually or on a consolidated basis
with its Subsidiaries, (iii) the merger or consolidation of PCI or the Company
with or into another corporation with the effect that the stockholders of PCI or
the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation cease to be the
"beneficial owners" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 35% or
more of the combined voting power of the securities of the surviving corporation
of such merger or the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation
ordinarily (and apart from rights arising under special circumstances) having
the right to vote in the election of directors outstanding immediately after
such merger or consolidation, or (iv) during any period of two consecutive
calendar years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
Board of Directors of PCI (together with any new directors whose election by the
Board of Directors of PCI, or whose nomination for election by the shareholders
of PCI, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in
office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any
reason to constitute a
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majority of the directors of PCI then in office. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred under clause (iii)
above solely as a result of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or
into PCI provided that such merger or consolidation is permitted under Article
Eight of this Indenture.
"Chapter 11 Cases" means each and all of the cases under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code commenced by Pioneer Companies, Inc., Pioneer
Corporation of America, Imperial West Chemical Co., Kemwater North America Co.,
PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc., Pioneer Americas, Inc.,
Pioneer (East), Inc., Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc., Pioneer Licensing, Inc.
and KWT, Inc., and styled In re Pioneer Companies, Inc. et al, Chapter 11 Case
No. 01-38259-H3-11 Jointly Administered.
"Closing Date" has the meaning given to it in Section 1401.
"Closing Date Certificate" means a certificate of an
Authorized Officer of the relevant Obligor, substantially in the form of Exhibit
[o] hereto, delivered pursuant to Section 1401R.
"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, reformed or otherwise modified.
"Collateral" means all of the property and assets of each
Obligor and Obligor Subsidiary now existing or hereafter acquired which secures
the Securities (other than collateral subject to the Lien of the Exit Facility)
and as otherwise defined in the Security Documents [DEFINITION TO BE CONFORMED
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF COLLATERAL IN SECURITY DOCUMENTS].
"Collateral Agent" means Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as collateral agent under the Common Security and Intercreditor
Agreement, and any successor thereto.
"Collateral Proceeds" has the meaning specified in Section
1009 hereof.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or
if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement" means the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [o] 2001, by and among the
Indenture Obligors and others, the New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee (for
itself and for the benefit of the New Tranche B Notes Holders), the Collateral
Agent, the Trustee (for itself and for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities), substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, and as may
be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
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"Company" is defined in the preamble hereto, and includes each
other successor thereto.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by any one of its Chairman of the
Board of Directors, its President or a Vice President (regardless of vice
presidential designation), and by any one of its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Confirmation Order" means the order of the Bankruptcy Court
confirming the Plan of Reorganization pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, and as to any
Person, the aggregate Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that (i) the Net Income of
any Person which is not a Subsidiary of such Person but which is consolidated
with such Person or is accounted for by such Person by the equity method of
accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of cash dividends
or cash distributions paid to such Person or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such
Person, (ii) the Net Income of any Subsidiary of such Person that is subject to
restrictions, direct or indirect, on the payment of dividends or the making of
distributions to such Person will be excluded to the extent of such
restrictions, (iii) the Net Income of any Subsidiary less than 80% of whose
securities having the right (apart from the right under special circumstances)
to vote in the election of directors are owned by PCI, the Company or their
respective Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries will be included only to the extent of the
amount of cash dividends or cash distributions actually paid by such Subsidiary
to PCI, the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or PCI, (iv) all
extraordinary gains and losses, and any gain or loss realized upon the
termination of any employee pension benefit plan, in respect of dispositions of
assets other than in the ordinary course of business and any one-time increase
or decrease to Net Income which is required to be recorded because of the
adoption of new accounting policies, practices or standards required by GAAP
(together, in each case, with any provision for taxes) will be excluded, and (v)
all amounts of "other income, net" classified as such on one or more lines of
such Person's statement of operations, in accordance with GAAP, net of
applicable income taxes, will be excluded from such Person's aggregate Net
Income.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, for any Person, the total of
the amounts shown on the balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP,
as of the end of the most recent Fiscal Quarter of such Person ending at least
forty-five (45) days prior to the taking of any action for the purpose of which
the determination is being made, as (i) the amount of Capital Stock plus (ii)
the amount of surplus and retained earnings (or, in the case of a surplus or
retained earnings deficit, minus the amount of such deficit).
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee or an
affiliate or agent thereof at which at any particular time the corporate trust
business for the purposes of this Indenture shall be principally administered,
which office at the date of execution
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of this Indenture is located at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Services.
"covenant defeasance" is defined in Section 403 hereof.
"Creditors' Committee Lenders" means the secured creditors of
the debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases appointed to the statutory committee of
unsecured creditors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator
or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any Event of Default or any condition,
occurrence or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would, unless
cured or waived, constitute an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" is defined in Section 301 hereof.
"defeasance" is defined in Section 402 hereof.
"Defeasance Redemption Date" is defined in Section 404 hereof.
"Defeased Securities" is defined in Section 401 hereof.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees
and their respective successors.
"Direction" is defined in Section 105 hereof.
"Disclosure Schedule" means the Disclosure Schedule attached
hereto as Schedule I, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time by the Company with the written consent of the Trustee.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, and for any Person, its
Consolidated Net Income for such period, before subtracting its consolidated
income taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization (including
amortization associated with good will, deferred debt expenses, restricted stock
and option costs and non-competition agreements), determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Effective Plan Date" means the first Business Day on which
the conditions specified in Section 10.1 of the Plan of Reorganization have been
satisfied or waived.
"Eligible Investments" means, (i) securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof or Canada or any province thereof (provided
that the full faith and credit of the United States of America or Canada, as the
case may be, is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than
90 days from the date of acquisition, (ii) time deposits
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and certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than 90 days from the
date of acquisition of any commercial banking institution that is a member of
the Federal Reserve System or is a Schedule 1 Canadian Bank, in either case
having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and whose debt has a rating
at the time of any such investment of at least "A-1" or the equivalent thereof
by S&P or at least "P-1" or the equivalent thereof by Moody's, or any Lender,
(iii) fully secured repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) entered into
with any bank or financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (ii) above, (iv) commercial paper issued by the parent corporation of any
commercial banking institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System or
is a Schedule 1 Canadian Bank, in either case having capital and surplus in
excess of $500,000,000 and commercial paper or master notes of issuers rated at
the time of any such investment at least "A-1" or the equivalent thereof by S&P
or at least "P-1" or the equivalent thereof by Moody's, and in each case
maturing within 270 days after the date of acquisition, and (v) any shares in an
open-end mutual fund organized by a bank or financial institution having
combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 investing solely in
investments permitted by the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iv).
"Environmental Claim" means any claim, assertion, demand,
notice of violation, suit, administrative or judicial proceeding, regulatory
action, investigation, information request or order involving any Hazardous
Materials, Environmental Law, noise or odor pollution or any injury or threat of
injury to human health, property or the environment.
"Environmental Law" means all international, national,
provincial, regional, federal, state, local and municipal statutes, laws
(including principles of common and decisional law), regulations, by-laws,
policies, guidelines, directives, standards, rules, orders, decrees, judgments,
ordinances, permits, certificates, licenses, registrations, approvals, or
requirements or authorizations of any governmental or administrative authority
relating to the environment, natural resources, safety or health of humans or
other organisms, including the manufacture, distribution in commerce, and use or
Release of Hazardous Materials.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, together with the
regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References
to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any corporation, partnership, or other
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is, along with any Obligor
or Obligor Subsidiary, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a
controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in Section 414(b) and
414(c), respectively, of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA, or a member of the
same affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) with respect to a Single Employer
Plan, a "reportable event", as such term is described in Section 4043 of ERISA
and the
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regulations issued thereunder (other than a "reportable event" with respect to
which notice to the PBGC has been waived under Section 4043 of ERISA or such
regulations) or an event described in Section 4068 of ERISA, (b) the withdrawal
of any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer
Plan during a plan year in which it was a "substantial employer", as such term
is defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or the incurrence of liability by any
Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate under Section 4064 of ERISA upon
the termination of a Multiple Employer Plan, (c) providing notice of intent to
terminate a Single Employer Plan pursuant to Section 4041(c) of ERISA or the
treatment of a Single Employer Plan amendment as a termination under Section
4041 of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the
PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, (e) a complete or partial withdrawal by any
Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, (f) a
failure by any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate to make required
contributions to a Plan, (g) the adoption of an amendment to a Single Employer
Plan which would require security to be given to the Plan pursuant to Section
401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA, (h) the imposition of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or
ERISA Affiliate, (i) an application for a funding waiver or an extension of any
amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect to any
Single Employer Plan, (j) the imposition of a lien upon any Obligor, Obligor
Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA, (k) any event or condition that results in the reorganization or
insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or (l)
any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate engages in a nonexempt
prohibited transaction or otherwise becomes liable with respect to a nonexempt
prohibited transaction [that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.]
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article Five
of this Indenture.
"Excess Cash Flow" means, for any period, (i) the sum of (A)
the Consolidated Net Income of PCI, the Company and their respective
consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, and (B) all depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash charges of PCI, the Company and their respective
consolidated Subsidiaries for such period to the extent included in the
computation of such Consolidated Net Income, minus (ii) the sum of (without
duplication) (A) scheduled and mandatory cash principal payments on any
Indebtedness made by PCI, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries
during such period to the extent such other Indebtedness is permitted herein and
such payments are permitted herein to be made, (B) Capital Expenditures made by
PCI, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries during such period to
the extent permitted herein, (C) cash reorganization expenses, restructuring
fees and charges actually paid in such period relating to the reorganization and
restructuring of the Debtors (as such term is defined in the Plan of
Reorganization) in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases only to the extent such
expenses, fees and charges are deducted from the determination of such
Consolidated Net Income, (D) any cash installment required to be paid to the
holder of New Other Secured Notes and Claims, and (E) all extraordinary cash
gains or cash income received (including as a result of transactions excluded
from the
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definition of Asset Sales), but only to the extent excluded from the
determination of such Consolidated Net Income as a result of clause (v) of the
definition of Consolidated Net Income, plus or minus, as the case may be, (iii)
cash changes in the Working Capital of PCI, the Company and their respective
Subsidiaries during such period (in either case, without duplication of
adjustments made in respect of such Working Capital pursuant to clause (i) or
(ii) of this definition of Excess Cash Flow).
"Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
"Excluded Holder" is defined in Section 1029(a) hereof.
"Existing Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness (other than the
Securities outstanding) of the Obligors existing as of the Effective Plan Date
after giving effect to the Plan of Reorganization and listed on Item 1008(ii)
("Existing Indebtedness") of the Disclosure Schedule.
"Exit Facility" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of [o],
2001, between [o], as Company, and [o], as lender, administrative agent and
collateral agent thereunder, as may be amended, supplemented, amended and
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, and all agreements and
instruments related thereto and contemplated thereby (including any security
agreement entered in connection therewith), as each such agreement or instrument
may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length transaction,
for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under
undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value will
be determined by a majority of the members of the Boards of Directors of PCI and
the Company and a majority of the disinterested members of the Boards of
Directors of PCI and the Company, if any, acting in good faith, and will be
evidenced by a duly and properly adopted resolution of such Boards of Directors.
"Final Order" has the meaning given to it in the Plan of
Reorganization.
"Fiscal Quarter" means any fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year.
"Fiscal Year" means, with respect to any Obligor, any period
of twelve consecutive months ending on December 31; references to a Fiscal Year
with a numbering corresponding to any calendar year refer to the fiscal year
ending on the 31st of December during such calendar year.
"Funding Guarantor" is defined in Section 1310 hereof.
"Funding Losses" means any loss or expense incurred or
suffered by any Holder (including any loss or expense incurred by reason of
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds required by such Holder
in respect of the amounts owed to it
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under the Securities) as a result of any redemption (optional or mandatory) of
any Security of such Holder on a date other than an Interest Payment Date.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Global Security" means a security that evidences all of the
Securities and bears the legend set forth in Section 202.
"Guaranties" means each Guaranty taken together with each
other Guaranty.
"Guarantor" means, collectively, Pioneer Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Imperial West Chemical Co., a Nevada corporation, Kemwater
North America Co., a Delaware corporation, PCI Chemicals Canada Company, an
unlimited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Nova
Scotia, Canada, Pioneer (East), Inc., a Delaware corporation, and KWT, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and each other guarantor of the Company that becomes a
guarantor pursuant to this Indenture, and "Guarantor" shall mean any one of such
guarantors.
"Guaranty" means the guaranty by any Guarantor of the
Company's Indenture Obligations pursuant to a guaranty given in accordance with
this Indenture, including, without limitation, the Guaranties by the Guarantors
included in Article Thirteen of this Indenture and any Guaranty delivered
pursuant to Section 1316 hereof.
"Guaranteed Obligations" is defined in Section 1301 hereof.
"Hazardous Materials" means all pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, hazardous wastes, hazardous
materials, residual hazardous materials, medical and biochemical wastes, special
wastes, toxic substances, petroleum (including crude oil) and petroleum-derived
substances, wastes and additives, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls,
ozone-depleting substances, methane, radioactive materials (including source,
special nuclear and by-product materials as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et
seq. (whether or not 42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et seq. would apply in respect of
any Obligor incorporated or organized outside of the United States)) and all
other compounds, elements, materials and substances in any form or condition
(including products) regulated, restricted or addressed by or under
Environmental Laws.
"Hedging Obligations" means the obligations of any Person or
entity pursuant to any swap or cap agreement, exchange agreement, collar
agreement, option, futures or forward hedging contract, derivative instrument or
other similar agreement or any arrangement designed to protect such Person or
entity against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates or the
price of raw materials and other chemical products
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used or produced in the Company's business or the business of any other Obligor,
as the case may be.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"including" means including without limiting the generality of
any description preceding such term, and, for purposes of this Indenture, the
parties hereto agree that the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to
limit a general statement, which is followed by or referable to an enumeration
of specific matters, to matters similar to the matters specifically mentioned.
"incur" has the meaning given to it in Section 1008 hereof;
provided that (i) with respect to any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of PCI or
the Company that is owing to PCI or the Company, or another such Subsidiary, any
disposition, pledge or transfer of such Indebtedness to any Person (other than
PCI or the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of PCI or the Company) shall be
deemed to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness and, (ii) with respect to any
Indebtedness of PCI or the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or PCI that is
owing to another such Subsidiary, any transaction pursuant to which a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to which such Indebtedness is owing ceases to be a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an incurrence of such
Indebtedness; and provided, further that any Indebtedness of a Person existing
at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of PCI or the Company shall be
deemed to be incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
The term "incurrence" has a corresponding meaning.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, all
liabilities with respect to: (i) indebtedness for money borrowed or the deferred
purchase price of property or services or which is evidenced by a bond,
debenture, note or other similar instrument or agreement, but excluding trade
credit evidenced by any such instrument or agreement incurred in the ordinary
course of business and payable on usual and customary terms, or Indebtedness of
any partnership of which such Person is a partner; (ii) reimbursement
obligations, letters of credit and bankers' acceptances; (iii) indebtedness with
respect to Hedging Obligations; (iv) Capitalized Lease Obligations; (v)
indebtedness, secured or unsecured, created or arising in connection with the
acquisition or improvement of any property or asset or the acquisition of any
business; (vi) all indebtedness secured by or for which the obligee has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by any Lien upon property
owned by such Person and all indebtedness secured in the manner specified in
this clause even if such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
thereof; (vii) all indebtedness of such Person created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property
acquired by such Person or otherwise representing the deferred and unpaid
balance of the purchase price of any such property, including all indebtedness
created or arising in the manner specified in this clause even though the rights
and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of
default are limited to repossession or sale of such property; (viii) guaranties,
direct or indirect, of any Indebtedness of other Persons referred to in clauses
(i) through (vii) above, or of
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dividends or leases, taxes or other obligations of other Persons, excluding any
guaranty arising out of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection
in the ordinary course of business; (ix) contingent obligations in respect of,
or to purchase or otherwise acquire or be responsible or liable for, through the
purchase of products or services, irrespective of whether such products are
delivered or such services are rendered, or otherwise, any such indebtedness
referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above; (x) any obligation, contingent
or otherwise, arising under any surety, performance or maintenance bond; and
(xi) all preferred stock or other redeemable stock of such Person valued at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus
accrued and unpaid dividends. As used herein, Indebtedness with respect to any
Hedging Obligation means, with respect to any specified Person on any date, the
net amount (if any) that would be payable by such specified Person upon the
liquidation, close-out or early termination on such date of such Hedging
Obligation. For purposes of the foregoing, any settlement amount payable upon
the liquidation, close-out or early termination of a Hedging Obligation shall be
calculated by PCI and the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable
manner on the basis that such liquidation, close-out or early termination
results from an event of default or other similar event with respect to such
specified Person. Any reference in this definition to indebtedness shall be
deemed to include any renewals, extensions and refundings of any such
indebtedness or any indebtedness issued in exchange for such indebtedness.
"Indenture" means, on any date, this Indenture (including each
Guaranty, the Disclosure Schedule, each other schedule hereto and all exhibits)
as originally in effect on the Closing Date and as thereafter from time to time
amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or otherwise modified and in effect
on such date.
"Indenture Documents" means this Indenture, the Securities,
the Guaranties, the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement, each Mortgage
(upon execution and delivery thereof), the other Security Documents and each
other agreement, document or instrument delivered in connection herewith and
therewith, whether or not specifically mentioned herein or therein each as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Indenture Obligations" means the obligations (monetary or
otherwise) of the Company and each other Obligor and their respective Obligor
Subsidiaries under this Indenture, the Securities and the other Indenture
Documents, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due and payable,
and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with this
Indenture (including, without limitation, all sums due to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 606 hereof), the Securities and the other Indenture Documents, and
the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee and the Holders under
this Indenture, the Securities and the other Indenture Documents, according to
the terms hereof and thereof.
"Indenture Obligor" means the Company, as issuer of the
Securities, each of the Guarantors and each other obligor under this Indenture,
excluding the Trustee.
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"Independent Director" means, in relation to any Person, a
director other than a director (i) who (apart from being a director of the
Person or any of its Subsidiaries) is an employee, insider, associate or
Affiliate of the Person or any of its Subsidiaries or has held any such position
during the previous year, or (ii) who is a director, an employee, insider,
associate or Affiliate of another party to the transaction in question.
"Insurance Proceeds" has the meaning given to it in the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
"Intercreditor Collateral Account" means the Collateral
Account as defined in the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
"Interest Accrual Period" means, with respect to any Interest
Payment Date, the period commencing on the prior Interest Payment Date (or the
Closing Date in the case of the first Interest Payment Date) and ending on the
calendar day preceding such Interest Payment Date.
"Interest Determination Date" means, with respect to each
Interest Accrual Period, the second London Business Day preceding the first day
of such Interest Accrual Period (or in the case of the [March 1, 2002] Interest
Payment Date, the second London Business Day preceding the Closing Date).
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on the Securities.
"Investment" means any direct or indirect advance, loan, other
extension of credit or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or
other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account
or use of others) to purchase or acquire Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures
or other securities of, or purchase or acquire all, or a substantial part, of
the business, Capital Stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, or any
other investment in or guaranty of any Indebtedness of, any Person or any other
item that would be classified as an investment on a balance sheet prepared in
accordance with GAAP. Investments do not include advances to customers and
suppliers in the ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms.
If any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any
Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Obligor or Obligor
Subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such
Person is no longer such a Subsidiary of the Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary, the
Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale
or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.
"judgment currency" is defined in Section 1005 hereof.
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"LIBOR" means the London interbank offered rate determined on
each Interest Determination Date by the Trustee for the next Interest Accrual
Period as follows:
first: on the basis of offered rates for three-month United States
dollar deposits, as this rate appears on Telerate Screen Page 3750, as
of 11:00 a.m. London time;
second: if the rate does not appear on Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of
11:00 a.m. London time, LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean of the
offered quotations of two or more Reference Banks, rounded to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16%; and
third: if on the Interest Determination Date fewer than two Reference
Banks provide offered quotations, LIBOR for the Interest Accrual Period
shall be the higher of (x) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest
Determination Date and (y) the Reserve Interest Rate.
"London Business Day" means any Business Day on which dealings
in U.S. dollar deposits are transacted in the London interbank Eurodollar
market.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
hypothec, prior claim, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any lease in the nature
thereof).
"Liquidity" on any day, means the aggregate dollar amount of
cash held by or on behalf of the Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries taken as
a whole plus the aggregate principal amount of revolving credit loans or other
facilities that may be borrowed on such day by the Company and by PCI Chemicals
Canada Company (taken together) under the Exit Facility.
"Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment" means, for any mandatory
Redemption Date in respect of Section 1101(c)(ii) an amount in dollars equal to
a percentage of Excess Cash Flow for the Calendar Quarter immediately preceding
such mandatory Redemption Date multiplied by such Excess Cash Flow for such
Calendar Quarter, which percentage shall be determined by reference to the
Average Liquidity during such Calendar Quarter (the "Calendar Quarter Average
Liquidity") and the Average Liquidity during the 45 day period immediately
following the end of such Calendar Quarter (the "Forty Five Day Average
Liquidity") as follows:
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CALENDAR QUARTER AVERAGE LIQUIDITY
($ MILLIONS)
15 or greater 20 or greater
and less than 20 and less than 25 25 or greater
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FORTY FIVE DAY
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY
($ MILLIONS)
10 or greater and less
than 15 10% 10% 10%
15 or greater and less
than 20 35% 60% 90%
20 or greater and less
than 25 45% 60% 90%
25 or greater 50% 60% 90%
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PERCENTAGE OF EXCESS CASH FLOW ($) TO BE
APPLIED TO MANDATORY REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 1101(c)(ii).
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No such Liquidity Quarterly Payment shall be payable pursuant
to Section 1101 if the corresponding Forty Five Day Average Liquidity is less
than $[10,000,000] or if the corresponding Calendar Quarter Average Liquidity is
less than [$15,000,000].
For the avoidance of doubt, and for the purposes only of
illustrating the operation of the above table, the following is a worked example
of the use of the table in determining the Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment for a
given period. If the Forty Five Day Average Liquidity immediately succeeding a
Calendar Quarter is $16,000,000 (which figure can be located on the above table
in the second row of the column marked "Forty Five Day Average Liquidity") and
the Calendar Quarter Average Liquidity for such Calendar Quarter is $21,000,000
(which figure can be located on the above table in the second column from the
right in the box marked "Calendar Quarter Average Liquidity"), then the dollar
amount of the Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment shall be 60%
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of the Excess Cash Flow for the preceding Calendar Quarter (which percentage can
be located at the intersection of the row and the column identified above).
"Material Adverse Effect" means (i) any material adverse
effect on the business, assets, debt service capacity, liabilities (including
environmental liabilities), financial condition, operations or prospects of the
Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) any material
adverse effect upon the ability of the Company or any other Obligor to timely
perform its respective material obligations under the Indenture Documents, the
New Tranche B Notes Indenture (and each of the guaranties thereunder), the New
Tranche B Notes or the Registration Rights Agreement, or (iii) any impairment of
the legality, validity or enforceability of this Indenture, any other Indenture
Document, the New Tranche B Notes Indenture (and each of the guaranties
thereunder), the New Tranche B Notes or the Registration Rights Agreement, or
any material impairment of the rights, remedies or benefits available, as the
case may be, to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders under this
Indenture, or under any other Indenture Document, to the Collateral Agent, the
New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee or the New Tranche B Notes Holders under
the Security Documents, the New Tranche B Notes Indenture (and each of the
guaranties thereunder), the New Tranche B Notes or the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the
date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein
provided or as provided in this Indenture, whether at Stated Maturity or on a
Redemption Date or otherwise, and whether by declaration of acceleration, Change
of Control, call for redemption or otherwise.
"MEIP" means an equity incentive plan which shall become
effective on the Effective Plan Date or as soon as reasonably practicable
thereafter, substantially in the form contained in the Plan Supplement (as such
term is defined in the Plan of Reorganization).
"Minimum Quarterly Prepayment" means, in respect of each
Calendar Quarter, the principal amount set forth in the table immediately below
determined by reference to the Company's EBITDA for such Calendar Quarter as
follows:
COMPANY'S EBITDA FOR CALENDAR QUARTER PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
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less than $20,000,000 $0
$20,000,000 or greater but less than $25,000,000 $2,500,000
$25,000,000 or greater but less than $30,000,000 $5,000,000
$30,000,000 or greater $7,500,000
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"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor rating agency.
"Mortgage" means each mortgage, deed of trust, or similar
security instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached to this
Indenture, which from time to time affects any property (including real property
or immovable property situated in the United States or in any Canadian province)
that secures PCI's, the Company's or any other Obligor's obligations under this
Indenture (including the Guaranties), the Securities, the New Tranche B Notes
Indenture (including the guaranties thereunder), the New Tranche B Notes and
each other Indenture Document, as such instruments may be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Mortgaged Property" has the meaning given to it in the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA
Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or with
respect to which it has any liability.
"Multiple Employer Plan" means a Single Employer Plan in
respect of which any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate could have
liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such Plan has been or
were to be terminated under Section 4041(c) or 4042 of the Code.
"Net Award" has the meaning given to it in the Common Security
and Intercreditor Agreement.
"Net Income" means, for any period for any Person, the net
income of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP.
["Net Offering Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds of
a Qualified Equity Offering, or of one or more such Qualified Equity Offerings
together, net of the direct, reasonable and customary costs (such as reasonable
legal, accounting and underwriting discounts/sales commissions) relating to such
Qualified Equity Offering, or one or more such Qualified Equity Offerings
together.]
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by
any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including
any non-cash consideration received by any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary
from any Asset Sale that is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for
cash within 45 days after the relevant Asset Sale), net of (i) the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, reasonable legal,
accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions), (ii) any taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof, (iii) all amounts required to be applied to
the repayment of, or representing the amount of permanent reductions in the
commitments relating to, Indebtedness (other than the Securities) secured by a
Lien on the asset or assets the subject of such Asset Sale which Lien is
permitted pursuant
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hereto, and (iv) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such
asset or assets required by GAAP.
"New Common Stock" means the common stock of PCI authorized by
and issued pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization.
"New Debt" means the New Tranche B Notes and the Securities.
"New Other Secured Notes" has the meaning given it in the Plan
of Reorganization.
"New Other Secured Notes And Claims" means the Allowed Other
Secured Claims reinstated pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code and Plan of
Reorganization and the New Other Secured Notes.
"New Tranche B Notes" means indebtedness of PCI Chemicals
Canada Company in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 as evidenced by
the notes issued by PCI Chemicals Canada Company pursuant to the New Tranche B
Notes Indenture.
"New Tranche B Notes Indenture" means the indenture, dated as
of [o], 2001, by and among PCI Chemicals Canada Company, as issuer, the
guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association,
as indenture trustee, pursuant to which the New Tranche B Notes are issued, as
may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"New Tranche B Notes Holder" means the holders of the New
Tranche B Notes.
"New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee" means Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as the indenture trustee under the New Tranche
B Notes Indenture, including each other Person as shall have subsequently been
appointed as the successor indenture trustee pursuant to the New Tranche B Notes
Indenture.
"Obligor" means the Company, each of the Guarantors and any
Person (other than the New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee, the Collateral
Agent, the Trustee, any New Tranche B Notes Holder or any Holder) obligated
under any Indenture Document.
"Obligor Subsidiary" means, in respect of an Obligor or an
Indenture Obligor, any Subsidiary of such Obligor or Indenture Obligor, as the
case may be.
"Occupational Safety and Health Laws" means all national,
federal, state, provincial, regional, municipal or local statutes, laws,
ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, by-laws, policies, guidelines,
directives, judgments, orders or decrees regulating, relating to or imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning employee health and/or safety.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President
(regardless of vice presidential designation), and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the relevant
Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Old Debt" means indebtedness under (i) those certain
$175,000,000 9.25% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due October 2007 issued by
PCI Chemicals Canada Inc. pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of
October 30, 1997, among PCI Chemicals Canada Inc., the Guarantors (as such term
is defined therein) and the United States Trust Company of New York ("USTC"), in
its capacity as trustee and as collateral agent, (ii) that certain Term Loan
Agreement, dated as of October 30, 1997, among Pioneer Corporation of America,
the Lenders (as such term is defined therein), certain other parties and BNY
Asset Solutions LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent, (iii) those
certain $200,000,000 9.25% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due June 2007 issued
by Pioneer Corporation of America pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as
of June 17, 1997 among Pioneer Corporation of America, the Guarantors (as such
term is defined therein) and USTC, in its capacity as trustee, and (iv) that
certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 17, 1997, among Pioneer
Corporation of America, the Lenders (as such term is defined therein), certain
other parties and BNY Asset Solutions LLC, in its capacity as administrative
agent.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel in
form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, who shall be counsel for the
relevant Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary, as the case may be, and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Independent Counsel" means a written opinion of
counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee issued by someone who
is not an employee or consultant of the relevant Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary,
as the case may be, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Organizational Documents" means, in respect of any Obligor or
other Person, its certificate of incorporation and its by-laws (or equivalent
constitutive documents) and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and
similar arrangements to which such Obligor or other Person is a party applicable
to any of authorized shares, or other units or forms, of its Capital Stock.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to Securities means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or
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any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders; provided that if such Securities are to
be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made;
(c) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 402
and 403 hereof, with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Four; and
(d) Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there
shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the
Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company, any Guarantor, or any other Obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company, any Guarantor, or such other Obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company,
any guarantor or any other Obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company, any Guarantor or such other Obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any person authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf
of the Company.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"PCI" means Pioneer Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
in its capacities as the parent of the Company and a Guarantor.
"Permitted Investments" means (i) any Eligible Investment,
(ii) any Investment in the Company or any other Obligor, (iii) Investments in
existence on the date hereof and listed on Item 1006 ("Existing Investments") of
the Disclosure Schedule hereto, (iv) Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause
(vi) of Section 1008 herein, (v) other investments by any Obligor after the date
hereof in joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies,
partnerships or Obligor Subsidiaries engaged in a Related Business that do not
at any one time outstanding exceed $5,000,000, (vi) promissory notes and other
non-cash consideration received by the Obligors or the Obligor
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Subsidiaries in connection with Asset Sales permitted hereunder, (vii)
Investments by PCI or the Company in Hedging Obligations permitted hereunder,
(viii) investments (including debt obligations and Capital Stock) received by
the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent
obligations of, and other disputes with customers and suppliers arising in the
ordinary course of business, in each case of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
(ix) other Investments (including loans and advances to officers or employees of
the Company or its Subsidiaries) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000
at any one time outstanding).
"Permitted Issuance" means (i) the issuance by PCI of shares
of Capital Stock as dividends on issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the
same class of PCI or pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan, (ii) the
issuance by PCI of options or other equity securities of PCI to outside
directors, members of management or employees of PCI or any Subsidiary of PCI,
[(iii) the issuance of securities as interest or dividends on pay-in-kind debt
or preferred equity securities in accordance with the terms permitted hereunder
and under the other Indenture Documents,] (iv) the issuance to PCI or any of its
Subsidiaries (or any director, with respect to such director's qualifying
shares) by any of PCI's Subsidiaries of any of their respective Capital Stock,
in each case with respect to this clause (iv) to the extent such Capital Stock
issued to PCI or such Subsidiary is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
the applicable Indenture Document, [(v) the issuance by PCI of shares of its
Capital Stock in connection with an acquisition permitted under this Indenture,]
(vi) cash payments made in lieu of fractional shares of PCI's Capital Stock in
connection with an acquisition referred to in clause (v) above in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $250,000 during the term of this Indenture, and (vi) the
issuance by PCI of additional shares of Capital Stock of PCI to infuse
additional capital into PCI and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $5,000,000 during the term of this Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" means as of any particular time, any one or
more of the following:
(i) Liens for taxes, rates and assessments not yet past due
or, if past due, the validity of which is being contested in good faith
by the Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted and against which such
Obligors and Obligor Subsidiaries have established appropriate reserves
in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) the Lien of any judgment rendered for an amount and for a
period not resulting in an Event of Default which is being contested in
good faith by the Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and against
which the Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries have established
appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP and which does not have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) other than in connection with Indebtedness, any Lien
(other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) arising in the ordinary course
of business (a) to
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secure payments of workers' compensation, unemployment insurance,
pension or other social security or retirement benefits, or to secure
the performance of bids, tenders, leases, progress payments, contracts
(other than for the payment of money) or to secure public or statutory
obligations of any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary, or to secure surety
or appeal bonds to which any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary is a party,
(b) imposed by law dealing with materialmen's, mechanics', workmen's,
repairmen's, warehousemen's, landlords', vendors' or carriers' Liens
created by law, or deposits or pledges which are not yet due or, if
due, the validity of which is being contested in good faith by the
Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted and against which the
Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries have established appropriate
reserves in accordance with GAAP, and (c) rights of financial
institutions to setoff and chargeback arising by operation of law;
(iv) servitudes, licenses, easements, encumbrances,
restrictions, rights-of-way and rights in the nature of easements or
similar charges, minor title defects and irregularities which shall not
in the aggregate materially adversely impair the use of the subject
property by any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary;
(v) zoning and building by-laws and ordinances, municipal
by-laws and regulations, and restrictive covenants, which do not
materially interfere with the use of the subject property by any
Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary as such property is used as of the
date hereof;
(vi) liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising
as a matter of law to secure the payment of customs duties in
connection with the importation of goods by the Company or its
Subsidiaries;
(vii) deposits to secure statutory obligations in the form of
excise taxes;
(viii) liens arising from precautionary UCC financing
statement filings in respect of operating leases or consignment
arrangements entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries with a
supplier of goods in the ordinary course of business, which liens are
customarily filed as precautionary liens by such supplier of goods in
the ordinary course of its business; and
(ix) any extension, renewal, substitution or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), as a
whole or in part, of any of the Liens referred to in clauses (i)
through (viii) of this definition or the Indebtedness secured thereby;
provided that (a) such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement
Lien is limited to that portion of the property or assets, now owned or
hereafter acquired, that secured the Lien prior to such extension,
renewal, substitution or replacement Lien and (b) the Indebtedness
secured by such Lien (assuming all available amounts were borrowed) at
such time is not increased.
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"Person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership,
firm, association, trust, government, governmental agency, limited liability
company or any other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other
capacity.
"Physical Securities" means permanent certificated Securities
in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Article Two.
"Pioneer Companies" is defined in the preamble of this
Indenture.
"Plan" means any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
"Plan of Reorganization" means the Debtor's Amended Joint Plan
of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated September 21,
2001, filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas,
Houston Division, Case No. 01-38259-H3-11, on behalf of Pioneer Companies, Inc.,
Pioneer Corporation of America, Imperial West Chemical Co., Kemwater North
America Co., PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc., Pioneer Americas,
Inc., Pioneer (East), Inc., Pioneer Water Technologies, Inc., Pioneer Licensing,
Inc., and KWT, Inc.
"Post Petition Interest" is defined in Section 1307 hereof.
"Power of Attorney" is defined in Section 1508 hereof.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 308 hereof in exchange for a
mutilated Security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen
Security.
"Qualified Equity Offering" means an offer and sale of common
stock (which is Capital Stock) of PCI made on a primary basis by PCI pursuant to
a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8
or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit
plan of any Obligor), or an offer and sale of common stock (which is Capital
Stock) of PCI which may be made pursuant to an exemption from registration under
the Securities Act, in each case, only to the extent permitted pursuant to
clause (vii) of the definition of "Permitted Issuance."
"Quebec Mortgage and Security Agreement" means a deed of
hypothec executed by an authorized representative of the Company in respect of
Collateral located in Quebec, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed pursuant to any provision in this Indenture, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
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"Redemption Price" when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed pursuant to any provision in this Indenture, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Reference Banks" means leading banks engaged in transactions
in Eurodollar deposits with an established place of business in London, England
and which have been designated by the Trustee.
"Refinancing" is defined in Section 1008 hereof.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" is defined in Section 1008 hereof.
"Registration Rights Agreement" has the meaning given to it in
the Plan of Reorganization.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date means each [February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15]
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date.
"Related Business" means the manufacture or distribution of
chlorine, caustic soda, bleach, hydrochloric acid, and other chlorides and
aluminum sulfate, and in lines of business reasonably related thereto.
"Release" means any release, discharge, deposit, pumping,
pouring, emptying, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping, seepage,
spill, leak, flow, discharge, disposal or emission.
"Reserve Interest Rate" means, with respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be either
the arithmetic mean, rounded to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16%, of the
three-month U.S. dollar lending rates which leading New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on the Interest Determination Date to the principal
London offices of leading banks in the London interbank market or, in the event
that the Trustee cannot determine the arithmetic mean, the lowest three-month
U.S. dollar lending rate which such New York City banks selected by the
Indenture Trustee are quoting on the Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.
"Restoration" has the meaning given to it in the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
"Restricted Payment" is defined in Section 1006 hereof.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor rating agency.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" with, respect to any Person,
means any arrangement with another Person for the leasing of any real or
tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or
transferred or initially leased by such Person
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to such other Person in contemplation of such leasing (including a lease and
leaseback transaction).
"Securities" means any of the securities, as defined in the
fifth paragraph of the recitals hereof, that are authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended from time to time.
"Security Agreement Supplement" has the meaning given to it in
the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
"Security Documents" means (i) each Mortgage, (ii) the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) the Canadian Security Agreements,
and (iv) all security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, collateral
assignments, UCC filings, financing statements and registrations or any other
instrument evidencing or creating any security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent in all or any portion of the Collateral, in each case as
amended, supplemented, amended or restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 305
hereof.
"Security Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 305
hereof.
"Senior Indebtedness" means [o].
"Single Employer Plan" means a single-employer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, which any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary
or ERISA Affiliate maintains, administers, contributes to or is required to
contribute to, or under which any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate
has any liability.
"Special Record Date", for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest, means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 309 hereof.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
interest is due and payable.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of any Obligor
or Obligor Subsidiary as to which the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
interest and other payment obligations in respect of such Indebtedness shall be
subordinate to the prior payment in full of the Securities (including the
Guaranties) to at least the following extent: (i) no payments of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, or otherwise due in respect of, such
Indebtedness may be permitted for so long as any default in the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities exists; (ii) in the
event that any other Default that with the passing of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default exists with respect to the
Securities, upon notice by Holders of 25% or more of the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities to the
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Trustee, the Trustee shall have the right to give notice to the Company and the
holders of such Indebtedness (or trustees or agents therefor) of a payment
blockage, and thereafter no payments of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on or otherwise due in respect of such Indebtedness may be made for a
period of 179 days from the date of such notice; and (iii) such Indebtedness may
not (x) provide for payments of principal of such Indebtedness at the stated
maturity thereof or by way of a sinking fund applicable thereto or by way of any
mandatory redemption, defeasance, retirement or repurchase thereof by such
Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary (including any redemption, retirement or
repurchase which is contingent upon events of circumstances, but excluding any
retirement required by virtue of acceleration of such Indebtedness upon an event
of default thereunder), in each case prior to the final Stated Maturity of the
Securities, or (y) permit redemption or other retirement (including pursuant to
an offer to purchase made by such Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary) of such other
Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof prior to the final Stated
Maturity of the Securities.
"Subordinated Obligations" is defined in Section 1307 hereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of
the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors, under ordinary
circumstances, is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and
one or more of its Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person's Subsidiaries
or (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of voting interest, under
ordinary circumstances, is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person's
Subsidiaries, whether or not such corporation or other Person is incorporated or
organized in or under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof.
"Taxes" is defined in Section 1029 hereof.
"Telerate Screen Page 3750" means the display designated on
page 3750 on the Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace page 3750
on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of
major banks).
"Tranche B Documents" means collectively, the New Tranche B
Notes Indenture (including the guaranties thereunder), the New Tranche B Notes,
the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement, each Mortgage (upon execution
and delivery thereof), the other Security Documents and each other agreement,
document or instrument delivered in connection therewith, whether or not
specifically mentioned herein or therein, each as amended, supplemented, amended
and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Transaction Documents" means the various documents,
instruments and agreements, implementing the Plan of Reorganization other than
the Indenture Documents (except for the Security Documents which shall also be
"Transaction Documents"), including the Tranche B Documents, the Amended PCI
Certificate of Incorporation (as such term is defined in the Plan of
Reorganization), the Amended PCI Bylaws (as such term is defined in the Plan of
Reorganization), the amended by-laws and
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certificates of incorporation of each of the Subsidiaries of PCI and of the
Company, the Exit Facility, the MEIP, the New Common Stock, the New Other
Secured Notes and Claims, the Registration Rights Agreement, the documents
relating to the Canadian Corporate Reorganization and all other agreements,
documents, instruments, certificates, filings, consents, approvals, Board of
Directors resolutions and opinions executed, delivered or furnished pursuant to
or in connection with the implementation of the Plan of Reorganization, each as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to
time as permitted in accordance with their respective terms.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the United States Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.
"Trust Moneys" means all cash or Eligible Investments received
by the Collateral Agent, (i) in exchange for the release of property from the
Lien of any of the Security Documents, including the Collateral Proceeds or (ii)
as compensation for or proceeds of the sale of all or any part of the Collateral
taken by eminent domain or purchased by, or sold pursuant to any order of, a
governmental authority or otherwise disposed of including any Net Award, or
(iii) as proceeds of insurance upon any, all or part of the Collateral (other
than any liability insurance proceeds payable to the Collateral Agent for any
loss, liability or expense incurred by it) including any Insurance Proceeds, or
(iv) as proceeds of any other sale or other disposition of all or any part of
the Collateral by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any collection,
recovery, receipt, appropriation or other realization of or from all or any part
of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise, or (v) for
application under this Indenture as provided in this Indenture or any Security
Document, or whose disposition is not otherwise specifically provided for in
this Indenture or in any Security Document, as the case may be.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "trustee" in the
preamble of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter "Trustee"
shall mean such successor trustee.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time
to time in the State of New York.
"Unfunded Pension Liabilities" means the excess of current
liability over the current value of assets as calculated in the most recent
actuarial valuation report with respect to a Single Employer Plan.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i)
direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by, and acting as an agency or instrumentality of, the United States
of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case
under clause (i) or (ii) above, are not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof.
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"Voting Stock" of any Person means Capital Stock of such
Person which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or
Persons performing similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or
only so long as no senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of
any contingency.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, a
Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interests of which (other than capital stock constituting directors'
qualifying shares or interests held by directors or shares or interests required
to be held by foreign nationals, to the extent mandated by applicable law) are
owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Withdrawal Liability" has the meaning set forth under Part I
of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
"Working Capital" means, for any period, with respect to any
Person, (i) its consolidated current assets (excluding cash and cash
equivalents), minus (ii) its consolidated current liabilities (excluding current
maturities in respect of its long term Indebtedness), determined in accordance
with GAAP.
Section 102. [Intentionally omitted].
Section 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by any Indenture Obligor to
the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, such
Indenture Obligor shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenants
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the
proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents, certificates and/or opinions is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to
compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall
include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinion contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
such individual has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to
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enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified
by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of any Obligor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of any
Obligor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of any Obligor, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Opinions
of Counsel required to be delivered to the Trustee may have qualifications
customary for opinions of the type required and counsel delivering such Opinions
of Counsel may rely on certificates of the relevant Obligor or government or
other officials customary for opinions of the type required, including
certificates certifying as to matters of fact, including that various financial
covenants have been complied with.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
Section 105. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act (as such term is defined below) provided by this
Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
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be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee if made in the manner provided in this Section. The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing or the authority of
the Person executing the same may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee
may determine.
(b) The ownership of Securities shall be evidenced by the
Security Register.
(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security or the Holder of every Security issued upon the
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, any Paying Agent
or any Indenture Obligor or its respective Obligor Subsidiary in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance
a record date for the determination of such Holders entitled to give, make or
take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding
Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, any such record date shall be the
record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a
date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally
in connection therewith and no later than the date such solicitation is
completed.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder,
including the Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give
or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders and the
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or
proxies to the beneficial owners of interest in any such Global Security.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon receipt by the Trustee of
(i) any notice of default pursuant to Section 704(e), (ii) any declaration of
acceleration, or any rescission and annulment of any such declaration pursuant
to Section 502 or (iii) any direction given pursuant to Section 505 (any such
notice, declaration, rescission and annulment, or direction being referred to
herein as a "Direction"), a record date shall automatically and without any
other action by any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders
entitled to join in such Direction, which record date shall be the close of
business on the day the Trustee receives such Direction. The Holders on such
record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such Direction whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided that unless such Direction shall have become
effective by virtue of Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the Securities then Outstanding (or their
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duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after
such record date, such Direction shall automatically and without any action by
any Person be cancelled and be of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph
shall prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before
or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a Direction contrary to, or
different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, a
Direction that has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding
sentence, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set
pursuant to this paragraph.
If such a record date is fixed (pursuant to the immediately
preceding paragraph), such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be made, given or taken before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such
record date shall be deemed to be Holders for purposes of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of Securities then Outstanding have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for this purpose the
Securities then Outstanding shall be computed as of such record date; provided
that no such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.
(e) If at any time a request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act to be made, given or taken by
the Holders is required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall solicit the direction of the Holders of such aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then Outstanding as are specified in the applicable provisions of
this Indenture and, if not so specified, the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding.
Section 106. Notices, etc., to Trustee, the Company and any
Indenture Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted
by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by any Indenture Obligor
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, telecopied, hand
delivered, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to the Trustee at Sixth
Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate
Trust Services; telecopy: [o], or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Holders or any Indenture Obligor by the Trustee; or
(b) any Indenture Obligor, shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if in writing (including telecopy) and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid,
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telecopied, hand delivered, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to the
Company addressed to it at c/o Pioneer Companies, Inc., 700 Louisiana Street,
Suite 4300, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Kent R. Stephenson; telecopy: (713)
225-6475, or at any other address previously furnished by the Company in writing
to the Trustee.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be
in the English language, except that any published notice may be in the official
language of the country of publication.
Section 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any
event by the Indenture Obligors or the Trustee, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight
courier, to each Holder affected by such event at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor
any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice when mailed
to a Holder in the aforesaid manner shall be conclusively deemed to have been
received by such Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or
by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any
event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then any method of giving
such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed
to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act or another provision which is required
or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, the provision or requirement of the Trust Indenture Act shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be
excluded, as the case may be.
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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Section 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
and each of the other Indenture Obligors shall bind their respective successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or the
Guaranties, express or implied, shall give to any Person (other than the parties
hereto, their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders) any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and the Guaranties shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities)
payment of interest, principal, or premium, if any, need not be made on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Schedules and Exhibits.
All schedules and exhibits attached hereto are by this
reference made a part hereof with the same effect as if herein set forth in
full.
Section 116. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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Section 117. Communication by Holders with other Holders.
Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b)of the Trust
Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Securities. Each Indenture Obligor, the Trustee, the Security
Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
Section 118. No Recourse against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder (or other holder
of an ownership interest), as such, of any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary shall
not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities
or this Indenture, or for any obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranties
or this Indenture. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release
all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities.
Section 119. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee
shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting under this
Indenture, the term "Trustee" (unless the context otherwise requires) shall be
construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as
fully, for all intents and purposes, as if such Paying Agent were named in
addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that this Section 119
shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such
Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities, the Guaranties and the Trustee's certificate
of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article
Two, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange, any Organizational Document or governing instrument or
applicable law or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.
Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof,
with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.
The Securities shall be initially issued in the form of one
permanent Global Security, substantially in the form set forth in this Article
Two. The Global Security shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided.
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The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in
any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Legends.
Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, TO PIONEER
AMERICAS LLC OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO., OR TO A
SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE.
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Section 203. Form of Face of Security.
The form of the face of the Securities shall be substantially
as follows:
PIONEER AMERICAS LLC
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SENIOR SECURED FLOATING RATE GUARANTEED NOTES DUE 2006
CUSIP No:
No. __________ $[o]
PIONEER AMERICAS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(herein called the "Company," which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [o] dollars ($[o]) on
[o], 2006, at the office or agency of the Company referred to below. This
Security shall bear interest at the rate of three-month LIBOR plus 3.50% per
annum for each Interest Accrual Period on the unpaid principal amount of the
Security until such principal amount is paid or duly made available for payment
in accordance with such Indenture. Interest shall be paid on [March 1, 2002] and
quarterly thereafter on each [June 1, September 1, December 1 and March 1] of
each year. For each such Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue beginning
on the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or the Closing Date, in the
case of the [March 1, 2002] Interest Payment Date) and ending on the calendar
day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. If there shall occur an
Event of Default as set forth in Section 501(1) of such Indenture, [if interest
shall not be punctually paid or provided for] or if there shall occur any Event
of Default which remains uncured for 10 days (without giving effect to any grace
period therefor), this Security shall bear additional interest, to the extent
such additional interest is permitted by law, at a rate per annum equal to that
borne by this Security plus 2.00% for the period such Event of Default continues
or such interest is not paid or provided for and such additional interest shall
be payable as set forth in the Indenture.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid
to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be [February 15, May 15, August 15 and November
15] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any Defaulted Interest, to the extent lawfully payable,
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date,
and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities may be listed, and upon
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such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts against surrender of this Security in the case of any
payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof (other than any payment of
interest that first becomes payable on a day other than an Interest Payment
Date); provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of
the Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear on the Security Register; provided, further, that if
this Security is a Global Security, payment may be made pursuant to the rules
and procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture. Interest shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Security is entitled to the benefits of Guaranties by
each of the Guarantors of the punctual payment when due of the Indenture
Obligations made in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders. Such
Guaranties shall be senior obligations of each Guarantor, and shall rank pari
passu with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, and
senior to all Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor. Such Guaranties shall
be secured by Collateral. Reference is hereby made to Article Thirteen of the
Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and obligations under the Guaranties of each of the Guarantors.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or by the
authenticating agent appointed as provided in the Indenture by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be duly executed by the manual or facsimile signature of its authorized officers
and its corporate seal to be affixed or reproduced hereon.
Dated: PIONEER AMERICAS LLC
By
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Attest:
[SEAL]
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Secretary
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Section 204. Form of Reverse of Securities.
The form of the reverse of the Securities shall be
substantially as follows:
The Holder, by becoming holder of this Security, shall be
bound by the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
The Holder agrees with the Trustee and the other Holders that
it will not, without the prior consent of the Trustee and the other Holders,
take or obtain any Lien on any property of the Company to secure the obligations
of the Company hereunder, except for the benefit of the Collateral Agent or as
may otherwise be required by law.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities
of the Company designated as its Senior Secured Floating Rate Guaranteed Notes
due 2006 (herein called the "Securities"), limited (except as otherwise provided
in the Indenture referred to below) in aggregate principal amount to $[o], which
may be issued under an indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of [o], 2001, among
the Company, each Guarantor from time to time a party thereto, and Wells Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (herein called the "Trustee,"
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities and the
Guaranties are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time
of (a) the entire Indebtedness on the Securities, and (b) certain restrictive
covenants and related Defaults and Events of Default, in each case upon
compliance or noncompliance with certain conditions set forth therein.
The Securities shall be senior obligations of the Company, and
shall rank pari passu with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, and senior to all Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company.
The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to
time, to redeem the Outstanding Securities, in whole or in part, in cash, in
amounts equal to $1,000,000 or any larger integral multiple of $1,000,000 or the
aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities, in each case at
a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof together with
accrued and unpaid interest, and premium (if any), to the Redemption Date in
respect of such redemption.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall
mandatorily redeem all of the Outstanding Securities as set forth in the
Indenture.
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The Company shall apply 100% of the aggregate amount of Net
Proceeds from each and every Asset Sale (or the Collateral Proceeds in respect
thereof shall be applied), subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the New
Tranche B Notes Indenture and the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement,
to mandatorily redeem all of the Outstanding Securities (or if such Net Proceeds
or Collateral Proceeds are not sufficient to redeem all of the Securities then
Outstanding, then to mandatorily redeem the then Outstanding Securities on a pro
rata basis) at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, and premium (if any), thereon to the
Redemption Date in respect of such redemption.
[The Company shall apply Net Offering Proceeds of Qualified
Equity Offerings in excess of $5,000,000 to mandatorily redeem all of the
Outstanding Securities (or if such Net Offering Proceeds are not sufficient to
redeem all of the Securities then Outstanding, then to mandatorily redeem the
then Outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis) at a price equal to 100% of the
aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and
premium (if any), thereon to the Redemption Date in respect of such redemption.]
The Company shall mandatorily redeem all of the Outstanding
Securities (or if the amounts referred to in (i) and (ii) below shall not be
sufficient to redeem all of the then Outstanding Securities, then to mandatorily
redeem such Outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis) as follows:
(i) within 45 days of the end of each Calendar Quarter in
the Company's Fiscal Year 2001 and 2002, the Company shall redeem a principal
amount of such Outstanding Securities in an amount equal to the Minimum
Quarterly Prepayment for such Calendar Quarter, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, and premium (if any), thereon to the Redemption Date in respect
thereof; and
(ii) within 60 days of the end of each Calendar Quarter
in each of the Company's Fiscal Years from and including Fiscal Year 2003 and up
to and including Fiscal Year 2006, the Company shall redeem a principal amount
of such Outstanding Securities in an amount equal to the greater of the
Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment for such date and the Minimum Quarterly
Prepayment for such Calendar Quarter, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and
premium (if any), thereon to the Redemption Date in respect thereof.
If any redemption of any Securities shall be on any date that
is other than an Interest Payment Date, in addition to the Redemption Price
payable by the Company in respect of such redemption, the Company shall also pay
to any Holder that incurs Funding Losses an amount equal to such Funding Losses
as set forth in the Indenture.
In the case of any redemption of Securities, interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall
be payable to the Holders of such Securities of record as of the close of
business on the relevant record date referred to on the face hereof. Securities
(or portions thereof) for whose redemption and payment
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provision is made in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear interest
from and after the date of redemption.
If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by any
other method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a
new Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in
the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
principal amount of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions (including
certain amendments permitted without the consent of any Holders and certain
amendments permitted only with the consent of all Holders) as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Obligors and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture or the other
Indenture Documents at any time by the Obligors and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of a majority of aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, (i) to
waive compliance by the Obligors with certain provisions of the Indenture, the
Guaranties or the other Indenture Documents, and (ii) to waive certain past
Defaults under the Indenture and the Guaranties and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of any
Indenture Obligor or any other obligor upon the Securities (in the event such
other obligor is obligated to make payments in respect of the Securities), which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
The Securities may be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in
the Security Register upon surrender of
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this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to and at the time of due presentment of this Security
for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
In order to secure the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at
maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on
the overdue principal of and interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law),
if any, on the Securities, and performance of all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture and the Securities,
the Obligors have entered into the Security Documents with the Collateral Agent.
The Securities shall be secured by Liens on and security interests in the
Collateral subject to pari passu Liens and security interests and other
permitted encumbrances as described further in the Security Documents.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to all of the
terms and provisions of the Security Documents as the same may be amended from
time to time pursuant to the respective provisions thereof and of the Indenture.
Each Holder acknowledges that a release of any of the
Collateral or any Lien strictly in accordance with the terms and provisions of
the Security Documents and the terms and provisions of the Indenture will not be
deemed for any purpose to be an impairment of the security under the Indenture.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture and the Security Documents.
[This Security is a Global Security and is subject to the
provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the
limitation in Section 305 thereof on transfer and exchanges of Global
Securities.](1)
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(1) Applicable only to a Global Security.
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This Security and the Indenture shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.
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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby
sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
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attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company with full power
of substitution in the premises.
Date:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the within-mentioned
instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
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Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
This is one of the Senior Secured Floating Rate Guaranteed
Notes due 2006 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
Section 206. Form of Guaranty of Each of the Guarantors.
The form of Guaranty shall be set forth on the Securities
substantially as follows:
GUARANTIES
For value received, each of the undersigned hereby
unconditionally guaranties, jointly and severally, to the Holder of this
Security the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on this
Security in the amounts and at the time when due and interest on the overdue
principal and interest, if any, of this Security, if lawful, and the payment or
performance of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the
Securities, to the Holder of this Security and the Trustee, all in accordance
with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Security and Article
Thirteen of the Indenture. This Guaranty shall not become effective until the
Trustee duly manually executes the certificate of authentication on this
Security.
PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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IMPERIAL WEST CHEMICAL CO.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
KEMWATER NORTH AMERICA CO.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PIONEER (EAST), INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PIONEER WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PIONEER LICENSING, INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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KWT, INC.
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $[o] in
principal amount of Securities, except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities pursuant to Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 906 or 1108
hereof.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the "Senior
Secured Floating Rate Guaranteed Notes due 2006" of the Company. The Stated
Maturity of the principal amount of the Securities shall be [o], 2006. The
Securities each shall bear interest at the rate of three-month LIBOR plus 3.50%
per annum for each Interest Accrual Period on the unpaid principal amount
thereof until such principal amount is paid or duly made available for payment
in accordance with this Indenture. Interest shall be paid on [March 1, 2002] and
quarterly thereafter on each [June 1, September 1, December 1 and March 1] of
each year. For each such Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue beginning
on the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or the Closing Date, in the
case of the [March 1, 2002] Interest Payment Date) and ending on the calendar
day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. If there shall occur an
Event of Default as set forth in Section 501(1) of the Indenture, [or interest
shall not be punctually paid or provided for] or if there shall occur any Event
of Default which remains uncured for 10 days (without giving effect to any grace
period therefor), the Securities shall each bear additional interest, to the
extent such additional interest is permitted by law, at a rate per annum equal
to that borne by each Security plus 2.00% for so long as such Event of Default
continues or such interest is not paid or provided for and such additional
interest shall be payable as set forth in the Indenture (the "Defaulted
Interest"). On each Interest Determination Date, the Trustee shall establish
LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period as set forth in the definition of the
term "LIBOR" in this Indenture. The establishment of LIBOR by the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture on each Interest Determination Date
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding upon the Company.
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The principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Global
Security shall be payable to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be,
as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Security
represented thereby. The principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest
may be paid by check mailed to the addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as
such addresses shall appear on the Security Register.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article
Eleven and the other provisions of this Indenture referred to therein.
At the election of the Company, the entire Indebtedness on the
Securities or certain of the Company's obligations and covenants and certain
Events of Default thereunder may be defeased as provided in Article Four.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form
without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
one of its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested to by its Secretary or
one of its Assistant Secretaries.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices on the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, in compliance with Section 103
hereof, and the Trustee, in accordance with such Company Order, shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities as provided in this Indenture and not
otherwise. Each such Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be
authenticated and the date on which the Securities are to be authenticated or
such other information as the Trustee shall reasonably request.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly
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authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued
and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the
Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 311 and in compliance with
Section 103, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case the Company or any Guarantor, pursuant to and in
accordance with the provisions of Article Eight, shall be consolidated, merged
with or into any other Person or shall sell, assign, convey, transfer or lease
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the successor
Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into
which the Company or such Guarantor shall have been merged, or the Person which
shall have received a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer or lease as
aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee
pursuant to Article Eight, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered
prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer or
lease may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be
exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the successor Person with
such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in
substance of like tenor as the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of
like principal amount and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the successor
Person and in compliance with Section 103, shall authenticate and deliver
Securities as specified in such request for the purpose of such exchange. If
Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a
successor Person pursuant to this Section in exchange or substitution for or
upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such successor Person, at the
option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the
exchange of all Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated
and delivered in such new name.
The Trustee (at the expense of the Company) may appoint an
authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities on behalf of the Trustee. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as any Security Registrar or Paying Agent to deal with the Company
and its Affiliates.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order and in compliance with Section 103 the
Trustee, in accordance with the terms of Section 303, shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by
their execution of such Securities (but which do not affect the rights or duties
of the Trustee).
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After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary
Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the
temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such
purpose pursuant to Section 1002 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so
exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
Section 305. Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, or such other office as the Trustee may designate, a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency designated pursuant to Section 1002 hereof being herein sometimes
referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Security Registrar may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee
or an agent thereof or of the Company shall initially be the "Security
Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities
as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at
the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002 hereof,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, in accordance with Section 303,
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized
denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
Any Holder of the Global Security shall, by acceptance of such
Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global
Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the
Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial
interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for
other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, in accordance with Section 303,
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities of the same series which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same Indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture,
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer, or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 303, 304, 305, 306, 308,
906 or 1108 hereof not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the date of selection of Securities for redemption under
Section 1104 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption in respect of any such Securities selected for
redemption, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
Securities being redeemed in part.
Section 306. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security.
(a) The Global Security shall (i) be registered in the name of
the Depositary for such Global Security or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii)
be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary, (iii) constitute a
single Security for all purposes of this Indenture, and (iv) bear legends as set
forth in Section 202 hereof.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its
custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary
or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial holder
of any Security as if such person were a Holder.
(b) Transfers of the Global Security shall be limited to
transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary,
its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in
the Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary. Beneficial owners may obtain Physical Securities
in exchange for their beneficial interests in the Global Security upon request
in accordance with the Depositary's and the Security Registrar's procedures. In
addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred to all
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beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the Global
Security if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Security and a successor
depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or
(ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Security
Registrar has received a request from the Depositary.
(c) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the
beneficial interests in the Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to
subsection (b) of this Section, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its
books and records the date of such transfer and a decrease in the principal
amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more
Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of the entire Global
Security to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, the
Global Security shall be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee, in accordance with Section 303, shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary
in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Security, an equal
aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations.
(e) The registered Holder of the Global Security may grant
proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons
that may hold interests in the Global Security through Agent Members, to take
any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Securities.
Section 307. [Intentionally omitted.]
Section 308. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee,
or (b) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the
Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee, such security or indemnity, in each
case, as may be required by them to keep each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute,
and upon its written request, in compliance with Section 103, the Trustee, in
accordance with Section 303, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any
such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a replacement Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a replacement Security, pay such Security.
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Upon the issuance of any replacement Securities under this
Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to pay all
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental
charges that may be imposed in relation thereof and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every replacement Security issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company and the Guarantors, whether or
not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 309. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest (or, if no business is conducted by the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office on such Regular Record Date, at 5:00 P.M.
New York City time on such Regular Record Date).
Any Defaulted Interest shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the Holder on the Regular Record Date and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
on the next Interest Payment Date or may be paid by the Company, at its election
in each case, as provided in subsection (a) or (b) below:
(a) the Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which date shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing and in compliance with Section 103 of the amount
of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date (not
less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior
to the date of the proposed payment (such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this subsection provided). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of such
Special Record Date. In the name and at the expense of the
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Company, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names the Securities are registered on such Special Record
Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following subsection (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this subsection, such payment shall
be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 310. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 309 hereof) interest on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and neither the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
Section 311. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange shall be delivered to the Trustee and, if
not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company and any
Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or such
Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed and certification of their
destruction delivered to the Company. The Trustee shall provide the Company a
list of all Securities that have been canceled from time to time as requested by
the Company.
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Section 312. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 313. Deposit of Moneys.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest
Payment Date and at Maturity, the Company, in accordance with Section 1018,
shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent in immediately available funds
money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment
Date or at Maturity, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the
Trustee or such Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest
Payment Date or at Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 314. CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use a "CUSIP"
number(s) and if so used, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number(s) in notices
of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made by the Trustee as to the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number(s) printed in the notice or on the
Securities and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
of any changes in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
The Company may, at its and PCI's option by Board Resolution
of their respective Board of Directors, at any time, with respect to the
Securities, elect to have either Section 402 or Section 403 hereof be applied to
all of the Outstanding Securities (the "Defeased Securities"), upon compliance
with the conditions set forth below in this Article Four.
Section 402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 401 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 402, the Company, each of the Guarantors and
any other Indenture Obligor upon the Securities, if any, shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Defeased Securities on
the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
"defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the
Defeased Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only
for the purposes of Section 405 hereof and the other Sections of
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this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its
other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture, including
obligations to the Trustee, if any (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company and upon written request in compliance with Section 103, shall execute
proper instruments reasonably acceptable to it in form and substance
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of
Defeased Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section
404 hereof and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities when such
payments are due, (b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Defeased
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 308, 1002 and 1018 hereof, (c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder including,
without limitation, the Trustee's rights under Sections 606, 1303 and 1305
hereof and the Company's obligations in connection therewith, and (d) this
Article Four. Subject to compliance with this Article Four, the Company may
exercise its option under this Section 402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of
its option under Sections 403 hereof with respect to the Securities.
Section 403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 401 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 403, the Company and each Guarantor shall be
released from its obligations under any covenant or provision contained or
referred to in Sections 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011,
1012, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1025 and 1317 hereof with respect to
the Defeased Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and the Defeased Securities
shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any
direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this
purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Defeased
Securities, the Company and each Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall
have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in
any such Section or Article, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any
reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any
other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an
Event of Default under Section 501(2) or (3) hereof but, except as specified
above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Defeased Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
Section 404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of
either Section 402 or Section 403 hereof to the Defeased Securities:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the
requirements of Section 608 hereof who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article Four applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the
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following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (a) United
States dollars in an amount, or (b) U.S. Government Obligations which
through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than
one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (c)
a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants or a nationally
recognized investment banking firm expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall
be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee), to pay and
discharge, the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Defeased Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest (such date being referred to as
the "Defeasance Redemption Date"), if when exercising under Section 401
hereof either its option applicable to Section 402 hereof or its option
applicable to Section 403 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an irrevocable notice to redeem all of the Outstanding
Securities on the Defeasance Redemption Date); provided that the
Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such United
States dollars or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to
said payments with respect to the Securities.
(2) In the case of an election under Section 402 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Independent
Counsel from the United States of America and an [Opinion of
Independent Counsel from Canada], stating that (a) in the case of the
Opinion of Independent Counsel from the United States of America, the
Company has received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, [and
in the case of the Opinion of Independent Counsel from Canada, the
Company has received a ruling from the Canada Customs and Revenue
Agency], or (b) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable federal income tax law, including, in the case
of the Opinion of Independent Counsel from the United States of
America, by means of a Revenue Ruling published by the Internal Revenue
Service[, and in the case of the Opinion of Independent Counsel from
Canada, a published ruling from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency,
in either case] to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of
Independent Counsel from the United States of America [or Canada, as
applicable,] shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal
income tax [and Canadian federal or provincial income tax purposes] as
a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(3) In the case of an election under Section 403 hereof, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Independent
Counsel in the United States of America [or Canada,] as applicable, to
the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax, [Canadian
federal or provincial income tax] or certain other tax purposes as a
result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal
income tax [or Canadian federal or provincial income tax] on the same
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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 shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or insofar as Sections 501(10),
(11) or (12) hereof are concerned, at any time during the period ending
on the 91st day after the date of deposit.
(5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound.
(6) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Independent Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following
the deposit, the trust funds will not be treated as a preference under
any applicable Bankruptcy Law.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such deposit shall not cause the Trustee
or the trust so created to be subject to the United States Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the
Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities or
any Guaranty over the other creditors of the Company or any Guarantor
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding
creditors of the Company, any Guarantor or others.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Independent Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either
the defeasance under Section 402 hereof or the covenant defeasance
under Section 403 hereof (as the case may be) have been complied with
as contemplated by this Section 404.
Opinions of Counsel or Opinions of Independent Counsel may
have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and counsel
delivering such opinions may rely on certificates of the Company or any other
relevant Obligor or government or other officials customary for opinions of the
type required, including certificates certifying as to matters of fact,
including that various financial covenants have been complied with.
Section 405. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1018 hereof, all United States dollars and U.S. Government Obligations
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this
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Section 405, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 404 hereof in respect of the
Defeased Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 404 hereof or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof.
Anything in this Article Four to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as
provided in Section 404 hereof which, in the unqualified opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance after application of the
appropriate defeasance option.
Section 406. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United
States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 402 or
403 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's and each Guarantor's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities (including, without limitation, the provisions of
Article Thirteen hereof) shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit
had occurred pursuant to Section 402 or 403 hereof, as the case may be, until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such United
States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 402 or
403 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any
payment to the Trustee or Paying Agent of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall promptly pay any such amount to the Holders of the
Securities and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.
Section 407. Repayment of the Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal, interest or premium, if any, has become due and payable, shall
be paid to the Company on its written request or (if then held by the Company)
shall be discharged from such trust. The Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
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Company for payment thereof and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease, provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty
(30) days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining shall promptly be repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" shall occur if:
(1) (a) The Company shall default in the payment of any
principal of any Security when the same becomes due, whether by
acceleration, at maturity, upon redemption, in connection with a Change
of Control or an Asset Sale, or otherwise, (b) the Company shall fail
to pay any interest, fee or penalty on the Securities, or any other
amount payable hereunder, within three (3) days after any such interest
or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof, or (c)
any other Obligor shall default (and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of three (3) days) in the payment when due of
any fee with respect to any Security or any monetary Indenture
Obligation (other than those covered by clauses (a) or (b) hereof);
(2) Any Indenture Obligor (including the Company) fails to
observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement on the part of
such Indenture Obligor to be observed or performed pursuant to Section
1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1020 or
Article Eight hereof;
(3) Any Obligor (including the Company) fails to duly observe
or perform any other covenant, condition or agreement in, to and under
this Indenture or any other Indenture Document executed by it and such
failure continues for a period of 30 days after notice thereof shall
have been given to the Company by the Trustee or shall have been given
by the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding to the Company and the Trustee, in either
case, specifying such default and demanding that it be remedied;
(4) Any Obligor (including the Company) denies, disaffirms or
repudiate its obligations under this Indenture (including the
Guaranties of the Securities), the Securities, any other Indenture
Documents, the New Tranche B Notes Indenture (including any guaranties
thereunder), the New Tranche B Notes
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or the Registration Rights Agreement, or any material provision of any
Indenture Document, the New Tranche B Notes Indenture (including any
guaranties thereunder), the New Tranche B Notes or the Registration
Rights Agreement shall cease to be valid or binding or any Obligor
shall so assert in writing;
(5) a default occurs (a) in the payment when due, whether by
acceleration or otherwise, of any amount (including principal, premium
or interest) in respect of Indebtedness of any Obligor (including the
Company), under the New Tranche B Notes Indenture or in respect of the
New Tranche B Notes or in respect of any other Indebtedness of any
Obligor (including the Company) but not including the Indebtedness
described in and covered by clause (1) of this Section 501 (subject
only to any applicable grace period pursuant to the terms of such
Indebtedness), having a principal amount equal to or in excess of
$500,000 in respect of an individual Indebtedness or having principal
amounts equal to or in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate in respect
of more than one individual Indebtedness taken as a whole, or (b) a
default shall occur in the performance or observance of any obligation
or condition with respect to such Indebtedness if the effect of such
default is to accelerate the maturity of any such Indebtedness or such
default shall continue unremedied for any applicable period of time
sufficient to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, or any
trustee or agent for such holders, to cause such Indebtedness to become
due and payable prior to its expressed maturity, or (c) a default or an
event of default shall occur in the performance or observance of any
obligation or condition of any agreement (including any Transaction
Document) to which any Obligor is party or by which it is bound and
such default or event of default could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(6) a final judgment is, or final judgments are, entered by a
court or courts of competent jurisdiction against any Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary and such judgment or judgments remain undischarged,
unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days, provided that
the aggregate of all such judgments equals or exceeds $1,000,000 or any
such individual judgment exceeds $500,000 (other than, in each case,
any judgment as to which and only to the extent that, a reputable
insurance company has acknowledged, whether subject to its customary
reservation of rights or otherwise, coverage of such claim in writing);
(7) issuance of a notice of Lien, levy, assessment, injunction
or attachment (other than pursuant to the Security Documents) against
the property of any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary having an
aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000 which is not stayed or lifted
within thirty (30) days;
(8) any representation, warranty or certification of any
Obligor (including the Company) made or deemed to be made hereunder or
in any other Indenture Document executed by it, or pursuant to or in
respect of the New Tranche B Notes Indenture (and each of the
guaranties thereunder) or the New Tranche B Notes or in any other
writing or certificate furnished by or on behalf of any Obligor
(including the Company) for the purposes of or in connection with
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this Indenture, such other Indenture Document or pursuant to or in
respect of the New Tranche B Notes Indenture (and each of the
guaranties thereunder) or the New Tranche B Notes is or shall be
incorrect when made or deemed made in any material respect;
(9) (a) any of the Security Documents ceases to give the
Collateral Agent a valid and perfected Lien of the priority required
thereby or the rights, powers and privileges purported to be created
thereby (other than in accordance with their respective terms or if
released by the Collateral Agent, at the direction of all of the
Holders in accordance with the terms hereof), or (b) any of the
Security Documents is declared null and void, or (c) any Obligor denies
any of its obligations under any of the Security Documents or (d) any
Collateral becomes subject to any Lien other than the Liens created or
permitted by the Security Documents or the Indenture, or (e) any
Collateral (or part thereof) is seized or taken by any governmental
agency or authority, which taking or seizure could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(10) any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, pursuant to or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a voluntary case,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case in which it is a debtor,
(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it
or for all or substantially all of its property,
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(e) admits in writing its inability to pay debts as
the same become due;
(11) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief against any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary in an involuntary case in which it is a debtor,
(b) appoints a Custodian of any Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of their
respective property, or
(c) orders the liquidation of any Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for
sixty (60) days;
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(12) any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary commits or suffers
to occur a Canadian Act of Bankruptcy;
(13) the Guaranty of any Guarantor for any reason ceases to
be, or is asserted by any Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full
force and effect or enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to
the extent contemplated in the Guaranty; or
(14) [The aggregate minimum required contribution amount for
any year with respect to all Single Employer Plans as calculated in the
applicable actuarial valuation reports shall exceed $5 million or an
event or condition constituting an ERISA Event shall occur or exist
with respect to any Plan.]
Section 502. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in clauses (10), (11) and (12) of Section 501 hereof) occurs and is
continuing for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, then, subject to
the provisions of the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee,
by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any,
and any accrued interest on all the Securities to be immediately due and
payable. Upon such declaration, the principal, premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities shall become automatically and immediately due and payable,
without further notice, demand or presentment. If an Event of Default specified
in clause (10), (11) or (12) of Section 501 hereof occurs, such an amount shall
ipso facto automatically be and become immediately due and payable, without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and such
amount shall be dealt with in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of
the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement. Other than in respect of (i) a
continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Security held by a non-consenting Holder, or
(ii) a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security then Outstanding,
or (iii) any continuing Default or Event of Default in respect of any matter
involving the release of Collateral (not otherwise permitted by terms of the
Indenture Documents), which shall not be waived without the consent of the
Holder of each then Outstanding Security, Holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding by written notice to the
Trustee, may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission
would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(i) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this
Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the
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Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 606;
(ii) all overdue interest on all Securities;
(iii) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities;
and
(iv) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities; and
(b) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of
principal of the Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 504 hereof. No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right
consequent thereon provided in Section 504 hereof.
Section 503. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may, in accordance with the provisions of the Common Security and Intercreditor
Agreement, pursue any available remedy (under this Indenture or otherwise) to
collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this
Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding pursuant to the
provisions of the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement even if it does
not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any
right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 308, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy,
including such other rights and remedies of the Holders as set forth in the
Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 504. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then Outstanding, by notice to the Trustee, may waive an existing
Default or
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Event of Default and its consequences, except in respect of (i) a continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on any Security held by a non-consenting Holder, or (ii) a covenant
or provision hereof which under Article Nine, cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Security then Outstanding, or (iii)
any continuing Default or Event of Default in respect of any matter involving
the release of Collateral (not otherwise permitted by terms of the Indenture
Documents), which shall not be waived without the consent of the Holder of each
then Outstanding Security. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to
exist and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured for every purpose of this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 505. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then Outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee
or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Securities by this Indenture or the Security Documents; provided, that the
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights
of other Holders, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability and the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section 506. Limitation on Suits.
A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or
the Securities only if:
(1) such Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% of principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to
pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to
the Trustee indemnity satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within ten
(10) days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested,
the provision of the indemnity; and
(5) during such ten (10) day period the Holders of a majority
of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding do
not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
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A Holder may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights
of another Holder or to obtain, or seek to obtain, a preference or priority over
another Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture or under the
Securities, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and
common benefit of all Holders of the Securities. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Holder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
Section 507. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder
of a Security to receive payment of principal, or premium, if any, and interest
on the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security
(or, in the case of redemption or repurchase, on the Redemption Date or
repurchase date), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of the Holder.
Section 508. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(1) or (2)
hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment
in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against any Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and
interest remaining unpaid on the Securities and interest on overdue principal
and, to the extent lawful, premium and interest and such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, subject to Article Thirteen.
If any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary fails to pay such amounts
forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, may enforce
the same against such Obligor, and may collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to
be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of such Obligor
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights
of the Holders under this Indenture (including the Guaranties of the Securities)
and the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement by such appropriate private
or judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce such rights, including, without limitation, seeking recourse against any
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of any Guaranty, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein or therein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy, subject however to Section 505 hereof.
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Section 509. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and
the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to any Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary, their creditors or their property. The Trustee shall be
entitled and empowered, subject to Article Thirteen, to collect, receive and
distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 606 hereof. To the extent that the payment
of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606
hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason,
payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any
and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties which
the Holders of the Securities may be entitled to receive in such proceeding
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or
otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 510. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article
Five, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to (i) the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for
amounts due under Section 606 hereof, including payment of all
compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection and (ii) the
Collateral Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Common Security and
Intercreditor Agreement;
Second: to (i) Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and
interest respectively, and (ii) subject to the Common Security and
Intercreditor Agreement, to the New Tranche B Indenture Trustee for
obligations under the New Tranche B Notes Indenture and the New Tranche
B Notes, including amounts of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such obligations;
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Third: without duplication, to Holders for any other Indenture
Obligations owing to the Holders under this Indenture or the
Securities; and
Fourth: to the Company or to such party as a court of
competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders.
Section 511. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing
by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 507 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding or any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or
repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date or repurchase date).
Section 512. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
Each Indenture Obligor covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law or any usury or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive such Indenture Obligor from
paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities contemplated herein or in the Securities or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture. Each Indenture Obligor (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law and covenants that it shall not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had
been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Notice of Defaults.
Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of written notice
from the Company of the occurrence of any Default pursuant to Section 704(e),
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security
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Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee unless such
Default shall have been cured or waived.
Section 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act and Section 613 hereof:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and, in
each case, accompanied by the documents required by Section 103, and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder or under any Security Document in good faith and in reliance
thereon in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or any Security Document
at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred therein or thereby in compliance with such request or
direction;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture or any Security
Document other than any liabilities arising out of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Trustee as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to a final non-appealable judgment;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or
document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding;
provided that the Trustee in its discretion may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may deem fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally
or by agent or attorney;
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(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder or under any Security Document either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed by it hereunder;
(h) no provision of this Indenture or any Security Document
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers;
(i) notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein
or in any Security Document, under no circumstances shall the Trustee be
required to take possession of or maintain an action to foreclose upon any
Mortgaged Property;
(j) delivery of reports, information and documents to the
Trustee under Section 704 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's
receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the obligor's compliance with any of their covenants
hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's
Certificates);
(k) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
Event of Default unless the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references this
Indentures; and
(l) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed
to act hereunder.
Section 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals,
Dispositions of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the
Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by
it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, if any, supplied to the Company
are true and accurate in all material respects subject to the qualifications set
forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities;
Collections; etc.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company and their respective Affiliates, in its individual or any
other capacity, may
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become the owner or pledgee of Securities, with the same rights it would have if
it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent or
such Affiliates and, subject to Sections 310 and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act
may otherwise deal with the Company and receive, collect, hold and retain
collections from the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
the Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent or such
Affiliate.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or
applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by applicable provisions of law. Except for funds or securities
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Article Four, the Trustee may invest all
moneys received by the Trustee, until used or applied as herein provided, in
Cash Equivalents in accordance with the written directions of the Company in
compliance with Section 103. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses
incurred in connection with any investments made in accordance with this Section
605, except to the extent that such losses are attributable to the Trustee's
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction pursuant to a final non-appealable judgment. With respect
to any losses on investments made under this Section 605, the Company is liable
for the full extent of any such loss. The Trustee shall be under no liability
for interest or any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
with the Company.
Section 606. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and
Its Prior Claim.
The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from
time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust)
and the Company covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, upon its request, for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance
with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents
and other persons not regularly in its employ), except to the extent any such
expense, disbursement or advance arises directly from the Trustee's gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction pursuant to a final non-appealable judgment. The Company
also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, tax, assessment or other
governmental charge (other than taxes applicable to the Trustee's compensation
hereunder) or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on such
Trustee's part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Indenture or any Security Document or the trusts
hereunder and such Trustee's duties hereunder, including enforcement of this
Section 606 and also including any liability which the Trustee may incur as a
result of failure to withhold, pay or report any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge, and the costs and expenses of defending
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itself against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The
obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall
constitute an additional obligation hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, or the resignation or removal of any Trustee.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
606, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except
money or property held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(10), (11) or (12),
the expenses and the compensation for the services shall be preferred over the
status of Holders in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law and are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Any Trustee hereunder shall not be liable for the acts or
omission of any successor Trustee hereunder.
Section 607. Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Section 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act
and which shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or
which shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company that has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, to the extent there is an
institution eligible and willing to serve. If the Trustee does not have an
office in The City of New York, the Trustee may appoint an agent in The City of
New York reasonably acceptable to PCI and the Company to conduct any activities
which the Trustee may be required under this Indenture to conduct in The City of
New York. If the Trustee does not have an office in The City of New York or has
not appointed an agent in The City of New York, the Trustee shall be a
participant in the Depository Trust Company and its FAST distribution systems.
If such corporation published reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of
Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
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accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article Six.
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to this Article Six shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under
Section 610 hereof.
(b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter
appointed, may at any time resign by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument executed by authority of its
Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee
and a copy to the successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a
successor trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within thirty
(30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee
may, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper,
appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by an Act of the
Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 608 hereof and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of
the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee,
its property or its affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution of its Board of
Directors, may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 511 hereof, the
Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated
Holders, petition any court of competent
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jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, prescribe or remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution of its Board of Directors, shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, delivered to PCI,
the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor trustee
and supersede the successor trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of the
Securities and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, the
Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months
may, subject to Section 511 hereof, on behalf of himself and all other similarly
situated Holders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor trustee by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Securities as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office or agent hereunder.
Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor trustee appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Obligors and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee as if originally named
as Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that on the written request of the
Company in compliance with Section 103 or the successor trustee, upon payment of
its charges then unpaid, such retiring Trustee shall pay over to the successor
trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights,
powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, each
Indenture Obligor shall execute any and all instruments to more fully and
certainly vest in and confirm in such successor trustee all such rights and
powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a Lien upon all
property or funds held or collected by such Trustee or such successor trustee to
secure any amounts then due such Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section
606 hereof.
No successor trustee with respect to the Securities shall
accept appointment as provided in this Section 610 unless at the time of such
acceptance such
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successor trustee shall be eligible to act as trustee under the provisions of
Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Article Six and shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or which shall be a
wholly-owned subsidiary of a company that has a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 and have a Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in
accordance with Section 608 hereof.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as
provided in this Section 610, the Company shall give notice thereof to the
Holders of the Securities, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. If the acceptance of
appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the
notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice
called for by Section 609 hereof. If the Company fails to give such notice
within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee,
the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the
Company.
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business.
Any legal Person into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any legal Person resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any legal Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided that such legal Person shall be eligible under Section
310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Article Six and shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or which shall be a wholly-owned
subsidiary of a company that has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and have a Corporate Trust Office or an agent selected in accordance
with Section 608 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
If at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to
the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee and deliver such
Securities so authenticated. If at such time any of the Securities shall not
have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of
such successor trustee. In all such cases provided for under this paragraph,
such certificate shall have the full force which it has anywhere in the
Securities or in this Indenture, unless the certificate of the Trustee shall
have stipulated that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall only apply to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
Section 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company (or other Indenture Obligor under the Guaranties and the Securities),
the Trustee shall be
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subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of
claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
Section 613. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture,
but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture but shall not be required to
verify the contents thereof.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained,
the Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own gross
negligence action, its own gross negligence failure to act, or its
willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this clause (c) does not limit the effect of
clause (a) of this Section 613;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by an officer of the Trustee,
unless it is proven that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section
502, 504 or 505.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders.
The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee
(a) semiannually, not more than ten (10) days after each
Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days prior
to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar, no such list need be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Disclosure of Names
and Addresses of Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names
and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and
the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders
in accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not
be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made
under Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
Within sixty (60) days after May 15 of each year commencing
with the first May 15 after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall transmit by mail
to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, as
provided in Section 313(c)
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of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such May 15 in accordance
with and to the extent required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Commencing at the time this Indenture is qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act, a copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders
shall be filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the
Securities are listed of which the Company has notified the Trustee in writing.
The Company shall notify the Trustee when Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantors.
PCI and the Company will furnish, or will cause to be
furnished, to the Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and information
and shall perform, or cause to be performed, such other covenants as are set
forth below.
(a) Within ninety (90) days after each Fiscal Year, a copy of
the annual audited financial statements of PCI, the Company and their respective
Subsidiaries, as well as of any of the Guarantors as are required to file their
annual audited financial statements with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
prepared on a consolidated basis and in conformity with GAAP and certified by an
independent certified public accountant who shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee, together with (i) a certificate from such accountant to the effect
that, in making the examination necessary for the signing of such annual audit
report, such accountant has not become aware of any Default or Event of Default
that has occurred and is continuing and that relates to financial or other
accounting matters or the covenants set forth in Article Ten or, if such
accountant has become aware of any such event, describing it, and (ii) if
prepared in connection with the annual audit report, the annual operating
statements of PCI, the Company and such Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidating
basis and in conformity with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with the audit
report referred to in preceding clause (a)(i) of this Section 704, signed by
PCI's, the Company's and such other Guarantor's chief financial officer or
assistant treasurer.
(b) Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal
Quarter, a copy of the unaudited financial statements of PCI, the Company and
their respective Subsidiaries, as well as of any Guarantors as are required to
file their quarterly financial statements with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder,
prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis and in conformity with GAAP
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) and applied in a manner
consistent with the audit report referred to in preceding clause (a)(i) of this
Section 704, signed by PCI's, the Company's and such other Guarantor's chief
financial officer and consisting of at least a balance sheet as at the close of
such Fiscal Quarter and an income statement and cash flow statement for such
Fiscal Quarter compared, in each case, to the actual results for the same period
during the prior Fiscal Year and to the Company's budget delivered pursuant to
clause (c) below for the current Fiscal Year.
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(c) [Within thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Year
of PCI and the Company, a copy of an annual budget of PCI, the Company and their
respective Subsidiaries for the current Fiscal Year, prepared on a consolidated
and consolidating basis applied in a manner consistent with the prior Fiscal
Year's financial statements, signed by PCI's and the Company's chief financial
officer or assistant treasurer and consisting of at least a balance sheet, an
income statement and a cash flow statement, each calculated on a quarter by
quarter basis.]
(d) (i) File, or caused to be filed, all applicable periodic
reports and other reports and documents pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, within the time limits
or periods specified therein, and remain, and cause each other applicable
Obligor and applicable Obligor Subsidiary to remain, a company reporting to the
Commission under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and such rules and
regulations or part of a group of consolidated companies, one or more whom
reports or report to the Commission in such manner, and (ii) within five (5)
days of such filing or report having been made, (x) transmit by mail to Holders
of Securities, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register,
without cost to such Holders, and (y) file with the Trustee copies of each
filing and report made by any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, or any third
party with respect to any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary with or to any
securities exchange or the Commission or any Securities Commission in Canada,
including any registration statements and all amendments thereto filed with
respect to the Securities, or as required pursuant to this Indenture or any
other document relating thereto.
(e) Prompt notice of the occurrence of (i) a Default or an
Event of Default or (ii) a material default (or of any default of the nature
specified in Section 501(1), whether or not in respect of any Indebtedness
incurred hereunder or permitted hereby) by any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary
under any material note, indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other
material similar agreement to which any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, as
the case may be, is a party or by which it is bound (including any of the
Indenture Documents or Transaction Documents).
(f) Notice of the entry of any judgment or decree, or
judgments or decrees, against any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, if the
amount of such individual judgment or decree equals or exceeds $500,000 or the
aggregate amount of all such judgments and decrees equals or exceeds $1,000,000.
(g) Subject to Section 1008, copies of any material
amendments, waivers or consents, notices of breach or default, notices relating
to the exercise or nonexercise of any remedy available to any Person, notices of
indemnity or other material claims, and written materials relating to the
exercise of any rights derived from or arising in connection with, any
Indebtedness of any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary and other written
communications of a material nature, including any communications by any Obligor
or Obligor Subsidiary in connection with the Indenture Documents other than any
such notice or other written materials already sent to the Holders or the
Trustee pursuant to any other Section of this Indenture (in each case such
copies shall be furnished promptly).
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(h) Any statement, report, notice and/or information required
to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to any of the Security
Documents at the same time as delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent.
(i) Any information required to be provided pursuant to other
provisions of this Indenture, and such other reports or information from time to
time requested by the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder.
The Trustee has no duty to review any financial or other reports for purposes of
determining compliance with this or any other provisions of this Indenture.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER,
CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. When Indenture Obligors May Merge, Etc.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it cause or permit any
of its Obligor Subsidiaries to, consolidate with or merge into, or sell, assign,
convey, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its assets or those of its
Subsidiaries to, any Person (except that any Indenture Obligor (other than PCI
or the Company) or any Obligor Subsidiary of such Indenture Obligor (other than
the Company) may be merged with or into (x) the Company, if the Company shall be
the surviving corporation, or (y) any other such Obligor Subsidiary), unless
either:
(i) such merger or consolidation is of the Company with or
into such other Person and such other Person is another Obligor or a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of PCI (whether or not such other Person shall
exist on the date hereof; provided that any such Subsidiary created
after the date hereof shall not have as its assets those that are
acquired from entities other than one or more of the Obligors), the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company)
expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this
Indenture, the Securities, each other Indenture Document and the
Transaction Documents pursuant to amendments in form and substance
satisfactory to Trustee (without prejudice, in the case of the
Transaction Documents, to the terms thereof) and such merger or
consolidation is consummated on or before [o] ; or
(ii) each of the following conditions in this Section 801 is
satisfied:
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the
Company) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Indenture
Obligor or of the relevant Obligor Subsidiary under this Indenture and
each other Indenture Document to which such Indenture Obligor or
Obligor Subsidiary is a party pursuant to amendments thereto in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
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(2) such resulting, surviving or transferee Person is
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America,
a state thereof or the District of Columbia or, in the case of an
assignee or transferee of the assets of the Company, under the laws of
Canada or one of Canada's provinces or territories;
(3) at the time of the occurrence of such transaction and
after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, such
Person could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (assuming a market
rate of interest with respect to such additional Indebtedness);
(4) (x) at the time of the occurrence of such transaction and
after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the
Consolidated Net Worth of such Person is greater than the Consolidated
Net Worth of the Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries, taken together,
immediately prior to such transaction, and (y) the New Tranche B Notes
Indenture Trustee, the New Tranche B Notes Holders, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities shall have received an opinion of a
nationally recognized investment banking firm not affiliated to any
Person involved in any such merger or consolidation relating to
fairness and confirming that the position of the New Tranche B Notes
Holders and the Holders of the Securities will not in any way be less
favorable than it was immediately prior to any such merger or
consolidation as a result of such merger or consolidation;
(5) each Guarantor, to the extent applicable, will acknowledge
and confirm in writing that its Guaranty hereunder will apply to such
Person's obligations under this Indenture, the Securities, each other
Indenture Document and its guaranty under the New Tranche B Notes
Indenture and the New Tranche B Notes will apply to such Person's
obligations under the New Tranche B Notes Indenture and the New Tranche
B Notes; and
(6) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to
such transaction and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an
obligation of any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary or of such Person as a
result of such transaction as having been incurred by such Obligor or
such Obligor Subsidiary or such Person, as the case may be, at the time
of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the consummation of
any proposed transaction pursuant to this Section 801, an Officers' Certificate
to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that the proposed
transaction and such amendments comply with this Indenture. The provisions of
this Section 801 will not apply to any transaction (including any Asset Sale
made in accordance with Section 1009 with respect to any Guarantor) if the
Guaranty of such Guarantor is released in connection with such transaction in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and the other
Indenture Documents.
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Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary in accordance with
Section 801 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which such Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary is merged or the successor Person to
which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, PCI, the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture,
the Securities, its Guaranty, and/or the other Indenture Documents, as the case
may be, with the same effect as if such successor had been named as PCI, the
Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, in the Securities, the
Guaranty, and such other Indenture Documents, as the case may be. When a
successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under this Indenture,
the Securities, a Guaranty, and/or other Indenture Documents, as the case may
be, the predecessor shall be released from those obligations; provided that in
the case of a transfer by lease, the predecessor shall not be released from the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or any other
Indenture Obligations relating to, this Indenture, the Securities, each
Guaranty, or the other Indenture Documents, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing, any consolidation
or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer or disposition of
properties or assets under this Article Eight shall be subject to the provisions
of Section 1014 and Section 1109 hereof.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements without
Consent of Holders.
(a) Without the consent of any Holders, the Indenture Obligors
and their respective Obligor Subsidiaries (if a party to the applicable document
or instrument), when authorized by Board Resolutions of such Obligor's or
Obligor Subsidiary's Board of Directors, and the Trustee, subject to Section 903
hereof, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto or agreements or other instruments with respect to any
Guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency herein or
therein;
(ii) to provide for the assumption pursuant to Article Eight
of the Company's and/or a Guarantor's obligations to the Holders in the
case of a merger, consolidation or sale of assets;
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(iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to
or in place of certificated Securities;
(iv) to make any change herein or therein that does not
adversely affect the rights hereunder or thereunder of any Holder;
(v) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act;
(vi) to add a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of
Section 1317 hereof;
(vii) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the
appointment of a successor trustee hereunder;
(viii) to provide additional collateral for the Securities or
the Guaranties or other Indebtedness permitted to be secured by the
Collateral, and in connection therewith (and only in such limited
respect), to modify covenants, to provide additional indemnity to the
Trustee, and to modify other provisions of this Indenture, the
Securities and the Guaranties that relate solely to such additional
collateral or that will or may be impacted by the providing of such
collateral, and to enter into agreements, documents or other
instruments to effect the foregoing, including, without limitation,
intercreditor and collateral agency agreements relating to Liens on
such collateral on a pari passu basis in favor of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders;
(ix) to add to the covenants of any Indenture Obligor or any
other obligor upon the Securities for the benefit of the Holders, or to
surrender any right or power herein or therein conferred upon such
Indenture Obligor or any other obligor upon the Securities herein or
therein, in the Securities or in any Guaranty; or
(x) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of
the Holders of all Securities.
(b) Without the consent of any Holders, the Trustee, on behalf
of the Holders, at any time and from time to time, may enter, subject to the
provisions of the relevant Indenture Documents (other than the Indenture), into
one or more amendments, supplements or other modifications to such other
Indenture Document, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee for any of
the following purposes:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency therein;
(ii) to provide for the assumption pursuant to Article Eight
of the Company's and/or a Guarantor's obligations to the Holders in the
case of a merger, consolidation or sale of assets;
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(iii) to make any change therein that does not adversely
affect the rights hereunder or thereunder of any Holder;
(iv) to effectuate and evidence the succession of another
entity to any Obligor and the assumption by any successor of the
covenants of such Obligor, under the Indenture Documents to which such
Obligor is a party;
(v) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment
of a successor trustee hereunder;
(vi) to provide additional collateral for the Securities or
the Guaranties or other Indebtedness permitted to be secured by the
Collateral, and in connection therewith (and only in such limited
respect), to modify covenants, to provide additional indemnity to the
Trustee, and to modify other provisions of this Indenture, the
Securities and the Guaranties that relate solely to such additional
collateral or that will or may be impacted by the providing of such
additional collateral, and to enter into agreements, documents or other
instruments to effect the foregoing, including, without limitation,
intercreditor and collateral agency agreements relating to Liens on
such collateral on a pari passu basis in favor of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders; or
(vii) to add to the covenants of any Obligor or any other
obligor upon the Securities for the benefit of the Holders, or to
surrender any right or power therein conferred upon such Obligor or any
other obligor upon the Securities therein; or
(viii) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit
of the Holders of all Securities.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures and Agreements with
Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, each Indenture Obligor
and each of its respective Obligor Subsidiaries (if a party thereto), when
authorized by Board Resolutions of such Indenture Obligor's or such Obligor
Subsidiary's Board of Directors, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto or agreements or other instruments with respect
to any Guaranty or any other Indenture Documents (subject, in the case of such
other Indenture Documents to the applicable provisions of such Indenture
Documents) in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders under this Indenture, the Securities, any Guaranty or any other
Indenture Documents, as the case may be; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument shall, without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
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(i) reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any amendment,
supplement or waiver (or compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture and/or such other Indenture Document, as
applicable;
(ii) reduce the rate of, or change the time for payment of,
any premium, if any, or interest (including Defaulted Interest),
payable on any Security, or change the place of payment where, or the
coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium, if any, or
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date);
(iii) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of
any Security, or alter the redemption provisions, or alter the price at
which the Company shall redeem such Securities pursuant to Article
Eleven and the other terms of this Indenture referred to therein;
(iv) make any Security payable in money other than that stated
in the Security;
(v) make any change in Sections 504 or 507 hereof;
(vi) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, including
any such obligation arising under Sections 1009, 1014 or Section 1109
hereof (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities pursuant
to Section 502 hereof by the Holders of at least a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding and a
waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(vii) waive a payment under Article Thirteen hereof with
respect to any Security;
(viii) affect the ranking of the Securities;
(ix) affect adversely the interests, rights or obligations of
the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, unless consented to by the Trustee
or the Collateral Agent, as applicable;
(x) release (x) any Guarantor from its obligations under its
Guaranty, or (y) any Collateral other than pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture, such Guaranty or the applicable Security Document; or
(xi) make any change in the provisions of this Section 902.
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Further, no such supplemental indenture shall, without the
consent of the Holders of all of the Securities then Outstanding, permit the
creation of any Lien prior to or pari passu with the Lien of the Security
Documents with respect to any of the Collateral, or terminate the Liens of the
Security Documents, on any Collateral or deprive any Holder of the security
afforded by the Lien of the Security Documents, except to the extent expressly
permitted by this Indenture, the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement or
any of the Security Documents.
Upon the written request of the Indenture Obligors and their
respective Obligor Subsidiaries (if parties thereto), accompanied by a copy of
Board Resolutions of their respective Boards of Directors, authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, Guaranty or Indenture Document,
and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of
the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 903
hereof, join with the Indenture Obligors and such Obligor Subsidiaries in the
execution of such supplemental indenture, Guaranty or Indenture Document.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or
Guaranty or agreement or instrument relating to any Guaranty or any other
Indenture Document, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the
substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures and
Agreements.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument permitted by this Article
Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through
315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act and Section 602 hereof) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture, agreement or
instrument is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that no consent is
required or that all requisite consents have been received and that such
supplemental indenture, agreement or instrument constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Indenture Obligors and Obligor Subsidiaries or their
respective successors, as the case may be, enforceable against such entity in
accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture, agreement
or instrument which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture, any Guaranty or otherwise.
Section 904. Revocation Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Until a supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by
the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if
notation of consent is not made on any Security.
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Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may bear a notation in
form satisfactory to the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so
modified as to conform to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and each Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain (or cause to be maintained) an
office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment.
The Company also shall maintain (or cause to be maintained) in The City of New
York, State of New York an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered
for registration or transfer, redemption or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
may be served. Such office or agency shall be initially at the Corporate Trust
Office. This office or agency shall accept delivery of Securities as described
in Section 201, Section 305 and Section 309 hereof. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location and any change in the
location of any such offices or agencies. If at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain (or cause to be maintained) any such required offices or agencies or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee described above and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
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The Company may from time to time designate one or more
additional offices or agencies (in or outside of The City of New York) where the
Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes, and may
from time to time rescind such designation. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any
change in the location of any such office or agency.
Section 1003. Compliance Certificate.
(a) Each of PCI and the Company shall deliver to the Trustee,
within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of PCI and the
Company, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of the activities of
each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary during the period in respect of which
the financial statements have been furnished pursuant to Section 704(a) hereof,
and the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing
officers with a view to determining whether each has kept, observed, performed
and fulfilled its Indenture Obligations under this Indenture and the other
Indenture Documents, and further stating, as to each such officer signing such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge each has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and
the other Indenture Documents to which it is a party and is not in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions
hereof or thereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred,
describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have
knowledge and what action each is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto).
(b) Each of PCI and the Company shall deliver to the Trustee,
within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of the activities of
each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary during the period in respect of which
the financial statements have been furnished pursuant to Section 704(b) hereof,
and the preceding Fiscal Quarter has been made under the supervision of the
signing officers with a view to determining whether each has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its Indenture Obligations under this Indenture and the
other Indenture Documents, and further stating, as to each such officer signing
such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge each has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this
Indenture and the other Indenture Documents to which it is a party and is not in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions hereof or thereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she
may have knowledge and what action each is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto).
(c) [Intentionally omitted.]
(d) Each Indenture Obligor shall, so long as any of the
Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer
becoming aware of (i) any Default or Event of Default, or (ii) a default by any
Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary under any material note, indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, lease, deed or other
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material similar agreement to which any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, as
appropriate, is a party or by which it is bound (including any of the Indenture
Documents and Transaction Documents), an Officers' Certificate specifying such
Default, Event of Default or such other default or event of default and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 1004. Taxes.
Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge prior to delinquency (a) all federal,
state, local, foreign, provincial and other material Taxes, assessments and
governmental levies upon it, its income and its properties, except, in each
case, as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted by the Indenture Obligors and in respect of which adequate
reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP, and (b) all lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien
upon the property of the Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries,
except, in each case, as are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted by the Indenture Obligors and in respect of
which appropriate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1005. Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue
Immunity; Judgment Currency.
(a) Each Indenture Obligor irrevocably agrees that any suit,
action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture or any other Indenture
Document or any judgment entered by any court in respect thereof may be brought
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in
the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County (including
its Appellate Division), or in any other appellate court in the State of New
York, as the party commencing such suit, action or proceeding may elect in its
sole discretion, and each Indenture Obligor hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action,
proceeding or judgment. Each Indenture Obligor further submits, for the purpose
of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment brought or rendered against any
Collateral or other property, to the appropriate courts of the jurisdiction
where such Collateral or other property may be found.
(b) Each Indenture Obligor agrees that service of all writs,
process and summonses in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any
Federal or state court located in The City of New York may be made upon CT
Corporation, presently located at 111 Eight Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New
York 10011, U.S.A. (the "U.S. Process Agent"), and each Indenture Obligor hereby
confirms and agrees that the U.S. Process Agent has been duly and irrevocably
appointed as its agent and true and lawful attorney-in-fact in its name, place
and stead to accept such service of any and all such writs, process and
summonses, and agrees that the failure of the U.S. Process Agent to give any
notice of any such service of process to the applicable Indenture Obligor shall
not impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment based
thereon. Each Indenture Obligor hereby further irrevocably consents to the
service of process in any suit, action or
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proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, at its address set forth in Section 106 hereof or by
personal service within or without the jurisdiction of its domicile.
(c) Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the
ability of the Trustee or the Holders to serve any such writs, process or
summonses in any other manner permitted by applicable law or to obtain
jurisdiction over any Indenture Obligor in such other jurisdictions, and in such
manner, as may be permitted by applicable law.
(d) Each Indenture Obligor hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any other Indenture Document
brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or in the
courts of the jurisdiction of its domicile or in the courts of the jurisdiction
where any Collateral or other property of such Person may be found, and hereby
further irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(e) To the extent that any Indenture Obligor may be or become
entitled, in any judicial proceeding which may at any time be commenced with
respect to this Indenture or any other Indenture Document, to claim for itself
or the Collateral or its other property or revenues any immunity from suit,
court jurisdiction, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution
of a judgment, execution of a judgment or from any other legal process or remedy
relating to its obligations under this Indenture or any other Indenture
Document, and to the extent that there may be attributed such an immunity
(whether or not claimed), such Indenture Obligor hereby irrevocably agrees not
to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent
permitted by the laws of the state of New York.
(f) This is an international debt transaction in which the
specification of United States dollars and payment in The City of New York is of
the essence, and the obligation of the Indenture Obligors under this Indenture
and the other Indenture Documents to make payment to (or for the account of) the
Trustee and the Holders in dollars shall not be discharged or satisfied by any
tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any
other currency or in another place except to the extent that such tender or
recovery results in the effective receipt by the Trustee and the Holders in The
City of New York of the full amounts of dollars payable to the Trustee and the
Holders under this Indenture and the other Indenture Documents. If for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due
hereunder in dollars into another currency (in this Section 1005 called the
"judgment currency"), the rate of exchange that shall be applied shall be that
at which in accordance with normal banking procedures dollars could be purchased
in The City of New York with the judgment currency on the Business Day next
preceding the day on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of each
Indenture Obligor in respect of any such sum due from it to the Trustee and the
Holders under this Indenture or any other
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Indenture Document shall, notwithstanding the rate of exchange actually applied
in rendering such judgment, be discharged only to the extent that on the
Business Day following receipt by the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may
be, of any sum adjudged to be due under this Indenture or any other Indenture
Document, as the case may be, in the judgment currency the Trustee or the
Holders, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures
purchase and transfer dollars to The City of New York with the amount of the
judgment currency so adjudged to be due, and each Indenture Obligor hereby, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees to indemnify
the Trustee and the Holders against, and to pay the Trustee and the Holders on
demand, in dollars, the amount (if any) by which the sum adjusted to be due to
the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be, in dollars under this Indenture
or any other Indenture Document exceeds the amount of the dollars so purchased
and transferred.
Section 1006. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
No Indenture Obligor will, nor will it cause, permit or suffer
any of its Obligor Subsidiaries to, (a) declare or pay any dividends or make any
other distributions (including through mergers, liquidations or other
transactions but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of New
Common Stock pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization) on any class of Capital
Stock of any Indenture Obligor or its Obligor Subsidiaries (other than dividends
or distributions payable to PCI or by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of PCI or of the
Company on account of its Capital Stock held by PCI or the Company or another
Subsidiary of PCI or the Company or payable or paid in shares of Capital Stock
of the Company other than preferred stock or redeemable stock), (b) make any
payment on account of, or set apart money for a sinking or other analogous fund
for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of such Capital Stock, (c)
purchase, defease, redeem or otherwise retire any Subordinated Indebtedness
(other than with the proceeds of the issuance of Capital Stock of PCI which is
permitted to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (d) make any
Investment, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in
obligations of any Indenture Obligor or its Obligor Subsidiaries (all of the
foregoing being called "Restricted Payments"). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any Obligor may make (i) Permitted Issuances, (ii) Restricted Payments made
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and (iii) Permitted Investments.
Section 1007. Limitations on Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of
any kind on the ability of any such Obligor Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or
make any other distribution to any Indenture Obligor or its Obligor Subsidiaries
on its Capital Stock, (b) pay any Indebtedness owed to any Indenture Obligor or
such other Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances to any Indenture Obligor or
such other Subsidiary, or (d) transfer any of its property or assets to any
Indenture Obligor or such other Subsidiary, except:
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(i) consensual encumbrances or restrictions contained in or
created pursuant to any Indenture Documents or the Transaction
Documents;
(ii) any restriction, with respect to a Subsidiary of any
Indenture Obligor that is not a Subsidiary of such Indenture Obligor on
the Closing Date, in existence at the time such entity becomes a
Subsidiary of such Indenture Obligor; provided that such encumbrance or
restriction is not created in anticipation of or in connection with
such entity becoming a Subsidiary of the Company and is not applicable
to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person other than a
Person that becomes a Subsidiary;
(iii) encumbrances or restrictions contained in any other
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1008 hereof, provided that any
such encumbrances or restrictions (except pursuant to the Exit Facility
or any refinancing thereof permitted pursuant to this Indenture) are
not more restrictive taken individually and as a whole than the most
restrictive of those provided for in the Indebtedness referred to in
clause (i) of this Section 1007;
(iv) any such encumbrance or restriction consisting of
customary nonassignment provisions in leases governing leasehold
interests to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the
lease;
(v) any restriction with respect to such a Subsidiary imposed
pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of
all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such
Subsidiary in compliance with the Indenture pending the closing of such
sale or disposition; or
(vi) any encumbrance or restriction required or mandated by
applicable law.
Section 1008. Limitations on Indebtedness.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit its Obligor
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guaranty
or otherwise become liable with respect to, or become responsible for the
payment of, contingently or otherwise ("incur"), any Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, the limitations of this Section 1008
shall not apply to the incurrence of the following Indebtedness:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Securities,
Indebtedness of any Guarantor in respect of the Guaranties with respect
thereto and Indebtedness of the Obligors in respect of all other
Indenture Obligations and Indenture Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness of PCI Chemicals Canada Company evidenced by
the New Tranche B Notes, Indebtedness of any guarantor in respect of
the guaranties of the New Tranche B Notes and Indebtedness in respect
of all other Transaction Documents and all other obligations incurred
thereunder;
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(iii) Indebtedness of any Indenture Obligor or Obligor
Subsidiaries constituting Existing Indebtedness and any extension,
deferral, renewal, refinancing or refunding thereof, without increasing
the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding
and covered thereby;
(iv) Indebtedness of PCI and the Company in respect of and in
accordance with the terms of, the Exit Facility; provided that,
notwithstanding the terms of the Exit Facility, the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under the Exit Facility
shall not exceed $65,000,000;
(v) Capitalized Lease Obligations of any Indenture Obligor or
its Obligor Subsidiaries, including Indebtedness in respect of
Capitalized Lease Obligations of any Indenture Obligor or its Obligor
Subsidiary secured by Liens that secure the payment of all or part of
the purchase price of assets or property acquired or constructed in the
ordinary course of business after the date hereof; provided, however,
that the aggregate principal amount of such Capitalized Lease
Obligations, including such Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized
Lease Obligations of Indenture Obligors and all of their respective
Obligors Subsidiaries, does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate
outstanding at any time;
(vi) Indebtedness of PCI or the Company to any of their
respective Subsidiaries or of any such Subsidiary to PCI, the Company
or another such Subsidiary (but only so long as such Indebtedness is
held by PCI, the Company or such Subsidiary);
(vii) Indebtedness[, not secured by or subject to any Lien,]
under Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of PCI's or
the Company's business; provided, however, [that if such Indebtedness
shall be secured by or subject to any Liens permitted under Section
1012, the aggregate Indebtedness at anyone time outstanding in respect
of all such Hedging Obligations which shall be secured by or subject to
such Liens [cash] shall not exceed $[o], and provided, further,] that
in the case of foreign currency exchange or similar agreements which
relate to other Indebtedness, such agreements do not increase the
Indebtedness of any Indenture Obligor or its Obligor Subsidiaries
outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates, and in the case of interest rate protection agreements,
only if the notional principal amount of such interest rate protection
agreement does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to
which such interest rate protection agreement relates;
(viii) Indebtedness, not secured by or subject to any Lien
[(except as shall, in the ordinary course of business, be backed by
cash)], in respect of performance, completion, guaranty, surety and
similar bonds, banker's acceptances, bills of exchange or letters of
credit provided or endorsed by PCI, the Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(ix) Indebtedness, not secured by or subject to any Lien, in
respect of (i) any guaranty (not otherwise referred to above) provided
by PCI, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in respect
of any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder; provided,
however, that if such Indebtedness guaranteed is subordinated in right
of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Indenture Obligor thereof,
then such guaranty shall be subordinated to Indebtedness of such
guarantor to the same extent, (ii) indemnities in favor of Persons
issuing title insurance policies, (iii) indemnifications in the
Transaction Documents and in any agreements contemplated thereunder or
thereby and (iv) indemnities in the Organizational Documents of PCI and
its Subsidiaries;
(x) Indebtedness subject to Liens permitted by Section 1012
(including Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions);
(xi) Indebtedness incurred in respect of New Other Secured
Notes and Claims; or
(xii) any refinancing, refunding, deferral, renewal or
extension (each, a "Refinancing") of any Indebtedness of any Obligor or
any Obligor Subsidiary permitted by subsections (ii), (iv), (x) and
(xii) (the "Refinancing Indebtedness"); provided, however, that (a)
such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the aggregate principal
amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, plus the amount of any
premium required to be paid in connection with such Refinancing in
accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness or the amount of any
premium reasonably determined by such Obligor as necessary to
accomplish such Refinancing, plus the amount of reasonable and
customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses payable in connection
therewith, (b) the Refinancing Indebtedness does not provide for any
mandatory redemption, amortization or sinking fund requirement in an
amount greater than or at a time prior to the amounts and times
specified in the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, deferred,
renewed or extended and (c) if the Indebtedness being refinanced,
refunded, deferred, renewed or extended is subordinated to the
Indebtedness of the Obligor or Obligor Subsidiaries under the
Securities, the Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance, refund,
defer, renew or extend such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of
payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the
Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being so refinanced, refunded, deferred, renewed or
extended;
provided, however, that no Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to
this Section 1008 (except for the Exit Facility or any refinancing thereof
permitted under this Indenture) shall contain any terms that are more
restrictive on or to the obligor of such Indebtedness than those set forth in
this Indenture, whether taken individually or as a whole.
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Section 1009. Asset Sales.
(a) No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, make any Asset Sale (other than to another Indenture
Obligor or such other Subsidiary) unless (i) such Indenture Obligor or such
Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal
to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and at
least 85% of the consideration received by such Indenture Obligor or such
Subsidiary from such Asset Sale is in the form of cash (in Dollars) and no
portion thereof shall consist of inventory or accounts receivable or other
property that would become subject to a Lien held by any other creditor of such
Indenture Obligor or of any such Subsidiary other than the New Tranche B Notes
Holders or the Holders of the Securities; provided, however, that the amount of
any cash equivalent or note or other obligation received by such Indenture
Obligor or such Subsidiary from the transferee in any such transaction that is
converted within 45 days by such Indenture Obligor or such Subsidiary into cash
shall be deemed upon such conversion to be cash for purposes of this provision;
(ii) to the extent such Asset Sale involves Collateral, (x) the consent of the
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding shall be obtained prior to the consummation of such sale, and (y)
PCI or the Company shall cause the aggregate cash proceeds received by such
Indenture Obligor or such Subsidiary in respect of such Asset Sale which are
allocated to the Collateral, net of the items set forth in clauses (i) through
(iii) of the definition of Net Proceeds (the "Collateral Proceeds"), to be
deposited with the Collateral Agent in the Intercreditor Collateral Account as
and when received by such Indenture Obligor or any such Subsidiary for
application in accordance with the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement;
and (iii) the Net Proceeds received by such Indenture Obligor or such Subsidiary
from any Asset Sale are applied in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(b) The Company shall apply 100% of the aggregate amount of
Net Proceeds from each and every Asset Sale, subject to the provisions, if
applicable, of the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement, to mandatorily
redeem all of the Outstanding Securities (and if such proceeds are not
sufficient to redeem all of the Securities then Outstanding, then to mandatorily
redeem the then Outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis) at a price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and
premium, if any, to the Redemption Date in respect thereof and the appropriate
provisions of Article Eleven shall apply to such redemption.
(c) Until such time, if any, as the Net Proceeds from any
Asset Sale are applied in accordance with this covenant, such Net Proceeds shall
be segregated from the other assets of each Indenture Obligor and each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries and invested in cash or Eligible Investments.
(d) No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it not permit any of
its Obligor Subsidiaries to, create or permit to exist or become effective any
consensual restriction, other than restrictions not more restrictive taken as a
whole (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of PCI) than those
in effect under the Exit Facility or any other Indebtedness permitted by Section
1008, that would materially impair the
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ability of any Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries to comply
with the provisions of this Section 1009.
(e) If at any time any non-cash consideration permitted by
this Section 1009 (other than any such consideration consisting of inventory,
accounts receivable and certain related assets securing or permitted to secure
the Exit Facility) is received by any Indenture Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale of assets
permitted by this Section 1009 which includes Collateral, such non-cash
consideration shall be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents in the
manner contemplated in the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement to the
extent of the purchase price allocated to the Collateral. If and when any such
non-cash consideration received from any Asset Sale (whether or not relating to
Collateral) is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash, then
such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale
hereunder and the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this
Section 1009 and this Indenture.
(f) All Insurance Proceeds and all Net Awards required to be
delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Security Document shall
constitute Trust Moneys and shall be delivered, or caused to be delivered by
each Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
to the Collateral Agent promptly after receipt by any Indenture Obligor or any
of its Obligor Subsidiaries and be deposited into the appropriate Intercreditor
Collateral Account and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement. Insurance Proceeds and Net
Awards so deposited that may be applied by each Indenture Obligor or any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to effect a Restoration of the affected Collateral under
the applicable Security Document may be withdrawn from the Intercreditor
Collateral Account only in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement. Insurance Proceeds and Net Awards
so deposited that are not applied to effect a Restoration of the affected
Collateral under the applicable Security Document may only be withdrawn in
accordance with applicable provisions of the Common Security and Intercreditor
Agreement.
Section 1010. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless
(a) at the time of the occurrence of such transaction and after giving effect to
such transaction and (x) in the case of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction which
is a Capitalized Lease Obligation, giving effect to the Indebtedness in respect
thereof, the Indenture Obligor and any of its Obligor Subsidiaries entering into
such transaction will remain in compliance with the clause (d) of Section 1008
and (y) in the case of any other Sale and Leaseback Transaction, giving effect
to the Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof, the aggregate Attributed
Indebtedness of the Indenture Obligors and their Obligor Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, does not exceed $1,000,000, (b) at the time of the occurrence of such
transaction, such Indenture Obligor or its Obligor Subsidiaries could incur
Indebtedness secured by a Lien on property in a principal amount equal to or
exceeding the Attributable Indebtedness in respect of such Sale and Leaseback
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Transaction pursuant to Section 1012 hereof, and (c) the transfer of assets in
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by, and the Company shall apply
the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section 1009 hereof.
Section 1011. Limitation on Transactions With Affiliates.
(a) No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction with
or series of related transactions with or for the benefit of any of their
respective Affiliates, except on an arm's-length basis and if (x)(i) in the case
of any such transaction other than with any Indenture Obligor or Obligor
Subsidiary in which the aggregate rental value, remuneration or other
consideration (including the value of a loan), together with the aggregate
rental value, remuneration or other consideration (including the value of a
loan) of all such other transactions consummated in the year during which such
transaction is proposed to be consummated, is less than or equal to $750,000,
PCI and the Company shall deliver Board Resolutions of their respective Boards
of Directors to the Trustee evidencing that the Board of Directors and the
Independent Directors of each of PCI and the Company that are disinterested
each, acting together in the first instance and separately in second, have (by a
majority vote) determined in good faith that the aggregate rental value,
remuneration or other consideration (including the value of any loan) inuring to
the benefit of such Affiliate from any such transaction is not greater than that
which would be charged to or extended by such Indenture Obligor or any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on an arm's-length basis for similar
properties, assets, rights, goods or services by or to a Person not affiliated
with any Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, and (ii) in the case of any such transaction in which the aggregate rental
value, remuneration or other consideration (including the value of any loan),
together with the aggregate rental value, remuneration or other consideration
(including the value of any loan) of all such other transactions consummated in
the year during which such transactions are proposed to be consummated, exceeds
$750,000, PCI and the Company shall deliver to the Trustee Board Resolutions of
their respective Board of Directors as described in clause (a)(x)(i) of this
Section 1011 and an opinion of a nationally recognized investment banking firm,
not affiliated with any Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries or
the Affiliate which is party to such transaction, to the effect that the
aggregate rental price, remuneration or other consideration (including the value
of a loan) inuring to the benefit of such Affiliate from any such transaction is
not greater than that which would be charged to or extended by such Indenture
Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on an
arm's-length basis for similar properties, assets, rights, goods or services by
or to a Person not affiliated with such Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and (y) all such transactions referred to in
clauses (a)(x)(i) and (a)(x)(ii) of this Section 1011 are entered into in good
faith.
(b) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not prohibit
(i) the execution and delivery of the Indenture Documents and the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or
therein or the implementation of the Plan of Reorganization, (ii) any permitted
payment on, or with respect to, Capital Stock of PCI held by creditors of any
Indenture Obligor, (iii) any
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issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities
or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock
options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of PCI and
the Company pursuant and consistent with the MEIP, (iv) loans or advances to
employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, not
to exceed [$500,000] in the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time,
or (v) the payment of fees and compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on
behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of PCI, the Company or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, as determined by the Board of Directors of
PCI, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in good faith.
Section 1012. Limitation on Liens.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon
any of their respective assets or properties now owned or acquired after the
Closing Date, or any income or profits therefrom, excluding, however, from the
operation of the foregoing any of the following:
(a) Liens (i) securing obligations owed in respect of Allowed
Secured Tax Claims and obligations owed in respect of Allowed Other Secured
Claims reinstated in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and pursuant to the
Plan of Reorganization and listed in Item 1012(a) ("Existing Liens") of the
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, (ii) securing the Indenture Obligations,
(iii) on accounts receivable, inventory and related general intangibles securing
obligations under the Exit Facility, (iv) securing the obligations under the
Transaction Documents, and (v) securing obligations under New Other Secured
Notes (to the extent the corresponding Allowed Other Secured Claims shall not
have been reinstated), and (vi) any other Lien granted by the Obligors as
permitted by the Plan of Reorganization;
(b) Permitted Liens;
(c) Liens on assets or property of the Company, or on assets
or property of Subsidiaries of the Company, to secure the payment of all or a
part of the purchase price of assets or property acquired or constructed in the
ordinary course of business after the Closing Date; provided, however, that (i)
the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not
exceed the original cost or purchase price of the assets or property so acquired
(including the reasonable and customary costs associated with the acquisition of
such acquired assets) or constructed, (ii) the Indebtedness secured by such
Liens is otherwise permitted to be incurred hereunder, (iii) such Liens do not
encumber any other assets or property of any Indenture Obligor or any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries, and (iv) the Indebtedness secured by such Liens may not be
created more than 100 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of
construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of
the property subject to such Liens;
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(d) Liens on the assets or property permitted to be acquired
hereby by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof;
provided, however, that (i) such Liens existed on the date such asset or
property was acquired and were not incurred as a result of or in anticipation of
such acquisition and (ii) such Liens shall not extend to or cover any property
or assets of any Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries other than
the property or assets so acquired;
(e) Liens securing Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance
Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted hereunder and which is
permitted to be refinanced hereunder; provided, however, that such Liens do not
extend to or cover any assets or property of any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so refinanced;
(f) Liens on assets or property of any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary that is subject (and only subject) to a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of all Sale and Leaseback Transactions then
Outstanding shall not at the time such a Lien is incurred exceed $1,000,000;
(g) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention,
consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with past practices of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(h) Liens arising out of barter transactions or arrangements
for the sale or purchase of goods or services entered into by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the
past practices of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 1013. Corporate Existence; Corporate Separateness.
Subject to Article Eight, each Indenture Obligor shall do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect (a) its corporate existence and the corporate existence of each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries, in each case in accordance with their respective
Organizational Documents (as the same may, subject to Section 1024, be amended
from time to time) and (b) its (and its Subsidiaries) rights (charter and
statutory), licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal course
of its business; provided, however, that no Indenture Obligor shall be required
to preserve such corporate existence or such licenses, permits or approvals if
the failure to preserve the same could not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Indenture Obligor will, and will cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, satisfy customary corporate formalities, including the
holding of regular Board of Directors' and shareholders' meetings and the
maintenance of corporate offices and records. No Indenture Obligor nor any of
its respective Subsidiaries shall take any action, or conduct their respective
affairs in a manner, which is likely to result in the
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corporate existence of any such Subsidiary being ignored by any court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section 1014. Change of Control.
(a) Each Indenture Obligor will, and will cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, give reasonable notice to the Trustee and the Holders
of any proposed Change of Control prior to consummating, or permitting the
consummation of, such Change of Control.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company
shall mandatorily redeem all of the Outstanding Securities at a price equal to
100% of the aggregate principal thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date in respect thereof and the applicable provisions of Article
Eleven shall apply in respect of such redemption.
(c) No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create or permit to exist or become effective any restriction
(other than restrictions not more restrictive taken as a whole (as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of such Indenture Obligor) than those in
effect under Indebtedness under the New Tranche B Notes) that would impair the
ability of such Indenture Obligor to comply with the provisions of this Section.
Section 1015. Maintenance of Properties.
Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, maintain its properties and assets in normal working
order and condition as of the date hereof (reasonable wear and tear excepted)
and make all repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and
improvements thereto, as shall be reasonably necessary for the proper conduct of
the business of Indenture Obligors and the Obligor Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Indenture Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary from discontinuing any maintenance of any such properties if
such discontinuance could not be reasonably be expected individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 1016. Maintenance of Insurance.
Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, maintain property, liability, casualty, directors' and
officers (D&O) and other insurance (subject to the customary deductibles and
retentions) with reputable insurance companies in such amounts and against such
risks as is customarily carried by responsible companies engaged in similar
businesses and owning similar assets in the general areas in which the Indenture
Obligors and its Obligor Subsidiaries operate (which may include self-insurance
in comparable form to that maintained by such responsible companies) and each
Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to,
have the Trustee, for its benefit and for the benefit of Holders, named as loss
payee or additional insured, as the case may be, by endorsement to the policies
for such insurance. Without limiting the foregoing, all such endorsements shall
provide that
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such policies may not be cancelled or terminated without providing thirty (30)
days' prior written notice to the Trustee.
Section 1017. Stock Pledges.
Each Indenture Obligor and each of its Obligor Subsidiaries in
existence as of the Closing Date (except for any such Obligor Subsidiary which
has no Subsidiaries shall pledge the Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries owned by
it to secure the Indenture Obligations pro rata (and as further provided for in
the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement) and each Indenture Obligor
will, and will cause each existing Subsidiary to, pledge such Capital Stock of
any Subsidiary of any Indenture Obligor or such existing Obligor Subsidiary
formed after the Closing Date to secure the Indenture Obligations and will
execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent one or more
agreements pledging stock substantially in the form of the Security Agreement
Supplement providing for the pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent and of (x) the New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee (for
itself and the New Tranche B Notes Holders), and (y) the Trustee (for itself and
the Holders of the Securities) of all the Capital Stock of such newly formed
Subsidiary held by such Indenture Obligor or such existing Obligor Subsidiary,
as the case maybe, and deliver to the Collateral Agent stock certificates
evidencing such Capital Stock (together with undated stock powers executed in
blank), which Capital Stock and stock powers will become "Collateral" for
purposes of the Security Documents. This Section 1017 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to any such newly formed Subsidiary.
Section 1018. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent,
it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit
of the Holders entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium,
if any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify
the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company
shall, before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest, on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent
a sum in same day funds sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, or
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium, or interest and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such
action or any failure so to act.
If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company
shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
shall:
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(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company or
any Guarantor (or any other Indenture Obligor upon the Securities) in the making
of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest;
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such Default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and
(d) acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all aspects
with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties, rights and
disabilities of such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order in compliance with Section 103 direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such
sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon which such sums
were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall
promptly be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust. The Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty
(30) days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining shall promptly be repaid to the Company.
Section 1019. [Redemption of Securities with proceeds of
Qualified Equity Offering].
PCI may, but shall not be obliged to, make and consummate one
or more Qualified Equity Offerings. If the Net Offering Proceeds of a
consummated Qualified Equity Offering, or of one or more such Qualified Equity
Offerings together, are greater
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than $5,000,000, then PCI and the Company shall cause the Net Offering Proceeds
of such Qualified Equity Offering, or one or more such Qualified Equity
Offerings, that are in excess of $5,000,000 to be applied to mandatorily redeem
all of the Outstanding Securities (and if such proceeds are not sufficient to
redeem all of the Securities then Outstanding, then to redeem the then
Outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis) at a price equal to 100% of the
aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, and premium
(if any), to the Redemption Date in respect thereof and the applicable
provisions of Article Eleven shall apply in respect of such redemption].
Section 1020. Limitation on Ownership of Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary Stock.
No Indenture Obligor and no Obligor Subsidiary (a) shall, nor
shall it permit any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries to, transfer, convey, sell
or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to any
Person (other than to any Indenture Obligor, any of its Obligor Subsidiaries or
another such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary), unless (i) such transfer, conveyance,
sale or other disposition is of all the Capital Stock of such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary and (ii) the Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease
or other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 1009 hereof, and (b)
shall permit any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Indenture Obligor or any of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to issue any of its Capital Stock (other than, if
necessary, Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying shares or interests
held by directors or shares or interests required to be held by foreign
nationals, to the extent mandated by applicable law) to any Person other than to
the any Indenture Obligor or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Indenture Obligor.
Section 1021. Impairment of Security Interest.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it cause or permit any
of its Obligor Subsidiaries to, take or omit to take any action which action or
omission might or would have the result of affecting or impairing the Liens and
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Holders with respect to the Collateral and no Indenture Obligor shall grant, nor
shall it cause or permit any of its Obligor Subsidiaries to grant, to any
Person, or suffer any Person to have any interest whatsoever in the Collateral,
in each case other than as otherwise permitted by this Indenture, the New
Tranche B Notes Indenture, the New Tranche B Notes, the Securities and the
Security Documents.
No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it cause or permit any
of its Obligor Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement or instrument that by
its terms requires that the proceeds received from any sale of Collateral be
applied to repay, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire any
Indebtedness of any Person, other than pursuant to this Indenture, the New
Tranche B Notes Indenture, the New Tranche B Notes, the Securities and the
Security Documents or any instrument governing Indebtedness permitted to be
secured by a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to Section 1012 hereof.
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Section 1022. Amendment to Certain Agreements.
Except as expressly provided for in the Transaction Documents,
no Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its Obligor Subsidiaries
to, amend, modify or supplement, or permit or consent to any amendment,
modification or supplement of, the Exit Facility, the New Other Secured Notes
And Claims and the Transaction Documents, except in each case to the extent such
amendment, modification or supplement could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 1023. Plan of Reorganization.
Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, take all such steps and actions and to consummate all
transactions necessary to implement the Plan of Reorganization to the extent
such steps, actions and transactions are contemplated in the Plan of
Reorganization as occurring after the Closing Date and to the extent the Plan of
Reorganization contemplates that any Indenture Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary
shall take such steps and actions or consummate such transactions.
Section 1024. Nature of Business, Organizational Documents and
Capital Structure and New Subsidiaries; Books and Records.
(a) No Indenture Obligor shall, nor shall it cause or permit
any of its Obligor Subsidiaries to, (i) engage directly or indirectly in any
business activity other than in a Related Business, (ii) amend or modify any
provision of its Organizational Documents except to the extent such amendment
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii)
change its legal or capital structure or form any Subsidiary of any Affiliate
other than as otherwise permitted under Article Eight.
(b) Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, keep books and records which accurately reflect in all
material respects all of its business affairs and transactions and permit the
Trustee and each Holder or any of their respective representatives at all times
during normal business hours, or such other reasonable times, and upon
reasonable notice (unless a Default has occurred or the Trustee reasonably
suspects that a Default has occurred, in which case no prior notice shall be
required), to visit all of its or their offices, to inspect the properties of
each Indenture Obligor and each of its Obligor Subsidiaries, to inspect the
Collateral, to discuss its financial matters, its business, its assets, its
liabilities and its prospects with its officers and with its independent public
accountants (and each Indenture Obligor and each of its Obligor Subsidiaries
hereby authorizes such independent public accountants to discuss all such
matters with the Trustee and each Holder or such representatives whether or not
any representative of any Indenture Obligor or its Obligor Subsidiaries is
present and, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing a
Default, the Company shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be present) and
to examine, and photocopy extracts from, any of its books or other corporate
records including management letters prepared by independent accountants, in
each case for the purposes of monitoring each Indenture Obligor's compliance
with its obligations under the Indenture Documents to
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which it is a party. So long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing
a Default, the cost and expense of each such visit shall be borne by the Trustee
or such Holder, as the case may be, except that the Trustee may make one such
visit each Fiscal Year of the Company at the cost and expense of the Company. If
there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default, and so long as the same
shall be continuing, such costs and expenses for all such visits (whether by the
Trustee or any Holder) shall be borne by the Company.
Section 1025. Compliance with Laws and Environmental and
Safety and Health Matters.
Each Indenture Obligor shall comply, and shall cause each of
its Obligor Subsidiaries to (a) comply, in all material respects with all
applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, by-laws, policies, guidelines,
directives, decrees, opinions or agency requirements or orders (including,
without limitation, Environmental Laws and Occupational Safety and Health Laws),
and (b) notify the Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Environmental
Claim, or any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result
in an Environmental Claim or a violation of, or liability under, any laws,
statutes, rules, regulations, by-laws, policies, guidelines, directives,
decrees, opinions or agency requirements or orders, including Environmental Laws
and Occupational Safety and Health Laws, that could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 1026. Authorizations.
Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, make and keep in full force and effect all
authorizations from and registrations with governmental authorities and agencies
required for the validity or enforceability of the Indenture Documents.
Section 1027. Further Assurances.
(a) Promptly upon the request of the Trustee, the Collateral
Agent or any Holder through the Trustee, each Indenture Obligor shall correct,
and shall cause each of its Obligor Subsidiaries promptly to correct, any
material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution,
acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Indenture Document, and (b)
promptly upon the request by the Trustee or Collateral Agent or any Holder
through the Trustee or Collateral Agent, each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall
cause its Obligor Subsidiaries to, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record,
re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further
acts, deeds, conveyances, pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trusts, trust
deeds, assignments, financing statements and continuations thereof, termination
statements, notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other
instruments as the Trustee or Collateral Agent or any Holder through the Trustee
or Collateral Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i)
carry out more effectively the purposes of the Indenture Documents, (ii) to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any Indenture Obligor's or
any of its Obligor Subsidiaries' properties, assets, rights or interests to the
Liens now or
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hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Security Documents, (iii) perfect
and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Security
Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder, and (iv)
assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more
effectively unto the Holders the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to
be granted to the Holders under any Indenture Document or under any other
instrument executed in connection with any Indenture Document to which any
Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries is or is to be a party.
Section 1028. Fiscal Year.
Each of PCI and the Company will not change its Fiscal Year.
Section 1029. Additional Amounts.
(a) Any and all payments by the Company to or for the account
of any Holder hereunder, other than an Excluded Holder, shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction, for any and all present or future income,
excise, stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto of
any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority including, without
limitation, any penalties, interest or additions to tax with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of each Holder, taxes imposed on its net income or
franchise taxes imposed in lieu of a tax on net income, receipts by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which a Holder is organized or maintained or any
political subdivision thereof (all such nonexcluded taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings, and liabilities being hereinafter
referred to as "Taxes"). If the Company is required by law to withhold or deduct
any amount for or on account of Taxes from any payment made under or with
respect to the Securities, the Company shall pay such additional amounts
("Additional Amounts") as may be necessary so that the net amount received by
each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction
will not be less than the amount the Holder would have received if such Taxes
had not been withheld or deducted; [provided that no Additional Amounts shall be
payable with respect to a payment made to a Holder to the extent solely
attributable to (i) such Holder not being treated as dealing at arm's length
with the Company within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) at the time
of making such payment, or (ii) such Holder's being connected with Canada or any
province or territory thereof otherwise than solely by reason of the Holder's
activity in connection with purchasing the Securities, by the mere holding of
Securities or by reason of the receipt of payments thereunder (collectively,
Persons described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 1029(a) are "Excluded
Holders"). The Company will also (1) make such withholding or deduction, and (2)
remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in
accordance with applicable law].
(b) The Company shall furnish to the Holders, within 30
calendar days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to the
applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the
Company. The Company shall upon written request of each Holder (other than an
Excluded Holder), reimburse each
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such Holder for the amount of (i) any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by
such Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the
Securities, and (ii) any Taxes so levied or imposed with respect to any
reimbursement under foregoing clause (i) so that the net amount received by such
Holder (net of payments made under or with respect to the Securities) after such
reimbursement will not be less than the net amount the Holder would have
received if Taxes on such reimbursement had not been imposed; provided, however,
no reimbursement shall be made in respect of Taxes for which no Additional
Amounts would be payable by reason of clause (i) or (ii) of the second preceding
sentence of Section 1029(a).
(c) In addition, the Company agrees to pay any and all present
or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or
charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under this
Indenture.
(d) At least 30 calendar days prior to each date on which any
payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the
Company will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such
payment, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable and the amounts so
payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the
Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date. Whenever
in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest, or any other amount payable under or with respect
to any Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof. The Holders, by
acceptance of a Note, and the Company agree that the payment of any Additional
Amounts by the Company shall be treated as payments of interest.
(e) If the Company fails to pay any Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit the required receipts or other
required documentary evidence, the Company shall indemnify the Holders for any
incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Holder,
other than an Excluded Holder, as a result of any such failure.
Section 1030. Capital Expenditures.
Each of PCI and the Company shall not, and shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries not to, permit Capital Expenditures for PCI, the Company and
their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in any Fiscal Year of PCI, the
Company and their respective Subsidiaries to exceed $25,000,000 in the
aggregate.
Section 1031. Working Capital Line.
Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Company shall use
its best efforts to maintain a revolving credit facility or similar arrangement,
with the Company and PCI Chemicals Canada Company as the borrowers thereunder,
as provided for in the effective Plan of Reorganization, to the extent it deems
necessary based on its cash
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position and cash flows needed to fund the foreseeable capital expenditure and
working capital requirements of the Company and PCI Chemicals Canada Company and
their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 1032. ERISA and Canadian Benefit Plans. (a) Each
Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its Obligor Subsidiaries to,
furnish to the Lenders:
(i) [as soon as possible, and in any event within ten days
after the Indenture Obligor or any such Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA
Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any ERISA Event has occurred
or exist, or that the aggregate minimum required contribution amount
for any year with respect to all Single Employer Plans as calculated in
the applicable actuarial valuation reports exceeds $5 million], a
statement of a senior financial officer of such Obligor setting forth
details respecting such ERISA Event or minimum required contribution
amount and the action, if any, which such Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary
or ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be, proposes to take with respect
thereto;
(ii) promptly and in any event within ten days after receipt
thereof by such Obligor or any such Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA
Affiliate from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by such
Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be, of
the PBGC's intention to terminate any Single Employer Plan or to have a
trustee appointed to administer such Plan;
(iii) promptly and in any event within 30 days after the
filing thereof with the IRS, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial
Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to
each Single Employer Plan;
(iv) promptly and in any event within 30 days after receipt
thereof, copies of each actuarial valuation report with respect to each
Single Employer Plan;
(v) within ten days after notice is given or required to be
given to the PBGC under Section 302(f)(4)(A) of ERISA of the failure of
such Obligor or any such Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate to make
timely payments to a Single Employer Plan, a copy of any such notice
filed and a statement of a senior financial officer of such Obligor
setting forth (A) sufficient information necessary to determine the
amount of the lien under Section 302(f)(3) of ERISA, (B) the reason for
the failure to make the required payments and (C) the action, if any,
which such Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, as the case
may be, proposes to take with respect thereto; and
(vi) promptly and in any event within ten days after receipt
thereof by such Obligor or any such Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a copy of each notice
received by such Obligor, such Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate,
as the case may be, concerning (A) the imposition of Withdrawal
Liability by a Multiemployer Plan, (B) the
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determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in
reorganization or insolvent within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA,
(C) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan within the meaning of Title
IV of ERISA, or (D) the amount of liability incurred, or which may be
incurred, by such Obligor, such Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate
in connection with any event described in clause (A), (B) or (C) above.
(b) Each Indenture Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, as soon as possible, and in any event within ten days
after any such Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries knows or has reason to
believe that any of the events or conditions specified below with respect to any
Canadian Benefit Plan has occurred or exists, furnish a statement signed by the
chief financial officer of PCI and of the Company setting forth details
respecting such event or condition and the action, if any, such Obligor or such
Obligor Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto (and a copy of any
notice required to be filed with or given to any governmental authority in
Canada by such Obligor or such Obligor Subsidiary with respect to such event or
condition):
(i) any Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor Subsidiaries
declares, or any governmental authority orders, or proposes to order, a
full or partial termination or wind up of a Canadian Benefit Plan;
(ii) a failure by any Indenture Obligor or any of its Obligor
Subsidiaries to make a contribution to a Canadian Benefit Plan in
accordance with the terms thereof, any collective bargaining agreement
or under applicable federal or provincial laws, which failure has not
been remedied within 30 days after such Obligor or such Obligor
Subsidiary is notified of such event and which failure could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) the adoption of any amendment to any Canadian Benefit
Plan that would result in a loss of tax exempt status of the Canadian
Benefit Plan or the trust or other funding medium maintained in respect
of such Canadian Benefit Plan, or that increases the funding
obligations under any Canadian Benefit Plan, which increase could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) the institution of any proceeding, action, suit or claim
(other than routine claims for payment of benefits) involving any
Canadian Benefit Plan or its assets; or
(v) any event occurring or condition existing with respect to
any Canadian Benefit Plan that has resulted or could result in any
Canadian Benefit Plan having its registration revoked or refused or
being placed under the administration of any governmental or regulatory
authority (or their representatives).
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Optional and Mandatory Rights of Redemption.
(a) The Company shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to redeem the Outstanding Securities, in whole or in part, in cash, in
amounts equal to $1,000,000 or any larger integral multiple of $1,000,000 or the
aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities, in each case at
a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof together with
accrued and unpaid interest, and premium (if any), thereon to the Redemption
Date in respect of such redemption. If less than all of the Securities are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed pro rata, by
lot or by any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. Any
redemption pursuant to this Section 1101(a) shall be made pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 1102 through 1108 hereof and shall be without prejudice
to the right of any Holder to receive interest on an Interest Payment Date.
(b) The Company shall mandatorily redeem the Outstanding
Securities, in whole or in part, as the case may be, and in cash, as follows:
(i) on account of Net Proceeds in accordance with Section
1009;
(ii) in accordance with Section 1014 upon the occurrence of a
Change in Control; and
(iii) [on account of the Net Offering Proceeds in accordance
with Section 1019.]
Any redemption pursuant to this Section 1101(b) shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1102 through 1108 hereof and shall be
without prejudice to the right of any Holder to receive interest on an Interest
Payment Date.
(c) The Company shall mandatorily redeem all of the
Outstanding Securities (or if the amounts referred to in Sections 1101(c)(i) or
(ii) shall not be sufficient to redeem all of the then Outstanding Securities,
then to manditorily redeem such Outstanding Securities on a pro rata basis) on
account of Minimum Quarterly Prepayments or Liquidity Quarterly Prepayments, as
the case may be, and the Company shall comply with the other covenants set forth
in this Section 1101(c) as follows:
(i) within 45 days of the end of each Calendar Quarter in the
Company's Fiscal Year 2001 and 2002, the Company shall redeem a
principal amount of such Outstanding Securities in an amount equal to
the Minimum Quarterly Prepayment for such Calendar Quarter plus accrued
and unpaid interest, and premium (if any), thereon to the Redemption
Date in respect thereof;
(ii) within 60 days of the end of each Calendar Quarter in
each of the Company's Fiscal Years from and including Fiscal Year 2003
and up to and
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including Fiscal Year 2006, the Company shall redeem a principal amount
of such Outstanding Securities in an amount equal to the greater of the
Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment for such date and the Minimum Quarterly
Prepayment for such Calendar Quarter plus accrued and unpaid interest,
and premium (if any), thereon to the Redemption Date in respect
thereof; and
(iii) in respect of any redemption made by or on behalf of the
Company pursuant to Section 1101(c)(i) or Section 1101(c)(ii), the
Company shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of the chief
financial officer of the Company certifying the amount of the Minimum
Quarterly Prepayment or the Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment (in each
case further certifying the amount of the accrued interest and premium
(if any) to the date of such redemption) and setting out in reasonable
detail the calculation and methods used in determining the Minimum
Quarterly Prepayment and/or the Liquidity Quarterly Prepayment, as the
case may be.
Such amounts as are referred to in Sections 1101(c)(i) and
1101(c)(ii) shall be paid by the Company to the Trustee within the time periods
set forth above and the Trustee shall forward amounts owing to each Holder in
respect of such redemption as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter
(together with a copy of the certificate referred to in Section 1101(c)(iii)).
Any such redemption shall be without prejudice to the right of any Holder to
receive interest on an Interest Payment Date and Sections 1103 through 1108
shall not apply in respect of any such redemption. If Securities are to be
redeemed in part, but not in whole, pursuant to any redemption under Section
1101(c), the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed pro rata, by lot
or by any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
(d) If any redemption of any Securities under or pursuant to
this Indenture shall be on any date other than an Interest Payment Date, in
addition to the Redemption Price payable by the Company in respect of such
redemption, the Company shall pay to any Holder that incurs or suffers Funding
Losses an amount equal to such Funding Losses within five Business Days of
notice having been given to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder (and such
notice shall show the basis of the calculation of such Holder's Funding Losses
and shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive as to the amount of
the Funding Losses incurred or suffered by the Holder).
Section 1102. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company or
otherwise as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture (including
any mandatory redemption referred to in Sections 1101(b)), shall be made in
accordance with such provision and this Article Eleven.
Section 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant
to Section 1101 hereof shall be evidenced by a Company Order and an Officers'
Certificate in compliance with Section 103. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company,
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the Company shall, not less than forty-five (45) nor more than sixty (60) days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company for such redemption (unless a
shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee
in writing of such Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and of the principal
amount of Securities to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the
particular Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed shall be selected not
more than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, pro rata, by lot or
such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and the amounts
to be redeemed may be equal to $1,000,000 or any larger integral multiple
thereof.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security
Registrar (if other than the Company or the Trustee) in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to
the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 1105. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his
address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the
principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that after the Redemption
Date upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or new Securities in the
aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued;
(e) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
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(f) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that
(unless the Company shall default in payment of the Redemption Price) interest,
and premium, if any, thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(g) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(h) the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being
redeemed; and
(i) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities (as
to the accuracy of which the Trustee shall make no representation).
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
written request in compliance with Section 103, by the Trustee in the name and
at the expense of PCI and the Company.
The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be
conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives
such notice. In any case, failure to mail such notice, or any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of any Security designated for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
Section 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any
Redemption Date and in accordance with Section 313, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1018 hereof) an
amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and
(except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on
that date. When the Redemption Date falls on an Interest Payment Date, payments
of interest due on such date are to be paid as provided hereunder as if no such
redemption were occurring.
Section 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender
of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such
Security shall be paid for by the Company at the Redemption Price together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities,
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registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to the terms
and the provisions of Section 309 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, and premium, if any,
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by
such Security.
Section 1108. Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed or purchased only in part
shall be surrendered to the Company at the office or agency maintained for such
purpose pursuant to Section 1002 hereof (with, if the Company, the Security
Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security
Registrar or the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate in accordance with Section 303 and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in an aggregate
principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered that is not redeemed or purchased.
Section 1109. [Intentionally Left Blank]
ARTICLE TWELVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 1201. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as
to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for) and the Trustee, upon receipt of written demand, in
compliance with Section 103, and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when each of the following are satisfied:
(a) either
(1) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 308 hereof, or (ii) all Securities for
whose payment United States dollars have theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 1018 hereof) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable,
(ii) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company or
any Guarantor, in the case of (2)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in
United States dollars sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants,
to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest at such
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(b) the Company or any other Indenture Obligor has paid or
caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and such other
Indenture Obligor, and has satisfied and/or paid in full all Indenture
Obligations hereunder; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with, and (ii) such satisfaction and discharge shall not
result in a breach or violation of or constitute a default under, this Indenture
or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
Indenture Obligor is a party or by which the Company or any Indenture Obligor is
bound.
Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered under this
Section may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required and
counsel delivering such Opinions of Counsel may rely on certificates of the
Company or government or other officials customary for opinions of the type
required, including certificates certifying as to matters of fact, including
that various financial covenants have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606
hereof and, if United States dollars shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (2) of subsection (a) of this Section, the obligations of
the Trustee under Section 1202 and the last paragraph of Section 1018 hereof
shall survive.
Section 1202. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1018 hereof, all United States dollars deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 1201 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with
the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
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entitled thereto, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities for whose payment such United States dollars have been deposited with
the Trustee.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the United States
dollars or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1201 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of all
Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
GUARANTY
Section 1301. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability.
(a) Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely,
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranties the punctual payment when due,
whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required or optional
prepayment or redemption or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all
Indenture Obligations of the Company now or hereafter existing under or in
respect of the Indenture Documents (including, without limitation, any
extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all
of the foregoing Indenture Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities,
contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Indenture
Obligations being the "Guaranteed Obligations"), and agrees to pay any and all
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
incurred by the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders in enforcing any
rights under each Guaranty or any other Indenture Document. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor's liability shall extend to all
amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by
the Company to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders under or in
respect of the Indenture Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable
or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding involving the Company.
(b) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty,
the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and each Holder, hereby confirms that it is
the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty and the Indenture
Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign,
federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Indenture
Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention,
the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby
irrevocably agree that the Indenture Obligations of each Guarantor under this
Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in
the Indenture Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting
a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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(c) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holders under this Guaranty or any other
guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by
law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and any other guarantor or surety so
as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent
and the Holders under or in respect of the Indenture Documents.
(d) It is specifically acknowledged and agreed that this
Guaranty has been delivered by each Guarantor free of any conditions whatsoever
and that no representations, warranties or promises have been made to any
Guarantor affecting its liabilities hereunder, and that the Trustee shall not be
bound by any representations, warranties or promises now or at any time
hereafter made by the Company to any Guarantor.
Section 1302. Guaranty Absolute.
Each Guarantor guaranties that the Guaranteed Obligations will
be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Indenture Documents,
regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent or any Holder with respect thereto. The obligations of each
Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Indenture Obligor under or in
respect of the Indenture Documents, and a separate action or actions may be
brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty,
irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Company, any other
Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or whether the Company, any
other Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is joined in any such
action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be
irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor
hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in
any way relating to, any or all of the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Indenture Document or
any agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Indenture
Obligations of any other Obligor under or in respect of the Indenture Documents,
or any other amendment or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, any
Indenture Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the
Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any
Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(iii) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral
or any other collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or
consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(iv) any manner of application of Collateral or any other collateral,
or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner
of sale or
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other disposition of any Collateral or any other collateral for all or any of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Indenture Obligations of any Obligor
under the Indenture Documents or any other assets of any Obligor or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(v) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure
or existence of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) any failure of any of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any
Holder to disclose to any Obligor any information relating to the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or
prospects of any other Obligor now or hereafter known to the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent or any Holder (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of
the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder to disclose such information);
(vii) the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this
Guaranty, any Guaranty Supplement or any other guaranty or agreement or the
release or reduction of liability of any Guarantor or other guarantor or surety
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(viii) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any
statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by
the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder that might otherwise constitute
a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Obligor or any other guarantor or
surety.
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent, or any Holder or any other Person upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or any other Indenture Obligor or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
Section 1303. Right to Demand Full Performance.
In the event of any demand for payment or performance by the
Trustee from any Guarantor hereunder, the Trustee or the Holders shall have the
right to demand its full claim and to receive all payments in respect thereof
until the Indenture Obligations have been paid in full and the Guarantors shall
continue to be jointly and severally liable hereunder for any balance which may
be owing to the Trustee or the Holders by the Company under this Indenture and
the Securities. The retention by the Trustee or the Holders of any security,
prior to the realization by the Trustee or the Holders of their rights to such
security upon foreclosure thereon, shall not, as between the Trustee and any
Guarantor, be considered as a purchase of such security, or as payment,
satisfaction or reduction of the Indenture Obligations due to the Trustee or the
Holders by the Company or any part thereof.
Section 1304. Waivers and Acknowledgments.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for
performance,
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notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any
other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty
and any requirement that the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, or any Holder
protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or
exhaust any right or take any action against any Obligor or any Person or any
Collateral.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is
continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing
now or in the future.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
waives, to the extent permitted by law, (i) any defense arising by reason of any
claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent, or any Holders that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases
or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration,
contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other rights of such
Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Indenture Obligors, any other
guarantor or surety or any other Person or any Collateral, and (ii) any defense
based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the
Indenture Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
(d) Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent may, without notice to or demand upon such Guarantor and
without affecting the liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty, foreclose
under any mortgage or other security interest by nonjudicial sale, and each
Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the recovery by the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent or the Holders against such Guarantor of any deficiency after
such nonjudicial sale and any defense or benefits that may be afforded by
applicable law.
(e) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
waives any duty on the part of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, or any Holder
to disclose to such Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance,
properties or prospects of any other Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries now or
hereafter known by the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, or any Holder.
(f) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive
substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements
contemplated by the Indenture Documents and that the waivers set forth in
Section 1302 and this Section 1304 are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
Section 1305. The Guarantors Remain Obligated in Event the
Company is No Longer Obligated to Discharge Indenture Obligations.
It is the express intention of the Trustee and the Guarantors
that if for any reason the Company has no legal existence, is or becomes under
no legal obligation to discharge the Indenture Obligations owing to the Trustee
or the Holders by the Company or if any of the Indenture Obligations owing by
the Company to the Trustee or the
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Holders become irrecoverable from the Company by operation of law or for any
reason whatsoever, this Guaranty and the covenants, agreements and obligations
of the Guarantors contained in this Article Thirteen shall nevertheless be
binding upon the Guarantors, as principal debtor, until such time as all such
Indenture Obligations have been paid in full to the Trustee and all Indenture
Obligations owing to the Trustee or the Holders by the Company have been
discharged, or such earlier time as Section 402 hereof shall apply to the
Securities and the Guarantors shall be responsible for the payment thereof to
the Trustee or the Holders upon demand.
Section 1306. Subrogation.
Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees
not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the
Company, any other Obligor or any other insider guarantor that arise from the
existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor's Obligations
under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Indenture Document, including,
without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration,
contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or
remedy of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, or any Holder against the Company,
any other Obligor or any other insider guarantor or any Collateral, whether or
not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or
common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the
Company, any other Obligor or any other insider guarantor, directly or
indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner,
payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until
all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this
Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to
any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time
prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, and (b) the full
and complete payment and performance of the Indenture Obligations, such amount
shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent, and the Holders, shall be segregated from other property and
funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Trustee
in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment)
to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts
payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture Documents, or to be held as Collateral for any
Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter
arising. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Trustee, the Collateral
Agent or any Holder of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all
of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty
shall have been paid in full in cash, and (iii) the Indenture Obligations shall
have been paid and performed completely and fully, the Trustee, the Collateral
Agent, and the Holders will, at such Guarantor's request and expense, execute
and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and
without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by
subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations
resulting from such payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.
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Section 1307. Subordination.
Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other
obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Obligor (the "Subordinated
Obligations") to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth in this Section 1307.
(a) Prohibited Payments, Etc. Except during the continuance of
any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Obligor), each
Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Obligor on
account of the Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation
of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Obligor),
unless the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding otherwise agree, no Guarantor shall demand, accept
or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated
Obligations.
(b) Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Obligor, each Guarantor agrees
that the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, and the Holders shall be entitled to
receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all
interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding
("Post Petition Interest")) before such Guarantor receives payment of any
Subordinated Obligations.
(c) Turn-Over. After the occurrence and during the continuance
of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Obligor), each
Guarantor shall, if the Trustee so requests, collect, enforce and receive
payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Trustee,
the Collateral Agent, and the Holders and deliver such payments to the Trustee
on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post Petition Interest
as referred to in Section 1307(b)), together with any necessary endorsements or
other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner
the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.
Section 1308. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.
This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in
full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the
Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, and
(ii) the payment and performance in full of all the Indenture Obligations of all
the Obligors under any Indenture Document, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor,
its successors and assigns permitted by this Indenture, and (c) inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, and the
Holders and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without
limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder may assign or otherwise transfer all
or any portion of its rights under this Guaranty (including, without limitation,
all or any portion of its Securities held by it) to
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any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all
the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, or
such Holder herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in
this Indenture. No Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder
or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent and each of the Holders.
Section 1309. Guaranty Is in Addition to Other Security.
This Guaranty shall be in addition to and not in substitution
for any other guaranties or other security which the Trustee may now or
hereafter hold in respect of the Indenture Obligations owing to the Trustee or
the Holders by the Company and (except as may be required by law) the Trustee
shall be under no obligation to marshal in favor of each of the Guarantors any
other guaranties or other security or any moneys or other assets which the
Trustee may be entitled to receive or upon which the Trustee or the Holders may
have a claim.
Section 1310. Contribution.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among
the Guarantors, the Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or
distribution is made by any Guarantor (a "Funding Guarantor") under its
Guaranty, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all
other Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each
Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and
expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company's
obligations with respect to the Securities or any other Guarantor's obligation
with respect to its Guaranty.
Section 1311. Trustee's Duties; Notice to Trustee.
(a) Any provision in this Article Thirteen or elsewhere in
this Indenture allowing the Trustee to request any information or to take any
action authorized by, or on behalf of any Guarantor, shall be subject to Section
602(d) and shall be permissive and shall not be obligatory on the Trustee except
as the Holders may direct in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or
where the failure of the Trustee to request any such information or to take any
such action arises from the Trustee's gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
(b) The Trustee shall not be required to inquire into the
existence, powers or capacities of the Company or any Guarantor or the officers,
directors or agents acting or purporting to act on their respective behalf.
Section 1312. Release of Guaranty.
Concurrently with the payment in full of all of the Indenture
Obligations, the Guarantors shall be released from and relieved of their
obligations under this Article Thirteen, except that this Section 1312 shall
survive such release of the Guarantors and the termination of this Indenture.
Upon the delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and,
if requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
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that the transaction giving rise to the release of this Guaranty was made by the
Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities,
the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
the release of the Guarantors from their obligations under this Guaranty. If any
of the Indenture Obligations are revived and reinstated after the termination of
this Guaranty, then all of the obligations of the Guarantors under this Guaranty
shall be revived and reinstated as if this Guaranty had not been terminated
until such time as the Indenture Obligations are paid in full and each Guarantor
shall enter into an amendment to this Guaranty, reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, evidencing such revival and reinstatement.
Section 1313. Execution of Guaranty.
To evidence the Guaranty, each Guarantor hereby agrees to
execute the guaranty substantially in the form set forth in Section 206 hereof,
to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by its
Chairman of the Board, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile.
If an officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer
holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates a Security on which a
Guaranty is endorsed, such Guaranty shall be valid nevertheless.
Section 1314. Payment Permitted by Each of the Guarantors if
no Default.
Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen, elsewhere in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities shall affect the obligation of any
Guarantor to make, or prevent any Guarantor from making at any time, payments
pursuant to the Securities.
Section 1315. Notice to Trustee by Each of the Guarantors.
Each Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of any fact known to such Guarantor which would prohibit the making of any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Guaranty. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article Thirteen or any provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which
would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice
thereof from any Guarantor. Prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist.
Section 1316. Additional Guaranties.
Each Subsidiary of an Indenture Obligor shall be a Guarantor
and, accordingly, if any Subsidiary of any Indenture Obligor shall be formed
after the Closing Date, such Indenture Obligor shall cause such Subsidiary to
execute and deliver to the
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Trustee a duly executed supplemental indenture, pursuant to which such
Subsidiary shall unconditionally guaranty, in accordance with Article Thirteen
hereof, all of PCI and the Company's obligations under the Indenture and the
Securities on the same terms as the other Guarantors, and such guaranty shall
rank pari passu with the senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary.
Section 1317. No Suspension of Remedies.
Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen shall limit the
right of the Trustee or the Holders of Securities to take any action to
accelerate the maturity of the Securities pursuant to the provisions described
under Article Five and as set forth in this Indenture or to pursue any rights or
remedies hereunder or under applicable law.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF INDENTURE
AND REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 1401. Conditions Precedent.
Each Holder's obligation to exchange Old Debt for New Debt
(including the Securities), and the effectiveness of this Indenture and the
issuance of the Securities, shall be subject to the prior and concurrent
satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 1401A
through to Section 1401T (the latest date upon which all such conditions
precedent are satisfied, the "Closing Date"). The Closing Date shall be no later
than [o], 2001, shall be specified in an Officer's Certificate of PCI and the
Company and shall be agreed to by the Creditors' Committee Lenders and the
Trustee.
Section 1401A. Resolutions Etc.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
shall have received from each Obligor a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of
its secretary or assistant secretary (a) stating that attached thereto is a true
and complete copy of such Obligor's bylaws as in effect on the Closing Date and
at all times since the date of the resolutions described in clause (b) of this
Section 1401A, (b) stating that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of
resolutions duly adopted by its Board of Directors authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of each Indenture Document to be executed by it and
that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in
full force and effect, (c) stating that the certificate of incorporation of such
Obligor has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown
on the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to Section 1401B hereof,
and (d) as to the incumbency and signatures of those of its officers authorized
to act with respect to each Indenture Document executed by it, upon which
certificate the Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders) may
conclusively rely until it shall have received a further certificate of the
secretary or assistant secretary of such Obligor canceling or amending such
prior certificate.
Section 1401B. Secretary of States' Certificates.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
shall have received a copy of the certificate of
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incorporation or other equivalent constitutive document of each Obligor, as in
effect on the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of State of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and a certificate from such
Secretary of State as to the good standing of such Obligor, in each case as of a
date reasonably close to the Closing Date.
Section 1401C. Indenture Documents.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
shall have received this Indenture, duly executed and delivered by each of the
Trustee, the Company, PCI and the other Guarantors, the Securities shall have
been executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and the Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders) shall have
received each other Indenture Document duly executed and delivered by each of
the parties thereto.
Section 1401D. Mortgages of Real Property Situated in the
United States.
PCI or the Company shall have caused to be delivered to the
Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders), with copies to the
Collateral Agent, the following documents and instruments with regard to each
Mortgaged Property located in Henderson, Nevada, St. Gabriel (including the
pipeline described as the "St. Gabriel Pipeline"), Louisiana, Tacoma,
Washington, Antioch, California, and Pittsburgh, California, providing for first
priority mortgages:
(a) a Mortgage, duly executed by the owner of the applicable
Mortgaged Property, and dated as of the Closing Date, together with evidence of
the due recordation thereof in the appropriate recording office of the political
subdivision where such Mortgaged Property is situated (or evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that each Mortgage, as appropriate, has
been delivered to a nationally-recognized title insurance company for recording
and that all fees, taxes and other expenses associated with such recording have
been paid);
(b) a mortgagee policy of title insurance (or endorsement
thereto, as appropriate) in favor of the Collateral Agent, issued by such title
insurance company, in such amounts, with such endorsements, affirmative
coverages, and reinsurance agreements as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably
require, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, insuring each Mortgage as a first lien on the property and
interests covered thereby subject only to such other matters as are acceptable
to the Collateral Agent, together with evidence that all premiums in respect of
such policies have been paid in full and true and complete copies of all
documents referred to therein;
(c) certified perimeter surveys of the real property covered
by each Mortgage by registered surveyors as of a date and in form and substance
acceptable to the Collateral Agent, bearing legal descriptions conforming
exactly to those contained in the title insurance policy referred to in the
immediately preceding clause (b); indicating the length of exterior boundary
lines of the Mortgaged Property, locations of all buildings, utility or other
easements, showing the location of all easements of record, encroachments, if
any, and means of access to the real property from a public way; and the
surveyor's original certification to the Collateral Agent and the title
insurance
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company issuing the policies described in the preceding clause (b) of this
Section 1401D and in the case of surveys with respect to the Mortgaged
Properties in Henderson, Nevada, St. Gabriel, Louisiana and [OTHERS], such
"affidavits of no change" as may be required by such title companies to omit the
standard survey exception from such title insurance policies or endorsements;
(d) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
of all filings of financing statements under the UCC necessary or desirable to
perfect the lien granted by each Mortgage, together with such searches of UCC,
judgment and tax lien records as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require;
(e) policies or certificates of insurance with respect to the
insurance required to be maintained in respect of the property covered by each
Mortgage pursuant to the terms of the Common Security and Intercreditor
Agreement, naming the Collateral Agent as loss payee or additional named
insured, as appropriate;
(f) [a non-disturbance and attornment agreement among [o], and
the Collateral Agent with respect to the first priority lien Nevada Mortgage,
each in form and substance acceptable to the Lenders' Representative;]
(g) a Waiver of the Nevada "One-Action Rule" by the Guarantors
with respect to this Indenture and the New Tranche B Notes Indenture, each in
form and substance acceptable to the Lenders' Representative; and
(h) such other agreements, instruments, approvals, consents,
opinions, or documents as the New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee, the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders or their respective counsel may
reasonably request.
Section 1401E. Mortgages of Real or Immovable Property
Situated in Canada.
PCI or the Company shall have caused to be delivered to the
Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders), with copies to the
Collateral Agent, the following documents and instruments with regard to each
Mortgaged Property located in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Mississauga and
Cornwall, Ontario:
(a) a Mortgage (which for Mortgaged Property located in the
province of Quebec, shall take the form of a deed of hypothec), duly executed by
PCI Chemicals Canada Company and dated as of the Closing Date, together with
evidence of the due registration thereof in the appropriate recording office of
the registration division where such Mortgaged Property is situated;
(b) certificates of location, surveyors reports or other
certified perimeter surveys of the Mortgaged Property covered by each such
Mortgage prepared by registered surveyors as of a date and in form and substance
acceptable to the Collateral Agent, bearing legal descriptions conforming
exactly to those contained in the relevant Mortgage indicating the length of
exterior boundary lines of the Mortgaged Property, locations of all
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buildings, utility or other easements, showing the location of all easements of
record, encroachments, if any, and means of access to the real property from a
public way; and the surveyor's original certification to the Collateral Agent;
(c) title opinions rendered in form and substance satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent respecting the title of PCI Chemicals Canada Company to
such Mortgaged Property;
(d) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
of all registrations necessary or desirable to perfect the lien granted by each
Mortgage, together with such reports on movable and personal property searches,
judgment and tax lien records as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require;
(e) policies or certificates of insurance with respect to the
insurance required to be maintained in respect of the property covered by each
Mortgage pursuant to the terms of the Common Security and Intercreditor
Agreement, naming the Collateral Agent as loss payee pursuant to an acceptable
mortgage endorsement;
(f) such other agreements, instruments, approvals, consents,
opinions, or documents as the New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee, the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders or their respective counsel may
reasonably request.
Section 1401F. Security Documents.
PCI or the Company shall have caused to be delivered to the
Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders), with copies to the
Collateral Agent, each of the Security Documents (other than the Mortgages),
duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, together with:
(a) duly executed UCC-1 financing statements or other
financing statements or registration documents under the provisions of
the UCC or any other applicable state or provincial law in proper form
for filing in each office where such filing is necessary or appropriate
to grant to the Collateral Agent the Liens of the character and
priority contemplated by such Security Documents;
(b) share certificates representing all Pledged Shares (as
defined in the Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement) and undated
stock powers for such certificates executed and endorsed in blank; and
(c) evidence that all other actions necessary to perfect and
protect and set-up against third persons the Liens created by such
Security Documents have been taken.
Section 1401G. Transaction Documents.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Holders),shall have received executed and delivered copies of all other
Transaction Documents, certified to be true and complete copies thereof by an
Authorized Officer of PCI and the Company, and the Creditors' Committee Lenders
shall, as provided for in the Plan of Reorganization, be reasonably satisfied
with the form of each Transaction Document.
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Section 1401H. Canadian Corporate Reorganization.
PCI Chemicals Canada Inc./PCI Chimie Canada Inc. shall have
been duly continued under the laws of the province of Nova Scotia, shall have
incorporated a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company as a wholly-owned
subsidiary and shall have amalgamated with such subsidiary, such that the
resulting company is (a) an unlimited liability company duly and validly
subsisting under the laws of the province of Nova Scotia, and (b) a disregarded
entity for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (the "Canadian Corporate
Reorganization").
Section 1401I. Confirmation Orders.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
shall have received a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of PCI
and the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying:
(a) that attached thereto are true, correct and complete
copies of each of the Confirmation Orders (including the Plan of Reorganization
attached to such Confirmation Orders) and;
(b) that no appeal or motion for rehearing has been filed in
connection with such Confirmation Orders.
Section 1401J. Plan of Reorganization.
The terms and conditions of the Plan of Reorganization shall
not have been amended or modified from the form of the Plan of Reorganization
attached to the Confirmation Orders without the prior approval of the Lenders;
provided, however, that modifications which in the judgment of the Creditors'
Committee Lenders do not impair or adversely affect the rights of the Holders
may be implemented without such approval.
Section 1401K. Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of
the Plan of Reorganization, etc.
All conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Plan of
Reorganization shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms
of the Plan of Reorganization, the Confirmation Order shall have become a Final
Order and the Effective Plan Date shall have occurred.
Section 1401L. Implementation of Plan of Reorganization.
The transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization to
have been consummated on or before the Closing Date shall have been consummated
on or before the Closing Date in accordance with terms of the Plan of
Reorganization, including the issuance of the New Common Stock, the New Tranche
B Notes and the granting of Liens securing the Collateral.
Section 1401M. Financial Information, etc.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
shall have received a pro forma opening balance sheet of the Obligors and the
Obligor Subsidiaries, showing the effect of the implementation of the Plan of
Reorganization and reflecting the proposed legal and capital structure of the
Pioneer Companies as of the Closing Date, which legal and capital structure
shall be satisfactory in all respects to the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
Section 1401N. Pro Forma Balance Sheet Certificate.
The Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders)
shall have received a certificate from the chief
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executive or financial Authorized Officer of PCI and the Company, dated the
Closing Date, with respect to the delivery of the pro forma balance sheet
described in Section 1401M.
Section 1401O. Litigation.
There shall exist no pending or threatened material
litigation, proceedings or investigations with respect to any of the Obligors
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 1401P. Consents and Approvals, etc.
All governmental, judicial and third party approvals necessary
or advisable in connection with each aspect of the Indenture Documents and the
Transaction Documents, and the transactions contemplated therein, and the
continuing operations of each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary shall have
been obtained and be in full force and effect or waived, and all applicable
waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened
by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose
adverse conditions on any aspect of the Indenture Documents and the Transaction
Documents, or the transactions contemplated therein.
Section 1401Q. Opinions of Counsel.
The Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders shall have
received favorable opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders from:
(a) Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, special New York counsel and
tax counsel to each Obligor, in form and substance satisfactory to the counsel
to the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
(b) Kent R. Stephenson, Esq., the General Counsel of PCI, in
form and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors' Committee
Lenders.
(c) [o], special California counsel to each Obligor regarding
matters of California law, in form and substance satisfactory to the counsel to
the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
(d) [o], special Nevada counsel to each Obligor, in form and
substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
(e) [o], special Louisiana counsel to each Obligor, in form
and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
(f) [o], special Washington counsel to each Obligor, in form
and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
(g) [o], special Canadian, Ontario and Quebec counsel to each
Obligor, in form and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors'
Committee Lenders.
(h) [o], special New Brunswick counsel to each Obligor, in
form and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors' Committee
Lenders.
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(i) [o], special Nova Scotia counsel to each Obligor, in form
and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Creditors' Committee Lenders.
Section 1401R. No Default, Compliance with Representations
and Warranties and Closing Date Certificates.
On the Closing Date,
(a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section
1402 through Section 1402Z hereof and in each other Indenture Document shall, in
each case, be true and correct as if made on the Closing Date, except to the
extent they relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and
correct as of such earlier date, and no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
(b) the Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Holders) shall have received the Closing Date Certificates, substantially in the
form of Exhibit [o] hereto, dated the Closing Date, and duly executed and
delivered by the chief executive or financial (or equivalent) Authorized Officer
of the Company and of each other Obligor certifying as to the matters set forth
in Section 1401R(a).
Section 1401S. Closing Fees, Expenses, etc.
The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall have received, each
for its own respective account, as the case may be, all fees, costs and expenses
due and payable pursuant to any Indenture Document or Transaction Document if
such fees shall have by then been invoiced.
Section 1401T. Satisfactory Legal Form.
All documents executed or submitted pursuant hereto by or on
behalf of the Company, any other Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to the Creditors' Committee Lenders and their
counsel; the Creditors' Committee Lenders and their counsel shall have received
all other information, approvals, opinions, documents or instruments as the
Creditors' Committee Lenders and their counsel may reasonably request.
Section 1402. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce, among other things, the Holders to
exchange the Old Debt for the New Debt (including the Securities) and to hold
their respective Securities hereunder, each Indenture Obligor represents and
warrants unto the Trustee and each Holder as set forth in Section 1402A through
Section 1402Z.
Section 1402A. Organization, etc.
Each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary is a corporation or
entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its respective incorporation or organization. Each Obligor
and each Obligor Subsidiary is in good standing and is duly qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where, because of the nature of its activities or
properties, such qualification is required, except for those states in which its
failure to qualify to do business could not be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Set forth in Item 1402A of the Disclosure Schedule is a
complete and accurate list of the chief executive office and registered address
of each Obligor as of the date hereof (collectively, the "Locations").
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Section 1402B. Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc.
Each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Indenture (including in the case of each Guarantor, the
Guaranty of such Guarantor), the Securities, and each other Indenture Document
to be executed by it and is duly authorized to assume or incur indebtedness
hereunder and to perform its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities
and each other Indenture Document to be executed by it. The execution, delivery
and performance by each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary of this Indenture
(including, with respect to each Guarantor, its Guaranty), the Securities and
each other Indenture Document to which it is a party do not and will not require
any consent, filing or notice with or approval of any governmental agency or
authority, except for such consents or approvals which have been obtained and
such filings or notices which have been made or given, as the case may be.
Section 1402C. No Conflicts.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor and
each Obligor Subsidiary of each Indenture Document to which it is a party, do
not and will not conflict with (a) any provision of law, (b) its Organizational
Documents, (c) any agreement binding upon any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary,
which conflict could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
or (d) any court or administrative order or decree applicable to any Obligor or
any Obligor Subsidiary, and in each case do not and will not require, or result
in, the creation or imposition of any Lien on the Collateral or on any other
asset of any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary, other than Liens created under
or pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise permitted by the Security
Documents.
Section 1402D. Validity and Binding Effect.
This Indenture, the Securities and each other Indenture
Document, when duly executed and delivered, will be legal, valid and binding
obligations of each Obligor party hereto or thereto, as applicable, enforceable
against each such Obligor in accordance with their respective terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and principles of equity.
Section 1402E. No Default.
Other than as set forth in Item 1402E ("Defaults") of the
Disclosure Schedule, no Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary is in default under any
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its respective
properties or assets is bound or affected. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section 1402F. Financial Statements.
The financial statements referred to in Section 1401M have
been furnished to the Trustee (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders),
have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and present fairly the financial
condition of each Obligor and Obligor Subsidiary as of such date and include
appropriate pro forma adjustments to give pro forma effect to the implementation
of the Plan of Reorganization and the legal and capital structure pursuant
thereto.
Section 1402G. Insurance.
Item 1402G ("Insurance") of the Disclosure Schedule is a
complete and accurate summary of the property and casualty insurance program
carried by each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary on the date hereof. Such
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Item 1402G includes names of insurer(s), policy number(s), expiration date(s),
amounts of coverage, types of coverage, the annual premium(s), deductibles and
self-insured retention and describes any retrospective rating plan, fronting
arrangement or any other self-insurance or risk assumption agreed to by any
Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary or imposed upon any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary by any such insurer. This summary also includes any self-insurance
program that is in effect.
Section 1402H. Litigation; Contingent Liabilities.
(a) As of the date hereof, except for those referred to in
Item 1402H ("Litigation") of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no claims,
litigation, arbitration proceedings, including Environmental Claims, or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting any Obligor
or any Obligor Subsidiary or any related party of any Obligor or Obligor
Subsidiary.
(b) As of the date hereof, other than any liability incident
to the claims, litigation or proceedings disclosed in Item 1402H or 1402R of the
Disclosure Schedule or provided for or disclosed in the financial statements
referred to in Section 1402F, neither any Obligor nor any Obligor Subsidiary has
any contingent liabilities.
Section 1402I. Liens.
None of the Collateral or other property, revenues or assets
of any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary is subject to any Lien except Liens
permitted by Section 1012.
Section 1402J. Subsidiaries.
Item 1402J ("Subsidiaries") lists each Obligor Subsidiary as
of the date hereof. Item 1402J of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for each
Obligor Subsidiary, a complete and accurate statement of (a) the relevant
Obligor's percentage ownership of each of such Subsidiary, (b) the state or
other jurisdiction of formation or incorporation of each such Subsidiary, and
(c) each state or other jurisdiction in which each such Subsidiary is qualified
to do business. Each Obligor Subsidiary has executed and delivered its Guaranty.
Section 1402K. Partnerships; Joint Ventures.
As of the date hereof, neither any Obligor nor any Obligor
Subsidiary is a partner or joint venturer in any partnership or joint venture
other than the partnerships and joint ventures listed in Item 1402K
("Partnerships and Joint Ventures") of the Disclosure Schedule. Item 1402K of
the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for each such partnership or joint venture,
a complete and accurate statement of (a) each Obligor's or each Obligor
Subsidiary's percentage ownership of each such partnership or joint venture, (b)
the state or other jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, as appropriate,
of each such partnership or joint venture, and (c) each state or other
jurisdiction in which each such partnership or joint venture is qualified to do
business.
Section 1402L. Transaction Documents.
The New Tranche B Notes and the New Other Secured Notes have
been issued in accordance with and in compliance with all applicable laws,
including Bankruptcy Laws, the Securities Act, the Securities Acts of each of
Canada's provinces, and all other applicable federal, state and provincial
securities laws, each as amended. The issuance of the New Tranche B Notes and
the
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New Other Secured Notes and the execution and delivery by each Obligor and each
Obligor Subsidiary of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
the performance by each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary of its obligations
thereunder, and the consummation of all transactions implementing the Plan of
Reorganization (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and
other actions on the part of each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary, (b) will
not require any consent or approval of any governmental agency or authority that
has not been obtained prior to the date hereof, (c) do not conflict with (i) any
provision of law, (ii) the Organizational Documents of any Obligor or Obligor
Subsidiary, (iii) any agreement binding upon any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary,
the conflict with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or (iv) any court or administrative order or decree applicable to any
Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary, and (d) do not and will not require, or result
in, the creation or imposition of any Lien on the Collateral or any other asset
of any Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary (other than the Liens created under the
Security Documents or permitted thereunder).
Section 1402M. Intellectual Property.
Each Obligor and Obligor Subsidiary possess adequate licenses,
patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, trademark applications,
trade styles, and tradenames to conduct its business as proposed to be conducted
following the implementation of the Plan of Reorganization, other than those
which the failure to possess could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and all such licenses, patents, patent applications, copyrights,
trademarks, trademark applications, trade styles, and tradenames existing on the
date hereof of each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary are listed in Item 1402M
("Intellectual Property") of the Disclosure Schedule.
Section 1402N. Solvency.
Each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary, immediately after
giving effect to the implementation of the Plan of Reorganization and on the
Closing Date, will be Solvent. As used herein, the term "Solvent" means, with
respect to any such entity on a particular date (a) the fair value of the
property of such entity is greater than the total amount of liabilities
(including contingent liabilities) of such entity, (b) the present fair saleable
value of the assets of such entity is greater than the probable liability of
such entity on its total existing debts (including contingent liabilities) as
they become absolute and matured, (c) such entity will be able to pay its debts
and liabilities as they mature and (d) such entity will not have unreasonably
small capital for the business in which it is engaged, as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted following the implementation of the Plan of
Reorganization.
Section 1402O. Contracts; Labor Matters.
Except as disclosed in Item 1402O ("Contracts and Labor
Matters") of the Disclosure Schedule: (a) neither any Obligor nor any Obligor
Subsidiary is a party to any contract or agreement, or is subject to any charge,
corporate restriction, judgment, decree or order, which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) as of the date hereof, no labor
contract to which any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary is a party or is
otherwise subject is scheduled to expire prior to the Stated Maturity Date; (c)
on the date of this Agreement (i) neither any Obligor nor any Obligor Subsidiary
is a party to any labor dispute with any union or group of employees, and (ii)
there are no strikes or walkouts relating to any
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labor contracts to which any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary is a party or is
otherwise subject, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 1402P. Employee Benefit Plans(a).
(a) Each Single Employer Plan has been and is being maintained
in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all provisions of ERISA and
the Code applicable thereto, except where any failure could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. [No ERISA Event has occurred nor has
any other event occurred that may result in an ERISA Event]. Each Single
Employer Plan has been determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service
to qualify under Section 401 of the Code, and the trusts created thereunder have
been determined to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501 of the
Code, and to the best knowledge of the Obligor nothing has occurred which would
cause the loss of such qualification or tax-exempt status. The aggregate amount
of Unfunded Pension Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans as of the date
hereof does not exceed $ 4.4 million. Except as listed in Item 1402P ("Employee
Benefit Plans") of the Disclosure Schedule, neither any Obligor, Obligor
Subsidiary nor ERISA Affiliate has any liability to pay any welfare benefits
under any Plan or any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of
section 3(1) of ERISA to former employees thereof or to current employees with
respect to claims incurred after the termination of their employment other than
as required by section 4980B of the Code or Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title 1 of
ERISA. Each Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary and ERISA Affiliate have complied in all
respects with the notice and continuation coverage requirements of Section 4980B
of the Code except as could reasonable by expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. As of the date hereof, except as listed in Item 1402P ("Employee Benefit
Litigation") of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Obligor, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, other than
routine claims for benefits in the usual and ordinary course, with respect to
any Single Employer Plan for which any Obligor, Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA
Affiliate may be directly or indirectly liable, through indemnification
obligations or otherwise. Neither the Obligor nor any Obligor Subsidiary or
ERISA Affiliate has transferred any Unfunded Pension Liability to an entity
other than an ERISA Affiliate or otherwise engaged in a transaction that could
be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA. No condition exists or event or
transaction has occurred in connection with any Plan that could, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(b) Each Canadian Benefit Plan is and has been in all material
respects, established, qualified, registered, administered and invested in
compliance with all applicable federal and provincial laws (including, without
limitation, the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the Supplemental Pension Plans Act
(Quebec)) and any applicable collective bargaining agreements, and no event or
condition has occurred and is continuing as to which any Obligor or any Obligor
Subsidiary would be under an obligation to furnish a report under Section 1032
hereof. All material obligations of the Obligors under each Canadian Benefit
Plan, including contribution obligations, have been satisfied and there are no
outstanding defaults or violations in respect thereof.
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Section 1402Q. Compliance.
Each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary, and/or each
property, operation and facility that each owns, operates or controls, is in
compliance with all international, federal, national, state, provincial,
regional, local and municipal statutes, laws, rules, regulations, by-laws,
guidelines, directives, standards, orders, decrees, judgments, ordinances,
permits, certifications, licenses, registrations, approvals, requirements and
other authorizations applicable to it, the noncompliance with which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 1402R. Taxes.
Each Obligor and each Obligor Subsidiary has filed, or caused
to be filed, all federal, state, local, provincial and foreign tax returns which
are required to have been filed (or has timely filed extensions) and, after
giving effect to the Plan of Reorganization and the Final Order, has paid, or
made adequate provisions for the payment of, all of its Taxes which are due and
payable (including interest and penalties), except such Taxes, if any, as are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and as to which
such reserves or other appropriate provisions as may be required by GAAP have
been maintained. [The federal income tax liability of each Obligor and each
Obligor Subsidiary has been audited by the Internal Revenue Service and has been
finally determined and satisfied (or the time for audit has expired) for all tax
years up to and including the tax year ended [o].] No Obligor and no Obligor
Subsidiary is aware of any proposed assessment against any Obligor or any
Obligor Subsidiary for additional Taxes (or any basis for any such assessment).
Section 1402S. Investment Company Act Representation.
No Obligor and no Obligor Subsidiary is an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 1402T. Public Utility Holding Company Act
Representation.
No Obligor and no Obligor Subsidiary is a "holding company" or
a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company" or an "affiliate" of a "holding
company" within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended.
Section 1402U. Environmental and Safety and Health Matters.
Except as disclosed on Item 1402U ("Environmental Matters") of
the Disclosure Schedule or as to matters that individually or in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Obligor
and each Obligor Subsidiary and/or each property, operation and facility that
each owns, operates or controls:
(a) complies, and at all times has complied, in all respects
with (i) all applicable Environmental Laws, and (ii) all applicable Occupational
Safety and Health Laws;
(b) is not subject to any judicial or administrative
proceeding alleging any violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Law
or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
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(c) has not received any notice (i) that it may be in
violation of, or liable under, any Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and
Health Law, (ii) threatening the commencement of any proceeding under any
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law, or (iii) alleging that
it is or may be responsible for any response, cleanup, or corrective action
(including any remedial investigation/feasibility studies) at any location under
any Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(d) has not (in the case of each Obligor or each Obligor
Subsidiary), and its directors, officers and employees have not, been declared
guilty of committing an offence for a violation of Environmental Laws or
Occupational Safety and Health Laws, and has not, and its directors, officers
and employees have not, ever been fined in respect of or otherwise settled, such
a prosecution;
(e) is not the subject of federal, state, provincial,
regional, municipal or local investigation, including evaluating whether any
investigation, remedial action or other response is needed to respond to (i) a
Release or threatened Release into the environment of any Hazardous Material, or
(ii) any allegedly unsafe or unhealthy condition regulated under any
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(f) has not filed any notice under or relating to any
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law indicating or reporting
(i) any past or present Release or threatened Release into the environment of,
or treatment, storage or disposal of, any Hazardous Material, or (ii) any
potentially unsafe or unhealthy condition and there exists no basis for such
notice irrespective of whether such notice was actually filed;
(g) has no contingent liability in connection with any Release
or threatened Release into the environment of, or otherwise with respect to, any
Hazardous Material, whether on any premises owned or occupied by any Obligor or
any Obligor Subsidiary or on any other premises, and has not been denied
insurance coverage by reason of Hazardous Materials on, under, around or about
such premises; and
(h) is not subject to, or the subject of, any order, decree,
injunction or other arrangement with any governmental authority relating to
compliance with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or Occupational
Safety and Health Law.
There are no circumstances or conditions, including any Hazardous Materials on,
in or under any property or facilities currently or formerly owned, operated or
controlled by any Obligor or any Obligor Subsidiary (including such Hazardous
Materials that may be contained in underground storage tanks) which could
reasonably be expected to result in claims, liability, investigation, or cost
pursuant to any Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law, or
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 1402V. Related Agreements and Transaction Documents.
As of the date hereof, all representations and warranties of
each Obligor contained in any Indenture Document (including each of the Security
Documents) and all representations and warranties of any Obligor and any Obligor
Subsidiary made pursuant to or in respect of the New Tranche B Notes Indenture
(and each of the guaranties therein) and the New Tranche B Notes (whether such
representations and warranties were made to the Trustee or any Holder or to
another Person) are true and correct as if made on the date hereof (except for
those representations and warranties which are expressly made as of another
specified date) and each Obligor party to this Indenture hereby adopts and
affirms all such representations and warranties, which each such Obligor agrees
shall be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof. All such
representations and warranties shall survive the implementation of the Plan of
Reorganization, the execution and delivery of the Indenture Documents and the
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and therein.
Section 1402W. Holding Companies.
PCI is a holding company without material assets, operations
or business other than the stock of its Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, no
Obligor or Obligor Subsidiary has any Indebtedness other than: in the case of
the Company, Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the Securities, the loans
made to the Company pursuant to the Exit Facility, the New Other Secured Notes
And Claims, and the Company's guaranty in respect of the New Tranche B Notes; in
the case of the PCI Chemicals Canada Company, its Indebtedness in respect of the
New Tranche B Notes and the loans made to it pursuant to the Exit Facility; and
in the case of each Guarantor, its Guaranty and (except for PCI Chemicals Canada
Company) its guaranty of the Indebtedness of PCI Chemicals Canada Company in
respect of the New Tranche B Notes.
Section 1402X. Security Interests and Priority.
As of the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Holders and the holders of the New Tranche B Notes, shall have
first priority perfected Liens on all the Collateral except for accounts
receivable, inventory and general intangibles subject to the Lien granted
pursuant to the Exit Facility and assets subject to the Liens of the New Other
Secured Notes And Claims (in respect of each of which [(except for the Exit
Facility)] the Collateral Agent shall have second priority perfected Liens). The
rights of the Holders and of the holders of the New Tranche B Notes rank senior
in right of payment to all Indebtedness and obligations of each Obligor and each
Obligor Subsidiary (except with respect to the Exit Facility, in relation to
which such rights rank pari passu).
Section 1402Y. Related Business.
No Obligor and no Obligor Subsidiary intends to engage, after
the Closing Date, in any business other than the Related Business.
Section 1402Z. Plan of Reorganization.
On or before the Closing Date, the Confirmation Orders became
Final Orders, the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Plan of
Reorganization were satisfied, the Effective Plan Date occurred and each Obligor
was and is authorized to, among other things, enter into the Indenture Documents
and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party in order to
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implement the Plan of Reorganization. All transactions, steps and actions
contemplated in the Plan of Reorganization as having been (or deemed to have
been) taken, completed or consummated on or before the Closing Date have been so
taken, completed or consummated, in each case, in furtherance of the
implementation of the Plan of Reorganization.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SECURITY
Section 1501. Security.
(a) In order to secure the due and punctual payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Indenture Obligations when
and as the same shall become due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment
Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption, in connection with
an Change of Control or Asset Sale, or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of, interest (to the extent permitted by law), and premium, if any, on
the Securities, and performance of all other obligations of the Company to the
Trustee or the Holders under this Indenture and each other Indenture Document
and of all obligations of the Guarantors under the Guaranty and each other
Indenture Document, the Company and the other Obligors have entered into the
applicable Security Documents to which each is a party. Each Indenture Obligor
hereby acknowledges and agrees with each other Indenture Obligor, the Trustee,
and the Holders that such Indenture Obligor has secured valuable and fair
consideration and corporate and other benefit for entering into each Security
Document to which it is a party.
(b) Each Holder, by accepting a Security, consents and agrees
to all of the terms and provisions of the Security Documents and the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to
time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement and this Indenture, and authorizes and
directs the Collateral Agent to act as mortgagee or secured party with respect
thereto or to act as collateral agent pursuant to the Common Security and
Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) As set forth in and governed by the Security Documents, as
among the Holders, the Collateral as now or hereafter constituted shall be held
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders without preference, priority or
distinction of any thereof over any other by reason of difference in time of
issuance, sale or otherwise, as security for the Securities.
(d) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all
documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents,
and shall do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or
proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents, to
assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest
in the Collateral contemplated
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hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time
constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of
this Indenture and of the Securities secured thereby, according to the intent
and purposes herein and therein expressed.
Section 1502. Recording; Priority; Opinions, Etc.
(a) Each Indenture Obligor will, and will cause each of its
Obligor Subsidiaries to, perform at its sole cost and expense any and all acts
and execute any and all documents (including, without limitation, the execution,
amendment or supplementation of any financing statement, continuation statement,
charge, registration or other statement) for filing under the provisions of the
UCC and the rules and regulations thereunder, applicable Canadian federal or
provincial statutes (including the Civil Code of Quebec) and the rules and
regulations thereunder, or any other statute, rule or regulation of any
applicable federal, state, provincial or local jurisdiction, including any
filings in local real estate land record offices, which are necessary or
advisable and shall do such other acts and execute such other documents as may
be required under any of the Security Documents to which it is a party, from
time to time, in order to grant and maintain valid and perfected Liens on the
Collateral relating to it in favor of the Collateral Agent in the priorities
expressed to be created by the Security Documents, subject only to Liens
permitted under the Security Documents to be senior or pari passu to the Liens
of the Collateral Agent, and to fully preserve and protect, and set-up against
third persons, the rights of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holder
under this Indenture and the other Indenture Documents. Each relevant Indenture
Obligor will, and will cause each of its Obligor Subsidiaries to, pay and
satisfy promptly all mortgage and financing and continuation statement recording
and/or filing fees or registration fees, charges and taxes relating to this
Indenture, the Security Documents and the other Indenture Documents, any
amendments thereto and any other instruments of further assurance.
(b) The Company shall, on each anniversary of the Closing Date
beginning in the year 2002 and upon each delivery of a Security Agreement
Supplement pursuant to Section 1017, furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel, dated as of such date, either (a) to the effect that, in the opinion of
such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recordings,
registerings, filings, re-recordings, re-registerings and refilings of all
financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments of further
assurance as is necessary to maintain the Lien of each of the Security Documents
and reciting with respect to such Liens the details of such action or
referencing prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, and
stating that all financing statements and continuation statements and other
filings or registrations have been executed and filed that are necessary as of
such date, and during the succeeding twelve months, fully to preserve and
protect, and set-up against third persons, the rights of the Collateral Agent,
the Holders and the Trustee hereunder and under each of the Security Documents
with respect to the Liens, or (b) to the effect that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain the effectiveness of such
Liens.
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Section 1503. Release of Collateral.
The Trustee shall not direct the Collateral Agent to release
Collateral from the Lien of the Security Documents unless such release is in
accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents and Section 314(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 1504. Trust Indenture Act Requirements.
The release of any Collateral from any of the Security
Documents or the release of, in whole or in part, the Liens created by any of
the Security Documents, will not be deemed to impair the Lien of the Security
Documents in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the
Collateral or Liens are released pursuant to the terms of the Security
Documents. The Trustee and each of the Holders acknowledge that a release of
Collateral or Liens strictly in accordance with the terms of the Security
Documents and the terms hereof will not be deemed for any purpose to be an
impairment of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents in
contravention of the terms of this Indenture. Without limitation, the Company
and each other Indenture Obligor on the Securities shall cause Section 314(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act relating to the release of property or securities from
the Liens of the Security Documents to be complied with. Any certificate or
opinion required by Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an
officer of PCI, the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, except in
cases where Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act requires that such
certificate or opinion be made by an independent person.
Section 1505. Suits to Protect Collateral.
Subject to the provisions of the Common Security and
Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee, acting at the written direction of Holders
of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding, shall have power to institute and to maintain, or direct the
Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as the
Trustee may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any
acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or
this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient
to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the
Collateral (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to
restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other
governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order
would impair the Liens of each Collateral Agent in the Collateral or be
prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the Trustee). Nothing in this
Section 1505 shall prohibit, restrict or prevent the Holders, upon the vote or
consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding, to institute such suits or proceedings
independently of the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent.
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Section 1506. Determinations Relating to Collateral.
In the event (a) the Trustee shall receive any written request
in compliance with Section 103 from PCI, the Company or any Guarantor under any
Security Document for consent or approval with respect to any matter or thing
relating to any Collateral or any Obligor's obligations with respect thereto, or
(b) there shall be due to or from the Trustee under the provisions of any
Security Document, any performance or the delivery of any instrument, or (c) the
Trustee shall become aware of any nonperformance by any Obligor of any covenant
or any breach of any representation or warranty of PCI, the Company or any
Guarantor set forth in any Security Document, then, in each such event, the
Trustee [may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders,
direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it
deems necessary or appropriate in order to (x) enforce any of the terms of the
Security Documents, and (y) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in
respect of the obligations of the Obligors hereunder. The Trustee shall have
power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem
expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders
in the Collateral (including the power to institute and maintain suits and
proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or
other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment,
rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to
the interests of the Holders or to the Trustee). The Trustee] shall be entitled,
at the expense of the Company and subject to Sections 602(d) and (h) hereof, to
hire experts, consultants, agents and attorneys (including internal counsel) to
advise the Trustee on the manner in which the Trustee should respond to such
request or render any requested performance or response to such nonperformance
or breach. The Trustee shall be fully protected in the taking of any action
recommended or approved by any such expert, consultant, agent or attorney
(including internal counsel) or agreed to by the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding pursuant to
Section 505 hereof.
Section 1507. Trust Moneys.
To the extent Trust Moneys consist of insurance proceeds or
condemnation or other taking awards, any such moneys which may be used to effect
a restoration of the affected Collateral shall be permitted to be withdrawn by
the Company and paid by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Common
Security and Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall deliver (a) an Officers'
Certificate certifying as to expenditures made or costs incurred, the necessity
or desirability in the conduct of the Company's business of the repaired,
rebuilt, or replaced property, and the Fair Market Value of such property as of
the date of the expenditures, (b) an Opinion of Counsel as to the validity and
perfection of the Collateral Agent's lien on the repaired or replaced Collateral
and (c) an architect's certificate as to the costs of such restoration and
compliance with law, all in accordance with the Common Security and
Intercreditor Agreement.
To the extent Trust Moneys consist of Collateral Proceeds, and
the Company intends to reinvest such proceeds in the Company or in one or more
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Subsidiaries in a Related Business, such Trust Moneys shall be permitted to be
withdrawn by the Company upon delivery to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent
of (a) a Company Order regarding such withdrawal, (b) an Officers' Certificate
certifying compliance with the Indenture, (c) instruments granting the
Collateral Agent first priority Liens, for the benefit of the Trustee, for
itself and the Holders, and the New Tranche B Notes Indenture Trustee, for
itself and the New Tranche B Notes Holders on the real or personal property
interests in which the Company or any Subsidiary have invested, and (d) an
Opinion of Counsel as to the instruments governing such Liens and security
interests, all in accordance with the Common Security and Intercreditor
Agreement.
Trust Moneys shall be permitted to be applied from time to
time (x) to the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities, or (y) to the extent otherwise permitted by the Indenture, to redeem
Securities, including without limitation pursuant to a Change of Control or (to
the extent such Trust Moneys constitute proceeds from Asset Sales) an Asset
Sale, or (z) at the direction of PCI, the Company and each Guarantor, to pay any
other Indebtedness secured by liens in the Collateral (but only to the extent
such Trust Moneys constitute Collateral Proceeds). In each case the Trustee and
each Collateral Agent shall receive (a) resolutions of the Boards of Directors
of the PCI, the Company and each Guarantor directing such application, (b) an
Officers' Certificate, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel, and the Collateral Agent
shall receive cash equaling the accrued interest, if any, required to be paid in
connection with such payment or purchase. Trust Moneys received by each
Collateral Agent or the Trustee pursuant to an Asset Sale remaining after the
completion of such Asset Sale shall be permitted to be withdrawn by the Company
upon request of the Company in compliance with Section 103 and delivery of an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, all in accordance with the
Common Security and Intercreditor Agreement.
Any release of Collateral, including Trust Moneys, will be
subject to the provisions of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act relating
to, among other things, the delivery of a certificate or an opinion of an
engineer, appraiser or other expert as to the Fair Market Value of Collateral
being released from the Liens of the Security Documents.
Section 1508. [Power of Attorney for Collateral in Quebec.
For the purposes of the security on the Collateral located in
Quebec, the validity, publication or perfection of which is governed by the laws
of the province of Quebec, each of the Trustee and the Holders hereby
irrevocably grants to the Collateral Agent, for the purposes of holding, on
behalf of and for the benefit of all present and future Trustees and Holders,
the security constituted by PCI Chemicals Canada Company under the Quebec
Mortgage and Security Agreement, a power of attorney within the meaning of the
Civil Code of Quebec (the "Power of Attorney") for all present and future
Trustees and Holders. The Collateral Agent hereby accepts such Power of Attorney
for the purposes of holding such security created under the Quebec Mortgage and
Security Agreement on behalf of and for the benefit of all present and future
Trustees and Holders. To the extent that any such Person becomes a Trustee under
this Indenture or a Holder by accepting, purchasing or acquiring a Security
becomes bound by the terms and conditions
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of this Indenture, whether by assignment or otherwise, such Person shall be
automatically deemed to have ratified and consented to the irrevocable granting
by the Trustee and the Holders to the Collateral Agent of the Power of Attorney
constituted hereunder. Each Holder agrees (i) with the other Holders that it
will not, without the prior consent of the Trustee and the other Holders, take
or obtain any Lien on any property of PCI Chemicals Canada Company to secure the
Indenture Obligations of PCI Chemicals Canada Company hereunder or under the
Securities, except for the benefit of the Collateral Agent for and on behalf of,
the Trustee and the Holders, or as may otherwise be required by law; and (ii)
that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the Special Corporate
Powers Act (Quebec), the Collateral Agent may, as a Person holding the Power of
Attorney of the Trustee and the Holders, acquire any title to indebtedness
secured by any hypothec in its favor related to this Indenture or the Securities
or any other document contemplated hereunder].
[signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
PIONEER AMERICAS LLC,
By
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Name:
Attest Title:
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Name:
Title:
GUARANTORS: PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
IMPERIAL WEST CHEMICAL CO.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
KEMWATER NORTH AMERICA CO.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY,
Attest
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Name:
Title:
By
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Name:
Title:
PIONEER (EAST), INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PIONEER WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
PIONEER LICENSING, INC.,
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
KWT, INC.
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, As Trustee
Attest By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF MORTGAGE]
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF COMMON SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]
[Filed Separately in Plan Supplement]
EX-99.T3F
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET TO INDENTURE
EXHIBIT T3F
Cross reference sheet showing the location in the Indenture of the
provisions inserted therein pursuant to Section 310 through 318(a), inclusive,
of the 1939 Act.
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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Section 310(a)(1)........................................ 608
(a)(2)............................................ 608
(a)(3)............................................ N.A.
(a)(4)............................................ N.A.
(a)(5)............................................ 607
(b)............................................... 607, 609
(c)............................................... N.A.
Section 311(a)........................................... 612
(b)............................................... 612
(c)............................................... N.A.
Section 312(a)........................................... 701, 702
(b)............................................... 117, 702
(c)............................................... 117, 702
Section 313(a)........................................... 703
(b)(1)............................................ 703
(b)(2)............................................ 703
(c)............................................... 703
(d)............................................... 703
Section 314(a)........................................... 704, 1003
(b)............................................... 1502
(c)(1)............................................ 103
(c)(2)............................................ 103
(c)(3)............................................ N.A.
(d)............................................... 103, 1503, 1504,
1507
(e)............................................... 103
(f)............................................... N.A.
Section 315(a)........................................... 602, 613, 903
(b)............................................... 601, 602, 903
(c)............................................... 602, 903
(d)............................................... 602, 903
(e)............................................... 511
101
Section 316(a)(last sentence)............................ ("Outstanding")
502, 505
(a)(1)(A)................................................ 504
(a)(1)(B)......................................... N.A.
(a)(2)............................................ 507
(b)............................................... 105
(c)............................................... 508
Section 317(a)(1)........................................ 509
(a)(2)............................................ 1018
(b)............................................... 310
Section 318(a)...........................................
N.A. means not applicable.
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