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This prospectus supplement relates to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but is not complete and may be changed. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

File Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-140400

Subject to completion dated February 2, 2007

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

(To Prospectus Dated February 2, 2007)

$400,000,000

LOGO

        % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017

 


We are offering $400,000,000 of our         % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017, which we refer to as the “notes.” Interest is payable on              and              of each year, beginning on                     , 2007. The notes will mature on                     , 2017.

We may redeem all or part of the notes at any time prior to                  , 2012 by paying a specified make-whole premium. We may redeem all or part of the notes on or after                     , 2012. Redemption prices are set forth under the caption “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.” Before                     , 2010, we may also redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes from proceeds of certain equity offerings.

If we sell assets or experience a change of control, we may be required to make offers to repurchase the notes at the prices and on the terms described in this prospectus supplement. The notes will be our unsecured senior subordinated obligations and will be jointly and severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by certain of our existing and future domestic subsidiaries.

The notes will be held by the book-entry depositary, and book-entry interests representing interests in the notes and transfers of these interests in the notes will be shown in the record maintained by The Depository Trust Company.

Investing in our notes involves risks. See “ Risk Factors” on page S-11.

 

     Per Note     Total
Public Offering Price    100.0 %   $                     
Underwriting Discount            %     $                     
Proceeds to Jarden (before expenses)            %     $                     

Interest in the notes will accrue from February     , 2007 to the date of delivery.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the related prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Delivery of the notes, in book-entry form, will be made on or about                     , 2007.

 


Joint Book-Running Managers

 

LEHMAN BROTHERS

CITIGROUP

 


Senior Co-Managers

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.    CIBC WORLD MARKETS    ABN AMRO INCORPORATED

Co-Managers

 

BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.  

NATCITY INVESTMENTS, INC.

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY   WACHOVIA SECURITIES

 

                    , 2007


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Prospectus Supplement

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Summary

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Risk Factors

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Forward-Looking Statements

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Use of Proceeds

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Capitalization

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Description of Other Indebtedness

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Description of Notes

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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

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Underwriting

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Legal Matters

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Experts

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Where You Can Find More Information

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Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

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Prospectus

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About this Prospectus

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Forward-Looking Statements

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The Company

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Risk Factors

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Use of Proceeds

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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

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Description of Debt Securities

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Description of Guarantees of the Debt Securities

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Plan of Distribution

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Where You Can Find More Information

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Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

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Experts

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Legal Matters

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This prospectus supplement describes the specific terms of the notes we are offering and also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into the accompanying prospectus. The prospectus, which accompanies this prospectus supplement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, provides more general information. Generally, when we refer to this prospectus, we are referring to both the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus combined. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus supplement, on the one hand, and the information contained in the accompanying prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us, or information to which we have referred. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus supplement.

 

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, or incorporated by reference herein and therein, and does not contain all of the information you need to consider in making your investment decision. You should read carefully this entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including information incorporated herein and therein by reference. Unless the context otherwise indicates, “Jarden,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Jarden Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a leading provider of niche consumer products used in and around the home. Jarden operates in three primary business segments through a number of well recognized brands, including: Branded Consumables: Ball®, Bee®, Bicycle®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert®, Forster®, Hoyle®, Java Log®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell®, Pine Mountain® and Starterlogg®; Consumer Solutions: Bionaire®, Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Harmony®, Health o meter®, Holmes®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster®, Patton®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam®, VillaWare® and White Mountain; and Outdoor Solutions: Campingaz® and Coleman®. Our growth strategy of acquiring businesses with highly recognized brands, innovative products and multi-channel distribution has resulted in significant growth in revenue and earnings.

We have achieved leading market positions in a number of niche categories by selling branded products through a variety of distribution channels, including club, department store, drug, grocery, mass merchant, sporting goods and specialty retailers, as well as direct to consumers. By leveraging our strong brand portfolio, category management expertise and superior customer service, we have established and continue to maintain long-term relationships with leading retailers within these channels. For example, we have serviced Wal-Mart and Home Depot since their openings in 1962 and 1978, respectively, and are currently category manager at these and other retailers in certain categories. Moreover, several of our leading brands, such as Ball® jars, Bicycle® playing cards, Coleman® lanterns, and Diamond® kitchen matches, have been in continuous use for over 100 years. We continue to strive to expand our existing customer relationships and attract new customers by introducing new product line extensions and entering new product categories.

We operate three primary business segments: Branded Consumables, Consumer Solutions and Outdoor Solutions. Our Branded Consumables segment markets and distributes household basics and necessities, most of which are consumable in nature, under brand names such as Ball®, Bee®, Bicycle®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert®, Forster®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell® and Pine Mountain®. Our Consumer Solutions segment markets and distributes innovative solutions for the household under brand names including Bionaire®, Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Health o meter®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster® and Sunbeam®. Our Outdoor Solutions segment markets and distributes outdoor products under brand names including Campingaz® and Coleman®. We also operate a Process Solutions segment that manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of plastic products, including jar closures, contact lens packaging, plastic cutlery, refrigerator door liners, medical disposables and rigid packaging, and zinc strip and fabricated zinc products such as coinage blanks for the U.S. Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, and international markets.

Branded Consumables.    We manufacture or source, market and distribute a broad line of branded consumer products, many of which are affordable, consumable and fundamental household staples including arts and crafts paint brushes, children’s card games, clothespins, collectible tins, firelogs and firestarters, home safety equipment, home canning jars, jar closures, kitchen matches, other craft items, plastic cutlery, playing cards and accessories, rope, cord and twine, storage and workshop accessories, toothpicks and other accessories. This segment markets its products under the Aviator®, Ball®, Bee®, Bernardin®, Bicycle®, BRK®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert® , Forster®, Hoyle®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell® and Pine Mountain® brand names, among others.

 

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Consumer Solutions.    We manufacture or source, market, distribute and license rights to an array of innovative consumer products that are designed to improve consumers’ lives by enhancing sleep, health, personal care, cooking and other daily necessities with leading products such as coffee makers, bedding, home vacuum packaging machines, heating pads, slow cookers, air cleaning products, fans and heaters and personal and animal grooming products, as well as related consumable products. We sell kitchen products under the well-known Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam®, VillaWare® and White Mountain brand names. Personal care and grooming products are sold under the Health o meter®, Oster® and Sunbeam® brand names. Our portable air cleaning products are sold under the Bionaire® and Harmony® brand names, and our fans and heaters are sold under the Holmes® and Patton® brand names.

Outdoor Solutions.    We manufacture or source, market and distribute consumer leisure products worldwide under, and license rights to, the Campingaz® and Coleman® brand names for use outside the home or away from the home, such as products for camping, backpacking, tailgating, backyard grilling and other outdoor activities. Coleman has branded itself “The Outdoor Company™” and is committed to promoting the social, health and recreational benefits of “going outside” to consumers.

Process Solutions.    In addition to the three primary business segments described above, our Process Solutions business segment consists primarily of our plastic consumables business, which manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of consumer and medical plastic products for original equipment manufacturer customers and our other primary business segments, and our zinc strip business, which is the largest producer of zinc strip and fabricated products in North America, including plated blanks for circulation coinage.

Competitive Strengths

We believe that the following competitive strengths serve as a foundation for our business strategy:

Market Leadership Positions.    In North America, we are a leader in several categories including camping gear, cordage, firelogs and firestarters, home canning, home vacuum packaging, matches and toothpicks, playing cards, boxed plastic cutlery, selected small kitchen appliances, warming blankets and a number of other branded consumer products. We believe that the specialized nature of our niche categories, and our leading market shares therein, provide us with competitive advantages in terms of demand from consumers and enhanced brand awareness. We believe our market leadership positions contribute to our ability to attract new customers and enter new distribution channels.

We believe our Ball® brand is synonymous with home canning. We are either the named category manager, sole supplier or one of a very limited number of vendors to the dominant retailers in both the firelogs and firestarters, rope, cord and twine product lines. In the playing card industry, our Branded Consumables segment is the leading provider of playing cards under the Bee®, Bicycle® and Hoyle® brands. We created the home vacuum packaging category at most of our retailers and continue to lead the category by providing innovation and marketing tools to promote the FoodSaver® brand and home vacuum packaging to consumers. As a leading provider of small kitchen appliances, we work directly with retailers, often as the category manager, to identify and support consumers’ needs. Our Mr. Coffee®, Crock-Pot®, Oster® and Sunbeam® brands hold leading positions in a number of small electric categories including automatic drip coffee makers, blenders, slow cookers and hand mixers. Our Coleman® and Campingaz® brands are widely recognized domestically, in Europe and in the Pacific Rim, and we are a leader in a number of camping and outdoor equipment product categories, including tents, lanterns and stoves.

Strong Brand Name Recognition.    We have built a portfolio of leading consumer brands, which assists us in gaining retail shelf space and introducing new products. The Ball® brand has been in continuous use for over 100 years and is well recognized within the home food preservation market while the Bicycle® playing card brand has been in continuous production since 1885. In the United States, we believe Kerr® is also a widely-recognized home canning brand while Bernardin® is the leading home canning brand in Canada. We believe Diamond® is the

 

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leading brand in plastic cutlery, kitchen matches and toothpicks for use in and around the home. We also believe our FoodSaver® brand is a household name in home vacuum packaging systems. In addition, Bee® and Bicycle® are leading brands with strong brand awareness and a significant market share in the playing card category. The Coleman®, First Alert®, Mr. Coffee® , Pine Mountain®, Rival® , Starterlogg®, and Sunbeam® brands are highly recognized brands in their respective market segments. Overall, we believe our strong brand recognition and consumer awareness, coupled with the quality of our products, help promote significant customer loyalty.

Comprehensive Product Offering.    We provide retailers with a broad and diversified portfolio of consumer products across multiple categories, which adds diversity to our revenues and cash flows. Within these categories, we service the needs of a wide range of consumers and satisfy their different tastes, preferences and budgets. Through our Branded Consumables segment, we offer a range of branded products to serve the value, mid-tier and premium price points. Additionally, Branded Consumables offers kitchen matches, retail plastic cutlery and toothpicks of various counts, sizes and durability as well as leading playing card products in each pricing category and a broad portfolio of card and gaming accessories. Branded Consumables also offers a diversified portfolio of consumer products, including cordage (e.g., ropes and twines), firelogs and firestarters, home storage, fire and carbon monoxide alarms and organization hardware, workshop accessories and security screen doors and fencing. We believe our Consumer Solutions segment, through our Bionaire®, FoodSaver®, Mr. Coffee®, Holmes®, Oster®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam® and VillaWare® brands, is well positioned in the kitchen and household appliance categories to take advantage of a “good, better, best” strategy in order to target consumers with various levels of price sensitivity and product sophistication. In addition, with products ranging from lanterns to coolers to outdoor fireplaces, Coleman® and Campingaz® are leading global camping and outdoor lifestyle brands with comprehensive product offerings in numerous categories. We believe our ability to serve retailers with a broad array of branded products and introduce new products will continue to allow us to further penetrate existing customer bases while also attracting new customers.

Recurring Revenue Stream.    We derive recurring and, we believe, stable annual sales from many of our leading products due to their affordability and position as fundamental staples within many households. Our jar closures, firelogs, kitchen matches, firelogs and firestarters, plastic cutlery, rope, cord and twine and toothpicks are consumable in nature and exemplify these traits. Moreover, we believe that as the installed base of FoodSaver® and Seal-a-Meal® appliances increases, our disposable storage bags and related accessories used with the appliances will constitute an increasing percentage of total food preservation revenues. Historically, the sales of consumable bags and accessories as a percentage of total net sales of FoodSaver® products has increased. Additional sources of recurring revenue include replacement blades for our grooming and sheering business, replacement propane and fuel tanks for our camping business, filters for humidifiers and air purifiers.

Expertise in Successfully Identifying and Executing Complementary Acquisitions.    We believe we have disciplined expertise in identifying and acquiring businesses or brands that complement our existing product portfolio. We are opportunistic in identifying acquisition candidates that can provide category leading product offerings to be sold through our existing distribution channels or introduce new distribution channels for our existing products. This expertise has previously resulted in several important strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses, including Tilia, Diamond Brands, Lehigh, United States Playing Card Company, American Household, Inc., referred to as AHI and The Holmes Group, Inc., referred to as Holmes, which have helped build our portfolio of consumer products and brand names as well as strengthened our distribution channels. We believe that our acquisition expertise uniquely positions us to take advantage of future opportunities to acquire complementary businesses or brands.

We believe that the January 2005 and July 2005 acquisitions of AHI and Holmes, respectively, provide benefits to us similar to our previous complementary acquisitions, but on a much larger scale. As a result of these acquisitions, we have become a leader in a variety of branded consumer product segments in which we did not previously participate (e.g., a broad range of small kitchen and household appliances, warming blankets, grooming and shearing products and camping equipment) while also increasing our international presence.

 

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Low Cost Manufacturing.    We focus on executing manufacturing programs involving large volumes with superior efficiencies, low cost and high quality. We organize the production runs in many of our business segments’ product lines to minimize the number of manufacturing functions and the frequency of material handling. We also utilize, where practical, a flexible process which uses cellular manufacturing to allow a continuous flow of parts with minimal set up time. Our efficient and automated plastic cutlery manufacturing and firelog and firestarter operations enable us to produce, count and package plastic cutlery and produce and package firelogs and firestarters ready for retail distribution with minimal labor costs. In our manufacturing facility in China, we focus on manufacturing proprietary products and products where our expertise provides a lower production cost.

We also utilize an efficient outsourced manufacturing network of suppliers for certain of our products. Many of these relationships are long-term, affording us increased flexibility and stability in our operations. This diverse network allows us to maintain multiple sources of quality products while keeping price points competitive.

We continuously implement cost-saving initiatives that have rationalized certain operating and manufacturing facilities for products in the Consumer Solutions and Outdoor Solutions segments, as well as increased outsourcing of certain small kitchen appliances and camping products where it is most cost effective.

Proprietary and Patented Technology.    We believe that we have proprietary expertise in the design, development and manufacture of certain of our products supported by patented technology, affording us a competitive advantage and enabling us to maintain our market leading positions. We own patents on our FoodSaver® home vacuum packaging systems. We believe this patent protection and our well-developed manufacturing relationships have enabled us to become a market leader within the home vacuum packaging category. For our home canning products, we have developed a proprietary two-piece closure system incorporating a plastisol sealant that differentiates our jar lids from those of competitors. For our playing card manufacturing process, we have a proprietary method that is employed to manufacture card stock and coating, which gives our products the unique “snap,” “slip” and “shuffle” users demand for playing cards. We have a number of patents in the slow-cooker area which distinguish us from our competitors.

Proven and Incentivized Management Team.    Our management team has a proven track record of successful management with positive operating and shareholder results. Our executive corporate management team is led by Martin E. Franklin, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ian G.H. Ashken, our Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, and James E. Lillie, our President and Chief Operating Officer. Our operating segments are led by executives with extensive experience in the branded consumer products markets.

Business Strategy

Our objective is to increase profitability, cash flow and revenue while enhancing our position as a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded consumer products used in and around the home and “home away from home.” Our strategy for achieving these objectives includes the following key elements:

Further Penetrate Existing Distribution Channels.    We seek to further penetrate existing distribution channels to drive organic growth by leveraging our strong existing customer relationships and attracting new customers. We intend to further penetrate existing customers by continuing to:

 

    provide quality products;

 

    fulfill logistical requirements and volume demands efficiently and consistently;

 

    provide comprehensive product support from design to after-market customer service;

 

    cross-sell our brands across various business segments to our extensive combined customer bases; and

 

    leverage strong established European, Latin American and Pacific Rim distribution channels.

 

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Our recent acquisitions have led to cross-selling opportunities such as Coleman® branded patio logs (using Pine Mountain® firelog products) and Lehigh® rope and accessories under the Coleman® brand. We intend to attract new customers through our portfolio of leading brands, innovative products and superior customer service.

Introduce New Products.    To drive organic growth from our existing businesses, we intend to continue to leverage our strong brand names, customer relationships and proven capacity for innovation to develop new products and product extensions in each of our major product categories. For example, during 2006, we successfully launched the Margaritaville® frozen concoction maker, the Sunbeam® rocket grill and the built-in pump Coleman® airbed.

Further Expand Internationally.    We derived approximately 24% of our sales in 2005 from international markets. We intend to expand our international sales primarily by leveraging these distribution channel opportunities across product lines and by pursuing strategic cross-selling or co-branding in our foreign businesses with established complementary distribution channels. We believe our strong international distribution network will continue to assist us in placing more products into foreign channels and increase the rate at which our products assimilate themselves into homes in the European, Pacific Rim and Latin American markets.

Pursue Strategic Acquisitions.    We anticipate that the fragmented nature of the consumer products market will continue to provide opportunities for growth through strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses. Our acquisition strategy will continue to focus on businesses or brands with product offerings that provide expansion into related categories and can be marketed through our existing distribution channels or provide us with new distribution channels for our existing products, thereby increasing marketing and distribution efficiencies. Furthermore, we seek acquisition candidates that demonstrate a combination of attractive margins, strong cash flow characteristics, category leading positions and products that generate recurring revenue. We anticipate that future acquisitions will be financed through a combination of cash on hand, operating cash flow, availability under our existing credit facilities and new capital market offerings.

Focus on operating margin improvements.    We intend to continue to focus on driving improvements in operating margins through operating efficiencies and the realization of synergies from our acquisitions. We continue to facilitate the integration of our businesses and the transfer of best practices throughout each of our operating units. We use our scale to improve supply chain, distribution and production costs as well as continuing to emphasize the increased utilization of our Asian manufacturing facilities.

Recent Developments

On February 2, 2007, we announced our preliminary summary financial information for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 in advance of the completion of our 2006 year end audit. Our estimated net sales of $3.85 billion consisted of: Branded Consumables approximately $812 million; Consumer Solutions approximately $1,892 million; Outdoor Solutions approximately $901 million; Process Solutions approximately $309 million and intercompany eliminations of approximately $68 million. Using the estimated Consolidated Segment Earnings (as defined below) range of $440 million to $442 million the earnings are estimated to be: Branded Consumables approximately $118 million; Consumer Solutions approximately $250 million; Outdoor Solutions approximately $84 million; Process Solutions approximately $34 million and corporate expenses of approximately $44 million to $46 million. 2006 Consolidated Segment Earnings as a percentage of sales are estimated to be: Branded Consumables 14.6%; Consumer Solutions 13.2%; Outdoor Solutions 9.4% and Process Solutions 10.9%. Our estimated cash flow from operations was approximately $235 million in 2006 compared to approximately $241 million in 2005. Cash flow from operations includes cash reorganization costs of approximately $37 million in 2006, compared to $19 million in 2005. Our estimated Capital Expenditures for the year was approximately $68 million. Our estimated net indebtedness at December 31, 2006 of $1,240 million consisted of approximately $1,260 million of term and other debt, approximately $180 million of senior

 

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subordinated notes, net of approximately $200 million of cash. We had no borrowings on our revolving credit or asset based facilities at December 31, 2006. Consolidated Segment Earnings represents our performance measurement under SFAS 131. The measurement is our earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization, excluding reorganization, acquisition and integration related costs (estimated $42 million), stock based compensation (estimated $23 million), and profit in inventory (estimated $10 million).

Because the fourth quarter has recently ended, this information is, by necessity, preliminary in nature and based only upon preliminary information available to us as of the date of this prospectus supplement. Investors should exercise caution in relying on the information contained herein and should not draw any inferences from this information regarding financial or operating data that is not discussed herein.

On January 29, 2007, we commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of our $180 million principal amount outstanding 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, and, in connection therewith, we are also soliciting consents to amend the indenture governing the 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 to, among other things, eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and eliminate or modify certain events of default. The consummation of the tender offer is conditioned on the consummation of this offering and the amendment to our senior credit facility described below.

In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, we are seeking an amendment to our senior credit facility. We expect this amendment to, among other things:

 

    appoint Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. as the new administrative agent;

 

    reduce the interest rate on the outstanding Term Loan B1 (as defined in the senior credit facility);

 

    add one or more incremental term loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750 million, of which $150 million can be utilized to increase our revolving loan commitments;

 

    eliminate or provide us with additional permitted exceptions to certain of the existing restrictive covenants;

 

    eliminate the financial covenants relating to senior leverage ratio and fixed charge ratio and add a new interest coverage ratio; and

 

    permit us to complete the tender offer.

For a description of our senior credit facility, see “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Credit Facility.”

Risk Factors

Our ability to implement our business strategy, and an investment in our securities, including the notes offered hereby, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” for a description of the risks you should consider before investing in the notes.

 


We are incorporated in Delaware and the address of our executive corporate headquarters is 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, NY 10580, and our telephone number is (914) 967-9400.

 

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The Offering

 

Issuer

Jarden Corporation.

 

Notes Offered

$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of     % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017.

 

Use of Proceeds

We will receive approximately $                 in net proceeds from this offering, after deducting underwriting commissions and other estimated offering expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to (i) purchase all of our 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 that are tendered in connection with the tender offer for such notes and pay accrued and unpaid interest on all such notes and all tender premiums and transaction expenses; (ii) pay down a portion of our outstanding term loan debt under our senior credit facility; and (iii) for general corporate purposes, including the funding of capital expenditures and potential acquisitions. Affiliates of each or certain of the underwriters are lenders and agents under the senior credit facility and, as such, may receive a portion of the proceeds of this offering. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters also own a portion of our existing senior subordinated notes and will receive a portion of the proceeds from this offering. See “Use of Proceeds” and “Underwriting—Other Relationships.”

 

Maturity

                    , 2017.

 

Interest Rate

Interest on the notes will accrue at the rate of     % per annum, payable semi-annually in cash in arrears.

 

Interest Payment Dates

             and              of each year, beginning on             , 2007.

 

Ranking

The notes will be our unsecured senior subordinated obligations and will rank junior in right of payment to our existing and future senior debt. The guarantees of the notes by certain of our domestic restricted subsidiaries will rank junior in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt of such subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2006, as adjusted to give effect to this offering and the use of proceeds therefrom, the notes and the guarantees would have been subordinated to approximately $1.1 billion of senior debt.

 

Guarantees

The notes will be unconditionally guaranteed in full, jointly and severally, on a senior subordinated basis by certain of our existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries. None of our foreign subsidiaries will guarantee the notes.

 

Optional Redemption

We may redeem all or part of the notes at any time prior to             , 2012 by paying a specified make-whole premium. On or after             , 2012, we may redeem some or all of the notes at any time and from time to time at the redemption prices listed under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption,” plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, prior to                     , 2010, we have the option to redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at the price listed under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption upon Equity Offerings.”

 

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Mandatory Offer to Repurchase

If we sell certain assets or experience certain types of changes of control, we must offer to repurchase the notes at the prices listed in the section “Description of Notes—Change of Control.”

 

Covenants of the Indenture

We will issue the notes under an indenture and supplemental indenture (collectively, the “Indenture”) with The Bank of New York, as trustee, each dated February     , 2007. The Indenture contains various covenants that will limit, among other things, our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to:

 

    incur additional indebtedness;

 

    pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock;

 

    engage in certain transactions with affiliates;

 

    transfer or sell assets; and

 

    consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets.

 

 

Each of these restrictions has a number of important qualifications and exceptions. For example, as of September 30, 2006, after giving effect to our November 2006 equity offering, the Indenture would have allowed us to make restricted payments (including dividends and stock repurchases) in excess of $692 million, which is in addition to certain other restricted payments permitted by the Indenture, subject to the other limitations in the “Restricted Payments” covenant and the limitations on restricted payments under the covenants in our other debt instruments, including our senior credit facility, and under applicable laws.

 

 

For more details, see “Description of Notes—Certain Covenants.”

 

Form of Notes

We will initially issue the notes as one or more global notes in registered, book-entry form without interest coupons. These global notes will be deposited upon issuance with The Bank of New York, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, which we refer to as DTC. Beneficial interests in the notes will be shown on the records maintained by DTC and its participants. Except in the limited circumstances described in “Description of Notes—Book-Entry, Delivery and Form,” participants or indirect participants in the global notes cannot obtain notes in definitive form and cannot have notes issued and registered in their names.

 

Trustee and Paying Agent

The Bank of New York.

 

Governing Law

The Indenture and the notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

Absence of a Public Market for the Notes

We do not intend to apply for listing of the notes in any securities exchange. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that a liquid market for the notes will develop or be maintained.

 

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Summary Consolidated Financial Information

The following tables set forth our summary consolidated financial data as of and for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, and the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. The summary consolidated financial data set forth below has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto where applicable for the respective fiscal years. The summary consolidated financial data as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, were derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto. The summary consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as well as our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, which are incorporated by reference herein. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference.” Our results of operations for these periods include the items referred to in footnotes (a), (c) and (d) below. These historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in the future. The results of Diamond Brands, Lehigh, USPC, AHI and Holmes are included from their dates of acquisition of February 1, 2003, September 2, 2003, June 28, 2004, January 24, 2005 and July 18, 2005, respectively. Certain reclassifications have been made in our financial statements contained for prior years to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications have no impact on previously reported net income.

 

   

For the Nine Months Ended

September 30,

   

For the Years Ended

December 31,

      2006(a)(d)       2005(a)(d)       2005(a)(d)     2004(b)(d)   2003(c)(d)
    (unaudited)                

Statements of Income Data (in millions):

         

Net sales(e)

  $ 2,786.8   $ 2,213.7     $ 3,189.1     $ 838.6   $ 587.7

Operating earnings

    215.6     155.4       186.0       96.0     71.5

Interest expense, net(f)

    83.5     57.6       84.3       27.6     19.2

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

    —       6.1       6.1       —       —  

Income tax provision

    61.8     33.5       35.0       26.0     20.5

Net income

    70.3     58.2       60.7       42.4     31.8
                                 

Paid in-kind dividends on Series B and Series C preferred stock

    —       (9.7 )     (9.7 )     —       —  

Charge from beneficial conversion of Series B and Series C preferred stock

    —       (38.9 )     (38.9 )     —       —  
                                 

Income available to common stockholders

  $ 70.3   $ 9.6     $ 12.1     $ 42.4   $ 31.8
                                 

Other Financial/Segment Data (in millions):

         

Cash flows from operations

  $ 27.8   $ (14.4 )   $ 240.9     $ 70.4   $ 73.8

Depreciation and amortization

    47.0     40.8       57.6       19.2     15.0

Capital expenditures

    47.9     36.5       58.5       10.8     12.8

Consolidated segment earnings(g)

    308.9     262.6       360.0      
       

As of
September 30,

2006(a)(d) 

    As of December 31,
          2005(a)(d)     2004(b)(d)   2003(c)(d)

Balance Sheet Data (in millions):

         

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 82.9     $ 237.1     $ 20.7   $ 125.4

Working capital(h)

    659.1       749.9       181.4     242.0

Total assets

    3,860.8       3,524.6       1,042.4     759.7

Total debt

    1,644.4       1,541.3       487.4     387.4

Total stockholders’ equity

    1,061.5       1,003.8       334.0     249.9

(a)

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Holmes acquisitions, $2.5 million of write offs of inventory related to reorganization and acquisition-related integration initiatives, $62.4 million of non-cash compensation costs recorded related to the issuance of stock options and restricted shares of our common stock to employees and the early adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) “Share Based Payment,” $29.1 million of reorganization and acquisition-related integration costs, and $6.1 million of loss on early extinguishment of debt.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, earnings were reduced by the following amounts: $3.9 million of manufacturer’s profit in inventory charged to cost of sales related to a tuck-in acquisition, $22.5 million related to reorganization and acquisition-related integration costs, $16.1 million of non-cash compensation costs primarily related to the expensing of restricted shares and stock options of our common stock issued to employees, $1.1 million related to an executive separation in the Branded Consumables segment, $2.4 million of certain duplicative administrative costs associated with the ongoing integration activities, and $0.3 million of inventory write-offs related to integration activities. Also, included in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 is a tax provision of $13.6 million relating to a tax cost associated with the legal reorganization of the Consumer Solutions business. Excluding this legal reorganization, our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 would have been 36.5%.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, earnings were reduced by the following amounts: $20.6 million of manufacturer’s profit in inventory charged to cost of sales related to the AHI and Holmes acquisitions, $16.0 million of reorganization and acquisition-related integration costs, $29.8 million of non-cash compensation costs primarily related to the expensing of restricted shares and stock options of our common stock issued to employees, $6.1 million of loss on early extinguishment of debt and $48.6 million related to the dividends on and beneficial conversion of Series B and C preferred stock.

 

(b) 2004 includes a non-cash restricted stock charge of $32.2 million. As a result, our operating earnings of $96.0 million were each reduced by such amount.

 

(c) 2003 includes a non-cash restricted stock charge of $21.9 million. As a result, our operating earnings of $71.5 million were each reduced by such amount.

 

(d) The results of AHI are included from January 24, 2005; THG from July 18 2005; USPC from June 28, 2004; Lehigh from September 2, 2003; Diamond Brands from February 1, 2003; and Tilia from April 1, 2002; which are the respective dates of acquisition. During 2005, we completed three tuck-in acquisitions and during the nine months ended September 30, 2006, we completed four tuck-in acquisitions. These tuck-in acquisitions were not significant individually or in the aggregate.

 

(e) Our increase in net sales from 2004 to 2005 was primarily the result of the acquisitions we completed during 2005 and 2004, which we described in detail in “Item 7––Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. On a pro forma basis, our net sales grew organically by approximately 3% in 2005 compared to 2004.

 

(f) For the twelve months ended September 30, 2006, after giving pro forma effect to the offering of the notes hereby and the use of proceeds thereof and the equity offering we completed in November 2006, our interest expense would have been $99.4 million. In the event that the interest rate used to calculate pro forma interest expense for the notes offered hereby is increased or decreased by 0.125%, our pro forma interest expense would increase or decrease by approximately $0.5 million.

 

(g) Consolidated Segment Earnings includes the results of our operating segments and corporate items. See the “Segment Information” footnote in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, for further information.

 

(h) Working capital is defined as current assets (including cash and cash equivalents) less current liabilities (including short term debt and current portion of long term debt).

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the notes involves risks, including the risks described in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and in the documents that are incorporated herein and therein by reference. You should carefully consider these risk factors together with all of the other information and data included in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents that are incorporated herein and therein by reference before you decide to acquire any of our notes. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition may suffer.

Risks Relating to Our Business

Our sales are highly dependent on purchases from several large customers and any significant decline in these purchases or pressure from these customers to reduce prices could have a negative effect on our future financial performance.

Due to consolidation in the U.S. retail industry, our customer base has become relatively concentrated. On a historical basis in 2005, one customer accounted for approximately 23% of our consolidated net sales.

Although we have long-established relationships with many of our customers, we do not have any long-term supply or binding contracts or guarantees of minimum purchases. Purchases by our customers are generally made using individual purchase orders. As a result, these customers may cancel their orders, change purchase quantities from forecast volumes, or delay purchases for a number of reasons beyond our control. Significant or numerous cancellations, reductions, or delays in purchases by customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, because many of our costs are fixed, a reduction in customer demand could have an adverse effect on our gross profit margins and operating income.

We depend on a continuous flow of new orders from our large, high-volume retail customers; however, we may be unable to continually meet the needs of our customers. Furthermore, on-time delivery and satisfactory customer service are becoming increasingly important to our customers. Retailers are increasing their demands on suppliers to:

 

    reduce lead times for product delivery, which may require us to increase inventories and could impact the timing of reported sales;

 

    improve customer service, such as with direct import programs, whereby product is supplied directly to retailers from third party suppliers; and

 

    adopt new technologies related to inventory management such as Radio Frequency Identification, otherwise known as RFID, technology, which may have substantial implementation costs.

We cannot provide any assurance that we can continue to successfully meet the needs of our customers. A substantial decrease in sales to any of our major customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Seasonality and weather conditions may cause our operating results to vary from quarter to quarter.

Sales of certain of our products are seasonal. Sales of our outdoor solutions products increase during warm weather months and decrease during winter. Additionally, sales of our home canning products generally reflect the pattern of the growing season, sales of our home improvement products are concentrated in the spring and summer months, sales of our firelogs and firestarters are concentrated in the fall and winter months and sales of our consumer solutions products generally are strongest in the fourth quarter preceding the holiday season.

Weather conditions may also negatively impact sales. For instance, we may not sell as many of certain outdoor recreation products (such as lanterns, tents and sleeping bags) as anticipated if there are fewer natural disasters such as hurricanes and ice storms; mild winter weather may negatively impact sales of electric blankets,

 

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heaters, firelogs and firestarters, some health products and smoke or carbon monoxide alarms; and the late arrival of summer weather may negatively impact sales of outdoor camping equipment and grills. Additionally, sales of our home canning products and our home improvement products may be negatively impacted by unfavorable weather conditions and other market trends. Periods of drought, for example, could adversely affect the supply and price of fruit, vegetables and other foods available for home canning, and inclement weather may reduce the amount of time spent on home improvement projects. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations are dependent upon third-party suppliers whose failure to perform adequately could disrupt our business operations.

We currently source a significant portion of parts and products from third parties. Our ability to select and retain reliable vendors who provide timely deliveries of quality parts and products will impact our success in meeting customer demand for timely delivery of quality products. We typically do not enter into long-term contracts with our primary vendors and suppliers. Instead, most parts and products are supplied on a “purchase order” basis. As a result, we may be subject to unexpected changes in pricing or supply of products. Any inability of our suppliers to timely deliver quality parts and products or any unanticipated change in supply, quality or pricing of products could be disruptive and costly to us.

Our reliance on manufacturing facilities and suppliers in Asia could make us vulnerable to supply interruptions related to the political, legal and cultural environment in Asia.

A significant portion of our products are manufactured by third-party suppliers in Asia, primarily the People’s Republic of China, or at our owned facility in southern China. Our ability to continue to select reliable vendors who provide timely deliveries of quality parts and products will impact our success in meeting customer demand for timely delivery of quality products. Furthermore, the ability of our owned facility to timely deliver finished goods, and the ability of third-party suppliers to timely deliver finished goods and/or raw materials, may be affected by events beyond their control, such as inability of shippers to timely deliver merchandise due to work stoppages or slowdowns, or significant weather and health conditions (such as SARS) affecting manufacturers and/or shippers. Any adverse change in, among other things, any of the following could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition:

 

    our relationship with third-party suppliers;

 

    the financial condition of third-party suppliers;

 

    our ability to import products from these third-party suppliers or our owned facility; or

 

    third-party suppliers’ ability to manufacture and deliver outsourced products on a timely basis.

We cannot assure you that we could quickly or effectively replace any of our suppliers if the need arose, and we cannot assure you that we could retrieve tooling and molds possessed by any of our third-party suppliers. Our dependence on these few suppliers could also adversely affect our ability to react quickly and effectively to changes in the market for our products. In addition, international manufacturing is subject to significant risks, including, among other things:

 

    labor unrest;

 

    political instability;

 

    restrictions on transfer of funds;

 

    domestic and international customs and tariffs;

 

    unexpected changes in regulatory environments; and

 

    potentially adverse tax consequences.

 

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Labor in China has historically been readily available at relatively low cost as compared to labor costs in North America. China has experienced rapid social, political and economic change in recent years. We cannot assure you that labor will continue to be available to us in China at costs consistent with historical levels or that changes in labor or other laws will not be enacted which would have a material adverse effect on our operations in China. A substantial increase in labor costs in China could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Although China currently enjoys “most favored nation” trading status with the United States, the U.S. government has in the past proposed to revoke such status and to impose higher tariffs on products imported from China. We cannot assure you that our business will not be affected by the aforementioned risks, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operating results can be adversely affected by changes in the cost or availability of raw materials.

Pricing and availability of raw materials for use in our businesses can be volatile due to numerous factors beyond our control, including general, domestic and international economic conditions, labor costs, production levels, competition, consumer demand, import duties and tariffs and currency exchange rates. This volatility can significantly affect the availability and cost of raw materials for us, and may, therefore, have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

During periods of rising prices of raw materials, there can be no assurance that we will be able to pass any portion of such increases on to customers. Conversely, when raw material prices decline, customer demands for lower prices could result in lower sale prices and, to the extent we have existing inventory, lower margins. As a result, fluctuations in raw material prices could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Some of the products we manufacture require particular types of glass, paper, plastic, metal, wax, wood or other materials. Supply shortages for a particular type of material can delay production or cause increases in the cost of manufacturing our products. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In particular, we rely on wax for certain products in our Branded Consumables segment and resin for many of the products in our Consumer Solutions and Outdoor Solutions business segments and the plastics solutions part of our process solution business segment. Wax and resin prices have risen in response to, among other things, higher oil prices. If wax prices, resin prices or other material prices rise further in the future we can expect the cost of goods for our businesses to increase. Given that only some of this increase relates to contracts where we have pass-through pricing, the effect of the remainder of the increase could have a material adverse effect on our margins. We also rely on glass for certain of the products in our Branded Consumables business segment. Glass prices have risen in response to higher natural gas prices. If glass prices rise further in the future, we can expect the cost of goods to increase, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

With the growing trend towards consolidation among suppliers of many of our raw materials, especially resin, glass and steel, we are increasingly dependent upon key suppliers whose bargaining strength is growing. In addition, many of those suppliers have been reducing production capacity of those raw materials in the North American market. We may be negatively affected by changes in availability and price of raw materials resulting from this consolidation and reduced capacity, which could negatively impact our results of operations.

We are subject to several production-related risks which could jeopardize our ability to realize anticipated sales and profits.

In order to realize sales and operating profits at anticipated levels, we must manufacture or source and deliver in a timely manner products of high quality. Among others, the following factors can have a negative effect on our ability to do these things:

 

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    scheduling and transportation difficulties;

 

    management dislocation;

 

    substandard product quality, which can result in higher warranty, product liability and product recall costs;

 

    delays in development of quality new products;

 

    changes in laws and regulations, including changes in tax rates, accounting standards, and environmental and occupational laws;

 

    health and safety laws; and

 

    changes in the availability and costs of labor.

Any adverse change in the above-listed factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Because we manufacture or source a significant portion of our products from Asia, our production lead times are relatively long. Therefore, we often commit to production in advance of firm customer orders. If we fail to forecast customer or consumer demand accurately we may encounter difficulties in filling customer orders or in liquidating excess inventories, or may find that customers are canceling orders or returning products. Additionally, changes in retailer inventory management strategies could make inventory management more difficult. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Competition in our industries may hinder our ability to execute our business strategy, achieve profitability, or maintain relationships with existing customers.

We operate in some highly competitive industries. In these industries, we compete against numerous other domestic and foreign companies. Competition in the markets in which we operate is based primarily on product quality, product innovation, price and customer service and support, although the degree and nature of such competition vary by location and product line.

In our Branded Consumables segment, we have direct competitors in most of our niche markets. In addition, in the market for home canning, we compete with companies who specialize in other food preservation mediums, such as freezing and dehydration. The market for plastic cutlery is extremely price sensitive and our competitors include Far East and domestic suppliers. Our competition in the market for rope, cord and twine includes Mibro and private label brands. Our key competitors in the home safety business include Kidde, Invensys and Universal Security Instruments Inc. In the market for playing cards, our competition includes Angel, Cardinal Carta Mundi, Copag, Gaming Partners International, Gemaco, Patch Products and a number of other manufacturers located in China.

In our Consumer Solutions segment, our FoodSaver® and Seal-a-Meal® appliances and bags compete with marketers of “conventional” food storage solutions, such as non-vacuum plastic bags and containers. In addition, our competitors include other manufacturers of home sealing appliances that heat- or vacuum-seal bags. As household penetration of home vacuum packaging systems has increased, more competitors have entered the market. As such, the market has become more price-and feature-sensitive. There are also several companies that manufacture industrial and commercial vacuum packaging products. In more mature small household appliance categories outside of home vacuum packaging, including blenders, toasters and irons, among others, our key competitors in the United States and Canada include Applica Incorporated, Cuisinart®, Kitchen Aid®, NACCO and Salton, Inc. In heated bedding products, our primary competitor is Microlife (Biddeford). In scales, our key competitors include Homedics®/Metro-Taylor and private label brands. Our key competitors for clippers, trimmers and accessories for professional users include Andis®, Wahl and Conair®. Our primary competitor to our hospitality business is Proctor-Silex®. In portable air cleaning products, our primary competitors are

 

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DeLonghi, Honeywell/Kaz, Hunter, Ionic Breeze® and Ionic Pro LLC. In vaporizers and humidifiers, our key competitors are Honeywell/Kaz, Hunter and Lasko. Our key competitors in portable heaters are Honeywell/Kaz, Lakewood, Lasko and Soleus. Our primary competitors in fans are Honeywell/Kaz, Hunter, King of Fans and Lasko.

In the Outdoor Solutions segment, our largest competitors include Igloo Corporation, Intex Corporation, VF Corporation, Johnson Outdoors, Kellwood Company and Rubbermaid.

We also face competition from the manufacturing operations of some of our current and potential customers with private label brands.

Some of our competitors are more established in their industries and have substantially greater revenue or resources than we do. Our competitors may take actions to match new product introductions and other initiatives. Since many of our competitors source their products from third parties, our ability to obtain a cost advantage through sourcing is reduced. Certain of our competitors may be willing to reduce prices and accept lower profit margins to compete with us. Further, retailers often demand that suppliers reduce their prices on existing products. Competition could cause price reductions, reduced profits or losses or loss of market share, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

To compete effectively in the future in the consumer products industry, among other things, we must:

 

    maintain strict quality standards;

 

    develop new products that appeal to consumers; and

 

    deliver products on a reliable basis at competitive prices.

Our inability to do any of these things could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

If we fail to develop new or expand existing customer relationships, our ability to grow our business will be impaired.

Our growth depends to a significant degree upon our ability to develop new customer relationships and to expand existing relationships with current customers. We cannot guarantee that new customers will be found, that any such new relationships will be successful when they are in place, or that business with current customers will increase. Failure to develop and expand such relationships could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

If we cannot continue to develop new products in a timely manner, and at favorable margins, we may not be able to compete effectively.

We believe that our future success will depend, in part, upon our ability to continue to introduce innovative design extensions for our existing products and to develop, manufacture and market new products. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in the introduction, manufacturing and marketing of any new products or product innovations, or develop and introduce, in a timely manner, innovations to our existing products that satisfy customer needs or achieve market acceptance. Our failure to develop new products and introduce them successfully and in a timely manner, and at favorable margins, would harm our ability to successfully grow our business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to risks related to acquisitions, and our failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We have achieved growth through the acquisition of companies, including the acquisitions of AHI and Holmes, and tuck-in acquisitions. There can be no assurance that we will be able to integrate successfully these businesses or future acquisitions into our existing business without substantial costs, delays or other operational

 

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or financial difficulties. There is also no assurance that we will be able to successfully leverage synergies among our businesses to increase sales and obtain cost savings. Additionally, the failure of these businesses to achieve expected results, diversion of our management’s attention and failure to retain key personnel at these businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We anticipate that any future acquisitions we pursue as part of our business strategy may be financed through a combination of cash on hand, operating cash flow, availability under our senior credit facility and new capital market offerings. If new debt is added to current debt levels, or if we incur other liabilities, including contingent liabilities, in connection with an acquisition, the debt or liabilities could impose additional constraints and requirements on our business and financial performance, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and operations.

Our results could be adversely affected if the cost of compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations becomes too burdensome.

Our operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental and health and safety laws and regulations including those that impose workplace standards and regulate the discharge of pollutants into the environment and establish standards for the handling, generation, emission, release, discharge, treatment, storage and disposal of materials and substances including solid and hazardous wastes. We believe that we are in material compliance with such laws and regulations and that the cost of maintaining compliance will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. However, due to the nature of our operations and the frequently changing nature of environmental compliance standards and technology, we cannot assure you that future material capital expenditures will not be required in order to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations.

In January 2003, the European Union (“EU”) issued two directives relating to chemical substances in electronic products. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive requires producers of electrical goods to pay for specified collection, recycling, treatment and disposal of past and future covered products. EU governments were required to enact and implement legislation that complies with this directive by August 13, 2004 (such legislation, together with the directive, the “WEEE Legislation”), and certain producers are to be financially responsible under the WEEE Legislation beginning in August 2005. The EU has issued another directive that requires electrical and electronic equipment placed on the EU market after July 1, 2006 to be free of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium (above a threshold limit) and brominated flame retardants. EU governments were required to enact and implement legislation that complies with this directive by August 13, 2004 (such legislation, together with this directive, the “RoHS Legislation”). If we do not comply with these directives, we may suffer a loss of revenue, be unable to sell in certain markets and/or countries, be subject to penalties and enforced fees and/or suffer a competitive disadvantage. Similar legislation could be enacted in other jurisdictions, including in the United States. Costs to comply with the WEEE Legislation, RoHS Legislation and/or similar future legislation, if applicable, could include costs associated with modifying our products, recycling and other waste processing costs, legal and regulatory costs and insurance costs. We may also be required to take reserves for costs associated with compliance with these regulations. We cannot assure you that the costs to comply with these new laws, or with current and future environmental and worker health and safety laws, will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may incur significant costs in order to comply with environmental remediation obligations.

In addition to operational standards, environmental laws also impose obligations on various entities to clean up contaminated properties or to pay for the cost of such remediation, often upon parties that did not actually cause the contamination. Accordingly, we may be liable, either contractually or by operation of law, for remediation costs even if the contaminated property is not presently owned or operated by us, is a landfill or other location where we have disposed wastes, or if the contamination was caused by third parties during or prior to our ownership or operation of the property. Given the nature of the past industrial operations conducted by us and

 

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others at these properties, there can be no assurance that all potential instances of soil or groundwater contamination have been identified, even for those properties where an environmental site assessment has been conducted. We do not believe that any of our existing remediation obligations, including at third-party sites where we have been named a potentially responsible party, will have a material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations or financial condition. However, future events, such as changes in existing laws or policies or their enforcement, or the discovery of currently unknown contamination, may give rise to additional remediation liabilities that may be material. See “Environmental Matters” under note 7 (Commitments and Contingencies) of the notes to our consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (which is incorporated by referenced herein) for a discussion of these and other environmental-related matters.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected by the loss of our executive officers and the inability to attract and retain appropriately qualified replacements or the diversion of our Chief Executive Officer’s time and energy to permitted outside interests, including with respect to his obligations to a special purpose acquisition company.

We are highly dependent on the continuing efforts of our executive officers, particularly Martin E. Franklin, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ian G.H. Ashken, our Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, and James E. Lillie, our President and Chief Operating Officer. We believe these officers’ experience in the branded consumer products industry and our business, and with strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses within our primary business segments, has been important to our historical growth and is important to our future growth strategy. We currently have employment agreements with all of these executive officers. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to retain any of these executive officers. Our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected by the loss of any of these executive officers and the inability to attract and retain appropriately qualified replacements. We do not maintain “key man” insurance on any of our executive officers.

Messrs. Franklin and Ashken have other interests and engage in other activities beyond their positions at Jarden (something they are permitted to do under the terms of their employment agreements with us provided such other activities do not interfere with their duties as an executive of Jarden or directly compete with us). In particular, Mr. Franklin is chairman of the board of directors of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc. (“Freedom”), a special purpose acquisition company formed to acquire one or more operating businesses within 18-24 months of becoming a public company. Marlin Equities II, LLC, an investment vehicle majority owned by its managing member, Mr. Franklin, and Mr. Ashken, the other principal member, is one of the principal stockholders of Freedom. Freedom’s registration statement on Form S-1 previously filed with the Commission in late 2006 was declared effective by the Commission on December 21, 2006. Freedom consummated its initial public offering on December 26, 2006, but has not announced any specific merger, acquisition, or other strategic transaction under consideration. Freedom’s operations will be dependent upon a relatively small group of key officers and directors, including Mr. Franklin, at least until Freedom has consummated a business combination. Because Mr. Franklin will have an obligation to assist Freedom in actively sourcing and acquiring target businesses, he will be required to spend time and energy (such time and energy may be potentially significant) that he might otherwise devote to Jarden on behalf of another enterprise, which could have an adverse impact on our business.

Mr. Franklin has committed to our Board of Directors that Freedom will be seeking transactions outside of those that fit within Jarden’s publicly announced acquisition criteria and that Freedom will not interfere with Mr. Franklin’s or Mr. Ashken’s obligations to Jarden. Mr. Franklin also committed to the Board that in order to avoid the potential for a conflict, prior to Freedom’s pursuing any acquisition transaction that Jarden might consider, Mr. Franklin would first confirm with an independent committee of our board of directors that Jarden was not interested in pursuing the potential acquisition opportunity. If the independent committee concludes that Jarden was interested in that opportunity, Freedom would not continue with that transaction. However, we cannot assure you that Freedom will not choose to pursue transactions that Jarden would have considered. If Freedom pursues transactions that Jarden would have considered, this could negatively impact Jarden’s growth from future acquisitions.

 

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Changes in foreign, cultural, political and financial market conditions could impair our international operations and financial performance.

Some of our operations are conducted or products are sold in countries where economic growth has slowed, such as Japan; or where economies have suffered economic, social and/or political instability or hyperinflation or where the ability to repatriate funds has been delayed or impaired in recent years, such as Mexico and Venezuela. The economies of other foreign countries important to our operations, including other countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia, could also suffer slower economic growth or economic, social and/or political instability in the future. International operations, including manufacturing and sourcing operations (and the international operations of our customers), are subject to inherent risks which could adversely affect us, including, among other things:

 

   

new restrictions on access to markets;

 

   

lack of developed infrastructure;

 

   

inflation;

 

   

fluctuations in the value of currencies;

 

   

changes in and the burdens and costs of compliance with a variety of foreign laws and regulations, including tax laws, accounting standards, environmental laws and occupational health and safety laws;

 

   

political and economic instability;

 

   

increases in duties and taxation;

 

   

restrictions on transfer of funds;

 

   

restrictions on foreign ownership of property and/or expropriation of foreign-owned assets; and

 

   

other adverse changes in policies, including monetary, tax and/or lending policies, encouraging foreign investment or foreign trade by our host countries.

Should any of these risks occur, our ability to export our products or repatriate profits could be impaired and we could experience a loss of sales and profitability from our international operations.

Currency fluctuations may significantly increase our expenses and affect our results of operations, especially where the currency is subject to intense political and other environmental pressure, such as in the case of the Venezuelan Bolivar and the Chinese Renminbi.

While we transact business predominantly in U.S. dollars and most of our revenues are collected in U.S. dollars, a substantial portion of our costs, such as payroll, rent and indirect operational costs, are denominated in other currencies, such as the European Euro, British Pound, Mexican Peso, Canadian Dollar, Venezuelan Bolivar, Japanese Yen and Chinese Renminbi. Changes in the relation of these and other currencies to the U.S. dollar will affect our sales and profitability and could result in exchange losses. For example, a devaluation of the Venezuelan Bolivar would impact our results of operations because the earnings of our Venezuelan operations would be reduced when translated into U.S. dollars. A stronger Mexican Peso would mean our products assembled or produced in Mexico would be more expensive to import into the United States or other countries, thereby reducing profitability of those products. Likewise, if the government of China allowed the Chinese Renminbi to rise substantially versus the U.S. dollar, the cost of our products produced in China would rise. The impact of future exchange rate fluctuations on our results of operations cannot be accurately predicted. There can be no assurance that the U.S. dollar foreign exchange rates will be stable in the future or that fluctuations in financial markets will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Changes in the retail industry and markets for consumer products affecting our customers or retailing practices could negatively impact existing customer relationships and our results of operations.

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consumers. A significant deterioration in the financial condition of our major customers could have a material adverse effect on our sales and profitability. We regularly monitor and evaluate the credit status of our customers and attempt to adjust sales terms as appropriate. Despite these efforts, a bankruptcy filing by a key customer could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, as a result of the desire of retailers to more closely manage inventory levels, there is a growing trend among retailers to make purchases on a “just-in-time” basis. This requires us to shorten our lead time for production in certain cases and more closely anticipate demand, which could in the future require us to carry additional inventories.

With the growing trend towards retail trade consolidation, we are increasingly dependent upon key retailers whose bargaining strength is growing. We may be negatively affected by changes in the policies of our retailer customers, such as inventory destocking, limitations on access to shelf space, use of private label brands, price demands and other conditions, which could negatively impact our results of operations.

Our business involves the potential for product recalls, product liability and other claims against us, which could affect our earnings and financial condition.

As a manufacturer and distributor of consumer products, we are subject to the Consumer Products Safety Act, which empowers the Consumer Products Safety Commission to exclude from the market products that are found to be unsafe or hazardous. Under certain circumstances, the Consumer Products Safety Commission could require us to repurchase or recall one or more of our products. Additionally, laws regulating certain consumer products exist in some cities and states, as well as in other countries in which we sell our products, and more restrictive laws and regulations may be adopted in the future. Any repurchase or recall of our products could be costly to us and could damage our reputation. If we were required to remove, or we voluntarily removed, our products from the market, our reputation could be tarnished and we might have large quantities of finished products that we could not sell.

We also face exposure to product liability claims in the event that one of our products is alleged to have resulted in property damage, bodily injury or other adverse effects. Although we maintain product liability insurance in amounts that we believe are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain such insurance on acceptable terms, if at all, in the future or that product liability claims will not exceed the amount of insurance coverage. Additionally, we do not maintain product recall insurance. As a result, product recalls or product liability claims could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, we face potential exposure to unusual or significant litigation arising out of alleged defects in our products or otherwise. We spend substantial resources ensuring compliance with governmental and other applicable standards. However, compliance with these standards does not necessarily prevent individual or class action lawsuits, which can entail significant cost and risk. We do not maintain insurance against many types of claims involving alleged defects in our products that do not involve personal injury or property damage. As a result, these types of claims could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our product liability insurance program is an occurrence-based program based on our current and historical claims experience and the availability and cost of insurance. We currently either self insure or administer a high retention insurance program for product liability risks. Historically, product liability awards have rarely exceeded our individual per occurrence self-insured retention. We cannot assure you, however, that our future product liability experience will be consistent with our past experience.

See note 7 (Commitments and Contingencies) of the notes to our consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (which is incorporated by referenced herein) for a discussion of these and other regulatory and litigation-related matters.

 

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If we fail to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, competitors may manufacture and market products similar to ours, which could adversely affect our market share and results of operations.

Our success with our proprietary products depends, in part, on our ability to protect our current and future technologies and products and to defend our intellectual property rights. If we fail to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, competitors may manufacture and market products similar to ours. Our principal intellectual property rights include our trademarks. In our Branded Consumables segment, these include the Ball®, Bee®, Bernardin®, Bicycle®, BRK®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert®, Forster®, Hoyle®, Kerr®, KEM®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell®, Pine Mountain® and Storehorse® brand names. In the Consumer Solutions segment, the principal trademarks consist of Bionaire®, Crock Pot®, FoodSaver®, Health o meter®, Holmes®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster®, Patton®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal® and Sunbeam®. Our other brands used include Health at Home®, Mixmaster®, Osterizer®, Hydrosurge® and Blanket with a Brain®. The principal trademarks in Outdoor Solutions are Coleman® and Campingaz®. Other trademarks in that segment include Coleman Exponent® and Roadtrip.

We also hold numerous design and utility patents covering a wide variety of products. We cannot be sure that we will receive patents for any of our patent applications or that any existing or future patents that we receive or license will provide competitive advantages for our products. We also cannot be sure that competitors will not challenge, invalidate or avoid the application of any existing or future patents that we receive or license. In addition, patent rights may not prevent our competitors from developing, using or selling products that are similar or functionally equivalent to our products.

We may not be able to implement or operate successfully and without interruptions the operating software systems and other computer technologies that we depend on to operate our business, which could negatively impact or disrupt our business.

We are in the process of selecting or implementing new operating software systems within a number of our business segments and complications from these projects could cause considerable disruptions to our business. While significant testing will take place and the rollout will occur in stages, the period of change from the old system to the new system will involve risk. Application program bugs, system conflict crashes, user error, data integrity issues, customer data conflicts and integration issues among our legacy systems all pose potential risks.

Implementing data standards such as RFID, which our largest customers are requiring that we use, involves significant effort across the entire organization. Any problems with or delays of this implementation could impact our ability to do business and could result in higher implementation costs and reallocation of human resources.

We rely on other companies to maintain some of our information technology infrastructure. Should they fail to perform due to events outside our control, it could affect our service levels and threaten our ability to conduct business. In addition, natural disasters such as hurricanes may disrupt our infrastructure and our disaster recovery process may not be sufficient to protect against loss.

Additionally, our business operations are dependent on our logistical systems, which include our order management systems and our computerized warehouse systems. Any interruption in our logistical systems could impact our ability to procure our products from our factories and suppliers, transport them to our distribution facilities, store them and deliver them to our customers on time and in the correct amounts.

Failure to successfully implement our reorganization and acquisition-related projects timely and economically could materially increase our costs and impair our results of operations.

We are in the process of significant reorganization and acquisition-related projects. There can be no assurance that these projects can be completed on time or within our projected costs. Furthermore, these projects will result in an increased reliance on sourced finished goods from third parties, particularly international vendors. Our failure to implement these projects economically and successfully could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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A deterioration of relations with our labor unions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Approximately 355 union workers are covered by four collective bargaining agreements at four of our U.S. facilities. These agreements expire at our jar closure facility (Muncie, Indiana) in October 2009, at our kitchen match and toothpick manufacturing facility (Cloquet, Minnesota) in February 2008, at our metals facility (Greeneville, Tennessee) in October 2007, and at our fire extinguisher plant (Aurora, Illinois) in May 2007. Additionally, approximately 129 employees at our Legutiano, Spain manufacturing facility, 127 employees at our Lyon, France facility, 120 employees at our Barquisemeto, Venezuela facility and 558 employees at our Acuna, Mexico facility are unionized.

We have not experienced a work stoppage during the past five years except for brief work stoppages in 2004 in Lyon, France in connection with our restructurings at that location. However, we cannot assure you that there will not be a work stoppage in the future. Any such work stoppage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) regulations and New York Stock Exchange market rules, are creating uncertainty for companies such as ours. These new or changed laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity. As a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. In particular, our efforts to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related regulations regarding our required assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting and our external auditors’ audit of that assessment has required the commitment of significant financial and managerial resources. We expect these efforts to require the continued commitment of significant resources. Furthermore, our board members, chief executive officer and chief financial officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which could harm our business. If our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, our reputation may be harmed.

Risks Relating to the Notes

Our indebtedness imposes constraints and requirements on our business and financial performance and our compliance and performance in relationship to these could materially adversely affect our financial condition and operations.

At September 30, 2006, as adjusted to give effect to this offering and the use of proceeds therefrom, we would have had approximately $1.5 billion of debt. At September 30, 2006, we also had approximately $18.4 million of capital lease commitments. Our significant indebtedness and other liabilities could:

 

   

increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

   

require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and investments and other general corporate purposes;

 

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    limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the markets in which we operate;

 

    place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and

 

    limit, among other things, our ability to borrow additional funds.

The terms of our senior credit facility and the indenture governing the notes allow us to issue and incur additional debt upon satisfaction of certain conditions. We anticipate that any future acquisitions we pursue as part of our business strategy or potential stock repurchase programs may be financed through a combination of cash on hand, operating cash flow, availability under our existing credit facilities and new capital market offerings. If new debt is added to current debt levels, the related risks described above would increase. See “Description of Other Indebtedness.”

Our failure to generate sufficient cash to meet our liquidity needs may affect our ability to service our indebtedness and grow our business.

Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness, including the notes and amounts borrowed under our senior credit facility, and to fund planned capital expenditures and expansion efforts and strategic acquisitions we may make in the future, if any, will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive and other factors that are beyond our control.

Based on our current level of operations, we believe our cash flow from operations, together with available cash and available borrowings under our senior credit facility will be adequate to meet future liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. However, we cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future, that our currently anticipated growth in revenues and cash flow will be realized on schedule or that future borrowings will be available to us under our senior credit facility in an amount sufficient to enable us to service indebtedness, including the notes, grow our business, or to fund other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness, on or before maturity. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.

Our senior credit facility and the indenture related to our notes contain various covenants which limit our management’s discretion in the operation of our business and the failure to comply with such convents could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our senior credit facility and the indenture related to our notes contain various provisions that limit our management’s discretion by restricting our and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

    incur additional indebtedness;

 

    pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock;

 

    make investments;

 

    engage in transactions with affiliates;

 

    incur liens;

 

    transfer or sell assets; and

 

    consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets.

Each of these restrictions has a number of important qualifications and exceptions. For example, as of September 30, 2006, after giving effect to our November 2006 equity offering, the indenture would have allowed us to make restricted payments (including dividends and stock repurchases) in excess of $692 million, which is in addition to certain other restricted payments permitted by the indenture governing the notes, subject to the other limitations in the “Restricted Payments” covenant and the limitations on restricted payments under the covenants in our other debt instruments, including our senior credit facility, and under applicable laws.

 

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In addition, our senior credit facility requires us to meet certain financial ratios. Any failure to comply with the restrictions of our senior credit facility and the indenture related to our notes or any other subsequent financing agreements may result in an event of default. An event of default may allow the creditors, if the agreements so provide, to accelerate the related debt as well as any other debt to which a cross-acceleration or cross-default provision applies. In addition, the lenders may be able to terminate any commitments they had made to supply us with further funds. Furthermore, substantially all of our domestic assets (including equity interests) are pledged to secure our indebtedness under our senior credit facility. If we default on the financial covenants in our senior credit facility, our lenders could foreclose on their security interest in such assets, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Your right to receive payments on the notes is junior to our existing senior indebtedness and possibly all of our future borrowings. Further, the guarantees of the notes are junior to all of the guarantors’ existing senior indebtedness and possibly to all their future borrowings.

The notes and the guarantees rank behind all of our and the guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness and all of our and the guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness. On an as adjusted basis giving effect to this offering and the use of proceeds therefore, as of September 30, 2006, the notes and the guarantees would have been subordinated to approximately $1.1 billion of senior debt. We will be permitted to borrow substantial additional indebtedness, including senior debt, in the future. In connection with the amendment we are seeking to our senior credit facility, we may have the ability to incur approximately $750 million in term loan increases, of which $150 million can be utilized to increase our revolving loan commitments. See “Description of other Indebtedness—Senior Credit Facility.”

As a result of this subordination, upon any distribution to our creditors or the creditors of the guarantors in a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceedings relating to us or the guarantors or our or the guarantors’ property, the holders of our senior debt and the senior debt of the guarantors will be entitled to be paid in full in cash before any payment may be made with respect to the notes or the guarantees.

In addition, all payments on the notes and the guarantees will be blocked in the event of a payment default on senior debt and may be blocked for up to 179 consecutive days in the event of certain non-payment defaults on designated senior debt.

Because the notes are unsecured, your right to enforce remedies is limited by the rights of holders of secured debt.

In addition to being contractually subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, our obligations under the notes will be unsecured while obligations under our senior credit facility will be secured by substantially all of our assets and those of our subsidiaries. If we become insolvent or are liquidated, or if payment under the senior credit facility is accelerated, the lenders under our senior credit facility are entitled to exercise the remedies available to a secured lender under applicable law. These lenders have a claim on all assets securing the senior credit facility before the holders of unsecured debt, including the notes. The terms of the indenture governing the notes allow us to issue and incur additional secured debt. See generally “Description of Notes.”

Not all of our subsidiaries will guarantee our obligations under the notes, and the assets of the non-guarantor subsidiaries may not be available to make payments on the notes.

Certain of our present and future domestic restricted subsidiaries will guarantee the notes. Payments on the notes are only required to be made by us and the subsidiary guarantors. As a result, no payments are required to be made from assets of subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes, unless those assets are transferred by dividend or otherwise to us or a subsidiary guarantor. As of and for the nine-months ended September 30, 2006, the aggregate total assets and net sales of Jarden’s non-guarantor subsidiaries were $509.5 million and $847.8 million, respectively, or 7% and 30%, respectively, of Jarden’s total assets and net sales.

 

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In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of the non-guarantor subsidiaries, holders of their liabilities, including their trade creditors, will be entitled to payment of their claims from the assets of those subsidiaries before any assets are made available for distribution to us. As a result, the notes are effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the non-guarantor subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2006, the total liabilities of Jarden’s non-guarantor subsidiaries, excluding intercompany liabilities, were $304.5 million. Under the indenture governing the notes, even though they do not guarantee the notes, our non-guarantor subsidiaries are permitted to incur additional debt. Any of this additional debt will be structurally senior to the notes.

We may be unable to raise the funds necessary to finance the change of control offer required by the indenture.

Upon the occurrence of certain specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes. However, it is possible that we will not have sufficient funds at the time of the change of control to make the required repurchase of notes. In addition, restrictions in the senior credit facility will prohibit repurchases of the notes unless a waiver is obtained from the lenders or the senior credit facility is repaid in full. If we fail to repurchase the notes following a change of control, we will be in default under the indenture related to the notes, which will result in a cross-default under the senior credit facility. Any future debt which we incur may also contain restrictions on repayment of the notes. In addition, certain important corporate events, such as leveraged recapitalizations, that would increase the level of our indebtedness would not constitute a change of control under the indenture related to the notes. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Credit Facility” and “Description of Notes—Change of Control.”

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

If a bankruptcy case or lawsuit is initiated by unpaid creditors of any guarantor, the debt represented by the guarantees entered into by the guarantors may be reviewed under the federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws. Under these laws, a guarantee could be voided, or claims in respect of the guarantee could be subordinated to certain obligations of a guarantor if, among other things, the guarantor, at the time it entered into the guarantee:

 

   

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

either:

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

In addition, any payment by a guarantor could be voided and required to be returned to the guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of the guarantor’s creditors under those circumstances.

If a guarantee of a subsidiary were voided as a fraudulent conveyance or held unenforceable for any other reason, holders of the notes would be solely creditors of our company and creditors of our other subsidiaries that have validly guaranteed the notes. The notes then would be effectively subordinated to all liabilities of the subsidiary whose guarantee was voided.

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

 

   

the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, were greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets; or

 

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

 

    it could not pay its debts or contingent liabilities as they become due.

If the claims of the holders of the notes against any subsidiary were subordinated in favor of other creditors of the subsidiary, the other creditors would be entitled to be paid in full before any payment could be made on the notes. If one or more of the guarantees is voided or subordinated, we cannot assure you that after providing for all prior claims there would be sufficient assets remaining to satisfy the claims of the holders of the notes.

Based upon financial and other information, we believe that the guarantees are being incurred for proper purposes and in good faith and that we, and our subsidiaries that are guarantors, on a consolidated basis, are solvent and will continue to be solvent after this offering is completed, will have sufficient capital for carrying on our business after the issuance of the notes and will be able to pay our debts as they mature. We cannot assure you, however, as to the standard a court would apply in making these determinations or that a court would agree with our conclusions in this regard.

An active trading market may not develop for these notes.

Prior to this offering, there was no public market for the notes. We have been informed by the underwriters that they intend to make a market in the notes after this offering is completed. However, the underwriters are not obligated to do so and may stop their market-making activities at any time. In addition, the liquidity of the trading market in the notes, and the market price quoted for the notes, may be adversely affected by changes in the overall market for high-yield securities and by changes in our financial performance or prospects or in the prospects for companies in our industry generally. As a result, an active trading market may not develop for the notes.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements we make in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, as well as other written or oral statements by us or our authorized officers on our behalf, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, and include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our repurchase of shares of common stock from time to time under stock repurchase programs, the outlook for our markets and the demand for our products, earnings per share, estimated sales, segment earnings, cash flows from operations, future revenues and margin requirement and expansion, the success of new product introductions, growth or savings in costs and expenses and the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate and obtain the anticipated results and synergies from our acquisitions and our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which we operate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which we operate, may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference. In addition, even if our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and the development of the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

You should also read carefully the factors described or referred to in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus supplement to better understand the risks and uncertainties inherent in our business and underlying any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements that we make in this prospectus supplement speak only as of the date of such statement, and we undertake no obligation to update such statements. Comparisons of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to express any future trends or indications of future performance, unless expressed as such, and should only be viewed as historical data.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will receive approximately $                     in net proceeds from this offering, after deducting underwriting commissions and estimated offering expenses.

We intend to use approximately $200 million of the net proceeds from this offering to purchase all of our 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 that are tendered in connection with the tender offer of such notes and pay accrued and unpaid interest on all such notes and all tender premiums and transaction expenses, to the extent the tender offer is consummated.

We intend to use approximately $200 million of the net proceeds from this offering to pay down a portion of our outstanding term loan debt under our senior credit facility. The term loan is generally accruing interest at approximately 7.3% and is due on January 24, 2012. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Credit Facility.” We intend to use any remaining or additional proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the funding of capital expenditures and potential acquisitions.

Affiliates of each or certain of the underwriters are lenders and agents under the senior credit facility and, as such, may receive a portion of the proceeds of this offering. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters also own a portion of our existing senior subordinated notes and will receive a portion of the proceeds from this offering. See “Underwriting—Other Relationships.”

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of September 30, 2006 on an actual basis and as adjusted to give effect to:

 

    the issuance of $400 million of the notes offered hereby;

 

    the repayment of the total outstanding balance of the 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 in connection with the tender offer;

 

    the repayment of approximately $200 million of the term loan under our senior credit facility; and

 

    our November 2006 equity offering with net proceeds of approximately $139 million.

This table should be read in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds” and our unaudited consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.

 

    

As of September 30, 2006

 
     Actual     As Adjusted  
    

(dollars in millions)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 82.9     $ 82.9  
                

Debt including current installments:

    

Senior credit facility:

    

Revolver

   $ 5.1     $ —    

Term loan

     1,200.5       998.9  

Securitization Facility(a)

     177.0       43.5  

9 3/4 Senior Subordinated Notes

     179.9       —    

New Senior Subordinated Notes

     —         400.0  

Non-U.S. borrowings (including Foreign Senior Debt)

     63.5       63.5  

Other (primarily capital leases)

     19.1       19.1  

Non-debt balances arising from interest rate swap activity

     (0.7 )     (0.7 )
                

Total debt

     1,644.4       1,524.3  

Stockholder’s Equity

    

Common stock ($0.01 par value, 150 shares authorized; 68.8 shares issued at September 30, 2006; 67.5 million shares outstanding at September 30, 2006; and 71.5 million as adjusted for our November 2006 equity offering)

     0.7       0.7  

Additional paid-in capital

     856.9       995.5  

Retained earnings

     225.6       225.6  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     12.8       12.8  

Less: Treasury stock, at cost, 1.3 shares at September 30, 2006

     (34.5 )     (34.5 )
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,061.5       1,200.1  
                

Total capitalization

   $ 2,705.9     $ 2,724.4  
                
 
  (a) A portion of the net proceeds from our November 2006 equity offering was used to reduce our borrowings under our accounts receivable securitization facility.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

The following is a summary of provisions relating to our material indebtedness, other than the notes, that will be outstanding after the offering of the notes. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the corresponding agreements, including the definitions of certain terms that are not otherwise defined in this prospectus.

Senior Credit Facility

On January 24, 2005, we entered into a senior secured credit facility dated as of January 24, 2005, which has been subsequently amended, among us, the lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”), as administrative agent, Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., National City Bank of Indiana and SunTrust Bank, as co-documentation agents. Set forth below is a summary of the key terms of our senior credit facility.

Our senior credit facility consists of a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1.33 billion and a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of $200.0 million. The revolving credit facility includes a sublimit of up to an aggregate amount of $150.0 million in letters of credit and a sublimit at any time outstanding of $35.0 million in swing line loans. We may also make borrowings up to $50.0 million in foreign denominations under the revolving credit facility.

Payments of principal under the term loan facility are payable quarterly in accordance with a specified amortization schedule. The final payment of all amounts outstanding under the term loan facility is due on January 24, 2012.

Loans under the revolving credit facility may, upon satisfaction of the conditions to borrowing, be made available until January 24, 2010.

Loans under our senior credit facility bear interest, at the option of the borrower, at one of the following rates:

 

    the applicable margin plus the base rate, each as defined in our senior credit facility, payable quarterly in arrears; or

 

    the applicable margin plus the current LIBOR rate as quoted by CIBC, adjusted for reserve requirements, if any, and subject to customary change of circumstance provisions for interest periods of one, two, three or six months (or, if available to all lenders, nine or twelve months), payable at the end of the relevant interest period, but in any event at least quarterly.

Our senior credit facility contains certain restrictions on our conduct and the conduct of our subsidiaries’ businesses, including, among other things, restrictions, generally, on:

 

    creating or suffering liens on our and our subsidiaries’ assets with permitted exceptions;

 

    making investments with permitted exceptions;

 

    incurring debt with permitted exceptions;

 

    paying dividends with permitted exceptions; and

 

    redeeming or prepaying more than a certain amount of subordinated debt with permitted exceptions.

Our senior credit facility also requires us to maintain the following financial covenants:

 

    total leverage ratio;

 

    senior leverage ratio; and

 

    fixed charge ratio.

 

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The occurrence of certain events or conditions described in our senior credit facility (subject to grace periods in certain cases) constitutes an event of default. If an event of default occurs, the administrative agent may, at the request or consent of the lenders, among other things, declare the entire outstanding balance of all monetary obligations under the senior secured facilities to be immediately due and payable. The events of default include, among other things:

 

    our failure to pay any principal, interest, obligations under letters of credit or other fees on the loans made under our senior credit facility when due;

 

    our failure to make payment on certain other material indebtedness or contingent liabilities when due or otherwise defaults with respect thereto or to observe or perform any other agreement or condition to such indebtedness or contingent liability;

 

    any material judgment or order entered against us;

 

    any material inaccuracy in the representations and warranties;

 

    we incur certain specified liabilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

 

    any of the loan documents under our senior credit facility cease to be in full force and effect;

 

    failure to observe certain covenants under our senior credit facility (including, e.g., the financial covenants);

 

    the failure of the collateral documents to create a lien on the collateral;

 

    bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings with respect to us; and

 

    a change of control of us.

In connection with entering into our senior credit facility, certain domestic subsidiaries guaranteed our obligations under our senior credit facility pursuant to a Guaranty dated as of January 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time), including: Alltrista Newco Corporation; Alltrista Plastics Corporation; Australian Coleman, Inc.; Jarden Zinc Products, Inc.; Bicycle Holding, Inc.; Hearthmark, LLC; Jarden Acquisition I, Inc.; Jarden Direct, Inc.; Lehigh Consumer Products Corporation; Loew-Cornell, Inc.; Nippon Coleman, Inc.; Quoin, LLC; The United States Playing Card Company; Jarden Direct, Inc.; USPC Holding, Inc.; American Household, Inc.; BRK Brands, Inc.; CC Outlet, Inc.; Coleman International Holdings, LLC; Coleman Worldwide Corporation; First Alert, Inc.; First Alert Holdings, Inc.; Kansas Acquisition Corp.; Laser Acquisition Corp.; L.A. Services, Inc.; SI II, Inc.; Sunbeam Americas Holdings, LLC; Sunbeam Products, Inc.; The Coleman Company, Inc.; Holmes Motor Corporation; Rival Consumer Sales Corporation; and Pine Mountain Corporation (collectively, the “Guarantors”).

Pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time), entered into by us and the Guarantors, all obligations under our senior credit facility are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the personal property, whether owned on the date the security agreement was entered into or acquired in the future, of us and the Guarantors, including the pledge by us and the Guarantors generally of 100% of the voting capital stock and other equity interests in all of their respective domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the voting capital stock and other equity interests in all of their respective directly owned non-domestic subsidiaries (in each case, whether existing on the date the security agreement was entered into or acquired thereafter).

In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, we are seeking an amendment to our senior credit facility. We expect this amendment to, among other things:

 

    appoint Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. as the new administrative agent;

 

    reduce the interest rate on the outstanding Term Loan B1 (as defined in the senior credit facility);

 

    add one or more incremental term loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750 million, of which $150 million can be utilized to increase our revolving loan commitments;

 

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    eliminate or provide us with additional permitted exceptions to certain of the existing restrictive covenants;

 

    eliminate the financial covenants relating to senior leverage ratio and fixed charge ratio and add a new interest coverage ratio; and

 

    permit us to complete the tender offer.

Other Credit Facilities

As part of our foreign repatriation transactions, on December 21, 2005, in connection with the Sunbeam Corporation (Canada) Limited (“Sunbeam Canada”) legal reorganization and IRC §965 dividend, Sunbeam Canada obtained a senior secured term loan facility of approximately $43.0 million U.S. dollars, as described in “Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Similarly, on December 23, 2005, Jarden Acquisition ETVE, S.L. obtained a senior secured term loan facility of approximately $13.0 million U.S. dollars. The terms of the Canadian and Spanish senior credit facilities are substantially the same as our senior credit facility described above. As of September 30, 2006, we had outstanding approximately $45.1 million under our senior credit facility in Canada and approximately $13.5 million under our senior credit facility in Spain.

Receivables Securitization Facility

On August 24, 2006, we and certain of our subsidiaries, including Jarden Receivables LLC (“Jarden Receivables”), our wholly-owned subsidiary and a bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, entered into a receivables securitization facility with Jarden Receivables, as borrower, us, as initial servicer, The Coleman Company, Inc. (“Coleman”) and Sunbeam Products, Inc. (“Sunbeam”, and together with Coleman, the “Originators”), each our wholly-owned subsidiaries, as originators, Three Pillars Funding LLC, as lender (the “Lender”) and SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as administrator (“SunTrust”). The securitization facility includes (i) a Receivables Contribution and Sales Agreement by and among the Originators and Jarden Receivables; (ii) a Loan Agreement by and among the Lender, SunTrust, Jarden Receivables, as borrower and us, as initial servicer (the “Loan Agreement”); (iii) a Lender Note executed by Jarden Receivables in favor of Lender (the “Lender Note”); and (iv) a Performance Undertaking executed by us, as performance guarantor, in favor of Jarden Receivables (the “Performance Undertaking”).

Under the securitization facility, each of the Originators and certain other subsidiaries that may be designated by us from time to time, contributes or sells accounts receivable to Jarden Receivables as part of a two-step process that provides funding similar to a revolving credit facility. The Loan Agreement establishes a commitment by the Lender for Jarden Receivables to borrow an aggregate principal amount outstanding of up to $250.0 million, subject to Jarden Receivables purchasing eligible receivables from the Originators and other subsidiaries designated by us. Loans under the Loan Agreement are secured by the accounts receivable purchased by Jarden Receivables from the Originators.

Interest on borrowings (other than default interest) shall be based on (i) commercial paper interest rates, (ii) LIBOR rates or (iii) a rate that is the higher of the Prime Rate as announced by SunTrust Bank or the federal funds rate plus 0.55%, in each case plus an applicable margin. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, loans will be made available on a revolving basis and the securitization facility will be reflected as a current liability because the term of the Loan Agreement, subject to annual renewals, runs until August 23, 2007.

The securitization facility requires that certain performance ratios be maintained with respect to purchased accounts receivable and that Jarden Receivables preserves its bankruptcy remote qualities. The securitization facility includes usual and customary events of default for an accounts receivable securitization facility.

We have agreed to serve as a performance guarantor in favor of the Borrower pursuant to the Performance Undertaking whereby we will guarantee the due and punctual performance by each of the Originators of its respective obligations under the Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement. The Lender will not, however, have recourse to us for the unpaid portion of any loans under the Loan Agreement.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

You can find definitions of certain capitalized terms used in the following summary under “Certain Definitions” on page S-57 of this prospectus supplement. For purposes of this section, references to the words “we,” “us,” “our” and “Company” mean only Jarden Corporation but not any of its Subsidiaries.

The notes will be issued under an indenture and supplemental indenture (collectively, the “Indenture”) with The Bank of New York, as trustee, each dated February     , 2007.

The following is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture. It does not include all of the provisions of the Indenture. We urge you to read the Indenture because it defines your rights. The terms of the notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. A copy of the Indenture may be obtained from the Company or the underwriters.

Brief Description of the Notes

The notes:

 

    are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of ours;

 

    are subordinated in right of payment to all of our existing and future Senior Debt; and

 

    are guaranteed by certain of our Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries.

We will issue the notes in fully registered form in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at the offices of the Registrar. We may change any Paying Agent and Registrar without notice to holders of the notes (each, a “Holder”). We will pay principal (and premium, if any) on the notes at the Trustee’s corporate office in New York, New York. At the Company’s option, interest also may be paid by mailing a check to the Holder’s registered address. The notes and any Additional Notes (as defined below) actually issued will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.

Principal, Maturity and Interest

The Company will issue the notes initially with a maximum aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million. The notes will mature on             , 2017. Subject to the Company’s compliance with the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant, the Company is permitted to issue more notes under the Indenture (the “Additional Notes”). Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of the Indenture and this “Description of Notes,” references to the notes include any Additional Notes actually issued.

Interest on the notes accrues at the rate of              per annum, and will be payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on each              and             , commencing on             , 2007. The Company will make interest payments to the persons who are registered holders at the close of business on              and              immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. Interest on the notes will accrue from the most recent date on which interest on the notes was paid.

Redemption

Optional Redemption.

Except as described below, these notes are not redeemable before             , 2012.

At any time prior to             , 2012, we may redeem all or a part of the notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to the registered address of each Holder of notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

 

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On and after             , 2012, we may redeem the notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) at our option, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on              of the year set forth below.

 

Year

   Percentage  

2012

       %  

2013

       %  

2014

       %  

2015 and thereafter

   100.000 %

In addition, we must pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the notes redeemed.

Optional Redemption Upon Equity Offerings

Prior to             , 2010, we may at our option on one or more occasions redeem notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of             %, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided, however, that

 

  (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than notes held, directly or indirectly, by us or any of our Affiliates); and

 

  (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of closing of the related Equity Offering.

Selection and Notice of Redemption

In the event that we choose to redeem less than all of the notes, selection of the notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee either:

 

  (1) in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the notes are listed; or

 

  (2) on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.

No notes of a principal amount of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.

Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases

We are not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the notes. However, under certain circumstances, we may be required to offer to purchase notes as described under the caption “—Change of Control” and the “Limitation on Asset Sales” covenant. We may at any time and from time to time purchase notes in the open market or otherwise.

Ranking

Senior Indebtedness versus Notes and Guarantees

The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes and the payment of any Guarantee will be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of our Senior Debt or the Senior Debt of the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, including, without limitation, our obligations and those of any Guarantor under the Credit Facility.

 

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As of September 30, 2006, after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions (and our equity offering completed in November 2006 and the use of proceeds therefrom) and assuming all of the outstanding Existing Notes are tendered in connection with the Transactions, the Senior Debt of the Company and the Guarantors (without duplication) would have been approximately $1,143.0 million.

In addition, subject to certain conditions contained in our Credit Facility, as of September 30, 2006, we would have had additional availability of approximately $470.0 million for borrowing of Senior Debt under the Credit Facility (without taking into account the proposed amendment to our Credit Facility discussed in this prospectus supplement). If the proposed amendment to our Credit Facility is consummated, we will also have the ability to borrow approximately an additional $750.0 million in term loan increases, of which $150.0 million could be utilized to increase our revolving loan commitments. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Credit Facility.” Although the Indenture contains limitations on the amount of additional Indebtedness that we and the Guarantors may incur, under certain circumstances the amount of such additional Indebtedness could be substantial and, in any case, such Indebtedness may be Senior Debt. See “ —Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.”

Liabilities of Subsidiaries versus Notes and Guarantees

Claims of creditors of Subsidiaries of ours that are not Guarantors, including trade creditors holding Indebtedness or guarantees issued by such non-guarantor Subsidiaries, and claims of preferred stockholders of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries, will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries over the claims of our creditors, including Holders of the notes, even if such claims do not constitute Senior Debt. Accordingly, the notes and each Guarantee will be effectively subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders, if any, of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries.

Although the Indenture limits the incurrence of Indebtedness and Preferred Stock by our Restricted Subsidiaries, such limitation is subject to a number of significant qualifications. Moreover, the Indenture does not impose any limitation on the incurrence by such Subsidiaries of liabilities that are not considered Indebtedness or Preferred Stock under the Indenture. See “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” and “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.”

Other Senior Subordinated Debt versus Notes

Only Indebtedness of ours or of a Guarantor that constitutes Senior Debt will rank senior to the notes and the relevant Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. The notes and each Guarantee will in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Debt of ours and of the applicable Guarantor, including the Existing Notes.

Subordination; Payment of Notes

We are not permitted to pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the notes or make any deposit pursuant to the provisions described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” below and may not purchase, redeem or otherwise retire any notes (collectively, “pay the notes”) if either of the following occurs (a “Payment Default”):

 

  (1) any of our Designated Senior Debt is not paid in full in cash when due; or

 

  (2) any other default on our Designated Senior Debt occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt is accelerated in accordance with its terms;

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Representatives of all Designated Senior Debt with respect to which the Payment Default has occurred and is continuing.

During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment Default) with respect to any Designated Senior Debt pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, we are not permitted to pay the notes for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to us) of written notice (a “Blockage Notice”) of such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period will end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated:

 

  (1) by written notice to us and the Trustee from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice;

 

  (2) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured, waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or

 

  (3) because such Designated Senior Debt has been discharged or repaid in full in cash.

Notwithstanding the provisions described above, unless the holders of such Designated Senior Debt or the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Debt, we are permitted to resume paying the notes after the end of such Payment Blockage Period. The notes shall not be subject to more than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Debt during such period, except that if any Blockage Notice is delivered to the Trustee by or on behalf of holders of Designated Senior Debt (other than the Representative under the Credit Facility), a Representative under the Credit Facility may give another Blockage Notice within such period. However, in no event may the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360-day consecutive period, and there must be 181 days during any 360-day consecutive period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect.

Upon any payment or distribution of our assets upon a total or partial liquidation or dissolution or reorganization of or similar proceeding relating to us or our property:

 

  (1) the holders of our Senior Debt will be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Debt before the Holders of the notes are entitled to receive any payment;

 

  (2) until our Senior Debt is paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution to which Holders of the notes would be entitled but for the subordination provisions of the Indenture will be made to holders of such Senior Debt as their interests may appear, except that Holders of notes may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from the trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance”; and

 

  (3) if a distribution is made to Holders of the notes that, due to the subordination provisions, should not have been made to them, such Holders of the notes are required to hold it in trust for the holders of our Senior Debt and pay it over to them as their interests may appear.

If payment of the notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, we or the Trustee must promptly notify the holders of Designated Senior Debt or the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt of the acceleration. If any Designated Senior Debt is outstanding, none of us or any Guarantor may pay the notes until five business days after the Representatives of all the issues of Designated Senior Debt receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, may pay the notes only if the Indenture otherwise permits payment at that time.

The obligations of the Guarantors under their respective Guarantees are senior subordinated obligations. As such, the rights of the Holders of the notes to receive payment by a Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee will be subordinated in right of payment to the rights of holders of Senior Debt of such Guarantor, as the case may be.

 

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The terms of the subordination provisions described above with respect to our obligations under the notes apply equally to each Guarantor and the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee.

By reason of the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture, in the event of a liquidation or insolvency proceeding, our creditors or creditors of a Guarantor who are holders of Senior Debt of ours or such Guarantor, as the case may be, may recover more, ratably, than the Holders of the notes, and creditors of ours who are not holders of Senior Debt may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Debt and may recover more, ratably, than the Holders of the notes.

The terms of the subordination provisions described above will not apply to payments from money or the proceeds of U.S. government obligations held in trust by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the notes pursuant to the provisions described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance,” if the foregoing subordination provisions were not violated at the time the respective amounts were deposited pursuant to such defeasance provisions.

Guarantees

Except as set forth in the next paragraph, the obligations of the Company under the Indenture will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by our Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that guarantee our Credit Facility. The obligations of each Domestic Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. See “Risk Factors—Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void the guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received from guarantors.”

Nine of our Restricted Subsidiaries, Alltrista Newco Corporation, Australian Coleman, Inc, Jarden Direct, Inc., Lehigh Consumer Products Corporation, Loew-Cornell, Inc., Nippon Coleman, Inc., Pine Mountain Corporation, Rival Consumer Sales Corporation, and SI II, Inc. (the “Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries”) will not initially guarantee the notes. We have agreed to, no later than May 15, 2007, either (i) cause the Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries to guarantee the notes, (ii) properly designate the Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, or (iii) cause the Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries to either transfer all of their assets to Jarden or a Guarantor and then dissolve such Immaterial Subsidiary or merge them into a Guarantor.

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

If a Guarantee were rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including, without limitation, guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of that Guarantor and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Guarantor’s liability on its Guarantee could be reduced to zero. See “Risk Factors—Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received from guarantors.”

Pursuant to the Indenture, a Guarantor may consolidate with, merge with or into, or transfer all or substantially all its assets to any other Person to the extent described below under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets”; provided, however, that if such other Person is not the Company, such Guarantor’s obligations under its Guarantee must be expressly assumed by such other Person, subject to the following paragraph.

The Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:

 

  (1) upon the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of a Guarantor;

 

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  (3) upon the release of such Guarantor from its guarantee, if any, of and all pledges and security, if any, granted by such Guarantor in connection with the Credit Facility;

 

  (4) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; or

 

  (5) if we exercise our Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option as described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or if our obligations under the Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as described under “—Satisfaction and Discharge”;

in the case of clauses (1) and (2), other than to us or one of our Affiliates and as permitted by the Indenture and we will comply with our obligations under the “Limitation on Asset Sales” covenant in respect of such disposition.

Change of Control

If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder will have the right to require that we purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, we must send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Holders electing to have its notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender its notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

The Credit Facility prohibits us from purchasing any notes (subject to certain limited exceptions) and also provides that the occurrence of certain change of control events with respect to us constitute a default thereunder. Any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Senior Debt to which Jarden becomes a party may contain similar provisions. Prior to the mailing of the notice referred to above, but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, we covenant to:

 

  (1) repay in full all Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and all other Senior Debt the terms of which require repayment upon a Change of Control; or

 

  (2) obtain the requisite consents under the Credit Facility and all such other Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of the notes as provided below.

Our failure to comply with the covenant described in the immediately preceding sentence shall constitute an Event of Default described in clause (3) and not in clause (2) under “—Events of Default” below which would, in turn, constitute a default under the Credit Facility. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions of the Indenture would likely restrict payment to the Holders of the notes.

We will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the Indenture and purchases all notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

If a Change of Control Offer is made, there can be no assurance that we will have available funds sufficient to pay the Change of Control purchase price for all the notes that might be delivered by Holders seeking to accept the Change of Control Offer. In the event we are required to purchase outstanding notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, we expect that we would seek third party financing to the extent we do not have available funds to

 

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meet our purchase obligations. However, there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain such financing.

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

Future indebtedness that we may incur may contain prohibitions on the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a Change of Control or require the repurchase of such indebtedness upon a Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the Holders of their right to require us to repurchase their notes could cause a default under such indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on us.

A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon the occurrence of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making the Change of Control Offer.

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

The provisions under the Indenture relative to our obligation to make an offer to repurchase the notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes.

We will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that we comply with the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations, we shall not be deemed to have breached our obligations under the “Change of Control” provisions of the Indenture.

Certain Covenants

During any period of time following the Issue Date that (i) the notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), we and our Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following provisions of the Indenture:

 

  (1) “—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness;”

 

  (2) “—Limitation on Restricted Payments;”

 

  (3) “—Limitation on Asset Sales;”

 

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  (4) “—Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries;”

 

  (5) “—Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries;”

 

  (6) “—Prohibition on Incurrence of Senior Subordinated Debt;”

 

  (7) clause (2) of the first paragraph of “—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets;”

 

  (8) “—Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates;” and

 

  (9) “—Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries;”

(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds with respect to any applicable Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date shall be set at zero at such date (the “Suspension Date”). In addition, in the event that we and our Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the notes below an Investment Grade Rating or a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then we and our Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.” Within 30 days of the Reversion Date, any Restricted Subsidiary that would have been required during the Suspension Period but for the Suspended Covenants by the “Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries” covenant to execute a supplemental indenture will execute such supplemental indenture required by such covenant. Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period).

On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to the “—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date. To the extent such Indebtedness would not be so permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to the “—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant, such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under paragraph (3) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been made pursuant to the first paragraph of the “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant.

Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively “incur”) any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness); provided, however, that the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness), in each case if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for its most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0.

 

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Limitation on Restricted Payments

The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

  (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company and dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation));

 

  (2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or of any direct or indirect parent of the Company or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock;

 

  (3) purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company, or of any Guarantor, that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes or any Guarantee, as applicable (other than (x) any Indebtedness permitted under clause (7) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and (y) the purchase, defeasance or other acquisition of such Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of such purchase, defeasance or other acquisition); or

 

  (4) make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments)

(each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”):

unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect thereto:

 

  (i) no Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

  (ii) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness;” and

 

  (iii) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to April 24, 2002 (other than Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (11) of the following paragraph) is less than the sum of, without duplication, of:

 

  (A) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the Company earned subsequent to April 24, 2002 and on or prior to the date the Restricted Payment occurs (the “Reference Date”) (treating such period as a single accounting period); plus

 

  (B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (including the fair market value of property (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith) other than cash, that would constitute Marketable Securities or a Permitted Business) received by the Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale subsequent to April 24, 2002 and on or prior to the Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than (1) Excluded Contributions and (2) Designated Preferred Stock); plus

 

  (C) without duplication of any amounts included in clause (iii)(B) above, 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds of any equity contribution received subsequent to April 24, 2002 by the Company from a holder of the Company’s Capital Stock; plus

 

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  (D) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company is reduced on the Company’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange subsequent to April 24, 2002 of any Indebtedness of the Company for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (less the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by the Company upon such conversion or exchange); provided, however, that the foregoing amount shall not exceed the net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the sale of such Indebtedness (excluding net cash proceeds from sales to a Subsidiary of the Company or to an employee stock ownership plan or a trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees); plus

 

  (E) an amount equal to the sum of (I) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market value of property other than cash that would constitute Marketable Securities or a Permitted Business) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) from any sale or other disposition of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) representing the return of capital or principal (excluding dividends and distributions otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income) with respect to such Investment, and (II) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, in the case of item (II), the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph do not prohibit:

 

  (1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or notice of such redemption if the dividend or payment of the redemption price, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of declaration or notice;

 

  (2) any Restricted Payment made out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees and other than Designated Preferred Stock) or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Company from its shareholders; provided, however, that the net cash proceeds from such sale or such cash capital contribution (to the extent so used for such Restricted Payment) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clauses (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the immediately preceding paragraph;

 

  (3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes or the applicable Guarantee through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Refinancing Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes or the applicable Guarantee;

 

  (4)

the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company, in each case in connection with the repurchase provisions of employee stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management employees, or upon the death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment of management employees; provided that all such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $25.0 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum of $50.0 million in any calendar year; provided that amounts in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the cash proceeds received by the Company or any

 

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of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of the Company’s Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) to any member of the management or the Board of Directors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that any such amounts will be excluded from the calculation in clause (iii)(B) of the preceding paragraph; provided, further, however, that the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from members of management of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any repurchase of Capital Stock of such entities (or warrants or options or rights to acquire such Capital Stock) will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment under the Indenture;

 

  (5) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof;

 

  (6) additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $100.0 million;

 

  (7) Permitted Transaction Payments;

 

  (8) payments of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock issued in compliance with the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant;

 

  (9) Restricted Payments made with Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales remaining after application thereof as required by the “Limitation on Asset Sales” covenant (including after the making by the Company of any Asset Sale Offer required to be made by the Company pursuant to such covenant and the application of the entire Asset Sale Offer Amount to purchase notes tendered therein);

 

  (10) upon occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after the completion of the Change of Control Offer pursuant to the “Change of Control” covenant (including the purchase of all notes tendered), any purchase or redemption of Obligations of the Company that are subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any; provided, however, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and (B) such purchase or redemption is not made, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of (or made in anticipation of) any issuance of Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

  (11) the payment of any dividend or distribution by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Capital Stock on a pro rata basis so long as the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives at least a pro rata share (and in like form) of the dividend or distribution in accordance with its Capital Stock; and

 

  (12) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions.

If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries become contractually obligated to make any Restricted Payment at the time the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first paragraph of this covenant continues to be satisfied, then the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may continue to make such Restricted Payments, even if such requirements cease to be satisfied at the time such Restricted Payment is actually made, and the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (iii) of the first paragraph of this covenant on or after the date on which such requirements cease to be satisfied shall be equal to the amount that would have been available for Restricted Payments pursuant to such clause (iii) on such date without giving effect to any Restricted Payments made on such date pursuant to and in compliance with this sentence.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary as specified in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid in cash) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of the

 

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designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of this covenant. All of those outstanding Investments will be deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation will only be permitted if the Restricted Payment would be permitted at the time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Restricted Payments described above, the Company, in its sole discretion, may order and classify such Restricted Payment in any manner in compliance with this covenant.

Limitation on Asset Sales

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

  (1) the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, 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 (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company);

 

  (2) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

  (a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets;

 

  (b) any notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received); and

 

  (c) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $125.0 million and 3.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value),

shall, in each of (a), (b) and (c) above, be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision or for purposes of the second paragraph of this covenant; and

 

  (3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof:

 

  (A) to prepay any Senior Debt, or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a corresponding reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required in order to do so (in which case no prepayment should be required)),

 

  (B)

to reinvest in Productive Assets (provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary by the end of such 365-day period has entered into a binding agreement under which it is contractually committed to reinvest in Productive Assets and such investment is consummated within 120 days from the date on which such binding agreement is entered into and, with respect to the amount of such investment, the reference to the 366th day

 

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after an Asset Sale in the second following sentence shall be deemed to be a reference to the 121st day after the date on which such binding agreement is entered into (but only if such 121st day occurs later than such 366th day)), or

 

  (C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (3)(A) and (3)(B).

Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines by Board Resolution not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) above (the “Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds that have not been applied as set forth in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B), and (3)(C) above on or before such Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date (each a “Asset Sale Offer Amount “) shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the “Asset Sale Offer”) on a date (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders and holders of any other Senior Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary requiring the making of such an offer, on a pro rata basis, the maximum amount of notes and such other Senior Subordinated Debt that may be purchased with the Asset Sale Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount (or, in the event such other Senior Subordinated Debt was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (or, in respect of such other Senior Subordinated Debt, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Senior Subordinated Debt).

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent that:

 

  (a) 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and

 

  (b) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

If at any time any non-cash consideration (including any Designated Non-cash Consideration) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Asset Sale Offer Amount is less than $100.0 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Asset Sale Offer Amount to an Asset Sale Offer may be deferred until such time as such Asset Sale Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Asset Sale Offer Amounts arising subsequent to the Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date relating to such initial Asset Sale Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries aggregates at least $100.0 million, at which time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply all Net Cash Proceeds constituting all Asset Sale Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to make an Asset Sale Offer (the first date the aggregate of all such deferred Asset Sale Offer Amounts is equal to $100.0 million or more shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date).

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procedures set forth in the Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Asset Sale Offer, Holders may elect to tender their notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender notes in an amount exceeding the Asset Sale Offer Amount, notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). An Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law. To the extent that the aggregate amount of notes and other Senior Subordinated Debt tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Asset Sale Offer Amount, we may use any remaining Asset Sale Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the Asset Sale Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.

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

Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

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

 

  (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock;

 

  (2) make loans or advances or pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or any Guarantor; or

 

  (3) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any Guarantor,

except, with respect to clauses (1), (2) and (3), for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (a) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

 

  (b) the Indenture, the notes and the Guarantees;

 

  (c) non-assignment provisions of any contract or any lease of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (d) any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired;

 

  (e) the Credit Facility and the Foreign Credit Facilities in effect on the Issue Date or any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof; provided that any restrictions imposed pursuant to any such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing are ordinary and customary with respect to syndicated bank loans in the market at the time such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing are entered into;

 

  (f) agreements existing on the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Issue Date, including the Existing Notes and the indenture governing the Existing Notes;

 

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  (h) restrictions imposed by any agreement to sell assets or Capital Stock to any Person pending the closing of such sale which is not prohibited by the Indenture;

 

  (i) any agreement or instrument governing Capital Stock of any Person that is acquired;

 

  (j) any Purchase Money Note or other Indebtedness or other contractual requirements in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

 

  (k) other Indebtedness or Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock outstanding on the Issue Date or permitted to be issued or incurred under the Indenture; provided that any such restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred or Preferred Stock being issued;

 

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

 

  (m) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (d) and (f) through (l) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors (evidenced by a Board Resolution) whose judgment shall be conclusively binding, not materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;

 

  (n) encumbrances or restrictions contained in any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred or issued in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be incurred;

 

  (o) customary provisions in joint venture, asset sale, stock purchase and merger agreements and other similar agreements; and

 

  (p) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries

The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) to own any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, other than Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries may issue Preferred Stock, if the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such preferred stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1. The provisions of this covenant will not apply to (i) any of the Guarantors, (ii) any transaction as a result of which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will own any Capital Stock of the Restricted Subsidiary whose Preferred Stock is being issued or sold and (iii) Preferred Stock that is Disqualified Capital Stock and is issued in compliance with the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant.

 

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Limitation on Liens

The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to incur or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness (other than Permitted Liens or Liens securing Senior Debt) upon any of its assets (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the date the notes are first issued or thereafter acquired, or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, unless:

(a) if such Lien secures Senior Subordinated Debt, the notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be, are secured on an equal and ratable basis with such Indebtedness for so long as such Senior Subordinated Debt is secured by such Lien; and

(b) if such Lien secures Subordinated Indebtedness, the Lien securing such Subordinated Indebtedness will be subordinated and junior to a Lien securing the notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be, with the same relative priority as such Indebtedness has with respect to the notes or the Guarantees.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the notes pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien such other Indebtedness and that holders of such other Indebtedness may exclusively control the disposition of property subject to Lien.

Prohibition on Incurrence of Senior Subordinated Debt

The Company will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to, incur or suffer to exist Indebtedness that is senior in right of payment to the notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as the case may be, and subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be.

Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

The Company will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries) to any Person unless:

 

  (1) either:

 

  (a) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation; or

 

  (b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Company and of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”):

 

  (x) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and

 

  (y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of the notes and the performance of every covenant of the notes and the Indenture to be performed or observed on the part of the Company; and

 

  (2)

except in the case of a merger of the Company with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(y) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Company or such

 

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Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant or the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would be greater than such ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; and

 

  (3) except in the case of a merger of the Company with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and

 

  (4) the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. However, transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to this covenant.

The Indenture will also provide that upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with the foregoing, in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture and the notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as such and that, in the event of a conveyance or transfer (but not a lease), the conveyor or transferor (but not a lessor) will be released from the provisions of the Indenture.

The Company will not permit any Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

 

  (1) (except in the case of a Guarantor that has been disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock or through the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (such sale constituting the disposition of such Guarantor in its entirety), if in connection therewith the Company provides an officers’ certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the Company will comply with its obligations under the “Limitation on Asset Sales” covenant in respect of such disposition) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Guarantor) shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Guarantor was organized or under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor, if any, under its Guarantee;

 

  (2)

except in the case of a merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating a Guarantor in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (1) (including, without limitation, giving effect to

 

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any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

  (3) except in the case of a merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor and except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating a Guarantor in another jurisdiction, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to occur any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payment or consideration in excess of $15.0 million, unless:

 

  (1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and

 

  (2) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $40.0 million, a Board Resolution adopted by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an officers’ certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.

The restrictions set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant shall not apply to:

 

  (1) reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee thereof;

 

  (2) transactions between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture;

 

  (3) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) or by any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors;

 

  (4) Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments permitted by the Indenture;

 

  (5) transactions effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

 

  (6) payments or loans to employees or consultants that are approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;

 

  (7) sales of Qualified Capital Stock;

 

  (8)

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agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (9) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not disadvantageous to the Holders of the notes in any material respect;

 

  (9) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of the “Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” covenant;

 

  (10) any issuance of securities or other payments, awards, 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 the Company or a committee thereof in good faith;

 

  (11) investments by the Permitted Holders in securities of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities; and

 

  (12) transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives an opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal or accounting firm that such Affiliate Transaction is either fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or is on terms not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company.

Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries

The Company will cause each Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the Credit Facility to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Guarantee pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any and interest on the Notes on a senior subordinated basis and all other obligations under the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Guarantor is released and discharged in full from all of its obligations under Guarantees of the Credit Facility, then the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released or discharged; provided, that such Restricted Subsidiary has not incurred any Indebtedness in reliance on its status as a Guarantor under the covenant “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” unless such Guarantor’s obligations under such Indebtedness so incurred are satisfied in full and discharged or are otherwise permitted under one of the exceptions available at the time of such release to Restricted Subsidiaries under the second paragraph of “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.”

Each Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Restricted Subsidiary without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to such Restricted Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Reports to Holders

The Indenture will provide that, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of notes:

 

  (1)

all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that

 

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describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

 

  (2) all current information that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports, in each case, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations.

For so long as the notes are outstanding, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors. In addition, the Company shall, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, all information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Each report required to be delivered pursuant to the Indenture shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Company posts such document on its website at www.jarden.com, or when such document is posted on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov (the “SEC Website”) or on an Approved Electronic Communications Platform (each of the foregoing an “Informational Website”); provided that the Company shall deliver paper copies of all such documents to the Trustee or any Holder that requests the Company to deliver such paper copies until a request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Trustee or such Holder.

Events of Default

The following events are defined in the Indenture as “Events of Default”:

 

  (1) the failure to pay interest on any notes when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);

 

  (2) the failure to pay the principal on any notes, when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase) (whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);

 

  (3) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture which default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the notes (except in the case of a default with respect to the “Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” covenant, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement);

 

  (4) the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Securitization Entity), or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness, if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated, aggregates $50.0 million or more at any time;

 

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  (5) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $50.0 million (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable;

 

  (6) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, or any Person acting on behalf of any such Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Guarantee; or

 

  (7) certain events of bankruptcy with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (7) above) shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding notes may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same:

 

  (1) shall become immediately due and payable or

 

  (2) if there are any amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility, shall become immediately due and payable upon the first to occur of an acceleration under the Credit Facility and five business days after receipt by the Company and the Representative under the Credit Facility of such Acceleration Notice but only if such Event of Default is then continuing.

If an Event of Default specified in clause (7) above occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the outstanding notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

The Indenture will provide that, at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the notes as described in the two preceding paragraphs, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:

 

  (1) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree;

 

  (2) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;

 

  (3) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;

 

  (4) if we have paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; and

 

  (5) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clause (7) of the description above of Events of Default, the Trustee shall have received an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under the Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any notes.

 

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Holders of the notes may not enforce the Indenture or the notes except as provided in the Indenture and under the TIA. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to all provisions of the Indenture and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes 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.

Under the Indenture, we will be required to provide an officers’ certificate to the Trustee promptly upon any such officer obtaining knowledge of any Default or Event of Default that has occurred and, if applicable, describe such Default or Event of Default and the status thereof; provided that such officers shall provide such certification at least annually whether or not they know of any Default or Event of Default.

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

We may, at our option and at any time, elect to have our obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding notes (“Legal Defeasance”). Such Legal Defeasance means that we shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding notes, except for:

 

  (1) the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes when such payments are due;

 

  (2) our obligations with respect to the notes concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payments;

 

  (3) the rights, powers, trust, duties and immunities of the Trustee and our obligations in connection therewith; and

 

  (4) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture.

In addition, we may, at our option and at any time, elect to have our obligations released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization and insolvency events) described under “—Events of Default” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

  (1) we must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. government obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the, notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be;

 

  (2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States of America reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:

 

  (a) we have has received from, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or

 

  (b) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,

 

       in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal 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 Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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  (3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States of America reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant 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 Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

  (4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing) or insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 

  (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Indenture (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing) or any other material agreement or instrument to which we or any of our Subsidiaries is a party or by which we or any of our Subsidiaries is bound;

 

  (6) we shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by us with the intent of preferring the Holders over any of our other creditors or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any of our other creditors or others;

 

  (7) we shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with;

 

  (8) we shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that:

 

  (a) the trust funds will not be subject to any rights of holders of Senior Debt, including, without limitation, those arising under the Indenture; and

 

  (b) after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of the preference provisions of Section 547 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Code; and

 

  (9) certain other customary conditions precedent are satisfied.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the opinion of counsel required by clause (2) above with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all notes not therefore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable, or (y) will become due and payable on the maturity date within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in our name, and at our expense.

Satisfaction and Discharge

The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the notes, as expressly provided for in the Indenture) as to all outstanding notes when

 

  (1) either:

 

  (a) all notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed notes which have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by us and thereafter repaid to us or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or

 

  (b)

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be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from us directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; and

 

  (2) we have paid all other sums payable under the Indenture by us.

The Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture if we have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent under the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have been complied with.

Modification of the Indenture

From time to time, we and the Trustee, without the consent of the Holders, may amend the Indenture to:

 

  (1) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

  (2) provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes or to alter the provisions of the Indenture relating to the form of the notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;

 

  (3) provide for the assumption of our or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the notes by a successor to us or a Guarantor pursuant to the “Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” covenant;

 

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

 

  (5) comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;

 

  (6) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture;

 

  (7) allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the notes;

 

  (8) remove a Guarantor which, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee;

 

  (9) make appropriate provision in connection with the appointment of a successor trustee; or

 

  (10) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the notes to any provision of this “Description of Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the notes.

Other modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture, except that, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, no amendment may:

 

  (1) reduce the amount of notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

 

  (2) reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any notes;

 

  (3) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any notes, or change the date on which any notes may be subject to redemption or reduce the redemption price therefor;

 

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  (5) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture protecting the right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Note on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default; or

 

  (6) after our obligation to purchase notes arises thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect our obligation to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto after a Change of Control has occurred.

Any modification or change in any provision of the Indenture or the related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the notes in a manner which adversely affects the Holders will require the consent of 75% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes.

However, no amendment may be made to the subordination provisions of the Indenture that adversely affects the rights of any holder of Senior Debt of us or a Guarantor then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Debt (or their Representative) consent to such change.

It is not necessary for the consent of Holders to approve the particular form of any amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such Holders consent approves the substance thereof.

Governing Law

The Indenture will provide that it and the notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

The Trustee

The Indenture will provide that, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Indenture. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

The Indenture and the provisions of the TIA contain certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of ours, to obtain payments of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. Subject to the TIA, the Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions; provided that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as described in the TIA, it must eliminate such conflict or resign.

No Personal Liability of Officers, Directors, Employees or Stockholders

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of ours or any Guarantor or any other subsidiary of the Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of ours or any Guarantor under the notes, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the notes by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the notes. Such waiver and release may not be effective to waive certain liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws, and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver may be against public policy.

 

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Certain Definitions

Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for the full definition of all such terms, as well as any other terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, including Indebtedness incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) in whom a Securitization Entity makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such Investment.

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

 

  (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

 

  (2) the excess, if any, of:

 

  (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at                     , 2012 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under “Optional Redemption”), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through                     , 2012 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

 

  (b) the principal amount of such Note.

Asset Acquisition” means (a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) other than in the ordinary course of business.

Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of:

 

  (1) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or

 

  (2) any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business;

provided, however, that Asset Sales or other dispositions shall not include:

 

  (a) a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $35.0 million;

 

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  (b) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

 

  (c) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;

 

  (d) disposals or replacements of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (e) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets or property to one or more Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Investments permitted under the “Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant or pursuant to any Permitted Investment;

 

  (f) sales or contributions of accounts receivable, equipment and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Securitization Transaction” to a Securitization Entity for the fair market value thereof, including cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the fair market value thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP (for the purposes of this clause (f), Purchase Money Notes shall be deemed to be cash);

 

  (g) a Restricted Payment that is permitted by the covenant described above under the title “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

  (h) sales, dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

  (i) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien); and

 

  (j) the license of patents, trademarks, copyrights and know-how to third Persons in the ordinary course of business.

Board of Directors” means

 

  (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;

 

  (2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

 

  (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a resolution of such Person duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and in full force and effect.

Capital Stock” means:

 

  (1) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, of such Person and

 

  (2) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

  (1) marketable direct obligations issued by or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government 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 thereof;

 

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  (2) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the three highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;

 

  (3) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;

 

  (4) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank or by a bank organized under the laws of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America, in each case having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof);

 

  (5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above; and

 

  (6) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

 

  (1) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “Group”), other than to the Permitted Holders;

 

  (2) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture);

 

  (3) any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders) shall become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of shares representing more than 50% of the total ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company; or

 

  (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.

Coleman IRB Bonds” means those certain industrial revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Coleman IRB Indentures.

Coleman IRB Documents” means each of the Coleman IRB Indentures, the Coleman IRB Leases and each other material transaction document or instrument entered into or delivered by Coleman in connection therewith.

Coleman IRB Indentures” means, collectively, (a) each of the indenture and each supplemental indenture of Coleman entered into prior to the Issue Date and (b) each supplemental indenture entered into by Coleman after the Issue Date on substantially the same terms as the Coleman IRB Indentures entered into prior to the Issue Date.

Coleman IRB Leases” means, collectively, (a) each lease and each supplemental lease of Coleman entered into prior to the Issue Date and (b) each supplemental lease entered into by Coleman after the Issue Date on substantially the same terms as the Coleman IRB Leases entered into prior to the Issue Date.

Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of such Person’s:

 

  (1) Consolidated Net Income; and

 

  (2) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:

 

  (a) all income taxes and foreign withholding taxes and taxes based on capital and commercial activity (or similar taxes) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period;

 

  (b) Consolidated Interest Expense;

 

  (c) Consolidated Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (d) restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs and acquisition integration costs and fees, including cash severance payments made in connection with acquisitions;

 

  (e) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Indenture including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful) and any amendment or modification to the terms of any such transactions, including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Transactions;

 

  (f) any write offs, write downs or other non-cash charges, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period;

 

  (g) the amount of any expense related to minority interests;

 

  (h) the amount of any earn out payments, contingent consideration or deferred purchase price of any kind in conjunction with acquisitions;

 

  (i) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or stockholders agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock that is Preferred Stock) in each case, solely to the extent that such cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clauses (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the first paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

  (3) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with this definition).

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four full fiscal quarters (the “Four-Quarter Period”) ending prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which internal financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four-Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:

 

  (1)

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rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or the issuance or redemption of other Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to revolving credit facilities, occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment or issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), had occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period; and

 

  (2) any Asset Sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale or other disposition), investments, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) occurring during the Four-Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four-Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Indebtedness), investment, merger, consolidation or disposed operation occurred on the first day of the Four-Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such other Indebtedness that was so guaranteed.

Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:

 

  (1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; and

 

  (2) notwithstanding clause (1) of this paragraph, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. In addition, any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Company as set forth in an officers’ certificate, to reflect operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from any acquisition or merger.

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

 

  (1) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus

 

  (2) the product of (x) the amount of all cash dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company, which estimate shall be conclusive); plus

 

  (3)

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the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal (as estimated in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company, which estimate shall be conclusive); provided that with respect to any series of Preferred Stock that did not pay cash dividends during such period but that is eligible to pay dividends during any period prior to the maturity date of the notes, cash dividends shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to such series of Preferred Stock during such period for purposes of this clause (3).

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

 

  (1) the aggregate of all cash and non-cash interest expense (net of interest income) with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the net costs or benefits associated with Interest Swap Obligations, for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, but excluding (i) amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs, deferred financing or liquidity fees, commissions, fees and expenses, (ii) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (iii) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Securitization Transaction and (iv) any redemption premium paid in connection with the redemption of the Existing Notes;

 

  (2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; and

 

  (3) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP and without any deduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom to the extent otherwise included, without duplication:

 

  (1) gains and losses from Asset Sales (without regard to the $35.0 million limitation set forth in the definition thereof) and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

 

  (2) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

 

  (3) the net income (or loss) from disposed or discontinued operations or any net gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations, and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

 

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

 

  (5) any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP;

 

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  (6) the net loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

  (7) any non-cash compensation charges and deferred compensation charges, including any arising from existing stock options resulting from any merger or recapitalization transaction; provided, however, that Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be reduced by any cash payments made during such period by such Person in connection with any such deferred compensation, whether or not such reduction is in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (8) all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, gains and losses (including, without limitation, all restructuring costs, facilities relocation costs, acquisition integration costs and fees, including cash severance payments made in connection with acquisitions, and any expense or charge related to the repurchase of Capital Stock or warrants or options to purchase Capital Stock), and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

 

  (9) inventory purchase accounting adjustments and amortization and impairment charges resulting from other purchase accounting adjustments in connection with acquisition transactions;

 

  (10) the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by such Person; and

 

  (11) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets.

For purposes of clause (iii)(A) of the first paragraph of the “Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant, Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced by any cash dividends paid with respect to any series of Designated Preferred Stock.

Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, depletion, amortization and other non-cash charges, impairments and expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges that require an accrual of or a reserve for cash payments for any future period other than accruals or reserves associated with mandatory repurchases of equity securities). For clarification purposes, purchase accounting adjustments with respect to inventory will be included in Consolidated Non-cash Charges.

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:

 

  (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or

 

  (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election.

Credit Facility” means the Credit Agreement dated as of January 24, 2005, as amended to date and as further amended by Amendment No. 7 to the Credit Agreement, dated on or about the Issue Date, among the Company, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as administrative agent, Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., National City Bank of Indiana, and Suntrust Bank as co-documentation agents, and any other agent party thereto, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, replacements, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or

 

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refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the covenant “Limitation on Additional Indebtedness”).

Currency Agreement”, with respect to any specified Person, means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such specified Person against fluctuations in currency values.

Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means any non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by the principal financial officer and any of the other executive officers of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such Asset Sale. Any particular item of Designated Non-cash Consideration will cease to be considered to be outstanding once it has been sold for cash or Cash Equivalents.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock that is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by the principal financial officer and any of the other executive officers of the Company, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii)(B) of the first paragraph of the “Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant.

Designated Senior Debt” means

 

  (1) Indebtedness under the Credit Facility; and

 

  (2) any other Indebtedness constituting Senior Debt which, at the time of determination, has an aggregate principal amount of at least $25.0 million and is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Debt as “Designated Senior Debt” by the Company.

Disqualified Capital Stock” means with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:

 

  (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

 

  (2) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock; or

 

  (3) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part;

in each case on or prior to the final maturity date of the notes; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the final maturity date of the notes shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if:

 

  (1) the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the notes and described under the “Limitation on Asset Sales” covenant and “—Change of Control”; and

 

  (2) any such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable to the notes, including the purchase of any notes tendered pursuant thereto.

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Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that if such Disqualified Capital Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of such Disqualified Capital Stock as reflected in the most recent internal financial statements of such Person.

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Equity Offering” means any offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.

Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, Marketable Securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company from:

 

  (1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

 

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

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by an executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the Company on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (iii) of the first paragraph under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

Existing Foreign Credit Facilities” means that (i) credit agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, as amended from time to time, by and among Sunbeam Corporation (Canada) Limited, Jarden Corporation, as loan party and guarantor, each of the lenders party thereto from time to time, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent for the lenders , Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent for the lenders and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp., as joint-lead arrangers and joint book running managers and (ii) credit agreement, dated as of December 23, 2005, as amended from time to time, by and among Jarden Acquisition ETVE, S.L., each of the lenders party thereto from time to time, ABN Amro Bank, N.V., Sucursal en España, as agent for the lenders, and Jarden Corporation.

Existing Notes” means the Company’s 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012.

fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith.

Family” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) the current and former spouses of such Person and (ii) the ancestors, siblings and descendants, whether by blood or adoption, of such Person.

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or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the covenant “Certain Covenants — Limitation on Additional Indebtedness”).

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

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 may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States of America, as in effect as of the Issue Date.

Guarantee” means:

 

  (1) the guarantee of the notes by Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

 

  (2) the guarantee of the notes by any Restricted Subsidiary required under the terms of the “Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries” covenant.

Guarantor” means any Restricted Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee; provided that upon the release and discharge of such Restricted Subsidiary from its Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture, such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.

Hedging Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any agreement with respect to the hedging of price risk associated with the purchase of commodities used in the business of such Person, so long as any such agreement has been entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for purposes of speculation.

Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, at any date of determination, without duplication:

 

  (1) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money;

 

  (2) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

 

  (3) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;

 

  (4) all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business);

 

  (5) all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;

 

  (6) guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clause (8) below;

 

  (7) all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such property or asset and the amount of the Obligation so secured;

 

  (8) all Obligations under Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations of such Person; and

 

  (9) all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any,

 

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if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters or credit) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude:

 

  (i) in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter;

 

  (ii) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes;

 

  (iii) worker’s compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, surety, appeal and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (iv) obligations arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two business days of its Incurrence;

 

  (v) any Indebtedness defeased or called for redemption; and

 

  (vi) the Coleman IRB Bonds and the Coleman IRB Leases to the extent not required to appear as a liability (or, in the case of the Coleman IRB Leases, as a Capitalized Lease Obligation) upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock. For the purposes of calculating the amount of Indebtedness of a Securitization Entity outstanding as of any date, the face or notional amount of any interest in receivables or equipment that is outstanding as of such date shall be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Securitization Entity but any such interests held by Affiliates of such Securitization Entity shall be excluded for purposes of such calculation.

Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, options, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.

Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee) or capital contribution to (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), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any Person. “Investment” shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its fair market value at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in its fair market value.

 

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

Issue Date” means                     , 2007.

Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).

Marketable Securities” means publicly traded debt or equity securities that are listed for trading on a national securities exchange and that were issued by a corporation whose debt securities are rated in one of the three highest rating categories by either S&P or Moody’s.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.

Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of:

 

  (1) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions and title and recording tax expenses);

 

  (2) all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale;

 

  (3) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale;

 

  (4) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale; and

 

  (5) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale.

Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any subsidiary or the Trustee.

Permitted Business” means any business (including stock or assets) that derives a majority of its revenues from the business engaged in by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, any other business in the consumer products industry and/or activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date or any other business in the consumer products industry.

Permitted Holders” means (i) Martin E. Franklin or Ian Ashken; (ii) any member of the Family of Martin E. Franklin or Ian Ashken; (iii) any conservatorship, custodianship or decedent’s estate of any Person specified in

 

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the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii); (iv) any trust established for the benefit of any Person specified in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii); (v) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity, the controlling equity interests in which are held by or for the benefit of any one or more Person specified in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii); or (vi) Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and its Affiliates and any general or limited partners of Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.

Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:

 

  (1) Indebtedness under the notes (other than any Additional Notes) and the related Guarantees;

 

  (2) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $1,650 million less:

 

  (A) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Securitization Entities at the time outstanding;

 

  (B) the amount of all mandatory principal payments actually made by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary since the Issue Date with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale in respect of term loans under the Credit Facility (excluding any such payments to the extent refinanced at the time of payment); and

 

  (C) further reduced by any repayments of revolving credit borrowings under the Credit Facility with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale that are accompanied by a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder;

provided that the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility in accordance with this clause (2) shall be in addition to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to a Credit Facility in reliance on, and in accordance with, clauses (8), (14), (15) and (17) below;

 

  (3) Indebtedness of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary (and any guarantees thereof by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) incurred pursuant to the Foreign Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $150.0 million;

 

  (4) other indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory or voluntary prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions thereon, including amounts remaining under the Existing Notes on the Issue Date;

 

  (5) Interest Swap Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries covering Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Indebtedness to which any such Interest Swap Obligations correspond is otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Indenture; provided, further, that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into, in the judgment of the Company, to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuation in interest rates on its outstanding Indebtedness;

 

  (6) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under Hedging Agreements and Currency Agreements;

 

  (7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

 

  (a) if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the notes, and

 

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  (2) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than by way of granting a Lien permitted under the Indenture or in connection with the exercise of remedies by a secured creditor) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (7);

 

  (8) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), plant, or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any person owning such assets) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;

 

  (9) Refinancing Indebtedness (other than Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (2) of this definition);

 

  (10) guarantees by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of each other’s Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under the Indenture;

 

  (11) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn out or other similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, other than guarantees of Indebtedness, incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

 

  (12) obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (13) (i) the incurrence by a Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is non recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings); and (ii) and the incurrence of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction.

 

  (14) Indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of a Permitted Business; provided that on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds therefrom, either:

 

  (a) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or

 

  (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would be greater than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;

 

  (15) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (which amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or in part under a credit facility) in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $100.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

  (16) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five business days of incurrence;

 

  (17)

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self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business and other Indebtedness with respect to workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business; and

 

  (18) loans made to Coleman by the insurers under Coleman’s whole life insurance policies; provided, that such loans shall not be permitted unless (x) the amount of each such loan made with respect to a particular whole life insurance policy shall not exceed the cash surrender value of such policy, (y) the proceeds of each such loan shall be used to prepay in full the premiums due to the insurer for such policy and (z) such loan shall be secured by a Lien only on such policy.

For purposes of determining compliance with the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (18) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of such covenant, we shall, in our sole discretion, divide and classify (or later redivide and reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with such covenant. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant.

Permitted Investments” means:

 

  (1) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company holds a minority interest) (whether existing on the Issue Date or created thereafter) or any other Person (including by means of any transfer of cash or other property) if as a result of such Investment such other Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company holds a minority interest) or that will merge with or consolidate into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and Investments in the Company by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

  (2) investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

  (3) loans and advances (including payroll, travel and similar advances) to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to compensatory plans approved by the Board of Directors in good faith;

 

  (4) Currency Agreements, Hedging Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the Indenture;

 

  (5) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers or in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade creditors or customers;

 

  (6) Investments received in compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with persons who are not Affiliates;

 

  (7) Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with the “Limitation on Asset Sales” covenant;

 

  (8) Investments existing on the Issue Date;

 

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  (10) guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company permitted to be incurred under the Indenture;

 

  (11) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A) $125.0 million and (B) 3.0% of the Company’s Total Assets;

 

  (12) any Investment by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in a Securitization Entity or any Investment by a Securitization Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that any Investment in a Securitization Entity is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an equity interest;

 

  (13) purchases or redemptions of the Existing Notes or the notes;

 

  (14) Investments the payment for which consists exclusively of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; and

 

  (15) any Investment in any Person to the extent it consists of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business.

Permitted Junior Securities” means:

(1) Capital Stock in the Company or any Guarantor of the notes; or

(2) debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt and debt securities that are issued in exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the notes and the Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt under the Indenture and have a stated maturity after (and do not provide for scheduled principal payments prior to) the stated maturity of any Senior Debt and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt;

provided, however, that, if such Capital Stock or debt securities are distributed in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, such Capital Stock or debt securities are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization consented to by each class of Designated Senior Debt.

Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than that acquired;

(4) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(5) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (8) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness;

(6) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture;

(7) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

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(8) Liens on (i) the assets of a Securitization Entity securing Indebtedness owing by any Securitization Entity pursuant to any Qualified Securitization Transaction and (ii) any right, title and interest of any originator in any equipment or assets transferred or intended to be transferred by such originator pursuant to the documents entered into in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

(9) Liens on the property of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness that is permitted by clause (3) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness;”

(10) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(11) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(12) any pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, employment and unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(13) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, or arising as a result of process payments under government contracts to the extent required or imposed by applicable laws, all to the extent incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(14) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the real property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;

(15) financing statements with respect to a lessor’s rights in and to personal property leased to such Person in the ordinary course of such Person’s business;

(16) Liens granted pursuant to the Coleman IRB Documents; provided that such Liens attach only to the property that is financed with the proceeds of the Coleman IRB Bonds;

(17) Liens granted by Coleman on its whole life insurance policies to secure cash surrender value loans; and

(18) Liens granted by a Subsidiary in favor of a licensor under any intellectual property license agreement entered into by such Subsidiary, as licensee, in the ordinary course of such Subsidiary’s business; provided that (i) such Liens do not encumber any property other than the intellectual property licensed by such Subsidiary pursuant to the applicable license agreement and the property manufactured or sold by such Subsidiary utilizing such intellectual property and (ii) the value of the property subject to such Liens does not, at any time, exceed $10 million.

Permitted Subsidiary Preferred Stock” means any series of Preferred Stock of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes Qualified Capital Stock, the liquidation value of all series of which, when combined with the aggregate amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (3) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, does not exceed $25.0 million.

Permitted Transaction Payments” means, without duplication, the following payments: (i) payments at closing to consummate the Transactions; (ii) payments required to defease the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing those notes and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses relating to the Transactions.

 

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Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.

Productive Assets” means assets (including Capital Stock) that are used or usable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Permitted Businesses.

Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note of a Securitization Entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction to a Securitization Entity, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the Securitization Entity other than amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest and principal and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables.

Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Permitted Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.

Qualified Securitization Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:

 

  (1) a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and

 

  (2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Entity),

or may grant a security interest in any accounts receivable or equipment (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable and equipment, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable and equipment, proceeds of such accounts receivable and equipment and other assets (including contract rights) which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with assets securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and equipment.

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company that shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

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renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all Required Premiums and expenses incurred in connection therewith); and

(2) in the case of Indebtedness other than Senior Debt, such Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date the same as or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative in respect of any Designated Senior Debt; provided that if, and for so long as, any Designated Senior Debt lacks such a representative, then the Representative for such Designated Senior Debt shall at all times constitute the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Designated Senior Debt in respect of any Designated Senior Debt.

Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Securitization Entity” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable or equipment and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable or equipment and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity:

 

  (1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which:

 

  (a) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings);

 

  (b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or

 

  (c) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

 

  (2) with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; and

 

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  (3) to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any obligations to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution of the Company giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with foregoing conditions.

Senior Debt” means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be subordinate or pari passu in right of payment to the notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall also include the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect of:

 

  (x) all monetary obligations of every nature of the Company or any Guarantor under the Credit Facility and the Foreign Credit Facilities, including, without limitation, obligations to pay principal and interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees, expenses and indemnities;

 

  (y) all Interest Swap Obligations (and guarantees thereof); and

 

  (z) all obligations (and guarantees thereof) under Currency Agreements and Hedging Agreements, in each case whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall not include:

 

  (i) any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor owed to the Company or to a Subsidiary of the Company;

 

  (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor owed to, or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor on behalf of, any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, amounts owed for compensation) other than a shareholder who is also a lender (or an Affiliate of a lender) under the Credit Facility;

 

  (iii) any amounts payable or other liability to trade creditors (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities but excluding secured purchase money obligations);

 

  (iv) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

  (v) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company or any of the Guarantors;

 

  (vi) that portion of any Indebtedness incurred in violation of the Indenture provisions set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” (but, as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of this clause (vi) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their representative and the Trustee shall have received an officers’ certificate of the Company to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate such provisions of the Indenture);

 

  (vii) Indebtedness which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable; and

 

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  (viii) any Indebtedness which is, by its express terms, Senior Subordinated Debt or subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Guarantors.

Senior Subordinated Debt” means with respect to a Person, the notes (in the case of the Company), a Guarantee (in the case of a Guarantor) and any other Indebtedness of such Person that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be, in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person which is not Senior Debt of such Person.

Significant Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, in an accounts receivable or equipment transaction.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary if the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness or pursuant to which such Indebtedness is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness is subordinated or junior in right of payment to the notes or the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.

Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means:

 

  (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 shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly by such Person; or

 

  (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.

Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the Company’s most recently available internal consolidated balance sheet as of such date.

Transactions” means the offering of the notes being offered hereby and issued on the Issue Date, the tender offer for the Existing Notes, and the repayment of Indebtedness of the Company with the proceeds of such borrowings and issuance of the notes (including the tender offer).

Unrestricted Subsidiary” of any Person means:

 

  (1) any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and

 

  (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or another Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:

 

  (1) the Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with the “Limitation on Restricted Payments” covenant; and

 

  (2)

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liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with the “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” covenant and (y) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Actions taken by an Unrestricted Subsidiary will not be deemed to have been taken, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

  (1) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness; into

 

  (2) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying;

 

  (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof; by

 

  (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting securities (other than in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than a State in the United States of America or the District of Columbia, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

The notes will be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes (the “Global Notes”). The Global Notes will be deposited on the date of issuance with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC (such nominee being referred to herein as the “Global Note Holder”).

Except as set forth below, notes will be issued in registered, global form in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for Notes in certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below. See “—Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes.” In addition, transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants, which may change from time to time.

Prospective purchasers are advised that the laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such persons will be limited to such extent.

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notes evidenced by the Global Notes will not be considered the owners or holders of the notes under the Indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any directions, instructions or approvals to the trustee thereunder. Neither we nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records of DTC or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of DTC relating to the notes.

Depository Procedures

The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC is provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. Neither we nor the Trustee takes any responsibility for these operations and procedures and investors are urged to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Union Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively, the “Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in those securities between Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. The Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including the underwriters), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the “Indirect Participants”). The rules applicable to the DTC and its Indirect Participants are on file with the SEC. Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.

Each of the underwriters is a Participant or an Indirect Participant.

DTC has also advised us that, pursuant to procedures established by it:

 

  (1) upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of Participants designated by the underwriters with portions of the principal amount of the Global Notes; and

 

  (2) ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes).

Investors in the Global Notes who are Participants in DTC’s system may hold their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the Global Notes who are not Participants may hold their interests therein indirectly through organizations which are Participants in such system. All interests in a Global Note may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. The laws of some states require that certain Persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such Persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to Persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

 

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Except as described below, owners of an interest in the Global Notes will not have notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or “Holders” thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Participants, by Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the Global Notes representing the notes. Under its usual procedure, DTC mails an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the applicable record date. The omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those Participants to whose accounts the notes are credited on the applicable record date (identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy).

Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on a Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, in its capacity as the registered Holder under the Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, we and the Trustee will treat the Persons in whose names the notes, including the Global Notes, are registered as the owners of the notes for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, none of the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:

 

  (1) any aspect of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes; or

 

  (2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants.

DTC has advised us that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or us, as is the case with securities held of the accounts of customers registered in “street name.” Neither we nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the notes, and we and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

Transfers between Participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC’s procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds.

DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a Holder of notes only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for notes in certificated form, and to distribute such notes to its Participants.

 

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Neither we nor the Trustee nor any of our respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its Participants or Indirect Participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

The information in this section concerning DTC and the DTC’s system has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.

Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes

A Global Note is exchangeable for Certificated Notes if:

 

  (1) DTC (a) notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and DTC fails to appoint a successor depositary or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act;

 

  (2) we, at our option, notify the Trustee in writing that we elect to cause the issuance of the Certificated Notes; or

 

  (3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default with respect to the notes.

In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the Indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures).

Exchange of Certificated Notes for Global Notes

Certificated Notes may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Note unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with any transfer restrictions applicable to such notes.

Same Day Settlement and Payment

We will make payments in respect of the notes represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Global Note Holder. We will make all payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, with respect to Certificated Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the Certificated Notes or, at our option, at the office or agency of the paying agent and registrar within the courts and State of New York unless we elect to make interest payments, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address. The notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. We expect that secondary trading in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in immediately available funds.

 

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders and non-U.S. holders (each as defined below) relating to the purchase, ownership, and disposition of the notes. This discussion is based upon current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), existing and proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, rulings, pronouncements, judicial decisions, and administrative interpretations of the Internal Revenue Service, all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time by legislative, judicial, or administrative action. We cannot assure you that the Internal Revenue Service will not challenge the conclusions stated below, and no ruling from the Internal Revenue Service has been (or will be) sought on any of the matters discussed below. The discussion set forth below is limited to holders who are the initial purchasers of the notes at their original issue price and hold the notes as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The following discussion does not purport to be a complete analysis of all the potential U.S. federal income tax effects relating to the purchase, ownership, and disposition of the notes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the discussion does not address the effect of any special rules applicable to certain types of holders, including, without limitation, dealers in securities or currencies, insurance companies, financial institutions, thrifts, regulated investment companies, tax-exempt entities, U.S. persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, U.S. expatriates, persons who hold notes as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion transaction, or other risk reduction or integrated investment transaction, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, investors in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings, individual retirement accounts or qualified pension plans, pass through entities, including partnerships and Subchapter S corporations and investors in such pass through entities. Finally, this discussion does not address the effect of any U.S. state or local income or other tax laws, any U.S. federal estate and gift tax laws, any foreign tax laws, or any tax treaties.

U.S. Holders

For purposes of this discussion, the term “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

    an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

    a corporation or other entity taxable for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia;

 

    an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

    a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or if a valid election is in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to treat the trust as a U.S. person.

Taxation of interest

All of the notes bear interest at a fixed-rate. We do not intend to, and the following discussion assumes that we will not, issue the notes at a discount that will exceed a de minimis amount. Accordingly, interest payable on a note generally will be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary interest income at the time it is received or accrued, in accordance with the holder’s regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Sale, exchange, or retirement of a note

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(i) the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received, except to the extent that the cash or other property received in respect of a note is attributable to accrued interest on the note not previously included in income, which amount will be taxable as ordinary income, and (ii) the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note.

Such capital gain or loss will be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss if, at the time of the sale or exchange, the note has been held by the holder for more than one year; otherwise, the capital gain or loss will be short-term. Non-corporate taxpayers may be subject to a lower federal income tax rate on their net long-term capital gains than the rate that is applicable to ordinary income. All taxpayers are subject to certain limitations on the deductibility of their capital losses.

Change of Control; Repurchase

In the event of a change of control, we will be required to offer to repurchase the notes at 101% of their principal amount. According to applicable Treasury regulations, the possibility of a payment of premium on the notes will not affect the amount or timing of interest income recognized by a holder of a note if the likelihood of the payment, as of the date the notes are issued, is remote. We intend to take the position that the likelihood of a repurchase of notes by us in the event of a change of control is remote under the applicable Treasury regulations and we do not intend to treat that possibility as affecting the yield to maturity of the notes (for purposes of the original issue discount provisions of the Internal Revenue Code).

We have the option to redeem all or a portion of the notes at certain premiums before certain dates. Under applicable Treasury regulations, we will be deemed to have exercised that option (for purposes of the original issue discount provisions of the Internal Revenue Code) if the exercise of that option would lower the yield of the notes. We believe that we will not be treated as having exercised that option under these Treasury regulations.

Non-U.S. Holders

The following summary is limited to the U.S. federal income tax consequences relevant to a beneficial owner of a note that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (1) an individual who is classified as a nonresident for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (2) a foreign corporation; or (3) a foreign estate or trust. In the case of a non-U.S. holder who is an individual, the following summary assumes that this individual was not formerly a United States citizen and was not formerly a resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Taxation of interest

Subject to the summary of backup withholding rules below, payments of interest on a note to any non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax provided the interest is not effectively connected with such non-U.S. holder’s U.S. trade or business and we or the person otherwise responsible for withholding U.S. federal income tax from payments on the notes receives a required certification from the non-U.S. holder and the holder is not:

 

    an actual or constructive owner of 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all our voting stock;

 

    a controlled foreign corporation related, directly or indirectly, to us through stock ownership; or

 

    a bank whose receipt of interest is received on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business.

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penalties of perjury that provides the non-U.S. holder’s name and address and certifies that the non-U.S. holder is not a U.S. person. Alternatively, in a case where a security clearing organization, bank, or other financial institution holds the notes in the ordinary course of its trade or business on behalf of the non-U.S. holder, certification requires that we or the person who otherwise would be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax receive from the financial institution a certification under penalties of perjury that a properly completed Form W-8BEN (or substitute Form W-8BEN or the appropriate successor form) has been received by it, or by another such financial institution, from the non-U.S. holder, and a copy of such a form is furnished to the payor. Special rules apply to foreign partnerships, estates, and trusts, and in certain circumstances, certifications as to foreign status of partners, trust owners, or beneficiaries may have to be provided to our paying agent or to us. In addition, special rules apply to payments made through a qualified intermediary.

A non-U.S. holder that does not qualify for exemption from withholding under the preceding paragraphs generally will be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30%, or lower applicable treaty rate, on payments of interest on the notes that are not effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. holder of a trade or business in the United States.

If the payments of interest on a note are effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. holder of a trade or business in the United States, such payments will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis at the rates applicable to U.S. persons generally. If the non-U.S. holder is a corporation for U.S. federal income purposes, such payments also may be subject to a 30%, or lower applicable treaty rate, branch profits tax. If payments are subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis in accordance with the rules described in the preceding two sentences, such payments will not be subject to U.S. withholding tax so long as the holder provides us or the person who otherwise would be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax with the appropriate certification.

Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding any applicable income tax treaties, which may provide for a lower rate of withholding tax, exemption from or reduction of branch profits tax, or other rules different from those described above.

Sale, exchange, or retirement of a note

Subject to the summary of backup withholding rules below, any gain realized by a non-U.S. holder on the sale, exchange, retirement, or other disposition of a note generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, unless:

 

    such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by such non-U.S. holder of a trade or business within the United States; or

 

    the non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and certain other conditions are satisfied.

Proceeds from the disposition of a note that are attributable to accrued but unpaid interest generally will be subject to, or exempt from, tax to the same extent as described above with respect to interest paid on a note.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Backup withholding may apply in respect of the amounts paid to a holder of notes, unless such holder provides proof of an applicable exemption or provides a correct taxpayer identification number and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. The amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules are not an additional tax and may be refunded, or credited against the holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, information returns will be filed with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with payments on the notes and the proceeds from a sale or other disposition of the notes, unless the holder provides proof of an applicable exemption from the information reporting rules.

 

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The preceding discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations is for general information only. It is not tax advice. Each prospective investor should consult its own tax advisor regarding the particular U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign tax consequences of purchasing, holding, and disposing of our notes, including the consequences of any proposed change in applicable laws.

 

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UNDERWRITING

Lehman Brothers Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for this offering and as representatives of the underwriters named below. Under the terms of an underwriting agreement, which we will file as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K and incorporate by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, each of the underwriters named below has severally agreed to purchase from us the principal amount of notes shown opposite its name below:

 

Underwriters

   Principal
Amount

Lehman Brothers Inc.  

   $             

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.  

  

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  

CIBC World Markets Corp.

  

ABN AMRO Incorporated

  

BNY Capital Markets, Inc.

  

NatCity Investments, Inc.

  

SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.

  

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

  
      

Total

   $ 400,000,000
      

The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are obligated to purchase, subject to certain conditions, all of the notes in this offering if any are purchased. The conditions contained in the underwriting agreement include requirements that:

 

    the representations and warranties made by us to the underwriters are true;

 

    there has been no material adverse change in our condition or in the financial markets;

 

    we deliver the customary closing documents to the underwriters; and

 

    the underwriters receive certain legal opinions from their counsel.

Commissions and Expenses

The following table summarizes the underwriting discounts and commissions we will pay to the underwriters. The underwriting fee is the difference between the initial price to the public and the amount the underwriters pay to us for the notes.

 

     Underwriters’
Discount

Per note

                 %

Total

   $             

We estimate that our expenses for this offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $             million.

Indemnification

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and to contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make for these liabilities.

Liquidity of the Trading Market

The notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. One or more of the underwriters intend to make a secondary market for the notes. However, they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue making a secondary market for the notes at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to how liquid the trading market for the notes will be.

 

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Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, short sales and purchases to cover positions created by short sales, and penalty bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the notes, in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

    Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.

 

    Over-allotment transactions involve sales by the underwriters of the notes in excess of the principal amount of the notes the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. Similar to other purchase transactions, the underwriters’ purchase to cover the syndicate short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the notes or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the notes. As a result, the price of the notes may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market.

 

    Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the notes in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions.

 

    Penalty bids permit the representatives to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the notes originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing transaction or a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.

These stabilizing transactions, short sales, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the notes or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the notes. As a result, the price of the notes may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

Neither we nor any of the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the notes. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters make any representation that the representatives will engage in these stabilizing transactions or that any transaction, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

Stamp Taxes

If you purchase notes offered in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, you may be required to pay stamp taxes and other charges under the laws and practices of the country of purchase, in addition to the offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus supplement.

Other Relationships

We intend to use a portion of the proceeds from this offering to pay down a portion of our term loan under our existing credit facility. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters are lenders and agents under, and have received fees in connection with, our existing senior secured credit facility and as such will receive a portion of the proceeds of this offering. In addition, we intend to use a portion of the proceeds from this offering to purchase all of our outstanding 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters also own a portion of our outstanding 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 and accordingly will receive a portion of the proceeds from this offering.

 

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The underwriters have performed investment banking, commercial banking, and advisory services for us and our affiliates from time to time for which they have received customary fees and expenses. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters are lenders and agents under and have received fees in connection with our existing senior secured credit facility. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters are lenders under and have received fees in connection with our existing accounts receivable securitization facility. In addition, Lehman Brothers Inc. is serving as the dealer manager in connection with our tender offer to purchase our 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 for which it will receive expense reimbursement. Further, The Bank of New York serves as the trustee under the indenture governing our 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 and will serve as trustee under the indenture governing the notes offered in this prospectus supplement for which it receives and will receive customary fees and expense reimbursement. The Bank of New York is also serving as the tender agent in connection with our tender offer to purchase our 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 for which it will receive customary fees and expense reimbursement. The underwriters may, from time to time, engage in transactions with, and perform services for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of their respective businesses.

Electronic Distribution

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the Internet sites or through other online services maintained by one or more of the underwriters and/or selling group members participating in this offering, or by their affiliates. In those cases, prospective investors may view offering terms online and, depending upon the particular underwriter or selling group member, prospective investors may be allowed to place orders online. The underwriters may agree with us to allocate a specific number of shares for sale to online brokerage account holders. Any such allocation for online distributions will be made by the representatives on the same basis as other allocations.

Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on any underwriter’s or selling group member’s web site and any information contained in any other web site maintained by an underwriter or selling group member is not part of the prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or any underwriter or selling group.

Selling Restrictions

European Economic Area

In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area that has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a relevant member state), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that relevant member state (the relevant implementation date), an offer of the notes described in this prospectus supplement may not be made to the public in that relevant member state prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the notes that has been approved by the competent authority in that relevant member state or, where appropriate, approved in another relevant member state and notified to the competent authority in that relevant member state, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that, with effect from and including the relevant implementation date, an offer of securities may be offered to the public in that relevant member state at any time:

 

    to any legal entity that is authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities or

 

    to any legal entity that has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts or

 

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    in any other circumstances that do not require the publication of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

Each purchaser of the notes described in this prospectus supplement located within a relevant member state will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that it is a “qualified investor” within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive.

For purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in any relevant member state means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the securities, as the expression may be varied in that member state by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that member state, and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each relevant member state.

The sellers of the notes have not authorized and do not authorize the making of any offer of the notes through any financial intermediary on their behalf, other than offers made by the underwriters with a view to the final placement of the notes as contemplated in this prospectus supplement. Accordingly, no purchaser of the notes, other than the underwriters, is authorized to make any further offer of the notes on behalf of the sellers or the underwriters.

United Kingdom

This prospectus supplement is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive (“Qualified Investors”) that are also (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This prospectus supplement and its contents are confidential and should not be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part) or disclosed by recipients to any other persons in the United Kingdom. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant persons should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

France

Neither this prospectus supplement nor any other offering material relating to the notes described in this prospectus supplement has been submitted to the clearance procedures of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers or by the competent authority of another member state of the European Economic Area and notified to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers. The notes have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France. Neither this prospectus supplement nor any other offering material relating to the notes has been or will be

 

    released, issued, distributed or caused to be released, issued or distributed to the public in France or

 

    used in connection with any offer for subscription or sale of the notes to the public in France.

Such offers, sales and distributions will be made in France only

 

    to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) and/or to a restricted circle of investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs), in each case investing for their own account, all as defined in, and in accordance with, Article L.411-2, D.411-1, D.411-2, D.734-1, D.744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier or

 

    to investment services providers authorized to engage in portfolio management on behalf of third parties or

 

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    in a transaction that, in accordance with article L.411-2-II-1°-or-2°-or 3° of the French Code monétaire et financier and article 211-2 of the General Regulations (Règlement Général) of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, does not constitute a public offer (appel public à l’épargne).

The notes may be resold directly or indirectly, only in compliance with Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, L.412-1 and L.621-8 through L.621-8-3 of the French Code monétaire et financier.

Hong Kong

The notes may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

Japan

The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (the Securities and Exchange Law) and each underwriter has agreed that it will not offer or sell any notes, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

Singapore

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Where the notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the notes under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the notes offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Kane Kessler, P.C., New York, New York. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York advised the underwriters in connection with the offering of the notes.

EXPERTS

Our consolidated financial statements, appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (including the schedule appearing therein), and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 included therein (which did not include an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of The Holmes Group, Inc. ( “Holmes”)), have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its reports thereon, which as to the report on internal control over financial reporting contains an explanatory paragraph describing the above referenced exclusion of Holmes from the scope of management’s assessment and such firm’s audit of internal control over financial reporting, included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of American Household, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 incorporated in this prospectus by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated March 24, 2005 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes explanatory paragraphs relating to the fresh start reporting described in Note 10, the change in accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in 2002 described in Notes 2 and 4 and the sale of American Household, Inc. described in Note 1), which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of The Holmes Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed September 29, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and in accordance therewith we are required to file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by us can be inspected and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549, at the prescribed rates. The Commission also maintains a site on the World Wide Web that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically. The address of such site is http://www.sec.gov. Please call 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Commission’s Public Reference Room.

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JAH.” Certain materials filed by us may be inspected at the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

This prospectus supplement omits certain information that is contained in the registration statement on file with the Commission, of which this prospectus supplement is a part. For further information with respect to us and our common stock, reference is made to the registration statement, including the exhibits incorporated therein by reference or filed therewith. Statements herein contained concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit or incorporated by reference to the registration statement. The registration statement and the exhibits may be inspected without charge at the offices of the Commission or copies thereof obtained at prescribed rates from the public reference section of the Commission at the addresses set forth above.

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important business, financial and other information to you in this prospectus by referring you to the publicly filed documents containing this information. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be a part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained in this prospectus or filed later by us with the Commission. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the Commission, other than any portion of any such filing that is furnished under the applicable commission rules, which documents contain important information about us and our common stock:

 

  (a) Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed on March 9, 2006;

 

  (b) Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed on May 9, 2006;

 

  (c) Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed on July 28, 2006;

 

  (d) Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on October 27, 2006;

 

  (e) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on January 29, 2007;

 

  (f) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on December 19, 2006;

 

  (g) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on November 14, 2006;

 

  (h) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on August 30, 2006;

 

  (i) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on July 28, 2005, as amended on Form 8-K/A filed on September 29, 2005, as further amended on Form 8-K/A on May 10, 2006;

 

  (j) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on January 27, 2005, as amended on Form 8-K/A, filed on March 24, 2005; and

 

  (k) Our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 19, 2006.

All of such documents are on file with the Commission. In addition, all documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this prospectus supplement are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, other than any portion of any such filing that is furnished under the applicable commission rules, and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement. Any statements so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

Any information incorporated by reference herein is available to you without charge upon written or oral request. If you would like a copy of any of this information, please submit your request to us at 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580, Attention: Secretary, or call (914) 967-9400.

 

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PROSPECTUS

LOGO

Debt Securities

Guarantees of Debt Securities

 


Jarden Corporation may offer debt securities or guarantees of debt securities from time to time, in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides a general description of these securities that we may offer and the general manner in which we will offer them.

Each time we offer debt securities or guarantees of debt securities using this prospectus, we will provide specific terms and the offering process in supplements to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change the information in this prospectus and will also describe the specific manner in which we will offer these securities.

You should carefully read this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, together with the documents we incorporate by reference, before you invest in our securities.

We may offer and sell the securities on a continuous or delayed basis directly to investors or through underwriters, dealers or agents, or through a combination of these methods. The names of any underwriters, dealers or agents will be included in a prospectus supplement. If any agents, dealers or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth any applicable commissions or discounts.

Investing in our securities involves risks. Please refer to the “ Risk Factors” section contained in any applicable prospectus supplement and in the documents we incorporate by reference for a description of the risks you should consider when evaluating this investment.

 


Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

   i

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

   ii

THE COMPANY

   1

RISK FACTORS

   3

USE OF PROCEEDS

   3

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

   3

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

   3

DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEES OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

   4

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

   4

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

   5

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

   6

EXPERTS

   7

LEGAL MATTERS

   7

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time, offer and/or sell our securities in one or more offerings or resales. Each time our securities are offered, we will provide a prospectus supplement and attach it to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement will contain more specific information about the offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Any statement that we make in this prospectus will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a prospectus supplement. You should read both this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and those documents incorporated by reference herein. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. This prospectus is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, in any state where the offer or sale is prohibited. The information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated herein or therein by reference is accurate as of the date contained on the cover of such documents. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, nor any sale made under this prospectus or any prospectus supplement will, under any circumstances, imply that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is correct as of any date after the date of this prospectus or any such prospectus supplement.

References to “Jarden,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Jarden Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements we make in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as well as other written or oral statements by us or our authorized officers on our behalf, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein and include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our repurchase of shares of common stock from time to time under stock repurchase programs, the outlook for our markets and the demand for our products, earnings per share, estimated sales, segment earnings, cash flows from operations, future revenues and margin requirement and expansion, the success of new product introductions, growth or savings in costs and expenses and the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate and obtain the anticipated results and synergies from our acquisitions and our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which we operate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which we operate, may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this offering memorandum or incorporated by reference. In addition, even if our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and the development of the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this offering memorandum or incorporated by reference, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

You should also read carefully the factors described or referred to in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus to better understand the risks and uncertainties inherent in our business and underlying any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements that we make in this prospectus speak only as of the date of such statement, and we undertake no obligation to update such statements. Comparisons of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to express any future trends or indications of future performance, unless expressed as such, and should only be viewed as historical data.

 

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THE COMPANY

We are a leading provider of niche consumer products used in and around the home. Jarden operates in three primary business segments through a number of well recognized brands, including: Branded Consumables: Ball®, Bee®, Bicycle®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert®, Forster®, Hoyle®, Java Log®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell®, Pine Mountain® and Starterlogg®; Consumer Solutions: Bionaire®, Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Harmony®, Health o meter®, Holmes®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster®, Patton®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam®, VillaWare® and White Mountain; and Outdoor Solutions: Campingaz® and Coleman®. Our growth strategy of acquiring businesses with highly recognized brands, innovative products and multi-channel distribution has resulted in significant growth in revenue and earnings.

We have achieved leading market positions in a number of niche categories by selling branded products through a variety of distribution channels, including club, department store, drug, grocery, mass merchant, sporting goods and specialty retailers, as well as direct to consumers. By leveraging our strong brand portfolio, category management expertise and superior customer service, we have established and continue to maintain long-term relationships with leading retailers within these channels. For example, we have serviced Wal-Mart and Home Depot since their openings in 1962 and 1978, respectively, and are currently category manager at these and other retailers in certain categories. Moreover, several of our leading brands, such as Ball® jars, Bicycle® playing cards, Coleman® lanterns, and Diamond® kitchen matches, have been in continuous use for over 100 years. We continue to strive to expand our existing customer relationships and attract new customers by introducing new product line extensions and entering new product categories.

We operate three primary business segments: Branded Consumables, Consumer Solutions and Outdoor Solutions. Our Branded Consumables segment markets and distributes household basics and necessities, most of which are consumable in nature, under brand names such as Ball®, Bee®, Bicycle®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert®, Forster®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell® and Pine Mountain®. Our Consumer Solutions segment markets and distributes innovative solutions for the household under brand names including Bionaire®, Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Health o meter®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster® and Sunbeam®. Our Outdoor Solutions segment markets and distributes outdoor products under brand names including Campingaz® and Coleman®. We also operate a Process Solutions segment that manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of plastic products, including jar closures, contact lens packaging, plastic cutlery, refrigerator door liners, medical disposables and rigid packaging, and zinc strip and fabricated zinc products such as coinage blanks for the U.S. Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, and international markets.

Branded Consumables. We manufacture or source, market and distribute a broad line of branded consumer products, many of which are affordable, consumable and fundamental household staples including arts and crafts paint brushes, children’s card games, clothespins, collectible tins, firelogs and firestarters, home safety equipment, home canning jars, jar closures, kitchen matches, other craft items, plastic cutlery, playing cards and accessories, rope, cord and twine, storage and workshop accessories, toothpicks and other accessories. This segment markets its products under the Aviator®, Ball®, Bee®, Bernardin®, Bicycle®, BRK®, Crawford®, Diamond®, First Alert® , Forster®, Hoyle®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell® and Pine Mountain® brand names, among others.

Consumer Solutions. We manufacture or source, market, distribute and license rights to an array of innovative consumer products that are designed to improve consumers’ lives by enhancing sleep, health, personal care, cooking and other daily necessities with leading products such as coffee makers, bedding, home vacuum packaging machines, heating pads, slow cookers, air cleaning products, fans and heaters and personal and animal grooming products, as well as related consumable products. We sell kitchen products under the well-known Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam®, VillaWare® and White Mountain™ brand names. Personal care and grooming products are sold under the Health o meter®, Oster® and Sunbeam® brand names. Our portable air cleaning products are sold under the Bionaire® and Harmony® brand names, and our fans and heaters are sold under the Holmes® and Patton® brand names.

 

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Outdoor Solutions. We manufacture or source, market and distribute consumer leisure products worldwide under, and license rights to, the Campingaz® and Coleman® brand names for use outside the home or away from the home, such as products for camping, backpacking, tailgating, backyard grilling and other outdoor activities. Coleman has branded itself “The Outdoor Company™” and is committed to promoting the social, health and recreational benefits of “going outside” to consumers.

Process Solutions. In addition to the three primary business segments described above, our Process Solutions business segment consists primarily of our plastic consumables business, which manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of consumer and medical plastic products for original equipment manufacturer customers and our other primary business segments, and our zinc strip business, which is the largest producer of zinc strip and fabricated products in North America, including plated blanks for circulation coinage.

 


We are incorporated in Delaware, and the address of our executive corporate headquarters is located at 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, NY 10580, and our telephone number is (914) 967-9400.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Please carefully consider the risk factors described in our periodic reports filed with the Commission, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus or include in any applicable prospectus supplement. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we deem currently immaterial may also impair our business operations.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless stated otherwise in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of securities described in this prospectus for general corporate purposes.

When a particular series of securities is offered, the accompanying prospectus supplement will set forth our intended use for the net proceeds received from the sale of those securities. Pending application for specific purposes, the net proceeds may be invested in marketable securities.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table sets for our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, and for each of the last five years ended December 31.

 

     Nine Months
Ended September 30,
2006
   Year Ended December 31,  
      2005    2004    2003    2002    2001  

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

   2.4    2.0    3.1    3.3    4.7    (a )

(a) For the year ended December 31, 2001, the loss was insufficient to cover the fixed charges by approximately $125.6 million.

The ratio of earnings to fixed charges equals earnings before fixed charges divided by fixed charges. For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings before fixed charges consist of earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles, plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense (including amortization of debt expense and discount or premium relating to any indebtedness), preferred stock dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries, capitalized interest and that portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The debt securities will be our subordinated debt securities issued under a subordinated indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the trustee under the indenture will be The Bank of New York. The form of indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We will include in a supplement to this prospectus the specific terms of each series of debt securities being offered. The statements and descriptions in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement regarding provisions of the indenture and debt securities are summaries thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the indenture (and any amendments or supplements we may enter into from time to time which are permitted under such indenture) and the debt securities, including the definitions therein of certain terms.

 

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Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be our direct unsecured obligations. The debt securities will rank equally with our other unsubordinated debt and will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to senior indebtedness. The indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that we may issue and provides that we may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series, in each case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a discount. Unless indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may issue additional debt securities of a particular series without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of such series outstanding at the time of the issuance. Any such additional debt securities, together with all other outstanding debt securities of that series, will constitute a single series of debt securities under the indenture.

DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEES OF THE DEBT SECURITIES

If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, certain of our subsidiaries will guarantee the debt securities. The particular terms of any guarantee will be described in the related prospectus supplement. Any guarantees will be joint and several and full and unconditional obligations of the guarantors. The obligations of each guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities in any of three ways (or in any combination) from time to time:

 

    through underwriters or dealers;

 

    directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single purchaser; or

 

    through agents.

The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering of such securities, including

 

    the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;

 

    their compensation;

 

    the net proceeds to us;

 

    the purchase price of the securities;

 

    the public offering price of the securities; and

 

    any exchange on which the securities are listed or to which application will be made to list the securities.

We may designate agents to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment and to sell securities on a continuing basis, including pursuant to “at the market offerings.”

We may offer these securities to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or through underwriters without a syndicate. If underwriters are used, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Unless otherwise indicated in the related prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to customary conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if any of the securities are purchased. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and the dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions

 

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from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

Underwriters and agents may from time to time purchase and sell the securities described in this prospectus and the relevant prospectus supplement in the secondary market, but are not obligated to do so. No assurance can be given that there will be a secondary market for the securities or liquidity in the secondary market if one develops. From time to time, underwriters and agents may make a market in the securities.

In order to facilitate the offering of the securities, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of these securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to determine payments on these securities. Specifically, the underwriters may over-allot in connection with the offering, creating a short position in the securities for their own accounts. In addition, to cover over-allotments or to stabilize the price of the securities or of any other securities, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, the securities or any other securities in the open market. Finally, in any offering of the securities through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the securities in the offering, if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities above independent market levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time.

Underwriters named in a prospectus supplement are, and dealers and agents named in a prospectus supplement may be, deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in connection with the securities offered thereby, and any discounts or commissions they receive from us and any profit on their resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We may have agreements with the underwriters, agents and dealers to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments they may be required to make in respect of these liabilities. Underwriters, agents and dealers may engage in transactions with or perform services for Jarden or our subsidiaries and affiliates in the ordinary course of businesses.

One or more firms, referred to as “remarketing firms,” may also offer or sell the securities, if the prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with a remarketing arrangement upon their purchase. Remarketing firms will act as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. These remarketing firms will offer or sell the securities in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to the terms of the securities. The prospectus supplement will identify any remarketing firm and the terms of its agreement, if any, with us and will describe the remarketing firm’s compensation. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities they remarket. Remarketing firms may be entitled under agreements that may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.

Unless indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we do not expect to apply to list the securities on a securities exchange.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and in accordance therewith we are required to file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by us can be inspected and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549, at the prescribed rates. The Commission also maintains a site on the World Wide Web that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other

 

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information regarding registrants that file electronically. The address of such site is http://www.sec.gov. Please call 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Commission’s Public Reference Room.

Certain materials filed by us may be inspected at the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

This prospectus omits certain information that is contained in the registration statement on file with the Commission, of which this prospectus is a part. For further information with respect to us and our common stock, reference is made to the registration statement, including the exhibits incorporated therein by reference or filed therewith. Statements herein contained concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit or incorporated by reference to the registration statement. The registration statement and the exhibits may be inspected without charge at the offices of the Commission or copies thereof obtained at prescribed rates from the public reference section of the Commission at the addresses set forth above.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important business, financial and other information to you in this prospectus by referring you to the publicly filed documents containing this information. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be a part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained in this prospectus or filed later by us with the Commission. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the Commission, other than any portion of any such filing that is furnished under the applicable Commission rules, which documents contain important information about Jarden and our common stock:

 

  (a) Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed on March 9, 2006;

 

  (b) Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed on May 9, 2006;

 

  (c) Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed on July 28, 2006;

 

  (d) Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on October 27, 2006;

 

  (e) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on January 29, 2007;

 

  (f) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on December 19, 2006;

 

  (g) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on November 14, 2006;

 

  (h) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on August 30, 2006;

 

  (i) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on July 28, 2005, as amended on Form 8-K/A filed on September 29, 2005, as further amended on Form 8-K/A on May 10, 2006;

 

  (j) Our current report on Form 8-K, filed on January 27, 2005, as amended on Form 8-K/A, filed on March 24, 2005; and

 

  (k) Our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 19, 2006.

All of such documents are on file with the Commission. In addition, all documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this prospectus are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other than any portion of any such filing that is furnished under the applicable Commission rules, and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement.

 

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Any statements so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

Any information incorporated by reference is available to you without charge upon written or oral request. If you would like a copy of any of this information, please submit your request to us at 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580, Attention: Secretary, or call (914) 967-9400.

EXPERTS

Our consolidated financial statements, appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (including the schedule appearing therein), and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 included therein (which did not include an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of The Holmes Group, Inc. (“Holmes”)), have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its reports thereon, which as to the report on internal control over financial reporting contains an explanatory paragraph describing the above referenced exclusion of Holmes from the scope of management’s assessment and such firm’s audit of internal control over financial reporting, included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of American Household, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 incorporated in this prospectus by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated March 24, 2005 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes explanatory paragraphs relating to the fresh start reporting described in Note 10, the change in accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in 2002 described in Notes 2 and 4 and the sale of American Household, Inc. described in Note 1), which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of The Holmes Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed September 29, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Kane Kessler, P.C., New York, New York, and for the underwriters or agents, by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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LOGO

$400,000,000

LOGO

        % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017


PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

                    , 2007


 

Joint Book-Running Managers

LEHMAN BROTHERS

CITIGROUP

 


Senior Co-Managers

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

CIBC WORLD MARKETS

ABN AMRO INCORPORATED

Co-Managers

BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

NATCITY INVESTMENTS, INC.

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY

WACHOVIA SECURITIES