Exhibit 4.1
Execution Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 10, 2009
Among
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, as Issuer,
each of the Guarantors named herein
and
Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee
$600,000,000
5 ½ % Senior Notes due 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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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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THE NOTES |
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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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ARTICLE III |
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REDEMPTION |
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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 |
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COVENANTS |
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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 |
[Reserved] |
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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 |
Conduct of Business |
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Section 4.21 |
Covenant Termination |
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ARTICLE V |
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SUCCESSOR CORPORATION |
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Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets |
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Section 5.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
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ARTICLE VI |
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DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
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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 |
Priorities |
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Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 6.12 |
Expenses and Services After an Event of Default |
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ARTICLE VII |
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TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee |
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Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee |
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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 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.01 |
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 |
Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE IX |
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AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders |
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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 X |
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[RESERVED] |
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ARTICLE XI |
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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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ARTICLE XII |
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[RESERVED] |
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ARTICLE XIII |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.01 |
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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Form of Note |
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Exhibit B |
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Form of Legend for Global Notes |
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Exhibit C |
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Form of Transfer Certificates |
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Exhibit D |
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Form of IAI Transfer Certificate |
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Exhibit E |
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Form of Guarantee |
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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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AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE, dated as of September 10, 2009, among HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), each of the Guarantors named herein, as guarantors, and Wilmington Trust FSB, a federal savings bank, as trustee (the Trustee).
WHEREAS the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee entered into an indenture as of July 6, 2009 (as so executed, the Existing Indenture) under which the Company issued $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5½% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Notes) on July 6, 2009;
WHEREAS the Company has solicited consents from the Holders of the Notes to amend certain provisions of the Notes and the Existing Indenture (the Amendments);
WHEREAS all the Holders of Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 consented to the Amendments;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree that the Existing Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to reflect the Amendments, so that, upon this Amended and Restated Indenture becoming effective, the Existing Indenture shall be amended and restated as provided herein in its entirety;
NOW THEREFORE, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) the Notes, (b) any Additional Notes (as defined herein), (c) if and when issued, any Exchange Notes (as defined herein).
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
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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 foreign law for the relief of debtors.
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
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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 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.
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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.
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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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.
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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 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
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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 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 Regulation S Global Security (or Unrestricted Global Security) or a Restricted 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
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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, 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
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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).
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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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.
Regulation S Global Security has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(b)(i).
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,
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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 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
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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.
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
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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 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
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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 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.
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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.
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
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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 July 6, 2009, upon Company Order the Trustee authenticated and delivered Notes for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount of $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.
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
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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 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
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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.
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
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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.
Interests in a Global Security shall be exchangeable or transferable, as the case may be,
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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 or Euroclear and Clearstream 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
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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.
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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 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
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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 shall deliver to the Trustee an officers certificate stating that such Restricted Payment complies with this Indenture and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis upon which the required calculations were computed, which calculations may be based upon the Companys quarterly financial statements last provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.09.
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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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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;
(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);
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(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;
(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 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
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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;
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(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 compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its reasonable 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.
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.
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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
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.
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(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).
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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 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.
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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 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:
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.
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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.
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
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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 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
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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.
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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
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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;
(f) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other 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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Huntsman International LLC
500 Huntsman Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Attention: Office of General Counsel
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Wilmington Trust FSB
Corporate Capital Markets
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: 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 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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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, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ ,[ or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security] [to be included in Global Securities only], 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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(REVERSE OF NOTE)
5 1/2 % 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 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 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, Wilmington Trust FSB (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 July 6, 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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[SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL
SECURITY]
[to be included in Global Securities only]
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign to
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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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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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To be executed by an executive officer] [To be included in Restricted Securities only] |
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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-1
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO
REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to Sections 2.16(a)(ii) of the Indenture)
Wilmington
Trust FSB
Corporate Capital Markets
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Huntsman Administrator
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 amended and restated Indenture, dated as of September [·], 2009 between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, 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):
CUSIP No(s).
CERTIFICATE No(s).
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 Regulation S Global Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that such transfer is being
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effected in accordance with Rule 904 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:
(1) 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;
(2) the offer of the Specified Securities was not made to a person in the United States;
(3) either:
(A) 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
(B) 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;
(4) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States by or on behalf of the Owner or any Affiliate thereof;
(5) 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
(6) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(7) upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest being transferred will be held through an Agent Member acting for and on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers Pursuant to Sections 2.16(a)(iii) of the Indenture)
Wilmington
Trust FSB
Corporate Capital Markets
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Huntsman Administrator
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 amended and restated Indenture, dated as of September [·], 2009 between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, 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):
CUSIP No(s).
CERTIFICATE No(s).
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
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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:
(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;
(C) either:
(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.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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EXHIBIT C-3
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
(Transfers to QIBs Pursuant to Sections 2.16(a)(iv) of the Indenture)
Wilmington
Trust FSB
Corporate Capital Markets
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Huntsman Administrator
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 amended and restated Indenture, dated as of September [·], 2009 between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, 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):
CUSIP No(s).
CERTIFICATE No(s).
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 Restricted Global Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that such transfer is being effected
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in accordance with Rule 144A 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:
(1) the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer; and
(2) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer.
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)
Wilmington
Trust FSB
Corporate Capital Markets
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Huntsman Administrator
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 amended and restated Indenture, dated as of September [·], 2009 between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, 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
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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 meaning of Rule 903(b)(2) of Regulation S under the Securities Act), a certificate that may be obtained from the Trustee is delivered by the transferee, (iv) to an institution that is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act (as indicated by the box checked by the transferor on the Certificate of Transfer on the reverse of the certificate for the Securities) which has certified to the Company and the Trustee for the Securities that it is such an accredited investor and is acquiring the Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution (provided that no Securities purchased from a foreign purchaser or from any person other than a QIB or an institutional accredited investor pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be permitted to transfer any Securities so purchased to an institutional accredited investor pursuant to this clause (iv) prior to the expiration of the applicable restricted period (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act), (v) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act, or (vi) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States, and we will notify any purchaser of the Securities from us of the above resale restriction, if then applicable. We further understand that in connection with any transfer of the Securities by us that the Company and the Trustee for the Securities may request, and if so requested we will furnish, such certificates, legal opinions and other information as they may reasonably require to confirm that any such transfer complies with the foregoing restrictions.
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).
5. You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
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EXHIBIT E
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 amended and restated Indenture dated as of September , 2009, among HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC as issuer (the Company), each of the Guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust FSB, 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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused its Guarantee to be duly executed.
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