Exhibit 10.1
AGREEMENT OF COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT
This Agreement of Compromise and Settlement (the Agreement or Settlement) is entered into as of June 22, 2009, between and among Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (CS) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DB) (together, the Lenders) on the one hand, and Huntsman Corporation (Huntsman) on the other hand (the Lenders and Huntsman are each sometimes referred to herein as a Party, or collectively as the Parties):
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WHEREAS, the Parties are presently engaged in the trial of a lawsuit entitled Huntsman Corporation v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Cause No. 08-09-09258 (District Court, 9th Judicial District, Montgomery County, Texas (the Court)) (the Litigation);
WHEREAS, the Parties were unable to settle the matter prior to trial;
WHEREAS, on June 19, the duly authorized members of the Huntsman Litigation Committee met personally with representatives of the Lenders to discuss whether a settlement could be achieved;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement the Parties have executed and delivered the Note Purchase Agreement for the 5½% Senior Notes Due 2016 and the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to enter into this Agreement and into the Debt Facilities (as defined below) in order to obviate the need for further protracted and expensive litigation, with no admission of liability by any Party, which each Party expressly denies; and
WHEREAS, the Parties now wish, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, to settle and to resolve, fully and finally, all disputes, claims and controversies between them related to the Litigation, including all claims and counterclaims that were asserted or that could have been asserted in the Litigation by any of the Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings set forth herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
On or before June 23, 2009, CS and DB, or their respective affiliates, each shall make a payment to Huntsman in the amount of $310,000,000, for a total of $620,000,000 (the Settlement Amount), it being agreed that each of CS and DB shall remain obligated to make their respective $310,000,000 payment until it is paid in full. On the same date, CS and DB, or their respective affiliates, shall reimburse Huntsmans litigation costs and attorneys fees in the Litigation, up to a maximum cap of $6,000,000 each, for a total maximum cap of $12,000,000 (the Attorneys Fees Amount), upon certification by Huntsmans General Counsel that Huntsman has incurred litigation costs and attorneys fees equal to or in excess of the Attorneys Fees Amount, it being agreed that each of CS and DB shall remain obligated to make their respective payment of the Attorneys Fees Amount until it is paid in full. The Settlement Amount and the Attorneys Fees Amount are referred to herein as the Settlement Payments. The Settlement Payments shall be made by wire transfer to:
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ABA
No: 043000261
Swift Code: MELNUS3P
Bank Name: Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
Address: 500 Ross Street
Pittsburgh, PA
Beneficiary:
Huntsman Corporation
Account No: 020-5479
On or before June 23, 2009, CS and DB, or their respective affiliates, will also provide the term loans described in Exhibit A (the Additional Term Loans) and purchase the notes described in Exhibit B (the Notes and, together with the Additional Term Loans, the Debt Facilities), in each case with and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (including the exhibits hereto) and in the Debt Facilities agreements, it being agreed that CS and DB shall remain obligated to perform under this paragraph until the Debt Facilities are funded in full. The Debt Facilities shall be funded by wire transfer to:
ABA
No: 043000261
Swift Code: MELNUS3P
Bank Name: Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
Address: 500 Ross Street
Pittsburgh, PA
Beneficiary:
Huntsman International LLC
Account No: 021-6987
The Effective Date for this Agreement shall be the date on which Huntsman has received immediately available funds in the amount of the Settlement Payments and principal amount of the Debt Facilities.
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On the Effective Date, after Huntsman has received immediately available funds in the amounts due under paragraphs 1 and 2 herein, the Parties shall execute and cause to be filed with the Court a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order of Dismissal With Prejudice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, and the Parties shall request that the jury be dismissed.
(a) Effective upon the Effective Date, Huntsman, on its own behalf, and on behalf of its affiliates, heirs, executors, advisors, parents, subsidiaries, stockholders, directors, employees, officers, administrators, successors, custodians, agents, representatives, attorneys, servants, auditors, partners, insurers and assigns (the Huntsman Releasors) hereby release, discharge and dismiss any and all claims, actions, causes of action, suits, liabilities, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments, extents, executions, expenses, losses and demands whatsoever in law, and in equity or otherwise, whether presently known or unknown, accrued or not accrued, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or not matured (Claims), which the Huntsman Releasors ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have against the Lenders and the Lenders current or former respective advisors, agents, servants, attorneys, auditors, officers, directors, employees, partners, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, insurers, stockholders, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, custodians, representatives and assigns (the Lender Releasees) for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the Effective Date, including without limitation any Claims that were or could have been asserted in the Litigation. This release does
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not include and does not release the Lender Releasees from (a) any obligations or Claims under this Agreement or the Debt Facilities, or (b) any obligations under any other agreements between the Parties in effect on the Effective Date or any Claims under such other agreements that are based on actions taken or not taken by a Lender Releasee after the Effective Date. Such release by the Huntsman Releasors shall be expressly conditioned upon the receipt of the payments required under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Agreement.
(b) Effective upon the Effective Date, the Lenders, on their own behalf, and on behalf of their affiliates, heirs, executors, advisors, parents, subsidiaries, stockholders, directors, employees, officers, administrators, successors, custodians, agents, representatives, attorneys, servants, auditors, partners, insurers and assigns (the Lender Releasors) hereby release, discharge and dismiss any Claims which the Lender Releasors ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have against Huntsman and Huntsmans current or former respective advisors, agents, servants, attorneys, auditors, officers, directors, employees, partners, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, insurers, stockholders, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, custodians, representatives and assigns (the Huntsman Releasees) for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the Effective Date, including without limitation any Claims that were or could have been asserted in the Litigation. This release does not include and does not release the Huntsman Releasees from (a) any obligations or Claims under this Agreement or the Debt Facilities or (b) any obligations under any other agreements between the Parties in effect on the Effective Date or any Claims under such other agreements that are based on actions taken or not taken by a Huntsman Releasee after
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the Effective Date. Such release by the Lender Releasors shall be expressly conditioned upon dismissal with prejudice of the Litigation.
(c) To ensure that the releases contained in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above are fully enforced in accordance with their terms, the Parties acknowledge that each of them is familiar with Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California and hereby expressly, knowingly and voluntarily waive and relinquish, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the provisions, protections, rights and benefits afforded by that Section, which provides as follows:
A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.
Huntsman and the Lenders also hereby expressly, knowingly and voluntarily waive and relinquish all provisions, protections, rights and benefits they may have under comparable or similar statutes and principles of common law in any jurisdiction.
Huntsman covenants, on behalf of itself and the Huntsman Releasors, and each Lender covenants, on behalf of itself and its respective Lender Releasors, not to bring or continue any Claim released in paragraph 5 before any court, arbitrator or other tribunal in any jurisdiction. Any Party, and any other entity or person released by paragraph 5, may plead this Agreement as a complete bar to any Claim brought in derogation of this covenant not to sue.
(a) Effective upon the Effective Date, Huntsman shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Lender Releasees from the Claims released in paragraph 5(a) above, regardless of whether brought by Huntsman or by another Huntsman Releasor, and for any attorneys fees,
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costs or expenses incurred in defending or responding to such Claims to the extent asserted after the Effective Date.
(b) Effective upon the Effective Date, the Lenders shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Huntsman Releasees from the Claims released in paragraph 5(b) above, regardless of whether brought by either or both Lenders or by another Lender Releasor, and for any attorneys fees, costs or expenses incurred in defending or responding to such Claims to the extent asserted after the Effective Date..
The Lenders hereby release Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Hexion LLC, Nimbus Merger Sub Inc. and Craig O. Morrison (the Hexion Releasees) and Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners IV, L.P., Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners V, L.P., Apollo Netherlands Partners V(A), L.P., Apollo Netherlands Partners V(B), L.P., Apollo German Partners V GmbH & Co. KG, Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware 892) VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Germany) VI, L.P., Apollo Advisors, IV, L.P., Apollo Management IV, L.P., Apollo Advisors, V, L.P., Apollo Management V, L.P., Apollo Advisors, VI, L.P., Apollo Management VI, L.P., Apollo Management , L.P., Apollo Global Management, LLC, Leon Black and Joshua J. Harris (the Apollo Releasees) from any and all liability that the Hexion Releasees or the Apollo Releasees may have to the Lenders that in any way relates to or arises out of any claims made by Huntsman against the Lenders, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Hexion Releasees and the Apollo Releasees shall not be (and are not) released from:
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(a) Any obligation to indemnify the Lenders for the legal fees and costs that the Lenders have incurred in connection with the Litigation or any other litigation relating to the facts and transactions at issue in this Litigation, including but not limited to the litigations entitled Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Hexion LLC and Nimbus Merger Sub Inc. v. Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Index No. 114552/08 (New York Supreme Court, New York County) and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.; Nimbus Merger Sub Inc.; Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P.; Apollo Overseas Partners IV, L.P.; Apollo Advisors IV, L.P.; Apollo Management IV, L.P.; Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P.; Apollo Overseas Partners V, L.P.; Apollo Netherlands Partners V(A), L.P.; Apollo Netherlands Partners V(B), L.P.; Apollo German Partners V GmbH & Co. Kg; Apollo Advisors V, L.P.; Apollo Management V, L.P.; Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P.; Apollo Overseas Partners VI, L.P.; Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) VI, L.P.; Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware 892) VI, L.P.; Apollo Overseas Partners (Germany) VI, L.P.; Apollo Advisors VI, L.P.; Apollo Management VI, L.P.; Apollo Management, L.P.; and Apollo Global Management, LLC v. Huntsman Corp., C.A. No. 3841-VCL (Court of Chancery, Delaware); and
(b) any obligation to indemnify the Lenders for Huntsmans attorneys fees and costs in this Litigation that the Lenders have agreed to reimburse to Huntsman under this Agreement, provided that if a Hexion Releasee or an Apollo Releasee would be entitled, under the Apollo Settlement Agreement dated December 14, 2008, to recover from Huntsman any amount paid to the Lenders pursuant to such obligation, then such obligation to indemnify the
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Lenders for amounts described in this paragraph 8(b) shall be released, but only to the extent of the recovery from Huntsman to which such Hexion Releasee or Apollo Releasee would be entitled.
(a) Huntsman hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders as follows in each case with respect to itself and its affiliates: Huntsman has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Any person signing this Agreement on behalf of Huntsman has been duly authorized by Huntsman to do so. No other consent, approval or authorization of any person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Huntsman of this Agreement. Huntsman has not sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of any of the Claims or rights that are the subject of this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Huntsman, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Huntsman enforceable against Huntsman in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The execution, delivery and performance by Huntsman of this Agreement and the performance by Huntsman of its obligations hereunder will not (i) violate, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or result in the termination of or acceleration of performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, any agreement, indenture, mortgage,
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deed of trust, loan, bond, lease, purchase or credit agreement to which Huntsman is bound or its corporate charter or by-laws, or any other agreement or instrument to which Huntsman or its respective properties or assets are bound, or (ii) result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority applicable to Huntsman or any of its subsidiaries.
(b) Each Lender hereby represents and warrants to Huntsman as follows in each case with respect to itself and its affiliates: Each Lender has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Any person signing this Agreement on behalf of any Lender has been duly authorized by such Lender to do so. No other consent, approval or authorization of any person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Lender of this Agreement. Each Lender has not sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of any of the Claims or rights that are the subject of this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each Lender, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Lender enforceable against that Lender in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The execution, delivery and performance by each Lender of this Agreement and the performance by each Lender of its obligations hereunder will not (i) violate, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or result in the termination of or
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acceleration of performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, any agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, bond, lease, purchase or credit agreement to which that Lender is bound or its corporate charter or by-laws, or any other agreement or instrument to which that Lender or its respective properties or assets are bound, or (ii) result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority applicable to that Lender or any of its subsidiaries.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas for contracts entered into and performed within the State without regard to conflicts of law principles. Any action for breach or specific performance of this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the Ninth District Court of Montgomery County, Texas. THE PARTIES AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
The law governing the Debt Facilities shall be as specified in the Debt Facilities agreements. After the receipt of all payments required under this Agreement, any suit or litigation arising out of the Debt Facilities shall thereafter be governed by the forum selection provisions of the Debt Facilities agreements, and such provisions shall take precedence over this provision in any dispute arising out of the Debt Facilities.
Notwithstanding anything in the preceding two paragraphs, the provisions of paragraph 8 of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
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of the State of New York for contracts entered into and performed within the State without regard to conflicts of law principles.
This Agreement constitutes a compromise of matters that are in dispute between the Parties. Neither the execution of this Agreement nor any acts undertaken pursuant to this Agreement shall be construed as an admission or evidence of any liability or wrongdoing whatsoever on the part of any party, which liability or wrongdoing is hereby expressly denied and disclaimed by every party. Neither this Agreement, nor the fact of its execution, nor any of its provisions, shall be offered or received in evidence in any action or proceeding of any nature or otherwise referred to or used in any manner in any court or other tribunal, except in a proceeding to enforce the terms of the Settlement.
Huntsmans press release with respect to the settlement of the Litigation shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the Lenders press release with respect to the settlement of the Litigation shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto (the Press Releases).
Other than the specific information contained in the Press Releases, the Parties agree to maintain as confidential all information related to the negotiation of this Agreement and agree that no Party shall disparage any other Party in connection with the facts and transactions at issue in this Litigation.
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This Agreement, the Debt Facilities agreements, and related documents constitute the entire agreement of the Parties, and supersede any and all prior statements, representations, promises or other agreements, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement cannot be terminated, modified, amended or changed in any respect orally or by the conduct of the Parties. Any termination, amendment, modification or change of this Agreement may be made only by a writing signed by all Parties or their duly authorized representatives.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns, and upon any corporation or other entity into or with which any Party hereto may merge, combine or consolidate.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.
All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly delivered when delivered by hand or sent by facsimile to, or when received from a reputable overnight delivery service at, the appropriate facsimile numbers or addresses set forth below (or to or at such other facsimile numbers or addresses as may be designated by a notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing):
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if to CS
Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attn: R. Colby Allsbrook
Facsimile: (646) 424 - 9469
if to DB:
Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Attn: Jeffrey Welch
Facsimile: 212-797-4561
if to DB or CS also send a copy to:
(a) Each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid, but if any provision of this Agreement will be prohibited by applicable law or invalid, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The descriptive headings of any provisions of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. All exhibits and schedules referred to in this Agreement are fully incorporated into this Agreement.
(c) Each Party acknowledges and represents that in entering into this Agreement and the Debt Facilities, it is not relying on any representations, by or on behalf of any other Party, not expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the Debt Facilities.
(d) Each Party acknowledges and represents that it has reviewed this Agreement, the Debt Facilities, and the exhibits and schedules to each with that Partys counsel, that each Party understands the terms of this Agreement, the Debt Facilities and its exhibits and schedules, and that they set forth the agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(e) Each Party and counsel to each Party have reviewed and approved this Agreement, and, accordingly, any presumption or other rule of construction that any ambiguities be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the Parties by their duly authorized representatives signing below.
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Huntsman Corporation |
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/s/ Peter R. Huntsman |
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Peter R. Huntsman |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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/s/ William Brenton |
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William Brenton |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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/s/ Kevin M. Sherlock |
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Kevin M. Sherlock |
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Managing Director |
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/s/ Martin Arzec |
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Martin Arzec |
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Director |
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Approved as to form: |
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/s/ Kathy Patrick |
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Kathy Patrick |
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Attorney for Huntsman |
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/s/ Richard W. Clary |
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Richard W. Clary |
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Attorney for the Lenders |
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Exhibit A
EXECUTION COPY
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Amendment), dated as of June 22, 2009, is entered into by and among Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, in their capacities as lenders, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders. Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Recitals herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Applicable Base Rate Margin means at any date, (i) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, the applicable percentage set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Base Rate Margin for Revolving Loans opposite the Most Recent Leverage Ratio as of such date, (ii) with respect to Term C Dollar Loans, 1.25% and (iii) with respect to Term B Dollar Loans, the applicable percentage set forth under the column Applicable Base Rate Margin for Term B Dollar Loans opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date:
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Applicable Base Rate |
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Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1 |
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0.25 |
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Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 2.50 to 1 |
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0.50 |
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Greater than 2.50 to 1 |
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0.75 |
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Applicable Base Rate |
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Less than or equal to 2.25 to 1 |
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0.50 |
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Greater than 2.25 to 1 |
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0.75 |
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Applicable Eurocurrency Margin means at any date, (i) with respect to Term B Dollar Loans, the applicable percentage set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Term B Dollar Loans opposite the Most Recent Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on such date, (ii) with respect to Term C Dollar Loans, 2.25% and (iii) with respect to Revolving Loans, the applicable percentage set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Revolving Loans opposite the Most Recent Leverage Ratio on such date:
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Greater than 2.00 to 1 but less than or equal to 2.50 to 1 |
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1.50 |
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Interest Payment Date means (i) as to any Base Rate Loan, each Quarterly Payment Date to occur while such Loan is outstanding, (ii) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each three (3) month anniversary of the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided, however, that, in addition to the foregoing, each of (A) the Revolver Termination Date, (B) the Term B Loan Maturity Date and (C) the Term C Loan
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Maturity Date shall be deemed to be an Interest Payment Date with respect to any interest which is then accrued hereunder for such Loan.
Term Note and Term Notes means the Term C Dollar Notes that evidence the Term C Dollar Loans and the notes provided for in Section 2.2 that evidence indebtedness under the Term Facilities, collectively.
Determination Date has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.23.
Fourth Amendment means the Fourth Amendment to this Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009.
Fourth Amendment Effective Date has the meaning assigned to that term in the Fourth Amendment.
Minimum Floor Amount has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.23.
Refinanced Facility Debt has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.23(a).
Scheduled Term C Dollar Repayments means, with respect to the principal payments on the Term C Dollar Loans for each date set forth below, that percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term C Dollar Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date set forth opposite thereto:
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March 31, 2011 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2012 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2013 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2014 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2015 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
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March 31, 2016 |
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1% of the aggregate principal amount as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date |
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100% of the aggregate principal amount of Term C Dollar Loans outstanding on the Term C Loan Maturity Date. |
Term C Dollar Commitment means, with respect to any Term C Dollar Lender signatory to the Fourth Amendment, the principal amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto under the caption Amount of Term C Dollar Commitment, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or increased pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii), and Term C Dollar Commitments means such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $500,000,000 in the aggregate on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
Term C Dollar Facility means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Term C Dollar Commitments and the Term C Dollar Loans.
Term C Dollar Lender means any Lender which has a Term C Dollar Commitment or has made (or a portion thereof) a Term C Dollar Loan.
Term C Dollar Loan and Term C Dollar Loans have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.1(d).
(d) Term C Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in the Fourth Amendment, each Term C Dollar Lender agrees to make a loan in Dollars (the Term C Dollar Loans) to the Borrower on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Term C Dollar Commitment. No amount of a Term C Dollar Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder. The Term C Dollar Loans shall be denominated in Dollars, shall be maintained as and/or converted into Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or a combination thereof,
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provided, that all Term C Dollar Loans made by the Term C Dollar Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term C Dollar Loans of the same Type.
Payments to be made pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) with respect to Term C Dollar Loans shall be paid in Dollars.
Each Term C Dollar Lender agrees that upon the earlier to occur of (x) the Term B Loan Maturity Date and (y) the date that all Term B Dollar Loans are prepaid or repaid in full (for any reason) (such earlier date, the Determination Date):
(a) Without limitation of any of the terms of the Loan Documents or any provisions thereof, the Borrower shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time to refinance or replace all of the Facilities outstanding immediately prior to the Determination Date under this Agreement (other than the Term C Dollar Facility) (collectively, the Refinanced Facility Debt) pursuant to separate credit documentation. In connection therewith:
(i) all collateral, guarantees and other credit support that secures, guarantees or otherwise supports the Term C Dollar Facility pursuant to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Security Documents) shall be available (on a pari passu basis in payment and lien priority, and in any event on the same basis as the Facilities are afforded under the Loan Documents as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) to secure, guarantee or otherwise support any and all such Refinanced Facility Debt, together with any other senior secured indebtedness of the Borrower (including, without limitation, one or more
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revolving and/or term credit facilities), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (A) the principal amount of Refinanced Facility Debt outstanding on the Determination Date (or its equivalent in any other currency) and (B) $2,100,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) (such greater amount, the Minimum Floor Amount), as the Minimum Floor Amount may be reduced after the Determination Date pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; and
(ii) the Loan Documents shall be amended and other documents and agreements will be entered into (such amendments, documents and agreements solely requiring the signatures of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to be effective) in order to effectuate the foregoing and to make any necessary conforming changes.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.4(c)(i), no prepayment of proceeds from a Recovery Event shall be required pursuant to such Section to the extent that (x) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default then exists and (y) the Borrower delivers a certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that an amount equal to the proceeds of such Recovery Event is expected to be used to purchase assets used or to be used in the businesses referred to in Section 8.9 within 360 days following the date of receipt of such proceeds (which certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended); provided that (1) if all or any portion of such proceeds not so applied to such prepayment are not so used (or contractually committed to be used) within such 360 day period as provided above, such remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of the period or such earlier date as the Borrower is obligated to make an offer to purchase Senior Secured Notes (2010) due to such Recovery Event as a mandatory repayment of principal of outstanding Loans as provided in Section 4.4(c)(i) and (2) if all or any portion of such proceeds result from a Recovery Event involving Collateral owned by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary (other than the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary), then such proceeds shall be required to be reinvested in assets located in the United States constituting Collateral (to the extent not used to repay Loans pursuant to Section 4.4(c)(i)).
(c) Article IX shall no longer apply for any purpose under this Agreement (including, without limitation, for the purposes of Section 2.1(a)(ii), Section 7.2(b), Section 8.7(j) and Section 8.7(m)).
(d) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness, any Indebtedness refinancing, extending, renewing or refunding such Indebtedness; provided, however, that any such refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) be issued by the same obligor as the Indebtedness being so refinanced (or by Huntsman Corporation or a Parent Company) and be on terms, taken as a whole, not more restrictive than the terms of the documents governing the Indebtedness being so refinanced; (ii) if the Indebtedness being so refinanced is subordinated to the Obligations, be subordinated to the Obligations on substantially the same terms (or on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders) as Indebtedness being so refinanced; (iii) be in a principal amount (as
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determined as of the date of the incurrence of such refinancing Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP) not exceeding the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced on such date plus any call premiums, prepayment fees, costs and expenses paid in connection with such refinancing; (iv) not have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity less than the Indebtedness being refinanced; (v) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Public Notes, be unsecured Indebtedness maturing no earlier than the then latest Term Maturity Date; and (vi) be upon terms and subject to documentation which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding clauses (ii) and (v) above, after the Determination Date, any such Indebtedness refinancing, extending, renewing or refunding the Senior Subordinated Notes (2013), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2014), the Senior Subordinated Notes (2015), any similar senior subordinated notes, any senior unsecured notes and any senior secured notes may be senior second-lien notes, senior unsecured notes and, to the extent capacity exists pursuant to the Minimum Floor Amount, senior first-lien secured notes (provided that the Minimum Floor Amount shall be reduced after the Determination Date by the aggregate principal amount of any senior first-lien secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this sentence, unless such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness refinances, extends, renews or refunds senior first-lien secured Indebtedness).
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Each Term C Loan Lender hereby agrees that by the funding of its Term C Loans, such Person approves of and consents to each of the matters set forth in Section 3 which must be approved by, or which must be satisfactory to, the Term C Loan Lenders.
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Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents and all other Ancillary Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Term C Loan Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents or the Ancillary Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A TO
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
CREDIT AGREEMENT
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
Re: Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009, among Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as lenders, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders (the Fourth Amendment)
This Certificate is being delivered pursuant to Section 3.2(a) of the Fourth Amendment, with each capitalized term not defined herein having the meaning ascribed to it in the Fourth Amendment.
I, the undersigned, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, do hereby certify on behalf of the Borrower, in my capacity as an officer of the Borrower and not in my individual capacity, that:
1. After giving effect to the Fourth Amendment, the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Credit Agreement and in other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date, in which event such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date.
2. After giving effect to the Fourth Amendment, no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of the incurrence of the Term C Dollar Loans or the use of proceeds therefrom.
3. The conditions of Section 3 of the Fourth Amendment have been fully satisfied or waived (except that no opinion is expressed as to the Administrative Agents or Term C Loan Lenders satisfaction with any document, instrument or other matter).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT B TO
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
TERM C DOLLAR NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Borrower), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of or its registered assigns (the Lender) at the office of , located at , in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal amount of (a) TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000), or, if less, (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term C Dollar Loan made by the Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(d) of the Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to. The principal amount of the Term C Dollar Loans evidenced hereby shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, such Lenders Term C Dollar Loan Pro Rata Share of the amounts specified in the definition of Scheduled Term C Dollar Repayments, with any then outstanding principal amount of the Term C Dollar Loan evidenced hereby being payable on the Term C Loan Maturity Date. Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the applicable interest rate per annum determined as provided in, and payable as specified in, Articles III and IV of the Credit Agreement.
The holder of this Term C Dollar Note is authorized to record the date, Type and amount of the Term C Dollar Loan made by the Lender pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, each conversion thereof, the date of each interest rate continuation pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Credit Agreement and the principal amount subject thereto, the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal hereof, and in the case of each Eurocurrency Loan, the length of the Interest Period with respect thereto on the records of the Lender, and any such recordation shall (in the absence of manifest error) constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed; provided, however, that the failure to make any such endorsement shall not affect the obligations of Borrower in respect of the Term C Dollar Loan.
This Term C Dollar Note is one of the notes referred to in Section 3.2(b) of the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009 (the Fourth Amendment), among Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as lenders, and is subject to the provisions of the Fourth Amendment and of the Credit Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch,
as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, and the financial institutions signatory thereto, and is subject to the provisions thereof, and is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part as provided therein. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with their defined meanings unless otherwise defined herein.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Term C Dollar Note may become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided therein. All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Term C Dollar Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind. THIS TERM C DOLLAR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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EXHIBIT C TO
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, a Responsible Financial Officer of Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Borrower), does hereby certify that:
1. This Certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii)(A) of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, and the financial institutions signatory thereto and pursuant to Section 3.2(f) of that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2009 among Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent of the Lenders, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as lenders (the Fourth Amendment). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Certificate have the meanings assigned to those terms in the Credit Agreement.
2. The following is a true and correct computation of the Secured Leverage Ratio found in Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement for the period of four full Fiscal Quarters immediately preceding the incurrence of the Term C Dollar Loans pursuant to the Fourth Amendment, giving pro forma effect to such incurrence:
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EXHIBIT D TO
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
LEGAL OPINION
OF VINSON & ELKINS LLP
See attached.
Exhibit B
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
$600,000,000
5½ % Senior Notes due 2016
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated June 22, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. |
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Closing |
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Section 4.1 |
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Representations and Agreements of the Company |
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Section 5.1 |
Organization; Power and Authority |
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Section 5.2 |
Authorization, Etc |
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Section 5.3 |
Compliance with Rulings, Other Instruments, Etc |
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Section 5.4 |
Governmental Authorizations, Etc |
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Material Adverse Change |
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Exchange Act Filings |
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Power and Authority; Authorization |
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Section 6.2 |
Accredited Investor Status |
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Section 6.3 |
ERISA Status |
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Section 6.4 |
Acknowledgements and Waiver |
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Section 6.5 |
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Miscellaneous |
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Successors and Assigns; Assigments |
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Section 8.2 |
Severability |
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Section 8.3 |
Counterparts |
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Section 8.4 |
Governing Law |
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Section 8.5 |
Construction |
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Note Purchase Agreement
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5½ % Senior Notes due 2016
June 22, 2009
TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), agrees with each of the purchasers whose names appear on the signature pages hereto (each, a Purchaser and, collectively, the Purchasers) as follows:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.
The Company has authorized the issue and delivery of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5½ % Senior Notes due 2016. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Note Purchase Agreement (this Agreement) are defined in Schedule A.
SECTION 2. SALE AND ACCEPTANCE OF TEMPORARY NOTES.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will accept from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, a Temporary Note (each, a Temporary Note and, collectively, the Temporary Notes) in the form attached as Exhibit 1 and in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchasers name in Schedule B in exchange for a payment in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. In accordance with terms of the Temporary Notes, the Company will exchange the Temporary Notes for beneficial interests in notes (the Indenture Notes and, together with the Temporary Notes, collectively, the Notes) issued under an indenture (the Indenture) in the form attached as Exhibit 2 on or prior to thirty (30) days from the Closing Date (as defined below), in accordance with the Temporary Note.
SECTION 3. CLOSING.
The delivery of the Temporary Note to be accepted by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., First City Tower, 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002, at 9:00 a.m., Houston time, at a closing (the Closing) on June 23, 2009 or on such other Business Day thereafter as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers (the Closing Date). At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Temporary Note to be accepted by such Purchaser in the form of a single Temporary Note dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchasers name, against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the principal amount thereof by wire transfer to an account number designated by the Company before the Closing.
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.
Section 4.1 Conditions to Purchasers Obligations. Each Purchasers obligation to accept the Temporary Note to be delivered to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchasers satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:
(a) The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser the Temporary Note, duly authorized, executed and delivered, to be accepted by such Purchaser in the form of a single Temporary Note dated as of the Closing Date and registered in such Purchasers name.
(b) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (without regard to qualifications or exceptions contained therein as to materiality) when made and at the time of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing.
(c) The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing.
(d) The Registration Rights Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3 (the Registration Rights Agreement), shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Purchasers by the Company.
(e) No Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any party hereto shall have issued any order, decree, ruling, injunction or other action that is in effect (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no law or regulation shall have been adopted that makes consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited.
(f) The Company shall have not, in any material respect, violated or breached any terms, agreements or conditions contained in that certain Settlement Agreement and Release dated as of June 22, 2009 (the Settlement Agreement) by and among the Company and certain of its affiliates, on the one hand, and certain of the Purchasers and their respective affiliates who are party thereto (the Bank Settlement Parties), on the other hand.
(g) The Purchasers shall have received a written opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Company, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit 4 hereto.
(h) The Purchasers shall have received from each of the Huntsman Corporation and the Company (i) a copy of such entitys articles of incorporation or articles of organization (as applicable), including all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of such entitys organization, and a certificate as to the good standing of such entity as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State; (ii) a certificate of the secretary of such entity dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or operating agreement) of such entity as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in
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clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors or members of such entity authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by such entity (to the extent applicable) of this Agreement, the Temporary Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the articles of incorporation or articles of organization of such entity have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer of such entity executing this Agreement, the Temporary Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such party; and (iii) a certificate of another officer of such entity as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above.
(i) The Purchasers shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date signed by the chief financial officer of the Huntsman Corporation and the Company, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent in Section 4.1.
Section 4.2 Conditions to Companys Obligations. The Companys obligation to issue the Temporary Notes to be delivered to any of the Purchasers at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the Companys satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:
(a) Each Purchaser shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Company or its order, immediately available funds in the amount specified opposite such Purchasers name in Schedule B.
(b) The representations and warranties of each of the Purchasers in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (without regard to qualifications or exceptions contained therein as to materiality) when made and at the time of the Closing.
(c) Each of the Purchasers shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by them prior to or at the Closing.
(d) Each of the Purchasers shall have executed and delivered to the Company the Registration Rights Agreement.
(e) No Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any party hereto shall have issued any order, decree, ruling, injunction or other action that is in effect (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no law or regulation shall have been adopted that makes consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited.
(f) The Bank Settlement Parties shall have not, in any material respect, violated or breached any terms, agreements or conditions contained in the Settlement Agreement.
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Purchaser as follows:
Section 5.1 Organization; Power and Authority. The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes (including the payment of interest thereon or principal thereof), the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement. Any person signing this Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement on behalf of the Company has been duly authorized by the Company to do so. No other consent, approval or authorization of any Person (other than the trustee under the Indenture) is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement other than such consents, approvals or authorizations, as to which the failure to obtain could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes (including the payment of interest thereon or principal thereof), the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 5.2 Authorization, Etc. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each of the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 5.3 Compliance with Rulings, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not (i) violate, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or result in the termination of or acceleration of performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, any agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, bond, lease, purchase or credit agreement to which the Company is bound or the Companys corporate charter or by-laws or the governing documents of any subsidiary of the Company, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their respective properties or assets are bound, or (ii) result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of
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any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case except as would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes (including the payment of interest thereon or principal thereof), the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement or adversely affect the validity thereof.
Section 5.4 Governmental Authorizations, Etc. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations in Section 6, no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes except the filing of the Form 8-K.
Section 5.5 Material Adverse Change. Since March 31, 2009, there has been no material adverse change nor any development or event involving a material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of Huntsman Corporation or the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the terms of the Settlement Agreement.
Section 5.6 Exchange Act Filings. On the date of this Agreement, the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) and all subsequent reports (collectively, the Exchange Act Reports) which have been filed by the Company with the Commission or sent to shareholders pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Such documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Section 5.7 Exchange Default. If the Company fails to consummate the Exchange by thirty (30) days from the Closing Date for any reason (other than the failure of a Purchaser to deliver a Temporary Note when reasonably requested in connection with the Exchange) (an Exchange Default), then, as liquidated damages for such Exchange Default, in addition to the 5½ % base interest, the Temporary Notes shall accrue at a per annum rate of 5% from the date of such Exchange Default until the Exchange is consummated.
Section 5.8 Resale Activities.
(a) Resale Assistance: Upon reasonable notice by the Purchasers to the Company (a Notice), the Company shall assist in marketing the resale of the Notes (a Resale Offering) (it being understood there may be up to 4 Notices; it being further understood and agreed that one such Resale Offering shall require the Company to initiate and complete the activities enumerated in clauses (i)-(iv) of this paragraph and three such Resale Offerings shall require the Company to initiate and complete the activities enumerated in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) only). Such assistance of a Resale Offering, to be commenced promptly upon the Companys receipt of a Notice, shall require that the Company initiate and complete, in a reasonably timely manner, the following: (i) the preparation of a customary offering memorandum for the Notes to be resold, including all information that would be necessary for the Purchasers to receive
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customary comfort (including negative assurance comfort) from independent accountants in connection with the offering of such Securities (an Offering Document), and any other customary marketing materials required by the Purchasers to be used in connection with the Resale Offering, (ii) participation by the Company in a customary high yield road show in connection with the Resale Offering, (iii) permit the Purchasers the opportunity to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Companys books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors, and (iv) using reasonable efforts to cause the preparation and delivery of a comfort letter (which shall provide negative assurance comfort) and a 10b-5 letter from outside counsel with respect to the Offering Document, in each case reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers.
(b) Reimbursement: The Purchasers shall reimburse the Company from time to time, upon presentation of a reasonably detailed summary statement, for all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses (including travel expenses and fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company) in connection with a Resale Offering, except for (i) internal expenses including all salaries and expenses of the Companys officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties and (ii) fees, disbursements and expenses of independent certified accountants of the Company (including the expenses of comfort letters).
(c) Indemnification: In connection with each Resale Offering, (i) the Company shall make a representation to each selling Purchaser in customary form that the Offering Document does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) the Company, the Guarantors and the applicable Purchaser will enter into an indemnification agreement with respect to the Offering Document providing for indemnification and contribution on substantially the same terms as Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement but with references to registration statements and prospectuses being references to the Offering Document. At the same time, the Company will reconfirm to the applicable Purchaser the representations contained in this Agreement.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PURCHASERS.
Each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company as follows in each case with respect to itself and its Affiliates:
Section 6.1 Power and Authority; Authorization. Each Purchaser has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the performance by each Purchaser of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, will not violate, result in any breach of or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under the terms of any agreement, indenture or other instrument, license, judgment, decree, order, law, statute, ordinance or other governmental rule or regulation by which such Purchaser is bound, except as would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or adversely affect the validity thereof. Any Person signing this Agreement or the Registration Rights
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Agreement on behalf of any Purchaser has been duly authorized by such Purchaser to do so. Upon execution and delivery thereof, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Purchaser enforceable against each Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). No other consent, approval or authorization of any Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement other than such consents, approvals or authorizations as to which the failure to obtain could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of any Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 6.2 Accredited Investor Status. The Purchaser is an Accredited Investor within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and is acquiring the Notes solely for investment for its own account and not for the benefit or account of any other Person, and will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Notes except in accordance with the Securities Act and the restrictive legends included in the Notes.
Section 6.3 ERISA Status. The Purchasers investment in the Notes will not be prohibited under Section 406 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or constitute a prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975(c)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the Code)) for which an exemption does not apply.
Section 6.4 Acknowledgements and Waiver. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) The Notes and the related Guarantees (collectively the Securities) are being acquired by each Purchaser as part of the settlement (the Settlement) contemplated by the Settlement Agreement.
(b) Each Purchaser has had access to all public filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company may possess material, nonpublic information about the Company and its Affiliates and their condition (financial and otherwise), financial status, results of operations, businesses, properties, management, plans and prospects, including but not limited to certain information concerning the Companys recent consolidated results of operations and its outlook for future periods (collectively, the Information), and each Purchaser (i) was offered such Information by the Company and (ii) did not request and declined to receive such Information in making the decision to accept the Securities pursuant to this Agreement. Each Purchaser has had access to, and is familiar with, the information regarding the Company and the Settlement in the possession of the Bank Parties in connection with its purchase of the Securities and did not rely on the Company or its Affiliates or representatives to provide any such information.
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(c) The parties to the Settlement Agreement agreed to the Settlement, including the acceptance by each of the Purchasers of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, on the belief that no Purchasers or their Affiliates would have any claims or causes of action against the Company or its subsidiary or their respective agents and their respective Affiliates, controlling persons, officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, attorneys and managers, with respect to the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, based upon, relating to or arising out of representations not expressly given by the Company in this Agreement, including claims related to nondisclosure of any Information. Accordingly, each Purchaser hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all claims and causes of action it or any of its Affiliates has or may have against any of the foregoing Persons with respect to the purchase and sale of the Securities, based upon, relating to or arising out of representations not expressly given by the Company herein, including claims related to nondisclosure of any Information; provided however that nothing in this Section 6.4(c) shall waive, release or impede any claims or causes of action each Purchaser may have for failure of the Company to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes or the Registration Rights Agreement.
(d) Each Purchaser further acknowledges that, to the extent the Purchaser, or any of the Purchasers Affiliates knew that any representation and warranty made herein by the Company is inaccurate or untrue, this constitutes a release and waiver of any and all actions, claims, suits, damages or rights, at law or in equity, against the Company by the Purchaser arising out of breach of that representation and warranty. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit or waive the Purchasers rights against the Company arising out of any other representation and warranty made herein by the Company.
Section 6.5 Matters Concerning the Securities.
(a) Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, the securities laws of any state or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction; and (ii) no governmental or regulatory agency has passed upon, or will pass upon, the Securities or has made, or will make, any finding or determination as to the fairness of investment in the Securities.
(b) Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Securities cannot be sold unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption therefrom is available, and (ii) the Securities have not been registered under applicable state securities laws and, therefore, cannot be sold unless they are subsequently registered under applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption therefrom is available. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees to the restrictions on transfer of the Securities set forth in the legends thereon.
(c) Each Purchaser acknowledges that it, together with its Affiliates, is familiar with the Company due to their involvement in the matters resolved by the Settlement Agreement. Each Purchaser is a sophisticated party fully capable of evaluating the Settlement and all of its elements, including the acceptance of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, without the need for any possible additional material non-public Information that the Company may possess.
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(d) In formulating a decision to enter into this Agreement, including the acceptance of the Securities by the Purchasers under this Agreement, no Purchaser has relied or acted on the basis of any representations not expressly given in this Agreement.
(e) Each Purchaser agrees to comply with the provisions in the Temporary Notes relating to the Exchange as defined therein.
(f) The Company hereby agrees, as agent for each of the Purchasers, to hold the Temporary Notes on behalf of such Purchasers until the consummation of the Exchange; provided, however, upon the request of either or both of the Purchasers, the Company hereby agrees to promptly release the Temporary Notes to such requesting Purchaser.
Section 6.6 Consistent Tax Treatment. For federal income tax purposes, the Company and each Purchaser that is a signatory hereto agree (i) the issue price of the Notes being issued to such Purchaser for purposes of Section 1273 of the Code is the principal amount specified opposite such Purchasers name in Schedule B, and (ii) the Notes are not part of an investment unit for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2. Each Purchaser that is a signatory hereto acknowledges that it (and any majority-owned affiliate) is acting as principal in acquiring the Notes (and not as a bond house, broker, or similar person acting in the capacity of an underwriter, placement agent, or wholesaler), and each such Purchaser agrees that it will not, and any majority-owned affiliate will not, sell all or any portion of the Notes for 30 days following the date on which such Notes are issued. Each Purchaser that is a signatory hereto agrees that it, and any majority-owned affiliate thereof, will file all federal income tax returns (and all other income tax returns that follow federal income tax principles) in a manner consistent with this Section 6.6 and the Company shall not have any recourse against such Purchaser on the basis of this Section 6.6, provided that such Purchaser, and any majority-owned affiliate thereof, so files its tax returns and complies with the 30-day requirement of the immediately preceding sentence. The Company agrees to file all federal income tax returns (and all other income tax returns that follow federal income tax principles) in a manner consistent with this Section 6.6, and no Purchaser shall have any recourse against the Company on the basis of this Section 6.6, provided that the Company so files its tax returns. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.6 is not intended to (1) affect any Purchasers or any majority-owned affiliates financial accounting reporting with respect to the Notes, or (2) limit the ability of any Purchaser, or any majority-owned affiliate thereof, that otherwise utilizes mark to market accounting with respect to the Notes for Federal income tax purposes to mark the Notes to market in a manner consistent with its method of accounting. This Section 6.6 shall not apply to a Purchaser that is a signatory hereto, or to any majority-owned affiliate thereof, unless the Company provides to such Purchaser, within 30 days of the Closing Date, a copy of an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel, addressed to the Company and reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser (but not stating that the Purchaser is entitled to rely on such opinion), stating that the foregoing tax treatment is more likely than not correct for Federal income tax purposes. This Section 6.6 shall not apply to a Purchaser, or any majority-owned affiliate thereof, with respect to tax returns filed by it with a particular taxing authority for any tax year after the time such taxing authority proposes an adjustment challenging the tax reporting position for any tax year required by this Section 6.6. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, this Section 6.6 shall apply only to a Purchaser that is a signatory hereto and its majority-owned affiliates.
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SECTION 7. NOTICES.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by facsimile if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid), or (d) if consented to by the recipient as set forth on Schedule B hereto, by electronic mail. Any such notice must be sent:
(i) if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule B, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,
(ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or
(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at 500 Huntsman Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 to the attention of the Treasurer, facsimile number: (801) 584-5788 (with a copy to the General Counsel, facsimile number: (801) 584-5782), or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.
Notices under this Section 7 will be deemed given only when (x) delivered by physical delivery or electronic mail, (or if such date is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day) (y) facsimile confirmation is received (or if such receipt is not on a Business Day, on the next Business Day) or (z) if sent by registered or certified mail, three Business Days after the date of mailing.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS.
Section 8.1 Successors and Assigns; Assignments. This Agreement and all covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns whether so expressed or not. This Agreement shall not be assignable except by operation of law or upon consent of the parties hereto.
Section 8.2 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 8.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.
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Section 8.4 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes.
Section 8.5 Construction. All references in this Agreement to Exhibits, Schedules, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Exhibits, Schedules, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise. Titles appearing at the beginning of any Sections, subsections or other subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of such Articles, Sections, subsections or other subdivisions, and shall be disregarded in construing the language contained therein. The words this Agreement, herein, hereby, hereunder and hereof and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The words this Section, this subsection and words of similar import, refer only to the Sections or subsections hereof in which such words occur. The word including (in its various forms) means including, without limitation.
Section 8.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Settlement Agreement, the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, the Voting Agreement and in each case the related documents constitute the entire agreement of the parties, and supersede any and all prior statements, representations, promises or other Agreements, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company.
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Schedule A
DEFINED TERMS
As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement is defined in Section 1.
Bank Parties means the Lenders (as defined in the Settlement Agreement) and their Affiliates.
Bank Settlement Parties is defined in Section 4.1(f).
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or Houston, Texas are required or authorized to be closed.
Closing is defined in Section 3.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
Company means Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor to its obligations hereunder.
Exchange has the meaning assigned to such term in the Temporary Notes.
Guarantee means the guarantee by a Guarantor of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes contemplated by Article Eleven of the Indenture.
Guarantors means the Guarantors under the Indenture.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States of America or any State or other political subdivision thereof, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any subsidiary, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.
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holder means, with respect to any Note the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company.
Indenture is defined in Section 2.
Indenture Notes are defined in Section 2.
Information is defined in Section 6.4(b).
Notes are defined in Section 2.
Person means an individual, partnership (limited or general), corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, association, trust, business trust, unincorporated organization or business entity.
Purchaser is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement is defined in Section 4.1(d).
Securities are defined in Section 6.4(a).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
Settlement is defined in Section 6.4(a).
Settlement Agreement is defined in Section 4.1(f).
Temporary Notes are defined in Section 2.
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Schedule B
INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
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(2) All communications, including notices of payments and written confirmations of such wire transfers:
With respect to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC:
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010
Attn: LCD-IBD
and with respect to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attn: Patricia McGowan
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Exhibit 1
[FORM OF TEMPORARY NOTE]
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Exhibit 2
[FORM OF INDENTURE]
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Exhibit 3
[FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
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EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF TEMPORARY NOTE]
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (II) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
THIS NOTE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER STATED HEREIN.
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
5½% Senior Note due 2016
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns (the Holder), the principal sum of $ , on June 30, 2016.
Interest Payment Dates: June 30 and December 31 (commencing December 31, 2009)
Record Dates: June 15 and December 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Note is issued in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement, dated June 22, 2009, by and among Huntsman International LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the Note Purchase Agreement) and may not be transferred, except in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement.
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(REVERSE OF NOTE)
5½% Senior Note due 2016
1. Interest. HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from June 23, 2009. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each June 30 and December 31 (each, an Interest Payment Date) and at stated maturity, commencing on December 31, 2009. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by this Note (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on this Note (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the June 15 or December 15 (each, a Record Date) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such Record Date. The Holder must surrender this Note to the Company or its paying agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal, premium and interest in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account number designated by the Holder payable in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Holder at the Holders registered address set forth hereon.
3. Exchange; Indenture. On or prior to thirty (30) days from the date hereof, the Company shall exchange (the Exchange) this Note (including any right to accrued interest therein), against delivery thereof, for a beneficial interest in a new 5½% Senior Note due 2016 of the Company (an Indenture Note) of equal principal amount (and accruing interest from the same date) issued and authenticated pursuant to the Indenture attached as Exhibit 2 to the Note Purchase Agreement (the Indenture, which shall be executed in substantially such form, subject only to completion of missing information and subject to any changes as shall be reasonably requested by the Trustee thereunder). The Indenture Note will be issued in the form of a Global Security as provided for in the Indenture. By acceptance of this Note, the holder hereof agrees to deliver this Note, together with any required information needed to effect the issuance of the Indenture Note, to the Company to effect the Exchange, upon not less than two business days notice.
Prior to completion of the Exchange, the Company and the holder of this Note agree that they will be bound by the following provisions of the Indenture with respect to this Note as though this Note were a Note issued under the Indenture: Article IV (Covenants), Article V (Successor Corporation), Article VI (Defaults and Remedies), Sections 9.01 ([Amendments] Without Consent of Holders), 9.02 ([Amendments] With Consent of Holders), 9.06 (Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.), 13.07 (Legal Holidays), 13.08 (Governing Law), 13.09 (No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements), 13.10 (No Recourse Against Others), 13.11 (Successors),
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13.12 (Duplicative Originals), 13.13 (Severability) and 13.14 (Independence of Covenants), and any definitions in Article I that are relevant to any of the foregoing (together, the Applicable Provisions). Such Applicable Provisions shall be deemed incorporated by reference in this Note with the same effect as if they were included herein. For purposes of the foregoing, all references in the Applicable Provisions to (i) the Trustee shall be deemed instead to refer to the holder of this Note, (ii) the Issue Date shall be deemed instead to refer to the date of this Note, and (iii) a Guarantor shall be deemed to refer to the subsidiaries of the Company named as Guarantors in the Indenture, notwithstanding the fact that they have not yet executed a guarantee of the Indenture Notes.
4. Optional Redemption. This Note will be redeemable, at the Companys option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of redemption.
5. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be delivered at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to the Holder at its registered address, except as provided in the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
6. Exchange Default. If the Company fails to consummate the Exchange by thirty (30) days from the date hereof for any reason (other than the failure of a Purchaser to deliver a Temporary Note when reasonably requested in connection with the Exchange) (an Exchange Default), then, as liquidated damages for such Exchange Default, in addition to the 5½ % base interest, the Temporary Notes shall accrue at a per annum rate of 5% from the date of such Exchange Default until the Exchange is consummated.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish reasonable endorsements and transfer documents and to pay transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith, and to evidence compliance with any applicable restrictions on transfer applicable to this Note under applicable law. This Note may not be transferred without consent of the Company.
8. Register. The Company (and its agent) may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the Holder and the owner of this Note for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes of this Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the right to receive payments of interest and principal under this Note shall be transferable only upon surrender for cancellation of this Note, and the issuance of a new Note registered in the name of the transferee. In addition, the Company or its agent shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a register (Register) in which it shall record the name of the Holder and any assignee and the principal amount of the Notes owing to each Holder and assignee, and no transfer of the right to principal and interest under a Note shall be valid unless so registered. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Company, its agent and the Holders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Holder hereunder for all purposes of this Note, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.
9. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future stockholder, director, officer,
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employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company under this Note or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. The Holder by accepting this Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.
10. Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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TEMPORARY GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the amounts and at the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Note and Article Eleven of the Indenture referred to in this Note (to be interpreted as if this Note and this Guarantee were issued thereunder).
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The undersigned Guarantor hereby agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee.
This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture, and will be released automatically upon consummation of the Exchange referred to in the Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.
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AIRSTAR CORPORATION |
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EUROFUELS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN EA HOLDINGS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD. |
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HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE HOLDINGS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS INC. |
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HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN AUSTRALIA INC. |
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HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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HUNTSMAN GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS CORPORATION |
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INDENTURE
Dated as of June , 2009
Among
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, as Issuer,
each of the Guarantors named herein
and
[l], as Trustee
$600,000,000
5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02 |
Incorporation by Reference of TIA |
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Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE II |
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Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount |
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Section 2.03 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust |
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Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists |
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Section 2.06 |
Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.07 |
Replacement Notes |
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Section 2.08 |
Outstanding Notes |
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Section 2.09 |
Treasury Notes |
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Section 2.10 |
[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 2.11 |
Cancellation |
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Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest |
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Section 2.13 |
CUSIP Numbers |
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Section 2.14 |
Deposit of Moneys |
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Section 2.15 |
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities |
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Section 2.16 |
Transfer and Exchange of Securities |
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Section 2.17 |
Special Transfer Provisions |
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Section 2.18 |
Issuance of Additional Notes |
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Section 3.01 |
Notices to Trustee |
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Section 3.02 |
Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed |
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Section 3.03 |
Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.04 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.05 |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
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Section 3.06 |
Notes Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes |
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Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 4.03 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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Section 4.04 |
Corporate Existence |
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Section 4.05 |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 4.06 |
Maintenance of Properties and Insurance |
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Section 4.07 |
Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default |
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Section 4.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 4.09 |
Reports to Holders |
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Section 4.10 |
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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Section 4.11 |
Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 4.12 |
Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness |
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Section 4.13 |
Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.14 |
Change of Control |
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Section 4.15 |
Limitation on Asset Sales |
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Section 4.16 |
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Section 4.17 |
Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.18 |
Limitation on Liens |
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Section 4.19 |
Limitation of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.20 |
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Section 4.21 |
Covenant Termination |
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Section 6.02 |
Acceleration |
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Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies |
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Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority |
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Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders To Receive Payment |
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Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 6.10 |
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Section 6.12 |
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Section 7.02 |
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Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.04 |
Trustees Disclaimer |
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Section 7.05 |
Notice of Default |
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Section 7.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders |
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Section 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee |
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Section 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. |
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Section 7.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
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Section 7.11 |
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Termination of the Companys Obligations |
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Section 8.02 |
Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee |
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Section 8.03 |
Application of Trust Money |
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Section 8.04 |
Repayment to the Company |
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Section 8.05 |
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Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.02 |
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Section 9.03 |
Compliance with TIA |
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Section 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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Section 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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Section 9.06 |
Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc. |
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ARTICLE XI GUARANTEE OF NOTES |
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Section 11.01 |
Unconditional Guarantee |
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Section 11.02 |
Limitations on Guarantees |
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Section 11.03 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee |
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Section 11.04 |
Release of a Guarantor |
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Section 11.05 |
Waiver of Subrogation |
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Section 11.06 |
Immediate Payment |
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Section 11.07 |
No Set-Off |
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Section 11.08 |
Obligations Absolute |
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Section 11.09 |
Obligations Continuing |
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Section 11.10 |
Obligations Not Reduced |
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Section 11.11 |
Obligations Reinstated |
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Section 11.12 |
Obligations Not Affected |
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Section 11.13 |
Waiver |
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Section 11.14 |
No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company |
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Section 11.15 |
Dealing with the Company and Others |
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Section 11.16 |
Default and Enforcement |
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Section 11.17 |
Amendment, Etc. |
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Section 11.18 |
Acknowledgment |
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Section 11.19 |
Costs and Expenses |
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Section 11.20 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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Section 11.21 |
Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations |
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Section 11.22 |
Severability |
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Section 11.23 |
Successors and Assigns |
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TIA Controls |
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Section 13.02 |
Notices |
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Section 13.03 |
Communications by Holders with Other Holders |
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Section 13.04 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 13.05 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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Section 13.06 |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar |
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Section 13.07 |
Legal Holidays |
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Section 13.08 |
Governing Law |
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Section 13.09 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
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Section 13.10 |
No Recourse Against Others |
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Section 13.11 |
Successors |
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Section 13.12 |
Duplicate Originals |
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Section 13.13 |
Severability |
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Section 13.14 |
Independence of Covenants |
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Exhibit A |
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Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of June , 2009, among HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), each of the Guarantors named herein, as guarantors, and [l], a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee).
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016 (the Notes). All things necessary to make the Notes, when duly issued and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company have been done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:
Acceleration Notice has the meaning provided in Section 6.02(a).
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 the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case not 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, except for Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries that is repaid at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Additional Notes means Notes (other than the Initial Notes and other than Exchange Notes issued pursuant to an exchange offer for such Initial Notes under this Indenture or issuances under Section 2.07 or 2.16) issued under this Indenture from time to time in accordance with Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.18 and 4.12 hereof.
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; provided, however, that none of the Initial Purchasers or their Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company.
Affiliate Transaction has the meaning provided in Section 4.11(a).
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Co-Registrar.
Agent Member means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
Applicable Procedures has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a)(ii).
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 of any 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) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprises any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person 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 (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (b) 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 shall not include (i) a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $50 million, (ii) sales, pledges, conveyances or other transfers of accounts receivable or participations or other interests therein and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Securitization Transaction directly or indirectly to a Securitization Entity for the Fair Market Value thereof, (iii) sales or grants of licenses to use the patents, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that such license does not prohibit the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from using the technologies licensed or require the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any fees for any such use, (iv) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer (A) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under Section 5.01, (B) of any Capital Stock or other ownership interest in or assets or property of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Person which is not a Subsidiary, (C) pursuant to any foreclosure of assets or other remedy provided by applicable law to a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with a Lien on such assets, which Lien is permitted under this Indenture; provided that such foreclosure or other remedy is conducted in a commercially reasonable manner or in accordance with any bankruptcy law, (D) involving only Cash Equivalents, Foreign Cash Equivalents or inventory in the ordinary course of business or obsolete or worn out property or property that is no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries or (E) including only the lease or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business, (v) the consummation of any transaction in accordance with the terms of Sections 4.03 and 5.01 hereof and (vi) Permitted Investments.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code or any similar federal, state or
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Board of Managers means, as to any Person, the board of managers, the board of directors or other similar body of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Board Resolution means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Managers of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.
Capital Stock means (i) 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 (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.
Capitalized Lease means a lease that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease under GAAP.
Capitalized Lease Obligation 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 (i) a marketable obligation, maturing within two years after issuance thereof, issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or an instrumentality or agency thereof, (ii) a certificate of deposit or bankers acceptance, maturing within one year after issuance thereof, issued by any lender under the Credit Facilities, or a national or state bank or trust company or a European, Canadian or Japanese bank, in each case having capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $100,000,000 and whose long-term unsecured debt has a rating of A or better by S&P or A2 or better by Moodys or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency (provided that the aggregate face amount of all Investments in certificates of deposit or bankers acceptances issued by the principal offices of or branches of such European or Japanese banks located outside the United States of America shall not at any time exceed 33 1/3% of all Investments described in this definition), (iii) open market commercial paper, maturing within 270 days after issuance thereof, which has a rating of A1 or better by S&P or P1 or better by Moodys or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, (iv) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements with a term not in excess of one year with any financial institution which has been elected as a primary government securities dealer by the Federal Reserve Board or whose securities are rated AA- or better by S&P or Aa3 or better by Moodys or the equivalent rating by any other nationally
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recognized rating agency relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, (v) Money Market preferred stock maturing within six months after issuance thereof or municipal bonds issued by a corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, which has a rating of A or better by S&P or Moodys or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, (vi) tax exempt floating rate option tender bonds backed by letters of credit issued by a national or state bank whose long-term unsecured debt has a rating of AA or better by S&P or Aa2 or better by Moodys or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, and (vii) shares of any money market mutual fund rated at least AAA or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aaa or the equivalent thereof by Moodys or any other mutual fund holding assets consisting (except for de minimis amounts) of the type specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above.
Change of Control means (a) any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Mr. Jon M. Huntsman, his spouse, direct descendants, an entity controlled by any of the foregoing and/or by a trust of the type described hereafter, and/or a trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing (the Huntsman Group) or GOP, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the then outstanding voting capital stock of the Company other than in a transaction having the approval of the Board of Managers of the Company at least a majority of which members are Continuing Managers; or (b) Continuing Managers shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the persons constituting the Board of Managers of the Company.
Change of Control Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.14(c).
Change of Control Offer has the meaning provided in Section 4.14(a).
Change of Control Payment Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.14.
Clearing Agency has meaning provided in Section 2.15.
Clearstream shall mean Clearstream Banking S.A.
Commission or SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Commodity Agreements means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of commodities actually at that time used in the ordinary course of business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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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 Persons 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.
Company means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
Company Order means any written order signed in the name of the Company by two of its Officers.
Consolidated EBITDA means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income and (ii) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, (A) all income taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to sales or dispositions outside the ordinary course of business) and Permitted Tax Distributions paid during such period, (B) Consolidated Interest Expense, (C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (D) the amount of net loss resulting from the payment of any premiums or similar amounts that are required to be paid under the express terms of the instrument(s) governing any Indebtedness of the Company upon the repayment or other extinguishment of such Indebtedness by the Company in accordance with the express terms of such Indebtedness, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
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 for which financial statements are available as provided pursuant to Section 4.09 (the Four Quarter Period) ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (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 (i) the incurrence or repayment or other reduction or discharge of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (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 working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period and (ii) any asset sales (other than asset sales (A) in the ordinary course of business or (B) involving a nominal amount of gross assets of less than $25 million) or Asset Acquisitions (including any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four
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Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Acquired Indebtedness) 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 Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, 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 guaranteed Indebtedness. 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; (2) if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and (3) notwithstanding clause (1) above, 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.
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (ii) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock and other than dividends paid to such Person or to a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period 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 tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication: (i) the aggregate of the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation, (a) any amortization of debt discount and amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs, excluding such costs relating to early retirement of debt, (b) the net costs under Interest Swap Obligations, (c) all capitalized interest and (d) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation; and (ii) 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 Leverage Ratio means, for any Person, the ratio of (i) Indebtedness of such Person, and its Restricted Subsidiary to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person calculated as set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum
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of: (x) the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP plus (y) cash dividends or distributions paid to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person by any other Person (the Payor) other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, which have been derived from operating cash flow of the Payor; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) after-tax gains and losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto, (b) after-tax items classified as extraordinary or nonrecurring gains, (c) the net income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person or is merged or consolidated with the Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Person, (d) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Person to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted; provided, however, that the net income of Foreign Subsidiaries shall only be excluded in any calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Company as a result of application of this clause (d) if the restriction on dividends or similar distributions results from consensual restrictions, (e) the net income or loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Person or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Person by such Person, (f) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following June 30, 1999, (g) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued), (h) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Persons assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, (i) non-cash charges relating to asset impairments, which charges do not require an accrual of or a Reserve for cash charges for any future period, (j) all gains or losses from the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles and (k) the net amount of all Permitted Tax Distributions made during such period.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges 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 constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
Continuing Managers means, as of any date, the collective reference to (i) all members of the Board of Managers of the Company who have held office continuously since the Issue Date, and (ii) all members of the Board of Managers of the Company who assumed office after such date and whose appointment or nomination for election by the holders of the Companys Capital Stock was approved by a vote of at least 50% of the Continuing Managers in office immediately prior to such appointment or nomination or by the Huntsman Group.
Corporate Trust Office means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, or such other address as the Trustee may
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designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning provided in Section 8.01.
Credit Facilities means any one or more debt facilities, indentures or other agreements governing Indebtedness, including the senior secured Credit Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2005, as amended, among the Company and the financial institutions party thereto, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended, supplemented, extended or otherwise modified from time to time, and any one or more debt facilities, indentures or other agreements that refinances, replaces or otherwise restructures (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder in accordance with Section 4.12 or making Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company a borrower or guarantor thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether including any additional obligors or with the same or any other agent, lender, investor or group of lenders or investors or with other financial institutions, investors or lenders.
Currency Agreement means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in currency values.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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.
Depositary means DTC.
Designated Date means November 13, 2006.
Discharged means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Notes and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Notes (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same upon compliance by the Company with the provisions of Article Eight), except (i) the rights of the Holders of Notes to receive, from the trust fund described in Article Eight, payment of the principal of and the interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the Companys obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.03 through 2.07, 7.07 and 7.08 and (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.
Disqualified Capital Stock means that portion of 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), or
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upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof on or prior to the final maturity date of the Notes.
Dollar or $ means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
DTC means the Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
Equity Offering means any sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or any capital contribution to the equity of the Company from any person other than a Subsidiary of the Company.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.
Event of Default has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
Exchange Notes means with respect to the Initial Notes, Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Notes, Notes issued in exchange for such Additional Notes pursuant to the terms of a registration rights agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers of such Additional Notes.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arms-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 (i) with respect to a determination of value in excess of $100 million shall be determined by the Board of Managers of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee or (ii) in all other cases, by an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
Foreign Cash Equivalents means (i) debt securities with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by any member nation of the European Union, Switzerland or any other country whose debt securities are rated by S&P and Moodys A-1 or P-1, or the equivalent thereof (if a short-term debt rating is provided by either) or at least AA or AA2, or the equivalent thereof (if a long- term unsecured debt rating is provided by either) (each such jurisdiction, an Approved Jurisdiction) or any agency or instrumentality of an Approved Jurisdiction, provided that the full faith and credit of the Approved Jurisdiction is pledged in support of such debt securities or such debt securities constitute a general obligation of the Approved Jurisdiction and (ii) debt securities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25 million with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by any nation in which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries has cash which is the subject of restrictions on export or any agency or instrumentality of such nation, provided
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that the full faith and credit of such nation is pledged in support of such debt securities or such debt securities constitute a general obligation of such nation.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Guarantor) organized under the laws of, and conducting a substantial portion of its business in, any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Funds means the aggregate amount of U.S. Legal Tender and/or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight.
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, which were in effect as of the Designated Date.
Global Security means a Restricted Global Security or Unrestricted Global Security.
GOP means MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P. and any other entity managed by its investment advisor, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC.
Guarantee means the guarantee by a Guarantor of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes contemplated by Article Eleven of this Indenture.
Guarantor means (i) each of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries that executes this Indenture as a Guarantor and (ii) each of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such Restricted Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture as a Guarantor; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Holder or Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrars books.
Holdings U.K. means Huntsman (Holdings) UK, a private unlimited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
Huntsman Affiliate means the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries).
Huntsman Corporation means Huntsman Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Huntsman Parent Company means Huntsman Corporation or any entity of which the Company is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
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Huntsman Public Parent means any Huntsman Parent Company that has completed an Initial Public Equity Offering including Huntsman Corporation.
Indebtedness means with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (iv) all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property that is due more than six months after taking delivery of such 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 that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted), (v) all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction, (vi) guarantees in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above and clause (viii) below, (vii) all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) 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 or the amount of the Obligation so secured, (viii) all Obligations under Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Agreements of such Person and (ix) 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. 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 this 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 Managers of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include (i) advances paid by customers in the ordinary course of business for services or products to be provided or delivered in the future, (ii) deferred taxes or (iii) unsecured indebtedness of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance insurance premiums in a principal amount not in excess of the insurance premiums to be paid by the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries for a three year period beginning on the date of any incurrence of such indebtedness.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Independent Financial Advisor means a firm which, in the judgment of the Board of Managers of the Company, is independent and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
Independent Investment Banker means any Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
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Initial Notes means the $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5 ½% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company that are issued on the Issue Date.
Initial Public Equity Offering means a firm commitment underwritten offering of shares of Capital Stock of the applicable Person registered on Form S-1 under the Securities Act.
Initial Purchasers means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) under the Securities Act.
Interest Payment Date means, with respect to each Note, the stated maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes specified therein.
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 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, 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 other Person. Investment excludes extensions of trade credit by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. For the purposes of Section 4.03 hereof, (i) Investment shall include and be valued at the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Designated Date and shall exclude the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the amount of any Investment is the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, reduced by the payment of dividends or distributions in connection with such Investment or any other amounts received in respect of such Investment; provided that no such payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such other amounts shall reduce the amount of any Investment if such payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such amounts would be included in Consolidated Net Income. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, the Company no longer owns,
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directly or indirectly, greater than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.
Issue Date means June 23, 2009.
Legal Defeasance has the meaning provided in Section 8.01.
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), but not including any interests in accounts receivable and related assets conveyed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in connection with any Qualified Securitization Transaction.
Maturity Date means June 30, 2016.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
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 (a) all out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c) repayment of Indebtedness that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale (d) the decrease in proceeds from Qualified Securitization Transactions which results from such Asset Sale and (e) 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.
Net Proceeds Offer has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).
Net Proceeds Offer Amount has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).
Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).
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Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).
Noon Buying Rate has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.
Non-U.S. Person means a person who is not a U.S. Person within the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation S.
Notes means, the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes.
Obligations means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, the Financial Director, or the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of such Person (or, with respect to a Person that is a limited partnership, the General Partner of such Person), or any other officer designated by the Board of Managers serving in a similar capacity.
Officers Certificate means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of such Person and otherwise complying with the requirements of Sections 13.04 and 13.05, as they relate to the making of an Officers Certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections 13.04 and 13.05, as they relate to the giving of an Opinion of Counsel, and delivered to the Trustee. Counsel giving any Opinion of Counsel shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate as to any factual matters relevant to such opinion.
Participants means institutions that have accounts with DTC or its nominee.
Paying Agent means any Person (other than the Company and any of its Affiliates) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any notes on behalf of the Company and perform all the other obligations and duties of a Paying Agent described herein.
Permitted Indebtedness means, without duplication, each of the following:
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1. such Upstream Guarantee may guarantee only Parent Debt that was incurred, and the proceeds of which are used, to Refinance Indebtedness of the Company;
2. the aggregate amount of Parent Debt that is guaranteed by the Upstream Guarantee shall not exceed the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company that is Refinanced with the proceeds of such Parent Debt (HI Refinanced Debt), and (y) the amount of any premiums required to be
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paid under the terms of the instrument governing such HI Refinanced Debt and the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company, in each case in connection with the Refinancing of such HI Refinanced Debt;
3. the HI Refinanced Debt is not incurred in connection with or in anticipation or contemplation of the Refinancing of such HI Refinanced Debt; and
4. both immediately before and after the issuance of any Upstream Guarantee there shall be existing no Default or Event of Default.
For purposes of the foregoing provisions, any Upstream Guarantee given with respect to Parent Debt under a revolving or undrawn credit facility shall be deemed entered into only when such Upstream Guarantee is initially entered into with respect to the full commitment of revolving or undrawn credit facility,
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(B) guarantees by the Company or any guarantor, as the case may be (Replacement Guarantees), that replace any Upstream Guarantee (a Previous Guarantee) that (a) was previously issued by such person pursuant to paragraph (A) of this clause (xxii) or (b) was a Replacement Guarantee previously issued by such person pursuant to this paragraph (B),
provided that:
1. the Replacement Guarantee may guarantee only Parent Debt (Replacement Debt) that was incurred, and the proceeds of which are used, to Refinance the Parent Debt that was guaranteed by the Previous Guarantee being so replaced (Previous Debt);
2. the aggregate amount of Replacement Debt that is guaranteed by the Replacement Guarantee shall not exceed the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Previous Debt guaranteed by the Previous Guarantee being so replaced, (y) the amount of any premiums required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Previous Debt with respect to the amount of Previous Debt guaranteed by the Previous Guarantee being so replaced, and (z) and the pro rata portion of the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Huntsman Public Parent, in each case in connection with the Refinancing of such Previous Debt; and
3. both immediately before and after the issuance of any Replacement Guarantee there shall be existing no Default or Event of Default.
For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.12, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxii) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the
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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of Section 4.12, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with Section 4.12; provided that $1.4 billion of Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date (and any refinancings thereof) shall be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (ii) above. 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 Section 4.12.
Permitted Investments means (i) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person that is or will become immediately after such Investment a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or that will merge or consolidate into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) Investments in the Company by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that any Indebtedness evidencing such Investment is unsecured and subordinated (other than pursuant to intercompany notes pledged under the Credit Facilities), pursuant to a written agreement, to the Companys obligations under the Notes and this Indenture; (iii) investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; (iv) loans and advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; (v) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures not to exceed the greater of $300 million or 3% of Total Assets of the Company, plus (A) the aggregate net after-tax amount returned in cash on or with respect to any Investments made in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or payments, (B) the net after-tax cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the disposition of all or any portion of such Investments (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), (C) upon redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of such Subsidiary and (D) the net cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance of Specified Venture Capital Stock; (vi) Investments in securities received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any debtors of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; (vii) 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 Section 4.15; (viii) Investments existing on the Designated Date; (ix) any Investment by the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or by Tioxide Group or Holdings U.K., 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; (x) Investments by the Company in Rubicon, Inc. and Louisiana Pigment Company (each a Joint Venture), so long as: (A) such Joint Venture does not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money at any time on or after the date of such Investment (other than Indebtedness owing to the equity holders of such Joint Ventures), (B) the documentation governing such Joint Venture does not contain a restriction on distributions to the Company, and (C) such Joint Venture is engaged only in the business of manufacturing product
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used or marketed by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or the joint venture partner, and business reasonably related thereto; (xi) Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries in Foreign Cash Equivalents; (xii) loans to any Huntsman Parent Company for the purposes described in clause (7) of the second paragraph of Section 4.03 which, when aggregated with the payment made under such clause, will not exceed $10 million in any fiscal year; (xiii) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction incurred in connection with the conveyance, pledge or other transfer of accounts receivable or participations or interests therein and related assets directly or indirectly to the Company by any such Subsidiary which assets are subsequently conveyed, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, by the Company to a Securitization Entity in a Qualified Securitization Transaction; (xiv) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Joint Venture, so long as: (A) such Permitted Joint Venture does not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money which would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet as debt under GAAP at any time on or after the date of such Investment (other than Indebtedness owing to the equity holders of such Permitted Joint Venture, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); (B) the documentation governing such Permitted Joint Venture does not contain a restriction on distributions to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (C) after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the Company would be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness under Section 4.12; (xv) additional Investments in an aggregate amount not exceeding $150 million at any one time outstanding; and (xvi) the incurrence of Guarantees permitted by clause (xxii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
Permitted Joint Venture means, with respect to any Person:
1. any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership) of which 50% or more of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and
2. any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which
(a) 50% or more of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise; and
(b) either such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or no other Person controls such entity.
Permitted Tax Distribution for any fiscal year means any payments in compliance with
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clause (6) of the second paragraph under Section 4.03.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c).
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.
principal of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such Indebtedness.
Private Placement Legend means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth for Restricted Securities on Exhibit A.
pro forma means, unless otherwise provided herein, with respect to any calculation made or required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.
Purchase Money Note means a promissory note evidencing a line of credit, or evidencing other Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the maker of such note, other than amounts required to be established as reserves, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated accounts receivable.
Qualified Capital Stock means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
Qualified Institutional Buyer or QIB has the meaning specified in Rule 144A.
Qualified Securitization Transaction means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer pursuant to terms necessary or customary in the relevant jurisdiction, directly or indirectly, to (a) a Securitization Entity or to the Company which subsequently transfers to a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in the case of transfer by a Securitization Entity), or may grant a security interest in any accounts receivable or any participations or other interests therein (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are necessarily or customarily transferred in the relevant jurisdiction or in respect of which security interests are
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necessarily or customarily granted in the relevant jurisdiction in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable. Following the Initial Public Equity Offering of a Huntsman Public Parent, references in the foregoing definition to the Company shall be deemed also to refer to such Huntsman Public Parent.
Rating Agencies means Moodys and S&P.
Record Date means with respect to each Note, each applicable record date specified therein.
Redemption Date means, with respect to any Note, the Maturity Date of such Note or the earlier date on which such Note is to be redeemed by the Company pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes.
Redemption Price has the meaning provided in Section 3.03.
Reference Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.03.
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 Refinancing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.12 or Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (iii), (x), (xiv)(B) or (xv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, in each case that does not (1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such Refinancing) or (2) create Indebtedness with (A) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided that (x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness solely of the Company, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of the Company and (y) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the Notes, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the Notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
Registrar has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated June 23, 2009 among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
Regulation S means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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Replacement Assets has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).
Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Restricted Global Security has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(i).
Restricted Payment means to
1. declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution, other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, on or in respect of shares of the Companys Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock,
2. purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock,
3. make any principal payment on, 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 any Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantors Guarantee, as the case may be, or
4. make any Investment other than Permitted Investments.
Restricted Security means a Note that constitutes a restricted security within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
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 & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its successors.
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 on 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
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funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Securitization Entity means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (or Tioxide Group or Holdings U.K. 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, directly or indirectly, accounts receivable or participations or interests therein or related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Managers of the Company (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Securitization Entity)(excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness)) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings and other than any interest in the accounts receivable and related assets being financed (whether in the form of any equity interest in such assets or subordinated indebtedness payable primarily from such financed assets) retained or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (b) with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such 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, and (c) to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entitys financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Managers of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution of the Board of Managers of the Company giving effect to such designation and an officers certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions; provided that Huntsman Receivables Finance LLC shall be deemed to be a Securitization Entity as of the Issue Date. Following the Initial Public Equity Offering of a Huntsman Public Parent, references in the foregoing definition to the Company shall be deemed also to refer to such Huntsman Public Parent.
Senior Debt means Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is not Subordinated Indebtedness.
Significant Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which, at the date of determination, is a Significant Subsidiary as such term is defined in Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
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Specified Venture Capital Stock means Qualified Capital Stock of the Company issued to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Company and the proceeds from the issuance of which are applied within 180 days after the issuance thereof to an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture.
Standard Securitization Undertakings means obligations, representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Securitization Entity or any Subsidiary of the Company which are customary or necessary in the relevant jurisdiction in an accounts receivable securitization transaction. Following the Initial Public Equity Offering of a Huntsman Public Parent, references in the foregoing definition to the Company shall be deemed also to refer to such Huntsman Public Parent.
Subordinated Indebtedness means Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantee of such Guarantor, 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 managers or directors, as applicable, 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.
Surviving Entity has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(a)(i).
Tax Sharing Agreement means the Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 between the Company and Huntsman Corporation as in existence on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof so long as any such amendment or replacement provisions are not more disadvantageous to the Holders of Notes in any material respect than the provisions of the agreement being amended or replaced.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date hereof, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
Total Assets of Huntsman International means, as of any determination dates, the total assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available under Section 4.09.
Trust Officer means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters or, in the case of a successor trustee, an officer assigned to the department, division or group performing the corporate trust work of such successor.
Trustee means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in
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accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
Unrestricted Global Security means one or more securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, with the legend provided in Exhibit B hereto, without the Private Placements Legend.
Unrestricted Notes means Notes that are not Restricted Securities including, without limitation, the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to a registered exchange offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
Unrestricted Subsidiary of any Person means (i) any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Huntsman China Investments B.V., Huntsman Distribution Corporation, Huntsman SA Investment Corporation, Huntsman Styrenics Investments Holdings LLC and Huntsman Verwaltungs GmbH and their respective Subsidiaries shall each be Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this Indenture without further action by the Company or compliance with requirements in this Indenture applicable to such designation. The Board of Managers of the Company may, after the Issue Date, designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock of, or does not own or hold 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; the Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section 4.03 and each Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness under which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Managers 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 Section 4.12 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 Managers of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution approving the designation and an officers certificate certifying that the designation complied with this Indenture.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuers option.
U.S. Legal Tender means such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any
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date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) 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 (ii) 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 to the extent all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, directors qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however, that each of Tioxide Group and Holdings U.K. shall be deemed to Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
indenture securities means the Notes.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the Indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
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The terms and provisions contained in the Notes annexed hereto as Exhibit A, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Note or a Guarantee, as the case may be, was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature of such representative of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
On the date hereof, upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600,000,000. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Exchange Notes in the form of Unrestricted Notes, upon a written notice of the Company for original issuance in the aggregate principal amount specified in such order for original issue in the aggregate principal amount, provided that Exchange Notes shall be issuable only upon the valid surrender for cancellation of Global Securities or other Notes of a like aggregate principal amount. Additional Notes may be issued in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.18. Any such Company Order may specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether such Notes are Unrestricted Notes and whether (subject to Section 2.01) the Notes are to be issued as Physical Notes or Global Notes and such other information as the Trustee may reasonably request and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.18 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance will not be prohibited by Section 4.12.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote or consent) as one class.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
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The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in advance, of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes until such time as such entity has resigned or a successor has been appointed. Any of the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any other agent may resign upon 30 days notice to the Company.
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Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry system.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable, the Paying Agent holds U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof sufficient to pay all of the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
If on any date which is no earlier than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date, the Company has irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient to pay all of the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes payable on such Redemption Date, together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof
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on such Redemption Date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then and after the date of such deposit such Notes shall be deemed to be not outstanding for purposes of determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice which requires the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in Section 6.01(a) shall be paid to Holders as of the regular record date for the Interest Payment Date for which interest has not been paid.
All payments on a Global Security will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and Holder of such Global Security. In each case, the Company will be fully discharged by payment to or to the order of such Depositary from any responsibility or liability in respect of each amount so paid. Upon receipt of any such payment in respect of a Global Security, DTC will credit Participants accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such Global Security as shown on the records of DTC.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Physical Notes, in accordance with this Section 2.15, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the relevant Depositary or nominee thereof to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor of Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
Owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be entitled or required, as the case may be, but only under the circumstances described in this Section 2.15, to receive physical delivery of Physical Notes.
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Interests in a Global Security shall be exchangeable or transferable, as the case may be, for Physical Notes if (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, or DTC ceases to be a Clearing Agency registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect thereto and the owner of a beneficial interest therein requests such exchange or transfer. Upon the occurrence of any of the events described in the preceding sentence, the Company shall cause the appropriate Physical Notes to be delivered to the owners of beneficial interests in the Global Securities or the Participants in DTC through which such owners hold their beneficial interest. Physical Notes shall be exchangeable or transferable for interests in other Physical Notes as described herein.
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The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16 or this Section 2.17 for a period of two years, after which time such letters, notices and other written communications shall at the written request of the Company be delivered to the Company. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable prior written notice to the Registrar.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of its Board of Managers (or a duly appointed committee thereof) and in an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
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If one or more conditions specified with respect to a redemption are not satisfied or waived, the Redemption Date shall be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company shall give notice of such non-occurrence to the Holders of the applicable Notes and to the Trustee.
The Company 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 rule, laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase of Notes.
Unless the Company fails to comply with the preceding paragraph and defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed
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in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Note or Notes equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America from principal, premium or interest payments hereunder.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not prohibit: (1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend if the dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration; (2) the acquisition of any shares of Capital Stock of the Company, either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, through the application of net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent Equity Offering (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company); (3) the acquisition or repayment of any Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, or (ii) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, through the application of net cash proceeds of (A) a substantially concurrent Equity Offering or (B) incurrence for cash of Refinancing Indebtedness, (in the case of (A) or (B), other than to a Subsidiary of the Company); (4) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, repurchases by the Company of, or dividends to a Huntsman Parent Company to permit repurchases by a Huntsman Parent Company of, Common Stock of the Company or a Huntsman Parent Company from employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employees, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25 million in any calendar year; (5) the redemption or repurchase of any Common Stock of the Company held by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which obtained such Common Stock directly from the Company; (6) distributions to any Huntsman Parent Company in accordance with the Tax Sharing Agreement; (7) payments to any Huntsman Parent Company for legal, audit and other expenses directly relating to the administration of such Huntsman Parent Company not to exceed $10.0 million in any fiscal year; (8) the payment of consideration by a third party to equity holders of the Company; (9) additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $225 million since the Designated Date; (10) the payment of dividends or distributions to any Huntsman Parent Company which are contemporaneously applied to pay dividends on common stock of the Huntsman Public Parent at a rate not to exceed $0.40 per share per annum (such amount to be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, stock issuance or similar transactions made after the Designated Date so that the aggregate amount of dividends payable after such transaction is the same as the amount payable immediately prior to such transaction); (11) payments of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock issued in accordance with Section 4.12; and (12) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Company, calculated after giving pro forma effect to any repurchase under this clause (12), is less than 2.5 to 1.0, then the Company may repurchase or dividend to a Huntsman Parent Company to repurchase, up to an aggregate of $250 million of Common Stock of a Huntsman Parent Company. In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Designated Date in accordance with clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, cash amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (3)(ii)(A) and (4) shall be included in such calculation and Restricted Payments made pursuant to the other clauses of this paragraph shall not be so included.
Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (iii) of the second preceding paragraph or clause (9) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to furnish any information or reports that are separate from information or reports furnished by Huntsman Corporation, and the requirements specified in this paragraph shall be deemed to be satisfied upon Huntsman Corporations filing of its required reports within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations including any extension periods available under such rules and regulations, in each case provided that the assets, liabilities, revenues and net income of Huntsman Corporation are substantially similar to those of the Company at the time of such filing.
If the Company has designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary any of its Subsidiaries that would constitute a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes or schedules thereto, or in Narrative Analysis of Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
In the event that any Huntsman Parent Company becomes a Guarantor of the Notes, the Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.09 with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to such Huntsman Parent Company as provided in Section 3-10 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
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(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.14 of this Indenture and that all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the purchase date (which shall 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);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
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(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes 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;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; and
(8) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control.
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(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.15 of this Indenture, that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof shall be purchased) and that the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer periods as may be required by law;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date and which shall be at least five Business Days after the Trustee receives notice thereof from the Company);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase on the reverse of the Note 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 Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
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Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided, however, that each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
On or before the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof (in minimum principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent, in accordance with Section 2.14, U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, out of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. Upon the payment of the purchase price for the Notes accepted for purchase, the Trustee shall cancel such Notes pursuant to Section 2.11 of this Indenture. Any monies remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by the Trustee to the Company except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent for the Notes.
To the extent the amount of Notes tendered pursuant to any Net Proceeds Offer is less than the amount of Net Cash Proceeds subject to such Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may use any remaining portion of such Net Cash Proceeds not required to fund the repurchase of tendered Notes for general corporate purposes and such Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero.
The Company 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 rule, laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent the provisions of any securities laws and regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations relating to such Net Proceeds Offer by virtue thereof.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.01 to the contrary, (a) the Company may merge with an Affiliate that has no material assets or liabilities and that is incorporated or organized solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Company in another state of the United States or the District of Columbia without complying with Section 5.01(a)(iii) and (b) any transaction characterized as a merger under applicable state law where each of the constituent entities survives, shall not be treated as a merger for purposes of this covenant, but shall instead be treated as (x) an Asset Sale, if the result of such transaction is the transfer of assets by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) an Investment, if the result of such transaction is the acquisition of assets by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.
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(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 the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; or
(5) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01(6) or (7), the Trustee shall have received an Officers Certificate that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
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The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Noteholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification by the Holders satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action
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A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.
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First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Sections 6.09 and 7.07;
Second: if the Holders are forced to proceed against the Company directly without the Trustee, to Holders for their collection costs;
Third: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Fourth: to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, as their interests may appear, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
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(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture or the TIA and no duties, covenants, responsibilities or obligations shall be implied in this Indenture that are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates (including Officers Certificates) or opinions (including Opinions of Counsel) furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, as to any certificates or opinions which are required by any provision of this Indenture to be delivered or provided to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy or mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein or otherwise verify the contents thereof.
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05.
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A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes become listed on any stock exchange, and if the Notes are so listed, the Trustee shall comply with TIA § 313(d).
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers, stockholders and directors for, and hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) and reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by them except for such actions to the extent caused by any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, and Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the Trustees rights, powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee or any of its agents, employees, officers, stockholders and directors for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Company to so notify the Trustee shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense at the Companys expense. The Trustee and its agents, employees, officers, stockholders and directors subject to the claim may have separate
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counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustees defense and there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers, stockholders and directors subject to the claim in connection with such defense as reasonably determined by the Trustee; provided, further, that, unless the Company otherwise agrees in writing, the Company shall not be liable to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel at any given time located within one particular jurisdiction. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee through its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets or money held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets or money held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs, such expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration and shall be paid to the extent allowed under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any Bankruptcy Law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of such event and shall promptly appoint a
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successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Promptly after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Companys obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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In addition, at the Companys option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees (Legal Defeasance) after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied (except for the obligations of the Company under Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 7.01, 7.02, 7.07 and this Section 8.01) or (b) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.03, 4.09 and 4.11 through 4.20 and Section 5.01 and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes (Covenant Defeasance) after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:
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in either case, to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to United States 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; provided, however, such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required if all the Notes will become due and payable on the Maturity Date within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee;
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective (as provided in Section 9.04), the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
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The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix such record date as it may select for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (8) of Section 9.02, in which case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as a consenting Holders Note; provided, however, that any such waiver shall not impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on a Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates without the consent of such Holder.
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Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Note, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby waives the benefit of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or to any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or such Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or such Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) subject to this Article Eleven, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be
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accelerated as provided in Article Six hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past, present or future, or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any personal liability under this Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.
Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount pro rata, based on the net assets of each Guarantor, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such Guarantors Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
(1) a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (including, without limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor to any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition is made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (including, without limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of Capital Stock of such Guarantor to any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or an issuance by such Guarantor of its Capital Stock, in each case as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a majority-owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such transaction is made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
(3) such Guarantor is unconditionally released and discharged from its liability with respect to Indebtedness in connection with which such Guarantee was executed pursuant to clause (1) of the covenant described under the Section 4.19 hereof;
(4) the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; or
(5) the occurrence of Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with this Indenture.
The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under this Article Eleven.
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(a) any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or other circumstance relating to the Company or any other Person, including any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition, dissolution, winding-up or other proceeding involving or affecting the Company or any other Person;
(b) any irregularity, defect, unenforceability or invalidity in respect of any indebtedness or other obligation of the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other document or instrument;
(c) any failure of the Company, whether or not without fault on its part, to perform or comply with any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, or to give notice thereof to a Guarantor;
(d) the taking or enforcing or exercising or the refusal or neglect to take or enforce or exercise any right or remedy from or against the Company or any other Person or their respective assets or the release or discharge of any such right or remedy;
(e) the granting of time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any other Person;
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term of, any of the Notes, or any other amendment, variation, supplement, replacement or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, any of the Notes or this Indenture, including, without limitation, any increase or decrease in the principal amount of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes;
(g) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure or constitution of the Company or a Guarantor;
(h) any merger or amalgamation of the Company or a Guarantor with any Person or Persons;
(i) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any jurisdiction by any present or future action of any governmental authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the Obligations or the obligations of a Guarantor under its Guarantee; and
(j) any other circumstance, (other than release of the Guarantor pursuant to Section 11.04 and other than by complete, irrevocable payment) that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes or of a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee hereunder.
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if to the Company or any Guarantor:
Huntsman International LLC
500 Huntsman Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Attention: Office of General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
[insert Trustee]
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Attention: [Corporate
Trust Services -
Huntsman Administrator]
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee by written notice to each other may designate additional or different addresses for notices. Any notice or communication to the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; and five (5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified
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mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
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AIRSTAR CORPORATION |
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EUROFUELS LLC |
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EUROSTAR INDUSTRIES LLC |
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HUNTSMAN EA HOLDINGS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD. |
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LLC |
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HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE HOLDINGS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS INC. |
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN MA INVESTMENT CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN MA SERVICES CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL FINANCE CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL PURCHASING CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN PROCUREMENT CORPORATION |
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HUNTSMAN PURCHASING, LTD. |
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JK HOLDINGS CORPORATION |
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PETROSTAR FUELS LLC |
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PETROSTAR INDUSTRIES LLC |
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POLYMER MATERIALS INC. |
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF NOTE]
[THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (II) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.] [Include for Restricted Securities only]
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
5 ½ % Senior Note due 2016
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ , on June 30, 2016.
Interest Payment Dates: June 30 and December 31 (commencing December 31, 2009)
Record Dates: June 15 and December 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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(REVERSE OF NOTE)
5 ½ % Senior Note due 2016
1. Interest. HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from June , 2009. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each June 30 and December 31 (each, an Interest Payment Date) and at stated maturity, commencing on December 31, 2009. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the June 15 or December 15 (each, a Record Date) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal, premium and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (U.S. Legal Tender). However, the Company may pay principal, premium and interest by its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holders registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, [·] (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain exceptions, act as Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of June , 2009 (the Indenture), among the Company, each of the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company designated as its 5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016 (the Notes), which may be issued under the Indenture. The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Indenture. The Notes and any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in accordance with the Indenture are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture unless otherwise specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. 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 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.
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5. Optional Redemption. The Notes will be redeemable, at the Companys option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of redemption.
6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be delivered at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at such Holders registered address, except as provided in the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part.
7. Change of Control Offer. In the event of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to offer to repurchase all of the then outstanding Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Holders of Notes that are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall receive an offer to repurchase and may elect to have such Notes repurchased in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
8. Limitation on Asset Sales. Under certain circumstances set forth in Section 4.15 of the Indenture, the Company is required to apply the net proceeds from Asset Sales to offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes during a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a redemption notice for any Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
12. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity and complies with the other provisions of this Indenture relating thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture and the Notes (including certain covenants, but excluding its
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obligation to pay the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes).
13. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. The Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
14. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional Indebtedness, create Liens, pay dividends or make certain other restricted payments, enter into transactions with Affiliates, create dividend or other payment restrictions affecting Restricted Subsidiaries and merge or consolidate with any other Person, sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets or adopt a plan of liquidation. Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
15. Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with this Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from those obligations.
16. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including any Additional Notes) may declare all the Notes to be due and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has been offered indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interest.
17. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Note 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.
19. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.
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20. Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in- accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
21. Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be- used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
22. CUSIP/ISIN Numbers. The Company may cause CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
[23. Registration Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors may be obligated upon the occurrence of certain events and subject to certain conditions to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for a 5 ½ % Senior Note due 2016, of the Company (an Unrestricted Note) which have been registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects as this Note. The Holders may be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.][Include for Restricted Securities only]
24. Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture
25. Guarantees. This Note will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, 500 Huntsman Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, Attention: Office of General Counsel.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign to
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints |
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attorney to transfer the Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. |
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NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever and be guaranteed by the endorsers bank or broker. |
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[In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date of the declaration by the Commission of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) covering resales of this Note (which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the transfer) the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the transfer and that the sale is being made:
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to an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee); or |
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pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or |
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and, unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is not being transferred to an affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an Affiliate): |
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Unless one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if item (3), (4), (5) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may
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require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in their sole discretion, such written legal opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box (3) or (4) and other information as the Trustee or the Company have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of l933, as amended.
If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.16 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:
Section 4.14 [ ] Section 4.15 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.14 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount: $
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITY
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Security) in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO ITS NOMINEE OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to Sections 2.16(a)(iii) and 2.16(b)(ii) of the Indenture)
[insert Trustee]
[Address]
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Huntsman International LLC
500 Huntsman Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Attention: Secretary
Re: Huntsman International LLC 5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016 (the Securities)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June , 2009 between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and [·], as trustee, (the Indenture). Terms used but not defined herein and defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) or in the Indenture shall have the meanings given to them in Regulation S or the Indenture, as the case may be.
This certificate relates to U.S.$ principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the Specified Securities):
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The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the Undersigned) hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the Owner. If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security, they are held through the appropriate Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a person (the Transferee) who will take delivery in the form of an interest in the Unrestricted Global Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that such transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 904 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies as follows:
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(1) Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 904:
(A) the Owner is not a distributor of the Specified Securities, an Affiliate of the Company or any such distributor or a person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing;
(B) the offer of the Specified Securities was not made to a person in the United States;
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(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was outside the United States; or
(ii) the transaction is being executed in, on or through the facilities of the Eurobond market, as regulated by the Association of International Bond Dealers, or another designated offshore securities market and neither the Owner nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transactions has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(D) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States by or on behalf of the Owner or any Affiliate thereof;
(E) if the Owner is a dealer in securities or has received a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Specified Securities, and the transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period, then the requirements of Rule 904(c)(1) have been satisfied; and
(F) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of Rule 144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after [date one year after the latest date of issuance of any of the Specified Securities] and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been, an Affiliate of the Company.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
TRANSFERS TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
(Transfers Pursuant to Section 2.17(a) of the Indenture)
[insert Trustee]
[Address]
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Huntsman International LLC
500 Huntsman Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Attention: Secretary
Re: Huntsman International LLC 5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016 (the Securities)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June , 2009 between the Company and [·], as trustee (the Indenture). Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to $ principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s):
1. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We understand and agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, (x) that such Securities are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within one year after the date of the original issuance of the Securities or if within three months after we cease to be an affiliate (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company, such Securities may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to the Company, (ii) so long as the Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (Rule 144A), to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institution buyer (as defined in Rule 144A) (QIB) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A (as indicated by the box checked by the transferor on the Certificate of Transfer on the reverse of the certificate for the Securities), (iii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (as indicated by the box checked by the transferor on the Certificate of Transfer on the reverse of the Note if the Note is not in book-entry form), and, if such transfer is being effected by certain transferors prior to the expiration of the 40-day distribution compliance period (within the
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2. We are able to fend for ourselves in the transactions contemplated hereby, we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment and can afford the complete loss of such investment.
3. We understand that the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements and we agree that if any of the acknowledgments, representations and warranties deemed to have been made by us by our purchase of Securities, for our own account or of one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion, are no longer accurate, we shall promptly notify the Company.
4. We are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for investment purposes and not for distribution of our own account or for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion and we are or such account is an institutional accredited investor (as defined in rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act).
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GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the amounts and at the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the Notes, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article Eleven of the Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with Article Eleven of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture dated as of June , 2009, among HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC as issuer (the Company), each of the Guarantors named therein and [·] as trustee (the Trustee), as amended or supplemented (the Indenture).
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture (including, without limitation, the applicable limitations on this Guarantee as set forth in Section 11.02 of the Indenture and the provisions relating to the release of this Guarantee as set forth in Section 11.04 of the Indenture) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The undersigned Guarantor hereby agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee.
This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.
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Execution Version
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
$600,000,000 5½% Senior Notes due 2016
guaranteed as to the
payment of principal, premium,
if any, and interest by
AIRSTAR CORPORATION
EUROFUELS LLC
EUROSTAR INDUSTRIES LLC
HUNTSMAN EA HOLDINGS LLC
HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD.
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LLC
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FUELS, L.P.
HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE HOLDINGS LLC
HUNTSMAN PROPYLENE OXIDE LTD.
HUNTSMAN TEXAS HOLDINGS LLC
HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS INC.
HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS LLC
HUNTSMAN AUSTRALIA INC.
HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LLC
HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL FINANCE CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL PURCHASING CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
HUNTSMAN EXPANDABLE POLYMERS COMPANY, LC
HUNTSMAN FUELS, L.P.
HUNTSMAN GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN HEADQUARTERS CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN MA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN MA SERVICES CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL FINANCE CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL PURCHASING CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN PROCUREMENT CORPORATION
HUNTSMAN PURCHASING, LTD.
JK HOLDINGS CORPORATION
PETROSTAR FUELS LLC
PETROSTAR INDUSTRIES LLC
POLYMER MATERIALS INC.
TIOXIDE AMERICAS INC.
TIOXIDE GROUP
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement
June 23, 2009
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Huntsman International LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), proposes to issue to the Purchasers (as defined herein) as contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) and the Temporary Notes (as defined herein) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5½% Senior Notes due 2016, which are guaranteed by each of the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto and which will be issued pursuant to the Indenture (as defined herein).
Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement and the Temporary Notes and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Purchasers to purchase the Temporary Notes, the Company and the Guarantors agree with the Purchasers for the benefit of holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows:
Base Interest shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving effect to the provisions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
broker-dealer shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
Closing Date shall mean the date on which the Securities are initially issued under the Indenture.
Commission shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.
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Effective Time in the case of (i) an Exchange Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective.
Electing Holder shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) or 3(d)(iii) hereof.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Exchange Offer shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.
Exchange Registration shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c) hereof.
Exchange Registration Statement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.
Exchange Securities shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.
Exchanging Dealer shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof.
FINRA Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Freely Tradable the Securities shall be deemed to be Freely Tradable at any time of determination if at such time of determination it may be sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a person that is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company without regard to any of the conditions specified therein (other than the holding period requirement in paragraph (d) of Rule 144 so long as such holding period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination).
Guarantee shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
Guarantor shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
holder shall mean each of the Purchasers and other persons who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time (including any successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any Registrable Securities.
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Indenture shall mean the Indenture, entered into in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement, between the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as the same shall be amended from time to time relating to the Securities.
Note Purchase Agreement shall mean the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2009, among the Purchasers, the Guarantors and the Company relating to the Securities.
Notice and Questionnaire means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
person shall mean a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.
Purchasers shall mean the Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Note Purchase Agreement.
Registrable Securities Each (i) Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer and entitled to be resold to the public by the holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Security is Freely Tradable and (ii) Exchange Security issued to a broker-dealer until the date on which such Security has been distributed by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Plan of Distribution contemplated by the Exchange Registration Statement (including delivery of the prospectus contained therein).
Registration Default shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(e) hereof.
Registration Default Period shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(e) hereof.
Registration Expenses shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4 hereof.
Resale Period shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof.
Restricted Holder shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holders business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange
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Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company.
Rule 144, Rule 405 and Rule 415 shall mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Securities shall mean the $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5½% Senior Notes due 2016 issued under the Indenture and delivered to the Purchasers in exchange for the Temporary Notes and debt securities issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture (other than Exchange Securities). Each Security is entitled to the benefit of the Guarantee provided for in the Indenture and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a Security, an Exchange Security or a Registrable Security shall include a reference to the related Guarantee.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Shelf Registration shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d) hereof.
Special Interest shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(e) hereof.
Temporary Notes shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Note Purchase Agreement.
Trustee shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
Trust Indenture Act shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a Section or clause refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, and the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.
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Each holder that participates in the Exchange Offer will be required, as a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, to represent to the Company in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) (i) that any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) that at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, such holder has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the Securities Act, (iii) that such holder is not an affiliate of the Company as such term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, (iv) if such holder is a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of Exchange Notes; and (v) if such holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities (an Exchanging Dealer), that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with the resale of such Exchange Securities. A broker-dealer that is not able to make the representation in clause (v) above will not be permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer.
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(a) At or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration, as the case may be, the Company shall qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
(c) In connection with the Companys obligations with respect to the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(b) (the Exchange Registration), if applicable, the Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (or as otherwise specified):
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(e) In the event that the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(D) above, to notify the Electing Holders, the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable prepare and furnish to each of the Electing Holders, to each placement or sales agent, if any, and to each such underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to amend or supplement such prospectus if (i) not permitted by law or (ii) the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons determines that to do so would involve disclosing a material undisclosed event. Each Electing Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(D) hereof, such Electing Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement applicable to such Registrable Securities until such Electing Holder shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed by the Company, such Electing Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Electing Holders possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.
(f) In the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice and Questionnaire, the Company may require such Electing Holder to furnish to the Company such additional information regarding such Electing Holder and such Electing Holders intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as may be required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing Holder agrees to (i) notify the Company as promptly as practicable of (A) any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished by such Electing Holder to the Company or (B) of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to such Shelf Registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holders intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holders intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and (ii) promptly to furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished required information or so that such prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Electing Holder or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
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material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing.
(g) Until the expiration of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
The Company agrees to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly all expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including (a) all Commission and any FINRA registration, filing and review fees and expenses, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under the State securities and blue sky laws referred to in Section 3(d)(xii) hereof under the laws of such jurisdictions as any managing underwriters or the Electing Holders may designate, including any fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Electing Holders or underwriters in connection with such qualification, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, and the expenses of preparing the Securities for delivery, (d) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to the preparation of documents referred in clause (c) above, (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, (f) internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of the Companys officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (g) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any opinions or cold comfort letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance), (h) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of one counsel for the Electing Holders retained in connection with a Shelf Registration, as selected by the Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by Electing Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company), (j) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities, and (k) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with such registration (collectively, the Registration Expenses). To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities or any placement or sales agent therefor or underwriter thereof, the Company shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the reasonable Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above.
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The Company and the Guarantors represent and warrant to, and agree with, each Purchaser and each of the holders from time to time of Registrable Securities that:
(a) Each registration statement covering Registrable Securities and each prospectus (including any preliminary or summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(d) or Section 3(c) hereof and any further amendments or supplements to any such registration statement or prospectus, when it becomes effective or is filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and at all times subsequent to the Effective Time when a prospectus would be required to be delivered under the Securities Act, other than from (i) such time as a notice has been given to holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(D) or Section 3(c)(iii)(D) hereof until (ii) such time as the Company furnishes an amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to Section 3(e) or Section 3(c)(iv) hereof, each such registration statement, and each prospectus (including any summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(d) or Section 3(c) hereof, as then amended or supplemented, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a holder of Registrable Securities, a placement or sales agent or an underwriter expressly for use therein.
(b) Any documents incorporated by reference in any prospectus referred to in Section 5(a) hereof, when they become or became effective or are or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform or conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and, as of such effective or filing date, none of such documents will contain or contained an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a holder of Registrable Securities, a placement or sales agent or an underwriter expressly for use therein.
(c) The compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary of
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(d) This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.
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The Company covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities in connection with that holders sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
(j) Counterparts. This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us five counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers, the Guarantors and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
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EUROFUELS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN EA HOLDINGS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ETHYLENEAMINES LTD. |
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LLC |
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HUNTSMAN TEXAS HOLDINGS LLC |
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HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS INC. |
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HUNTSMAN AUSTRALIA INC. |
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HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LLC |
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HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL PURCHASING CORPORATION |
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TIOXIDE AMERICAS INC. |
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Tioxide Americas Inc |
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TIOXIDE GROUP |
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[Signature page to Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement]
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DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. |
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC |
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[Signature page to Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
GUARANTORS |
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JURISDICTION |
Airstar Corporation |
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Utah |
Eurofuels LLC |
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Delaware |
Eurostar Industries LLC |
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Delaware |
Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas Inc. |
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Delaware |
Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC |
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Delaware |
Huntsman Australia Inc. |
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Utah |
Huntsman Chemical Company LLC |
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Utah |
Huntsman Chemical Finance Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman Chemical Purchasing Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman EA Holdings, LLC |
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Delaware |
Huntsman Enterprises, Inc. |
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Utah |
Huntsman Ethyleneamines Ltd. |
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Texas |
Huntsman Expandable Polymers Company, LC |
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Utah |
Huntsman Fuels, L.P. |
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Texas |
Huntsman Group Intellectual Property Holdings Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman Headquarters Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman International Chemicals Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman International Financial LLC |
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Delaware |
Huntsman International Fuels, L.P. |
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Texas |
Huntsman International Trading Corporation |
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Delaware |
Huntsman MA Investment Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman MA Services Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation |
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Delaware |
Huntsman Petrochemical Finance Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman Petrochemical Purchasing Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman Procurement Corporation |
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Utah |
Huntsman Propylene Oxide Holdings LLC |
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Delaware |
Huntsman Propylene Oxide Ltd. |
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Texas |
Huntsman Purchasing, Ltd. |
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Utah |
Huntsman Texas Holdings LLC |
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Delaware |
JK Holdings Corporation |
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Delaware |
Petrostar Fuels LLC |
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Delaware |
Petrostar Industries LLC |
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Delaware |
Polymer Materials Inc. |
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Utah |
Tioxide Americas Inc. |
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Cayman Islands |
Tioxide Group |
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United Kingdom |
Exhibit A
Huntsman International LLC
INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS
(Date of Mailing)
URGENT - IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE] *
The Depository Trust Company (DTC) has identified you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in the Huntsman International LLC (the Company) 5½% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Securities) are held.
The Company is in the process of registering the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their Securities included in the registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire.
It is important that beneficial owners of the Securities receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible as their rights to have the Securities included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by [Deadline For Response]. Please forward a copy of the enclosed documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Securities through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact Huntsman International LLC, 500 Huntsman Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, (801) 532-5200.
*Not less than 28 calendar days from date of mailing.
Huntsman International LLC
Notice of Registration Statement
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Selling Securityholder Questionnaire
(Date)
Reference is hereby made to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement) among Huntsman LLC (the Company), the Guarantors named therein and the Purchasers named therein. Pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement on Form [ ] (the Shelf Registration Statement) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of the Companys 5½% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Securities). A copy of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the Shelf Registration Statement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities (as defined below) is entitled to have the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it included in the Shelf Registration Statement. In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (Notice and Questionnaire) must be completed, executed and delivered to the Companys counsel at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [Deadline for Response]. Beneficial owners of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus.
The term Registrable Securities is defined in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
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The undersigned holder (the Selling Securityholder) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 6 of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, as if the undersigned Selling Securityholder were an original party thereto.
Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Company and the Trustee for the Securities the Notice of Transfer set forth in Appendix A to the Prospectus and as Exhibit B to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
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Full Legal Name of Registered holder (if not the same as in (a) above) of Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below: |
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Full Legal Name of Euroclear Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below are Held: |
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Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any other securities of the Company, other than the Securities listed above in Item (3). |
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Except as set forth below, neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years. |
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Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling Securityholder or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registered Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv) through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities. |
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By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M.
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In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus.
In accordance with the Selling Securityholders obligation under Section 3(d) of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows:
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Attention: General Counsel |
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Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. |
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2300 First City Tower |
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Houston, TX 77002 |
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Attention: Jeffery B. Floyd |
Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Companys counsel, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above). This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
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(Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable Securities) |
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PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE] TO THE COMPANYS COUNSEL AT:
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Exhibit B
NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[insert Trustee]
Huntsman International LLC
c/o [insert Trustee]
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Attention: Huntsman Administrator
Re: Huntsman
International LLC (the Company)
5½% Senior Notes due 2016
Dear Sirs:
Please be advised that has transferred $ aggregate principal amount of the above-referenced Notes pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form [ ] (File No. 333- ) filed by the Company.
We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied and that the above-named beneficial owner of the Notes is named as a Selling holder in the Prospectus dated [date] or in supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes transferred are the Notes listed in such Prospectus opposite such owners name.
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