Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2012

 

 

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-31922   33-1022198

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1000 Tempur Way

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(800) 878-8889

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Indenture and Notes

On December 12, 2012, Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (the “Company”) and certain subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as the representative of several initial purchasers (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), relating to the previously announced issuance and sale of $375 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Notes were reoffered and resold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Notes will be the general unsecured senior obligations of the Company and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantors. Following the consummation by the Company of the acquisition of Sealy Corporation (the “Sealy Acquisition”) certain of the Sealy entities will become guarantors of the Notes.

Interest and Maturity

The Notes will mature on December 15, 2020, and interest is payable on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15, beginning on June 15, 2013.

Optional Redemption

The Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time on or after December 15, 2016 at the redemption prices specified in the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date. In addition, the Company has the option at any time prior to December 15, 2016 to redeem some or all of the Notes at a “make-whole” redemption price specified in the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the redemption date. In addition, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the Notes prior to December 15, 2015 under certain circumstances with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at the redemption price specified in the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Certain Covenants

The Indenture restricts the Company’s ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur, directly or indirectly, debt; (ii) make, directly or indirectly, certain investments and restricted payments; (iii) incur or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, liens on its properties or assets; (iv) sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, assets; (v) create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any consensual restriction on the right of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of their capital stock; and (vi) enter into transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications.

Events of Default

The Indenture provides that each of the following is an Event of Default: (i) default in payment of interest when due, which default continues for 30 days; (ii) default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration or redemption, required repurchase or otherwise; (iii) failure to comply with certain covenants relating to the merger or transfer of assets; (iv) failure to comply with any other covenant or agreement in the Notes or in the Indenture for 30 days after written notice; (v) default under any indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that results in the acceleration of the maturity of indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount greater than $35.0 million; (vi) any judgment for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $35.0 million that shall be rendered against


the Company or any restricted subsidiary and that shall not be waived, satisfied, annulled, discharged or rescinded for any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay is not then in effect; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture with respect to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries; (viii) any Note guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note guaranty; and (ix) (a) the lien on the escrowed property created by the Escrow Agreement (described below) shall at any time prior to the release date not constitute a valid and perfected lien on any material portion of such property, (b) the Escrow Agreement shall be terminated or cease to be in full force and effect (except in accordance with its terms and the Indenture) or (c) the enforceability of the liens created by the Escrow Agreement shall be contested by the Company. In case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the registered holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

The form of the Notes is attached as an exhibit to the Indenture, which in turn is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Form 8-K”) and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Notes and the Indenture in this report is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Indenture. A copy of the Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Purchase Agreement in this report is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as the representative of the Initial Purchasers, dated as of December 19, 2012. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission so that holders of the Notes can exchange the Notes for registered notes (the “Exchange Notes”) that have substantially identical terms as the Notes. In addition, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to exchange the guarantees related to the Notes for a registered guarantee having substantially the same terms as the original guarantees. The Company and the Guarantors will use reasonable best efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective prior to the later of (x) 140 days after the date of the release of the gross proceeds to the Company from escrow (described below) and (y) 230 days after the closing of the issuance of the Notes. The Company and the Guarantors are required to pay additional interest if they fail to comply with their obligations to register the Notes within the specified time periods.

A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Registration Rights Agreement in this report is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Escrow Agreement

Concurrently with the closing of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Company entered into an escrow and security agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”), dated as of December 19, 2012, with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as “bank” and “securities intermediary” and the Trustee. The Company and the Initial Purchasers deposited into an escrow account cash equal to the gross proceeds of the offering, together with additional cash necessary to fund the redemption of the notes at the redemption price specified in the Indenture and pay accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding October 1, 2013 for all of the Notes. The Company granted the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, a first priority security interest in the escrowed property to secure the obligations under the Notes pending disbursement. The ability of the holders of the Notes to realize upon such funds or securities held in the escrow account may be subject to the automatic stay and certain other bankruptcy law limitations in the event of a bankruptcy of the Company.


If on June 15, 2013, the conditions precedent to the release of the escrow property (as described in the Escrow Agreement, the “Release Conditions”) have not been satisfied, the Company may direct the Escrow Agent to liquidate and release a portion (in an amount not to exceed the amount of interest payable on the Notes on such date) of the escrowed property to the Trustee and paying agent for purposes of paying interest on the Notes on such date.

If the Release Conditions are met on or prior to September 26, 2013, the Escrow Agent shall liquidate and release the escrowed property to or at the order of the Company, pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. If the Release Conditions are not met on or prior to September 26, 2013 or the Escrow Agent and the Trustee receive at any time prior to 5:00pm on September 26, 2013 an officers’ certificate of the Company certifying that Company will not pursue the consummation of the Sealy Acquisition or that the merger agreement to the Sealy Acquisition has been amended, changed, supplemented or waived in a manner that would be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the Notes, the Escrow Agent shall, without further notice or direction, liquidate all escrowed property and release it to the Trustee. Each holder of the Notes shall thereafter receive notices of redemption that the entire principal amount of the Notes shall be redeemed at the redemption price on the day two business days after the mailing of such notice. The Trustee will release to the Company any escrowed property remaining after redemption of the Notes and payment of fees and expenses.

In conjunction with the Escrow Agreement, the Company amended its existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2011, such that the proceeds of the Notes put into the escrow account pursuant to the Escrow Agreement are not factored into the computation of the financial covenants and to permit such escrow.

A copy of the Escrow Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Escrow Agreement in this report is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 19, 2012, Tempur-Pedic International Inc. issued a press release announcing that it had closed its previously announced offering of $375 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2020 in a private offering to certain institutions that then resold the notes (i) to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and (ii) to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012, among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012, by and among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the Guarantors named therein and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several Initial Purchasers named therein.


10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2012, among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the Guarantors named therein, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers named therein.
10.2    Escrow and Security Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012, by and among The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as “bank” and “securities intermediary,” The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
99.1    Press Release, dated December 19, 2012, of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. entitled “Tempur-Pedic Announces Closing of $375 Million Senior Notes Offering.”


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

Date: December 19, 2012    
  By:  

/s/ DALE E. WILLIAMS

  Name:   Dale E. Williams
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012, among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012, by and among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the Guarantors named therein and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several Initial Purchasers named therein.
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2012, among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the Guarantors named therein, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers named therein.
10.2    Escrow and Security Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012, by and among The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as “bank” and “securities intermediary,” The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
99.1    Press Release, dated December 19, 2012, of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. entitled “Tempur-Pedic Announces Closing of $375 Million Senior Notes Offering.”
Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.,

as Issuer

The Guarantors party hereto

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of December 19, 2012

 

 

6.875% Senior Notes due 2020

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

      PAGE  
ARTICLE 1   
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE   

Section 1.01. Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02. Other Definitions

     37   

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     38   

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction

     38   
ARTICLE 2   
THE NOTES   

Section 2.01. Amount of Notes

     39   

Section 2.02. Form and Dating

     39   

Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication

     39   

Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent

     41   

Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

     41   

Section 2.06. Noteholder Lists

     42   

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes

     42   

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes

     42   

Section 2.09. Temporary Notes

     42   

Section 2.10. Cancellation

     43   

Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest

     43   

Section 2.12. CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code Numbers

     43   
ARTICLE 3   
REDEMPTION   

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee

     43   

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to be Redeemed

     44   

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption

     44   

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption

     45   

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price

     45   

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part

     45   

Section 3.07. Special Redemption

     45   
ARTICLE 4   
COVENANTS   

Section 4.01. Covenant Suspension

     46   

Section 4.02. Payment of Notes

     48   

Section 4.03. SEC Reports

     48   

 

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Section 4.04. Limitation on Debt

     48   

Section 4.05. Limitation on Restricted Payments

     53   

Section 4.06. Limitation on Liens

     56   

Section 4.07. Limitation on Asset Sales

     56   

Section 4.08. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries

     60   

Section 4.09. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

     62   

Section 4.10. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

     63   

Section 4.11. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     65   

Section 4.12. Change of Control

     65   

Section 4.13. Further Instruments and Acts

     67   

Section 4.14. Additional Note Guaranties

     67   

Section 4.15. Existence

     67   

Section 4.16. Payment of Taxes and other Claims

     67   

Section 4.17. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance

     68   

Section 4.18. Annual Officer’s Certificate as to Compliance

     68   
ARTICLE 5   
SUCCESSOR COMPANY   

Section 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets

     68   

Section 5.02. When Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets

     70   
ARTICLE 6   
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES   

Section 6.01. Events of Default

     70   

Section 6.02. Acceleration

     72   

Section 6.03. Other Remedies

     73   

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults

     73   

Section 6.05. Control by Majority

     73   

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits

     74   

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

     74   

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee

     74   

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     74   

Section 6.10. Priorities

     75   

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs

   75   

Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

   75   

Section 6.13. Restoration of Rights and Remedies

   76   

Section 6.14. Rights and Remedies Cumulative

   76   

Section 6.15. Delay or Omission Not Waiver

   76   

 

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ARTICLE 7   
TRUSTEE   

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee

     76   

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee

     78   

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee

     79   

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer

     79   

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults

     79   

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders

     80   

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity

     80   

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee

     81   

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger

     82   

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification

     82   

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

     82   
ARTICLE 8   
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE   

Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance

     83   

Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance

     84   

Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money

     85   

Section 8.04. Repayment to Company

     85   

Section 8.05. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations

     85   

Section 8.06. Reinstatement

     85   
ARTICLE 9   
AMENDMENTS   

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders

     86   

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders

     87   

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

     87   

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers

     88   

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     88   

Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments

     88   

Section 9.07. Payment for Consent

     88   
ARTICLE 10   
GUARANTIES   

Section 10.01. The Guaranties

     89   

Section 10.02. Guaranty Unconditional

     89   

Section 10.03. Discharge; Reinstatement

     90   

Section 10.04. Waiver by the Guarantors

     90   

Section 10.05. Subrogation and Contribution

     90   

Section 10.06. Stay of Acceleration

     90   

Section 10.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty

     90   

 

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Section 10.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty

     91   

Section 10.09. Release of Guaranty

     91   
ARTICLE 11   
ESCROW ARRANGEMENTS   

Section 11.01. Escrow Account

     91   

Section 11.02. Special Redemption

     92   

Section 11.03. Release of Escrow Property

     92   

Section 11.04. Trustee Direction to Execute Escrow Agreement

     92   
ARTICLE 12   
MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls

     92   

Section 12.02. Notices

     92   

Section 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders

     94   

Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     94   

Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

     94   

Section 12.06. When Notes Disregarded

     94   

Section 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agents and Registrar

     95   

Section 12.08. Legal Holidays

     95   

Section 12.09. Governing Law/Waiver of Trial by Jury

     95   

Section 12.10. No Recourse Against Others

     95   

Section 12.11. Successors

     95   

Section 12.12. Multiple Originals

     95   

Section 12.13. Table of Contents; Headings

     96   

Section 12.14. Force Majeure

     96   

Section 12.15. U.S.A. Patriot Act

     96   

Appendix A - Provisions Relating to Initial Notes and Exchange Notes

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit A    -      Form of Initial Note
Exhibit B    -      Form of Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit C    -      Form of Transferee Letter of Representation

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

        TIA Section   

Indenture Section

    
    310 (a)(1)       7.10   
      (a)(2)       7.10   
      (a)(3)       N.A.   
      (a)(4)       N.A.   
      (b)       7.08;   
       7.10   
      (c)       N.A.   
    311 (a)       7.11   
      (b)       7.11   
      (c)       N.A.   
    312 (a)       2.06   
      (b)       12.03   
      (c)       12.03   
    313 (a)       7.06   
      (b)(1)       N.A.   
      (b)(2)       7.06   
      (c)       7.06;   
       12.02   
      (d)       7.06   
    314 (a)(1)       4.03   
      (a)(2)       1.03   
      (a)(3)       1.03;

12.02

  
      (a)(4)       4.18   
      (b)       N.A.   
      (c)(1)       12.04   
      (c)(2)       12.04   
      (c)(3)       N.A.   
      (d)       N.A.   
      (e)       12.05   
    315 (a)       7.01   
      (b)       7.05   
      (c)       7.01   
      (d)       7.01   
      (e)       6.11   
    316 (a) (last sentence)       12.06   
      (a)(1)(A)       6.05   
      (a)(1)(B)       6.04   
      (a)(2)       N.A.   
      (b)       6.07   
    317 (a)(1)       6.08   
      (a)(2)       6.09   

 

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TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

      (b)

  2.05

318(a)

  12.01

N.A. means not applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of December 19, 2012, among TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for the issuance on the date hereof of $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Original Notes”), together with any Exchange Notes (as defined in Appendix A hereto) issued therefor as provided herein (the Original Notes, any Additional Notes (as defined below) and the Exchange Notes, together referred to herein as the “Notes”). All things necessary to make the Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and the Company has done all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company as hereinafter provided.

In addition, the Guarantors party hereto have duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture as guarantors of the Notes. All things necessary to make the Indenture a valid agreement of each Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and each Guarantor has done all things necessary to make the Note Guarantees, when the Notes are executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of such Guarantor as hereinafter provided.

This Indenture is subject to, and will be governed by, the provisions of the TIA (as defined below) that are required to be a part of and govern indentures qualified under the TIA.

THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the parties hereto covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions.

Additional Assets” means:

(a) any Property (other than cash, cash equivalents, securities and inventory) to be owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and used in a Permitted Business; or


(b) Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of that Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary from any Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that, in the case of this clause (b), the Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business.

Additional Interest” means additional interest owed to the Holders pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in Appendix A).

Additional Notes” means any Notes issued under the Indenture in addition to the Original Notes, including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Additional Notes, but excluding (i) any Exchange Notes in respect of the Original Notes and (ii) any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 or 3.06 or Appendix A in respect of the Original Notes.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with that specified Person.

For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of that Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Asset Sale” means any sale, lease, transfer, issuance or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of:

(a) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares),

(b) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or

(c) any other Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,

other than, in the case of clause (a), (b) or (c) above,

 

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(i) any disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary,

(ii) any disposition that constitutes a Permitted Investment or Restricted Payment permitted by Section 4.05,

(iii) any disposition effected in compliance with the first paragraph in Section 5.01,

(iv) a sale of accounts receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Entity,

(v) a transfer of accounts receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction,

(vi) a transfer of accounts receivable of the type specified in the definition of “Credit Facilities” that is permitted under clause (ii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04, and

(vii) any disposition that does not (together with all related dispositions) involve assets having a Fair Market Value or consideration in excess of $15.0 million.

Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at any date of determination,

(a) if the Sale and Leaseback Transaction is a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Debt represented thereby according to the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation,” and

(b) in all other instances, the greater of:

(1) the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, and

(2) the present value (discounted at the interest rate borne by the Notes, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in the Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease has been extended).

Authentication Agent” means an institution, reasonably acceptable to the Company, appointed by the Trustee to authenticate the Notes.

 

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Average Life” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing:

(a) the sum of the product of the numbers of years (rounded to the nearest one-twelfth of one year) from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of that Debt or redemption or similar payment with respect to that Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of the payment by

(b) the sum of all payments of this kind.

Beneficial Owner” means a beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that:

(a) a Person will be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of all shares that the Person has the right to acquire, whether that right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, and

(c) for purposes of clause (a) of the definition of “Change of Control,” any “person” or “group” (as those terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owners of any Voting Stock of a corporation or other legal entity held by any other corporation or legal entity (the “parent corporation”), so long as that person or group Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of that parent corporation.

The term “Beneficially Own” shall have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company (or, in the case of clause (b) of the first paragraph of Section 4.09, the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday.

Capital Lease Obligation” means any obligation under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of Debt represented by that obligation shall be the

 

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capitalized amount of the obligations determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under that lease prior to the first date upon which that lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes of Section 4.06, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed secured by a Lien on the Property being leased.

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any shares or other equivalents (however designated) of any class of corporate stock or partnership interests or any other participations, rights, warrants, options or other interests in the nature of an equity interest in that Person, including Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt security convertible or exchangeable into that equity interest.

Capital Stock Sale Proceeds” means the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Company from the issuance or sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or the Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees) by the Company of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) after the Issue Date, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, initial purchasers’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with the issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) if any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; or

(b) the sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition, directly or indirectly, of all or substantially all the Property of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, considered as a whole (other than a disposition of assets as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary) shall have occurred, or the Company merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into any other Person or any other Person merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Company, in any event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for cash, securities or other Property, other than a transaction where:

(1) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for other Voting Stock of the Company or for Voting Stock of the surviving corporation or transferee, and

 

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(2) the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to the transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company or the surviving corporation or transferee immediately after the transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction; or

(c) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of that period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election or appointment by such Board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of not less than three-fourths of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of that period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or by a vote of the shareholders of the Company) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or

(d) the shareholders of the Company shall have approved any plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commodity Price Protection Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any forward contract, commodity swap agreement, commodity option agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect that Person against fluctuations in commodity prices.

Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the indenture securities.

Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as of any date of determination, the consolidated current liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any long-term Debt and (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the revolving credit loans made to the Company under the Credit Agreement.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period for the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum, without duplication, of,

(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, plus

 

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(b) Disqualified Stock Dividends paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period, excluding dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock, plus

(c) Preferred Stock Dividends paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period, excluding dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock.

Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of:

(a) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such determination date for which financial statements are required to be filed pursuant to Section 4.03 to

(b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for those four fiscal quarters;

provided, however, that:

(1) if:

(A) since the beginning of that period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Debt that remains outstanding or Repaid any Debt, or

(B) the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio involves an Incurrence or Repayment of Debt,

Consolidated Fixed Charges for that period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to that Incurrence or Repayment as if the Debt was Incurred or Repaid on the first day of that period, provided that, in the event of any Repayment of Debt, EBITDA for that period shall be calculated as if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned any interest income actually earned during such period in respect of the funds used to Repay such Debt, and

(2) if:

(A) since the beginning of that period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale or an Investment (by merger or otherwise) in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of Property which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business,

 

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(B) the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio involves an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition, or

(C) since the beginning of that period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of that period) shall have made such an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition,

EBITDA for that period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect to the Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition as if the Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of that period.

If any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on that Debt shall be calculated as if the base interest rate in effect for the floating rate of interest on the date of determination had been the applicable base interest rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to that Debt if the applicable Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). In the event the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold during the period, the Company shall be deemed, for purposes of clause (1) above, to have Repaid during that period the Debt of that Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for that Debt after the sale.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, all interest expense on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, but including, in any event, the interest component under Capital Lease Obligations and the implied interest component under Qualified Receivables Transactions.

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, net income (or loss) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding

(a) the non-cash effects of purchase accounting under Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board 805;

(b) any deduction for income (or addition for losses) attributable to the minority equity interests of third parties in any Restricted Subsidiary except, in the case of income, to the extent of dividends paid in respect of such period to the holder of such minority equity interest;

(c) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(d) any gain or loss attributable to the early extinguishment of Debt;

(e) any extraordinary gain or loss or cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles to the extent disclosed separately on the consolidated statement of income;

(f) any unrealized gains or losses of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries on any Hedging Obligations;

(g) the undistributed earnings of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any agreement, instrument, contract or other undertaking to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which any of its property is bound or any law, treaty, rule, regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority, in each case, applicable or binding upon such Restricted Subsidiary or any of its property or to which such Restricted Subsidiary or any of its property is subject; and

(h) costs, fees, expenses or premiums incurred during such period in connection with the Transactions, whether or not the Transactions shall then be fully consummated.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for purposes of Section 4.05 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (c)(iv) thereof, and (ii) any net income (loss) of any Person (other than the Company) that is not a Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded in calculating Consolidated Net Income, except that the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for any period shall be included, without duplication, in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash distributed by the Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or distribution.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the amounts that would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as the total assets (less accumulated depreciation, amortization, allowances for doubtful receivables, other applicable allowances and other properly deductible items) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to purchase accounting and after deducting therefrom Consolidated Current Liabilities and, to the extent otherwise included, the amounts of (without duplication):

(a) the excess of cost over Fair Market Value of assets or businesses acquired;

 

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(b) any revaluation or other write-up in book value of assets subsequent to the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company immediately preceding the Issue Date as a result of a change in the method of valuation in accordance with GAAP;

(c) unamortized debt discount and expenses and other unamortized deferred charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, organization or developmental expenses and other intangible items;

(d) noncontrolling interests in consolidated Subsidiaries held by Persons other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(e) treasury stock;

(f) cash or securities set aside and held in a sinking or other analogous fund established for the purpose of redemption or other retirement of Capital Stock to the extent such obligation is not reflected in Consolidated Current Liabilities; and

(g) Investments in and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

For the avoidance of doubt, any deferred tax assets that would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (x) the aggregate amount of all Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by Liens at the date of determination (on a pro forma basis reflecting any Incurrence of Debt and repayment of Debt made on such date), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) the Debt represented by the Notes offered hereby (and the guarantees thereof), to the extent the Notes and guarantees are secured by Liens solely because the proceeds thereof are subject to the Escrow Agreement and a Lien thereunder, and (B) the Debt represented by Sealy Mattress Company’s 10.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2016, from and after the date on which a notice of redemption has been delivered in respect thereof and such Notes have been discharged, less (y) the aggregate amount (not to exceed $150.0 million) of Qualified Cash on such date of determination to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the Company for the four full fiscal quarters, treated as one period, ending prior to the date of the transaction (the “Transaction Date”) giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio for which financial statements are required to be filed pursuant to Section 4.03 (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein as the “Four Quarter Period”). In addition to and without

 

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limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, this ratio shall be calculated after giving effect to the following:

(a) if since the beginning of that period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale or an Investment (by merger or otherwise) in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of Property which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business,

(b) if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio involves an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition, or

(c) since the beginning of the Four Quarter Period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of the Four Quarter Period) shall have made such an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition,

EBITDA for that period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect to the Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition as if the Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

For purposes of calculating the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio, the entire commitment of any secured revolving credit facility of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be fully drawn as of the date such agreement is executed, and thereafter the amount of such commitment shall be deemed to be fully borrowed and outstanding at all times.

Convertible Notes” means the 8% Senior Secured Third Lien Convertible Notes due 2016 of Sealy and Sealy Mattress Company, as co-issuers, outstanding on the Issue Date.

Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated on or about the Issue Date and funded on or about the Escrow Release Date, among the Company, certain subsidiaries as co-borrowers thereunder, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto, as such agreement, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, may be amended, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, in each case, by means of one or more credit agreements, note purchase agreements, indentures or sales of debt securities to institutional investors whether with the original agents and lenders or otherwise and including, without limitation, any successive renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings, restructurings, replacements, supplementations or other modifications of the foregoing) and including, without limitation, to increase the amount of available borrowing thereunder or to add Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors or otherwise.

 

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Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, one or more debt or commercial paper facilities (including related Guarantees) with banks, investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds or other institutional lenders (including the Credit Agreement), providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables or inventory financing (including through the sale of receivables or inventory to institutional lenders or to special purpose, bankruptcy remote entities formed to borrow from institutional lenders against those receivables or inventory) or trade or standby letters of credit, in each case together with any Refinancing thereof on any basis so long as such Refinancing constitutes Debt; provided, that in the case of a transaction in which any accounts receivable are sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to another Person other than a Receivables Entity, then that transaction must satisfy the following three conditions:

(a) if the transaction involves a transfer of accounts receivable with Fair Market Value equal to or greater than $25.0 million, the Board of Directors shall have determined in good faith that the transaction is economically fair and reasonable to the Company or the Subsidiary that sold, conveyed or transferred the accounts receivable,

(b) the sale, conveyance or transfer of accounts receivable by the Company or the Subsidiary is made at Fair Market Value, and

(c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions of the transaction shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors).

Currency Exchange Protection Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency option or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect that Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

Danish Tax Assessment” means the pending income tax assessment from the Danish Tax Authority and any related assessment from the Danish Tax Authority for subsequent years and related interest and penalties, as described in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

Debt” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):

(a) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of:

(1) debt of the Person for money borrowed, and

 

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(2) debt evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which the Person is responsible or liable;

(b) all Capital Lease Obligations of the Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by the Person;

(c) all obligations of the Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property, all conditional sale obligations of the Person and all obligations of the Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business);

(d) all obligations of the Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (a) through (c) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Person to the extent those letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, the drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by the Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit);

(e) the amount of all obligations of the Person with respect to the Repayment of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of the Person, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

(f) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, the Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee;

(g) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any Property of the Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of that Property or the amount of the obligation so secured; and

(h) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person.

The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at that date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at that date. The amount of Debt represented by a Hedging Obligation shall be equal to:

(1) zero if the Hedging Obligation has been Incurred pursuant to clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04, or

 

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(2) if the Hedging Obligation is not Incurred pursuant to clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04, then 105% of the aggregate net amount, if any, that would then be payable by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary on a per counterparty basis pursuant to Section 6(e) of the ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border) in the form published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. in 1992 (the “ISDA Form”), as if the date of determination were a date that constitutes or is substantially equivalent to an Early Termination Date, as defined in the ISDA Form, with respect to all transactions governed by the ISDA Form, plus the equivalent amount under the terms of any other Hedging Obligations that are not Incurred pursuant to clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04, each such amount to be estimated in good faith by the Company.

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, in either case at the option of the holder thereof) or otherwise:

(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,

(b) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or

(c) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Debt or Disqualified Stock,

on or prior to, in the case of clause (a), (b) or (c), the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes.

Disqualified Stock Dividends” means all dividends with respect to Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary held by Persons other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. The amount of any dividend of this kind shall be equal to the quotient of the dividend divided by the difference between one and the maximum statutory consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then applicable to the issuer of the Disqualified Stock.

 

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Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published by the Federal Reserve Board on the date of such determination.

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary formed under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof.

EBITDA” means, for any period for the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of:

(a) Consolidated Net Income for that period, plus

(b) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for that period, the sum of:

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,

(2) consolidated income tax expense for such period,

(3) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization (including amortization of deferred financing fees) for such period,

(4) costs, fees, expenses or premiums paid during such period in connection with (A) the Transactions, whether or not the Transactions shall then be fully consummated, (B) any incremental loans under the Credit Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing Debt, and (C) amendments, waivers or modifications of the Credit Agreement and related documents, the Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Debt,

(5) unusual or non-recurring charges, including restructuring charges or reserves, severance, relocation costs and one-time compensation charges (including, without limitation, retention bonuses) and other costs relating to the closure of facilities or impairment of facilities, provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (5) shall not exceed (A) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or before the fourth full fiscal quarter following the Escrow Release Date, 15% of EBITDA (prior to giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to this clause (5)) and (B) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending thereafter, 10% of EBITDA (prior to giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to this clause (5)),

(6) costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with any purchase or acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of (a) more than 50% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power of another Person or (b) all or

 

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any substantial portion of the property (other than Capital Stock) of, or a business unit of, another Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such Person (and whether or not consummated), and any dispositions of Property (whether or not consummated), other than dispositions of Property (a) effected in the ordinary course of business, (b) of obsolete, worn out or no longer useful Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (c) of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property, (d) involving the receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation awards payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of its Property, or (e) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligation,

(7) non-cash charges (other than (x) the write-down of current assets, (y) accrual of liabilities in the ordinary course of business and (z) any non-cash charge representing an accrual or reserve for cash expenses in a future period) for such period,

(8) any expenses or charges incurred in connection with any permitted issuance of Debt, equity securities or any refinancing transactions, and

(9) the amount of any consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid to affiliates of Sealy prior to consummation of the Transactions, and not continuing after consummation of the Transactions, in an amount not to exceed $4.0 million in any such period, minus

(c) without duplication,

(1) all cash payments made during such period on account of non-cash charges added back pursuant to clause (b)(7) above in a previous period, and

(2) to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any unusual or non-recurring gains and all non-cash items of income for such period;

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Equipment Financing Transaction” means any arrangement (together with any Refinancings thereof) with any Person pursuant to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs Debt secured by a Lien on equipment or equipment related property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Equity Offering” means (i) an underwritten public equity offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or any direct or indirect parent company of the

 

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Company but only to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) a private equity offering of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company but only to the extent contributed to the Company in the form of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, other than any public offerings registered on Form S-8.

Escrow Account” means a segregated account, under the control of the Trustee, that includes only (i) U.S. dollars or certificates of deposit of the Escrow Agent payable on demand or (ii) any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States or any certificate of deposit for the foregoing, free from all Liens other than the Lien in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of Holders and any Lien in favor of the Escrow Agent to secure obligations owed to the Escrow Agent.

Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow and Security Agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent and financial institution.

Escrow Conditions” means the conditions set forth in Section 1.05(b) of, and Exhibit A to, the Escrow Agreement.

Escrow Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.

Escrow Redemption Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

Escrow Release Date” means the date, if any, on which the Escrow Conditions are satisfied and the amounts held in the Escrow Account are released to the Company.

Escrow Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.02.

Escrow Termination Redemption Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

Expansion Capital Expenditure” means any capital expenditure Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in developing, relocating, integrating, remodeling and refurbishing a warehouse, distribution center, store or other facility (other than ordinary course maintenance) for carrying on the

 

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business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that any Officer of the Company determines in good faith will enhance the income generating ability of the warehouse, distribution center, store or other facility.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any Property, the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. For purposes of Section 4.05 and Section 4.07 and the definitions of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” and “Credit Facilities,” Fair Market Value shall be determined, except as otherwise provided,

(a) if the Property has a Fair Market Value equal to or less than $25.0 million, by any Officer of the Company, or

(b) if the Property has a Fair Market Value in excess of $25.0 million, by a majority of the Board of Directors and evidenced by a Board Resolution, dated within 12 months of the relevant transaction, delivered to the Trustee.

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

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the Issue Date, including those set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Debt shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board 825 and 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) on financial liabilities (including valuing any such Debt in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein) shall be disregarded.

Global Note” means a Note in registered global form without interest coupons.

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank)

 

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and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of that Person:

(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) the Debt of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or

(b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include:

(1) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or

(2) a contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as the Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a Permitted Investment under clause (a), (b) or (i) of the definition of “Permitted Investment.”

The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary that executes this Indenture or a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture providing for the guaranty of the payment of the Notes, or any successor obligor under its Note Guaranty pursuant to Article 5, in each case unless and until such Guarantor is released from its Note Guaranty pursuant to the Indenture.

Hedging Obligation” of any Person means any obligation of that Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Exchange Protection Agreement, Commodity Price Protection Agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement.

Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name the Note is registered on the Note register described in Section 2.04.

 

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Incur” means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by merger, conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or become liable in respect of that Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any Debt or obligation on the balance sheet of that Person (and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided, however, that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of that Person that exists at such time, and is not theretofore classified as Debt, becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of that Debt; provided further, however, that any Debt or other obligations of a Person existing at the time the Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by that Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary; and provided further, however, that solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.04, amortization of debt discount or premium shall not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Debt, provided that in the case of Debt sold at a discount or at a premium, the amount of the Debt Incurred shall at all times be the aggregate principal amount at Stated Maturity.

Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

interest”, in respect of the Notes, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to interest and Additional Interest, if any.

Interest Rate Agreement” means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate option agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates.

Investment” by any Person means any direct or indirect loan (other than advances to customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of that Person), advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution (by means of transfers of cash or other Property to others or payments for Property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) to, or Incurrence of a Guarantee of any obligation of, or purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidence of Debt issued by, any other Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor undertakes any Support Obligation with respect to Debt or other obligations of such other Person. For purposes of Section 4.05, Section 4.10 and the definition of “Restricted Payment,” Investment shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in the Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that the Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of that Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary of an amount (if positive) equal to:

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(b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of that Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation.

In determining the amount of any Investment made by transfer of any Property other than cash, the Property shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of the Investment.

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

Issue Date” means the first date on which the Notes are initially issued.

Lien” means, with respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to that Property (including any Capital Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing or any Sale and Leaseback Transaction).

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Net Available Cash” from any Asset Sale means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Debt or other obligations relating to the Property that is the subject of that Asset Sale or received in any other non-cash form), in each case net of:

(a) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees (including, without limitation, brokers’ or investment bankers’ commissions or fees) and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of the Asset Sale,

 

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

(c) all distributions and other payments required to be made to noncontrolling interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of the Asset Sale, and

(d) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the Property disposed in the Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Asset Sale.

Offering Memorandum” means the final offering memorandum relating to the offering of the Original Notes, dated December 12, 2012.

Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any President, the Chief Accounting Officer, any Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

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

Permitted Business” means any business that is reasonably similar, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged in on the Issue Date (or with respect to Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries, engaged in on the Escrow Release Date).

Permitted Investment” means any Investment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary or any Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the primary business of the Restricted Subsidiary is a Permitted Business;

(b) any Person if as a result of the Investment that Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its Property to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Person’s primary business is a Permitted Business;

 

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(c) cash and Temporary Cash Investments;

(d) (i) receivables owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (x) if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms or (y) reflecting credit extended to customers who are natural persons to finance the purchase of products of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (A) $15.0 million made in any fiscal year or (B) $40.0 million outstanding at any time; provided, however, that those trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances; and (ii) Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(e) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of those advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(f) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business or to finance the purchase of Capital Stock of the Company, in compliance with applicable laws and consistent with past practices of the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, provided that those loans and advances do not exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(g) stock, obligations or other securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;

(h) any Person to the extent the Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale consummated in compliance with Section 4.07;

(i) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04;

(j) a Receivables Entity or any Investment by a Receivables Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing that Qualified Receivables Transaction or any related Debt; provided that any Investment in a Receivables Entity is in the form of a purchase money note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;

 

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(k) customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the form of extensions of credit or transfers of property, to the extent otherwise constituting an Investment, and in the ordinary course of business and any Investments received in the ordinary course of business in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof;

(l) any Person if the Investments (or binding commitments in respect thereof) are outstanding on the Issue Date (or, if such Investments or binding commitments are made by Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries, on the Escrow Release Date) and not otherwise described in clauses (a) through (k) above;

(m) any securities, derivative instruments or other Investments of any kind that are acquired and held for the benefit of Company employees in the ordinary course of business pursuant to deferred compensation plans or arrangements approved by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that (i) the amount of such Investment represents funds paid or payable in respect of deferred compensation previously included as an expense in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income (and not excluded pursuant to the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”), and (ii) the terms of such Investment shall not require any additional Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(n) any Person (other than an Affiliate) in aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 21% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;

(o) any Investment acquired in exchange for shares of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the proceeds of such issuance shall be excluded from the definition of “Capital Stock Sale Proceeds”;

(p) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made in respect of the Danish Tax Assessment; and

(q) any Investment in the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Taxable Fixed Rate Unsecured Industrial Revenue Bonds (Tempur Production USA, Inc. Project), Series 2005B, in the aggregate principal amount of up to $25.0 million Incurred in connection with the Albuquerque IRB Financing.

For the avoidance of doubt, any Investment that is a Permitted Investment hereunder may be transferred to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, or exchanged for other assets of the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary.

Permitted Liens” means:

(a) Liens (including, without limitation and to the extent constituting a Lien, negative pledges) to secure Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) the amount permitted to be Incurred under clause (ii) of

 

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the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04, regardless of whether the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are actually subject to Section 4.04 at the time the Lien is Incurred and (y) an amount that does not cause the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.25 to 1.0;

(b) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and deposits in respect thereof (including, without limitation, security for bonds and/or amounts deposited to secure the Danish Tax Assessment) if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision that shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(c) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business and securing payment of obligations that are not more than 60 days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

(d) Liens on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety bonds or other obligations of a like nature and Incurred in a manner consistent with industry practice, including banker’s liens and rights of set-off, in each case which are not Incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of Property and which do not in the aggregate impair in any material respect the use of Property in the operation of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(e) Liens on Property at the time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired the Property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any Lien of this kind may not extend to any other Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided further, however, that the Liens shall not have been Incurred in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which the Property was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(f) Liens on the Property of a Person at the time that Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any Lien of this kind may not extend to any other Property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a direct Subsidiary of that Person; provided further, however, that the Lien was not Incurred in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which the Person became a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(g) pledges or deposits by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Debt) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or deposits for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Liens (including, without limitation and to the extent constituting Liens, negative pledges), assignments and pledges of rights to receive premiums, interest or loss payments or otherwise arising in connection with worker’s compensation loss portfolio transfer insurance transactions or any insurance or reinsurance agreements pertaining to losses covered by insurance, and Liens (including, without limitation and to the extent constituting Liens, negative pledges) in favor of insurers or reinsurers on pledges or deposits by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation;

(i) Liens of landlords on fixtures, equipment and movable property located on leased premises and utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real Property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character;

(j) Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceeding for review;

(k) Liens in favor of issuers of performance or surety bonds, completion guarantees or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business, provided that these letters of credit do not constitute Debt;

(l) leases or subleases of real property granted by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to any other Person and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(m) Liens (including, without limitation and to the extent constituting Liens, negative pledges) on intellectual property arising from intellectual property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens or negative pledges attaching to or related to joint ventures engaged in a Permitted Business, restricting Liens on interests in those joint ventures;

 

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(o) Liens existing on the Issue Date (or with respect to Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries, on the Escrow Release Date) not otherwise described in clauses (a) through (n) above;

(p) Liens securing Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (xiv) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04 on the Property purchased with the proceeds of such Debt;

(q) Liens not otherwise described in clauses (a) through (p) above on the Property of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary to secure any Debt permitted to be Incurred by the Foreign Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.04;

(r) Liens on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to secure any Refinancing, in whole or in part, of any Debt secured by Liens referred to in clause (e), (f), (o) (other than Liens securing the Convertible Notes) or (p) above; provided, however, that any Lien of this kind shall be limited to all or part of the same Property that secured the original Lien (together with improvements and accessions to such Property) and the aggregate principal amount of Debt that is secured by the Lien shall not be increased to an amount greater than the sum of:

(1) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, the committed amount, of the Debt secured by Liens described under clause (e), (f), (o) or (p) above, as the case may be, at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and

(2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, incurred by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Refinancing;

(s) Liens on cash or Temporary Cash Investments held as proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Debt pending the payment, purchase, defeasance or other retirement of the Debt being Refinanced;

(t) Liens not otherwise permitted by clauses (a) through (s) above encumbering assets having an aggregate Fair Market Value not in excess of the greater of (i) $50.0 million and (ii) 7% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date the Lien shall be Incurred and for which reports are required to be provided under Section 4.03;

(u) Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04;

(v) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

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(w) statutory liens arising as a result of contributions deducted from member’s pay but not yet due under Canadian pension standards legislation and any employer contributions accrued but not yet due under Canadian pension standards legislation; and

(x) deposits of cash and Liens in respect of the Escrow Account and items on deposit therein and deposits of cash for purposes of effecting the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Debt of Sealy outstanding on the Issue Date (or the Escrow Release Date if the gross proceeds from the issuance of the Original Notes are placed in an Escrow Account because the Sealy Acquisition does not close on the same date as the Issue Date) in connection with the Sealy Acquisition.

Permitted Refinancing Debt” means any Debt that Refinances any other Debt, including any successive Refinancings, so long as:

(a) the new Debt is in an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) not in excess of the sum of:

(1) the aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Debt being Refinanced, and

(2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, related to the Refinancing,

(b) the Average Life of the new Debt is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being Refinanced,

(c) the Stated Maturity of the new Debt is no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Debt being Refinanced, and

(d) the new Debt shall not be senior in right of payment to the Debt that is being Refinanced;

provided, however, that Permitted Refinancing Debt shall not include:

(x) Debt of a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that Refinances Debt of the Company or any Guarantor, or

(y) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Person” means any individual, corporation, company (including any limited liability company), association, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

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Preferred Stock” means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of that Person, over shares of any other class of Capital Stock issued by that Person.

Preferred Stock Dividends” means all dividends with respect to Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary held by Persons other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. The amount of any dividend of this kind shall be equal to the quotient of the dividend divided by the difference between one and the maximum statutory consolidated federal, state and local income rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then applicable to the issuer of the Preferred Stock.

principal” of any Debt (including the Notes) means the principal amount of such Debt plus the premium, if any, on such Debt.

Productive Assets” means assets (other than securities and inventory) that are used or usable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Permitted Businesses.

pro forma” means, with respect to any calculation made or required to be made pursuant to the terms hereof, a calculation performed in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, as interpreted in good faith by a financial or accounting Officer of the Company, together with adjustments that have been certified by a financial or accounting Officer of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions that are reasonably detailed in such certification.

Property” means, with respect to any Person, any interest of that Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock in, and other securities of, any other Person. For purposes of any calculation required pursuant to this Indenture, the value of any Property shall be its Fair Market Value.

Purchase Money Debt” means Debt:

(a) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement, other purchase money obligations and obligations in respect of industrial revenue bonds, in each case where the maturity of the Debt does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the Property being financed, and

 

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(b) Incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or lease by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Property, including additions and improvements thereto;

provided, however, that the Debt is Incurred within 365 days after the acquisition, construction or lease of the Property by the Company or Restricted Subsidiary.

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

Qualified Cash” means the sum of (a) 100% of the unrestricted cash of the Company and its Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) 60% of the unrestricted cash of the Company’s Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries, but excluding any such cash that is deposited as set forth under clause (x) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.”

Qualified Receivables 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 to:

(a) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and

(b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity),

or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing those accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of those accounts receivable, proceeds of those accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable; provided that:

(1) if the transaction involves a transfer of accounts receivable with Fair Market Value equal to or greater than $25.0 million, the Board of Directors shall have determined in good faith that the Qualified Receivables Transaction is economically fair and reasonable to the Company and the Receivables Entity,

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(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors).

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure the Credit Facilities shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

Rating Agencies” mean Moody’s and S&P.

Real Estate Financing Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person pursuant to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs Debt secured by a Lien on real property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and related personal property together with any Refinancings thereof.

Receivables Entity” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with the Company in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to that business, and (with respect to any Receivables Entity formed after the Issue Date (or with respect to Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries, after the Escrow Release Date)) which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity and

(a) no portion of the Debt or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which

(1) is Guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Debt) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings),

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

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

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terms which the Company reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Company or the Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, and

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

Any designation of this kind by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to the designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Refinance” means, in respect of any Debt, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Debt, in exchange or replacement for, that Debt. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Repay” means, in respect of any Debt, to repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem, legally defease or otherwise retire that Debt. “Repayment” and “Repaid” shall have correlative meanings. For purposes of Section 4.04 and Section 4.07 and the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio,” Debt shall be considered to have been Repaid only to the extent the related loan commitment, if any, shall have been permanently reduced in connection therewith.

Restricted Payment” means:

(a) any dividend or distribution (whether made in cash, securities or other Property) declared or paid on or with respect to any shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), except for any dividend or distribution that is made to the Company or the parent of the Restricted Subsidiary or any dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

(b) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including the exercise of any option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than for or into Capital Stock of the Company that is not Disqualified Stock);

(c) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value, prior to the date for any scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization

 

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or other installment payment, of any Subordinated Obligation (other than (i) any Subordinated Obligation Incurred under clause (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04 and (ii) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated Obligation purchased in anticipation of satisfying a scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other installment obligation, in each case under this subclause (ii) due within one year of the date of acquisition);

(d) any Investment (other than Permitted Investments) in any Person; or

(e) the issuance, sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary to a Person other than the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary if the result thereof is that the Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary, in which event the amount of the “Restricted Payment” shall be the Fair Market Value of the remaining interest, if any, in the former Restricted Subsidiary held by the Company and the other Restricted Subsidiaries.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a business of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to Property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers that Property to another Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from that other Person together with any Refinancings thereof.

Sealy” means Sealy Corporation, a Delaware Corporation.

Sealy Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Company of 100% of the Capital Stock of Sealy through the merger of Silver Lightning Merger Company, a Delaware corporation, with and into Sealy with Sealy continuing as the surviving corporation in accordance with the Sealy Merger Agreement.

Sealy Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger (together with all exhibits and schedules thereto) dated as of September 27, 2012 among the Company, Sealy and Silver Lightning Merger Company, a Delaware corporation, to consummate the Sealy Acquisition and the other transactions described therein or related thereto, as in effect on the Issue Date, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the Escrow Conditions.

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

 

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Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which are customary in an accounts receivable securitization transaction involving a comparable company.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in the security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of the security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of the security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless that contingency has occurred).

Subordinated Obligation” means any Debt of the Company or the Guarantors (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.

Subsidiary” means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, company (including any limited liability company), association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

(a) that Person,

(b) that Person and one or more Subsidiaries of that Person, or

(c) one or more Subsidiaries of that Person.

Support Obligation” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or

 

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liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Debt to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Support Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Support Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.

Temporary Cash Investments” means any of the following:

(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition,

(b) U.S. dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million or (iii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (collectively, an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 364 days from the date of acquisition,

(c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within twelve months of the date of acquisition,

(d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a Fair Market Value of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the repurchase obligations,

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Act of 1940 that are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500.0 million and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subclauses hereof, and

(f) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the foregoing.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that, in the event the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendments, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

Transactions” means the Sealy Acquisition, the incurrence of the Notes and borrowings under the Credit Agreement to finance the Sealy Acquisition, the related debt repayment and payment of fees and expenses related thereto.

Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Uniform Commercial Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

United States” means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia) and its territories, possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated after the Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary as permitted or required pursuant to Section 4.10 and is not thereafter redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary as permitted pursuant thereto; and

(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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 issuer’s option.

 

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Voting Stock” of any Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of that Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

Wholly Owned” means a Subsidiary all the Voting Stock of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) is at that time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and its other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in Section

“Acquisition Deadline”

   3.07

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.09

“Albuquerque IRB Financing”

   4.04

“Allocable Excess Proceeds”

   4.07

“Bankruptcy Law”

   6.01

“Change of Control Offer”

   4.12

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   4.12

“Change of Control Purchase Price”

   4.12

“covenant defeasance option”

   8.01

“Custodian”

   6.01

“Definitive Note”

   Appendix A

“Depositary”

   Appendix A

“Events of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.07

“Exchange Notes”

   Appendix A

“legal defeasance option”

   8.01

“Legal Holiday”

   12.08

“Notes Custodian”

   Appendix A

“Notice of Default”

   6.01

“Offer Amount”

   4.07

“Offer Period”

   4.07

“Original Notes”

   Recitals hereto

“Paying Agent”

   2.04

“Permitted Debt”

   4.04

“Prepayment Offer”

   4.07

“Registrar”

   2.04

“Registration Rights Agreement”

   Appendix A

“Reversion Date”

   4.01

“Special Redemption Date”

   3.07

“Surviving Person”

   5.01

“Suspended Covenants”

   4.01

“Suspension Period”

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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

Commission” means the SEC.

indenture securities” means the Notes.

indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) “including” means including without limitation;

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) unsecured Debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Debt merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Debt;

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(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be the greater of (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited, subject to compliance with Sections 2.03 and 4.04. All Notes shall be identical in all respects other than issue prices, issuance dates and with respect to interest payable on the first interest payment date after issuance.

Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate the Original Notes for original issue on the Issue Date. With respect to any Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Original Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 or 3.06 or Appendix A), the Company may issue such Notes but only in compliance with Section 2.03.

Section 2.02. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes and the certificate of authentication included therein shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage, provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture. The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 2.03. Execution and Authentication. Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication. The Trustee will authenticate and deliver

 

  (i) Original Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $375.0 million,

 

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  (ii) Additional Notes from time to time for original issue in aggregate principal amounts specified by the Company, and

 

  (iii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes (including any Additional Notes issued as Initial Notes)

after the following conditions have been met:

(1) Receipt by the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate specifying

(A) the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated,

(B) whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes or Exchange Notes,

(C) in the case of Additional Notes, that the issuance of such Notes does not contravene any provision of Article 4,

(D) whether the Notes are to be issued as one or more Global Notes or Definitive Notes, and

(E) other information the Company may determine to include or the Trustee may reasonably request.

(2) In the case of Additional Notes that are not fungible with the Original Notes for federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall bear a different CUSIP number.

(3) In the case of Exchange Notes, effectiveness of a Registration Statement and consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer thereunder (and receipt by the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate to that effect). Initial Notes exchanged for Exchange Notes will be cancelled by the Trustee.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

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appointment, an Authentication 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 Authentication Agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent.

Initially, the Trustee will act as Registrar and Paying Agent with regard to the Notes.

Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. At least one Business Day prior to each due date of the principal and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due, except that, pursuant to Section 1.04(d) of the Escrow Agreement, if the Officers’ Certificate described in Section 1.05(b) of the Escrow Agreement has not been delivered to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee, the Company may direct the Escrow Agent to release a portion (in an amount not to exceed the amount of interest payable on the Notes on June 15, 2013) of the Escrow Property to the Paying Agent on the same date such interest on the Notes is due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Section 2.06. Noteholder Lists. The Registrar shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Noteholders.

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee and/or the Authentication Agent, as applicable. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee (and the Paying Agent, Registrar and Authentication Agent, if not the Trustee) to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, then on and after that date, such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

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may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes.

Section 2.10. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and dispose of all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation in its customary manner. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, except pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail to each Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

Section 2.12. CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or “Common Code” number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in such numbers.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and that such redemption is being made pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes.

 

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The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section at least 45 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein.

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to be Redeemed. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed by lot or by a method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, subject to the then current rules and procedures of the applicable Depositary. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. Notes and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Notes, the Company shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail, and in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, by electronic transmission, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including any CUSIP, Common Code or ISIN numbers) and shall state:

(a) the redemption date;

(b) the redemption price or the information specified in clause (c) of paragraph 5 of the Notes;

(c) the name and address of the applicable Paying Agent;

(d) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(e) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed;

(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and

 

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(g) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least 45 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.

If the Company elects to provide, in lieu of the redemption price, the information specified in clause (c) of paragraph 5 of the Notes in the notice of redemption, the Trustee shall give the notice of the redemption price, in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense, one Business Day prior to the redemption date.

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the applicable Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption). Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the anticipated redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the applicable Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money in U.S. Dollars sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption) on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 3.07. Special Redemption. (a) In the event that the Company has not delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.05(b) of the Escrow Agreement on or prior to September 26,

 

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2013 (the “Acquisition Deadline”), the Company will be required to redeem the Notes on October 1, 2013 (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a cash redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Special Redemption Date (the “Escrow Redemption Price”).

(b) In the event that the Company, prior to the Acquisition Deadline, delivers a termination notice to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.05(d) of the Escrow Agreement, the Company will be required to redeem the Notes on the date that is three Business Days thereafter (or such later date specified in such termination notice, but in no event later than the Special Redemption Date), at a cash redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of such redemption (the “Escrow Termination Redemption Price”).

(c) Upon (i) the occurrence of the Acquisition Deadline without receipt by the Trustee of the officers’ certificate specified in clause (a) above or (ii) the receipt of the notice from the Company specified in clause (b) above, the Trustee will send a notice of the redemption specified in Section 3.07(a) or 3.07(b), as applicable, on behalf of the Company to the Holders of Notes subject to such redemption (x) on the Business Day after the Acquisition Deadline in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 3.07(a) or (y) promptly following delivery of the termination notice, and in any event on or before the Acquisition Deadline, in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 3.07(b). Section 3.03 through Section 3.06 shall apply to such redemption to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Covenant Suspension. During any period of time that:

(a) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and

(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture,

the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following Sections of this Indenture: Section 4.04, Section 4.05, Section 4.07, Section 4.08, clause (x) of the third paragraph (and as referred to in the first paragraph) of Section 4.10, and clause (e) of Section 5.01 (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). Solely for the purpose of determining the amount of Permitted Liens under Section 4.06 during any Suspension Period (as defined below) and

 

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without limiting the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to Incur Debt during any Suspension Period, to the extent that calculations in Section 4.06 refer to Section 4.04, such calculations shall be made as though Section 4.04 remains in effect during the Suspension Period. In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the second preceding sentence and, subsequently, one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its ratings or downgrades the ratings assigned to the Notes below the required Investment Grade Rating or a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing (the date of such ratings withdrawal or downgrade or the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, the “Reversion Date”), then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants for all periods after that withdrawal, downgrade, Default or Event of Default and, furthermore, compliance with the provisions of Section 4.05 with respect to Restricted Payments made after the time of the withdrawal, downgrade, Default or Event of Default will be calculated in accordance with the terms of that covenant as though that covenant had been in effect during the entire period of time from the Issue Date, provided that there will not be deemed to have occurred a Default or Event of Default with respect to that covenant during the time (the “Suspension Period”) that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries were not subject to the Suspended Covenants (or after that time based solely on events that occurred during that time). The Company will give the Trustee written notice of any such suspension of covenants and in any event not later than five Business Days after such suspension has occurred. In the absence of such notice, the Trustee shall assume that the Suspended Covenants are in full force and effect.

On the Reversion Date, all Debt Incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or one of the clauses set forth in the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04 (to the extent such Debt would be permitted to be Incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Debt Incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Debt would not be permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or one of the clauses set forth in the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04, such Debt will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (xi) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04. For purposes of determining compliance with the covenant described in Section 4.07 on the Reversion Date, the Net Available Cash from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with the covenant will be deemed to be reset to zero. The Company will give the Trustee written notice of any occurrence of a Reversion Date not later than five Business Days after such Reversion Date. After any such notice of the occurrence of a Reversion Date, the Trustee shall assume that the Suspended Covenants apply and are in full force and effect.

 

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Section 4.02. Payment of Notes. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.

Section 4.03. SEC Reports. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and Holders of Notes with annual reports and information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to those Sections, and the information, documents and reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of the information, documents and reports under those Sections (including any applicable grace period or extension available thereunder or under the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC); provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be so obligated to file the information, documents and reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit those filings (but shall provide them to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes within the time periods specified in those Sections) and (ii) the electronic filing with the SEC through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (or any successor system providing for free public access to such filings) shall satisfy the Company’s obligation to provide such reports, information and documents to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants in this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate).

Section 4.04. Limitation on Debt. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Debt unless, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default would occur as a consequence of the Incurrence or be continuing following the Incurrence and either:

(a) the Debt is Debt of the Company or a Guarantor and after giving effect to the Incurrence of the Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00 to 1.00, or

 

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(b) the Debt is Permitted Debt.

Permitted Debt” means:

(i) Debt of the Company evidenced by the Original Notes and any Exchange Notes in respect thereof;

(ii) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (x) Incurred under any Credit Facilities, or (y) Incurred by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction that is not recourse to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings), provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Incurred under this clause (ii) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed the greater of:

(A) $2.124 billion, which amount shall be permanently reduced by the amount of Net Available Cash from an Asset Sale used to Repay Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause (ii) pursuant to Section 4.07, and

(B) the sum of the amounts equal to:

(1) 60% of the book value of the inventory of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and

(2) 85% of the book value of the accounts receivable of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Receivables Entity that is a Restricted Subsidiary),

in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2) as of the most recently ended quarter of the Company for which financial statements of the Company are required to be provided pursuant to Section 4.03;

(iii) Debt of the Company owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary and Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) any subsequent issue or transfer of Capital Stock or other event that results in any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of that Debt (except to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of that Debt by the issuer thereof, and (B) if the Company is the obligor on that Debt, the Debt is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes;

 

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(iv) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the date on which that Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company or otherwise became a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Debt Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, a transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which the Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or was otherwise acquired by the Company), provided that at the time that Person was acquired by the Company or otherwise became a Restricted Subsidiary and after giving effect to the Incurrence of that Debt, (A) the Company would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.04 or (B) the Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio would have been greater than or equal to such ratio immediately prior to such transaction;

(v) Debt Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, a transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which a Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or was otherwise acquired by the Company; provided at the time that Person was acquired by the Company or otherwise became a Restricted Subsidiary and after giving effect to the Incurrence of that Debt, the Company would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.04;

(vi) Debt under Interest Rate Agreements entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk in the financial management of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary and not for speculative purposes, provided that the obligations under those agreements are related to payment obligations on Debt otherwise permitted by the terms of this Section 4.04;

(vii) Debt under Currency Exchange Protection Agreements entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of limiting currency exchange rate risks in the financial management of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary and not for speculative purposes;

(viii) Debt under Commodity Price Protection Agreements entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the financial management of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary and not for speculative purposes;

(ix) Debt in connection with one or more standby letters of credit or performance or surety bonds or completion guarantees issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to self-insurance obligations and not in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit;

 

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(x) Debt arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Debt Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock; provided, however, that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Debt shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;

(xi) Debt of (A) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date and (B) Sealy and its Subsidiaries outstanding on the Escrow Release Date permitted under the Sealy Merger Agreement (if the gross proceeds from issuance of the Original Notes are placed in an Escrow Account because the Sealy Acquisition does not close on the same date as the Issue Date), in each case not otherwise described in clauses (i) through (x) above;

(xii) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 14% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (as calculated at the time of Incurrence);

(xiii)(A) Debt of one or more Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $75.0 million and (B) Debt of one or more Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to satisfy the Danish Tax Assessment;

(xiv) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred (A) in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt (including Debt Incurred pursuant to a Real Estate Financing Transaction, a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or an Equipment Financing Transaction), provided that the principal amount of any Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause may not exceed (x) $100.0 million less (y) the aggregate outstanding amount of Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred to refinance Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause and (B) in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to the new headquarters of the Company in Lexington, Kentucky;

(xv) Debt of the Company or any Guarantor consisting of Guarantees of Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred under any other clause of this Section 4.04;

 

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(xvi) Debt Incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, installation of fixtures and equipment for the Company’s new headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, in an aggregate principal amount, together with any Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred in respect thereof, not to exceed $20.0 million;

(xvii) Debt under the industrial revenue bond financing for the Company’s real property and fixtures located in Albuquerque, New Mexico (the “Albuquerque IRB Financing”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals and extensions thereof; and

(xviii) Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred in respect of Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.04 and clauses (i), (iv), (v), (xi) (provided that the Convertible Notes and the Sealy Repaid Debt may not be Refinanced pursuant to this clause (xviii)), (xiv) and (xvi) above or this clause (xviii).

For purposes of determining compliance with any restriction on the Incurrence of Debt in dollars where Debt is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Debt will be the Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of such determination, provided that if any such Debt denominated in a different currency is subject to a Currency Exchange Protection Agreement (with respect to dollars) covering principal amounts payable on such Debt, the amount of such Debt expressed in euros will be adjusted to take into account the effect of such agreement. The principal amount of any Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred in the same currency as the Debt being Refinanced will be the Dollar Equivalent of the Debt Refinanced determined on the date such Debt being Refinanced was initially Incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.04, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.04, increases in Debt solely due to fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies will not be deemed to exceed the maximum amount that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur under any of clauses (i) through (xviii) of this Section 4.04.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.04:

(A) in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Debt described above, the Company, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Debt at the time of Incurrence and only be required to include the amount and type of such Debt in one of the above clauses; and

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Credit Agreement on the Issue Date (or the Escrow Release Date if the gross proceeds from issuance of the Original Notes are placed in an Escrow Account because the Sealy Acquisition does not close on the same date as the Issue Date) shall at all times be treated as Incurred under clause (ii) above and may not be reclassified.

Section 4.05. Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Company shall not make, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment if at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed Restricted Payment,

(a) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,

(b) the Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.04, or

(c) the aggregate amount of that Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments declared or made after the Issue Date (the amount of any Restricted Payment, if made other than in cash, to be based upon Fair Market Value) would exceed an amount equal to the sum of:

(i) 50% of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period and including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Consolidated Net Income of Sealy and its Subsidiaries from and after the date such entities are acquired and become Restricted Subsidiaries) from September 30, 2012 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of the Restricted Payment and for which reports are required to be provided under Section 4.03 (or if the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus

(ii) Capital Stock Sale Proceeds received after the Issue Date, plus

(iii) the sum of:

(A) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance or sale after the Issue Date of convertible or exchangeable Debt that has been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, and

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upon the conversion or exchange of any Debt issued or sold on or prior to the Issue Date that is convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company,

excluding, in the case of clause (A) or (B):

(x) any Debt issued or sold to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees, and

(y) the aggregate amount of any cash or other Property distributed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon any such conversion or exchange, plus

(iv) an amount equal to the sum of:

(A) the net reduction in Investments in any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary resulting from dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of Property made after the Issue Date, in each case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from that Person, less the cost of the disposition of those Investments, and

(B) the lesser of the net book value or the Fair Market Value of the Company’s equity interest in an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time the Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary (provided that such designation occurs after the Issue Date);

provided, however, that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Person, the amount of Investments previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in that Person.

Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the Company may:

(a) pay dividends on its Capital Stock within 60 days of the declaration thereof if, on said declaration date, the dividends could have been paid in compliance with this Indenture; provided, however, that the dividend shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

(b) purchase, repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value Capital Stock of the Company or Subordinated Obligations in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or

 

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sold to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees); provided, however, that

(1) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance, acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments, and

(2) the Capital Stock Sale Proceeds from the exchange or sale shall be excluded from the calculation pursuant to clause (c)(ii) above;

(c) purchase, repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Obligations in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Permitted Refinancing Debt; provided, however, that the purchase, repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance, acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

(d) pay scheduled dividends (not constituting a return on capital) on Disqualified Stock of the Company issued pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.04;

(e) permit a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to pay dividends to shareholders of that Restricted Subsidiary that are not the parent of that Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is the parent of that Restricted Subsidiary receives dividends on a pro rata basis or on a basis that results in the receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is the parent of that Restricted Subsidiary of dividends or distributions of greater value than it would receive on a pro rata basis;

(f) make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into Capital Stock of the Company; provided, however, that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

(g) make repurchases of shares of common stock of the Company deemed to occur upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company if such shares of common stock of the Company represent a portion of the exercise price of such options; provided, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

(h) repurchase shares of, or options to purchase shares of, common stock of the Company from current or former officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such current or former officers, directors or employees), pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements) or plans approved by the Board of Directors

 

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under which such individuals acquire shares of such common stock; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum of $30.0 million in any calendar year); and provided further, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

(i) purchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Obligations upon a Change of Control of the Company or an Asset Sale by the Company, to the extent required by any agreement pursuant to which such Subordinated Obligations were issued, but only if the Company has previously made the offer to purchase Notes required under Section 4.07 or Section 4.12; provided, however, that such payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

(j) purchase, repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value the 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 of Sealy Mattress Company, as issuer, outstanding on the Issue Date; provided, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; and

(k) make other Restricted Payments not to exceed $75.0 million in the aggregate.

Section 4.06. Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or suffer to exist, any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its Property (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, unless it has made or will make effective provision whereby the Notes will be secured by that Lien equally and ratably with (or prior to) all other Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary secured by that Lien.

Section 4.07. Limitation on Asset Sales.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Sale unless:

(i) the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to such Asset Sale;

(ii) at least 75% of the consideration paid to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale is in the form of cash or cash equivalents or the assumption by the purchaser of liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) as a result of which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer obligated with respect to such liabilities; and

 

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(iii) the Company delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that such Asset Sale complies with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

For the purposes of this Section 4.07:

(1) securities or other assets received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days shall be considered to be cash to the extent of the cash received in that conversion;

(2) any cash consideration paid to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Asset Sale that is held in escrow or on deposit to support indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations in respect of such Asset Sale shall be considered to be cash;

(3) Productive Assets received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Asset Sale shall be considered to be cash; and

(4) the requirement that at least 75% of the consideration paid to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Asset Sale be in the form of cash or cash equivalents or assumed liabilities shall also be considered satisfied if the cash received constitutes at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale, determined on an after-tax basis.

(b) The Net Available Cash (or any portion thereof) from Asset Sales may be applied by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects (or is required by the terms of any Debt):

(i) to Repay secured Debt of the Company or a Guarantor, or any Debt of a non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary (excluding, in any such case, any Debt that is owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company); or

(ii) to reinvest in Additional Assets or Expansion Capital Expenditures (including by means of an Investment in Additional Assets or Expansion Capital Expenditures by a Restricted Subsidiary with Net Available Cash received by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary),

 

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provided, however, that the Net Available Cash (or any portion thereof) from Asset Sales from the Company to any Subsidiary must be reinvested in Additional Assets or Expansion Capital Expenditures of the Company.

(c) Any Net Available Cash from an Asset Sale not applied in accordance with the preceding paragraph within 360 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Available Cash or that the Company earlier elects to so designate shall constitute “Excess Proceeds,” provided, however, that a binding commitment to reinvest in Additional Assets or Expansion Capital Expenditures pursuant to clause (b)(ii) of this Section 4.07 shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Available Cash from the date of such commitment; provided that (i) such reinvestment is consummated within 180 days of the end of the 360-day period referred to in this sentence, and (ii) if such reinvestment is not consummated within the period set forth in subclause (i) or such binding commitment is terminated, the Net Available Cash not so applied will be deemed to be Excess Proceeds.

When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds not previously subject to a Prepayment Offer (as defined below) exceeds $50.0 million (taking into account income earned on those Excess Proceeds, if any), the Company will be required to make an offer to purchase (the “Prepayment Offer”) the Notes, which offer shall be in the amount of the Allocable Excess Proceeds, on a pro rata basis according to principal amount, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that any portion of the amount of Net Available Cash remains after compliance with the preceding sentence and provided that all Holders of Notes have been given the opportunity to tender their Notes for purchase in accordance with this Indenture, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may use the remaining amount for any purpose permitted by this Indenture and the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset to zero.

The term “Allocable Excess Proceeds” will mean the product of:

(a) the Excess Proceeds, and

(b) a fraction,

(1) the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of the Prepayment Offer, and

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on the date of the Prepayment Offer that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes and subject to terms and conditions in respect of Asset Sales similar in all material respects to the covenant described hereunder and requiring the Company to make an offer to purchase such Debt at substantially the same time as the Prepayment Offer.

(d)(1) Not later than five Business Days after the Company is obligated to make a Prepayment Offer as described in clause (c) of this Section 4.07, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, a written notice, by first-class mail (or electronic transmission in the case of Notes held in book-entry form), to the Holders of Notes, accompanied by information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Company in good faith believes will enable the Holders to make an informed decision with respect to that Prepayment Offer. The notice shall state, among other things, the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed.

(2) Not later than the date upon which written notice of a Prepayment Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Prepayment Offer (the “Offer Amount”), (ii) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Prepayment Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of clause (c) of this Section 4.07. On or before the purchase date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) in Temporary Cash Investments (other than those enumerated in clause (b) of the definition of “Temporary Cash Investments”), maturing on the last day prior to the purchase date or on the purchase date if funds are immediately available by open of business, an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Prepayment Offer remains open (the “Offer Period”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, on the purchase date, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes delivered by the Company to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section.

 

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(3) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company or its agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note that was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased. If at the expiration of the Offer Period the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis for all Notes (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 thereafter, shall be purchased). Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

(4) At the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee that are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.

(e) The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.

Section 4.08. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any consensual restriction on the right of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(a) pay dividends, in cash or otherwise, or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock, or pay any Debt or other obligation owed, to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary,

 

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(b) make any loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or

(c) transfer any of its Property to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary.

(d) The foregoing limitations will not apply:

(i) with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (c), to restrictions:

(A) in effect on the Issue Date (or with respect to Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries, in effect on the Escrow Release Date),

(B) relating to Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time it became a Restricted Subsidiary if such restriction was not created in connection with or in anticipation of the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which that Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company,

(C) that result from the Refinancing of Debt Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (i)(A) or (B) above or in clause (ii)(A) or (B) below, provided that the restriction is no less favorable to the Holders of Notes in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) than the restrictions of the same type contained in the agreement evidencing the Debt so Refinanced,

(D) resulting from the Incurrence of any Permitted Debt as defined in Section 4.04, provided that the restriction is no less favorable to the Holders of Notes in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) than the restrictions of the same type contained in this Indenture,

(E) existing by reason of applicable law,

(F) constituting Standard Securitization Undertakings relating solely to, and restricting only the rights of, a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, or

(G) existing pursuant to any Debt Incurred by a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, which restrictions are customary for a financing of such type, and which are otherwise permitted under this Indenture, provided, however, that the Company’s Board of Directors determines in good faith that such restrictions are not reasonably likely to impair the Company’s ability to make principal and interest payments on the Notes; and

 

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(ii) with respect to clause (c) only, to restrictions:

(A) relating to Debt that is permitted to be Incurred and secured without also securing the Notes pursuant to Section 4.04 and Section 4.06 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the Property securing that Debt,

(B) encumbering Property at the time the Property was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the restriction relates solely to the Property so acquired and was not created in connection with or in anticipation of the acquisition,

(C) resulting from customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of leases or customary provisions in other agreements (including, without limitation, intellectual property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business) that restrict assignment of the agreements or rights thereunder, or

(D) which are customary restrictions contained in asset sale agreements limiting the transfer of Property pending the closing of the sale.

Section 4.09. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or suffer to exist any transaction or series of transactions (including the purchase, sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or exchange of any Property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

(a) the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are:

(i) set forth in writing, and

(ii) no less favorable to the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and

(b) if the Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments or value in excess of $25.0 million, the Board of Directors (including a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors) approves the Affiliate Transaction and, in its good faith judgment, believes that the Affiliate Transaction complies with clauses (a)(i) and (ii) of this paragraph as evidenced by a Board Resolution promptly delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into or suffer to exist the following:

(a) any transaction or series of transactions between the Company and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or between two or more Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that no more than 5% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of any such Restricted Subsidiary is owned by an Affiliate of the Company (other than a Restricted Subsidiary);

(b) any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.05 or any Permitted Investment (other than under clauses (a) or (b) of the definition thereof);

(c) the payment of reasonable compensation (including amounts paid pursuant to employee benefit plans and equity incentive plans) for the personal services of, and related indemnities provided to, officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(d) (i) reimbursement of employee travel and lodging costs and other business expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) loans and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with applicable laws and consistent with the past practices of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, provided that those loans and advances do not exceed $20.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

(e) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction or any transaction involving the transfer of accounts receivable of the type specified in the definition of “Credit Facilities” and permitted under clause (ii) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” in Section 4.04;

(f) any sale of shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; and

(g) any agreement as in effect on the Issue Date (or with respect to Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries, in effect on the Escrow Release Date) or any amendment thereto (so long as such amendment is not materially adverse to the interests of the Holders of the Notes) or any transaction contemplated thereby.

Section 4.10. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated does not own any Capital Stock or Debt of, or own or hold any Lien on any Property of, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, and

 

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(b) any of the following:

(i) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less,

(ii) if the Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then the designation would be permitted under Section 4.05, or

(iii) the designation is effective immediately upon the entity becoming a Subsidiary of the Company.

Unless so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company will be classified as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Subsidiary shall not be designated a Restricted Subsidiary and shall be automatically classified as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if either of the requirements set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of the second immediately following paragraph will not be satisfied after giving pro forma effect to the classification as a Restricted Subsidiary or if the Person is a Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Except as provided in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, no Restricted Subsidiary may be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. In addition, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time be directly or indirectly liable for any Debt that provides that the holder thereof may (with the passage of time or notice or both) declare a default thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Debt, Lien or other obligation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary in existence and classified as an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary is liable for that Debt (including any right to take enforcement action against that Unrestricted Subsidiary).

The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if, immediately after giving pro forma effect to the designation,

(x) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.04, and

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Any designation or redesignation of this kind by the Board of Directors will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution giving effect to the designation or redesignation and an Officers’ Certificate that:

(a) certifies that the designation or redesignation complies with the foregoing provisions, and

(b) gives the effective date of the designation or redesignation, and the filing with the Trustee to occur after the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company in which the designation or redesignation is made within the time period for which reports are required to be provided under Section 4.03.

Section 4.11. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Property unless:

(a) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to:

(i) Incur Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to that Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.04, and

(ii) create a Lien on the Property securing that Attributable Debt without also securing the Notes pursuant to Section 4.06, and

(b) the Sale and Leaseback Transaction is effected in compliance with Section 4.07.

Section 4.12. Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send or cause to sent by first-class mail (or electronic transmission in the case of Notes held in book-entry form), with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note register, a notice stating: (A) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12 and that all Notes timely tendered will be accepted for payment; (B) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the purchase date, which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than 30 days

 

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nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); and (C) the procedures that Holders of Notes must follow in order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment and the procedures that Holders of Notes must follow in order to withdraw an election to tender Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.

(c) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company or its agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note that was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased.

(d) Prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with either the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) in cash an amount equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price payable to the Holders entitled thereto, to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section. On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company for payment. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, on the Change of Control Payment Date, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder of the Change of Control Purchase Price. In the event that the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price is less than the amount delivered by the Company to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(e) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (ii) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this Indenture to redeem all of the Notes, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

 

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(f) The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the purchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.

Section 4.13. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 4.14. Additional Note Guaranties. If any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary Guarantees or becomes an obligor under the Company’s Credit Agreement following the Escrow Release Date, such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall promptly provide a Note Guaranty by executing and delivering to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B, pursuant to which such Guarantor shall Guarantee payment of the Notes, and deliver an Officers’ Certificates and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, enforceable against the Domestic Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).

Section 4.15. Existence. The Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and the existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with their respective organizational documents, and the material rights, licenses and franchises of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Company is not required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the existence of any Restricted Subsidiary, if the maintenance or preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and provided further that this Section does not prohibit any transaction otherwise permitted by Section 4.07 or Article 5.

Section 4.16. Payment of Taxes and other Claims. The Company will pay or discharge, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay or discharge before the same become delinquent (i) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or its income or profits or property, and (ii) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established.

 

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Section 4.17. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance. The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section prevents the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such properties or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 4.18. Annual Officer’s Certificate as to Compliance. Not later than June 1 every year, beginning with June 1, 2013, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate (which need not comply with Section 12.05 of this Indenture) executed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company as to such officer’s knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture, such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

Section 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The Company shall not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other Person (other than a merger of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary into the Company) or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its Property in any one transaction or series of transactions unless:

(a) the Company shall be the surviving Person (the “Surviving Person”) or the Surviving Person (if other than the Company) formed by that merger, consolidation or amalgamation or to which that sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or disposition is made shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

(b) the Surviving Person (if other than the Company) expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by that Surviving Person, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all the Notes, according

 

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to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed by the Company;

(c) in the case of a sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all the Property of the Company, that Property shall have been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one Person;

(d) immediately before and after giving effect to that transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating, for purposes of this clause (d) and clause (e) below, any Debt that becomes, or is anticipated to become, an obligation of the Surviving Person or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of that transaction or series of transactions as having been Incurred by the Surviving Person or the Restricted Subsidiary at the time of that transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(e) immediately after giving effect to that transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis, the Company or the Surviving Person, as the case may be, (i) would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt under clause (a) of Section 4.04, or (ii) the Consolidated Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio of the Company or the Surviving Person, as applicable, would be greater than or equal to such ratio immediately prior to such transaction, provided, however, that this clause (e) shall not be applicable to the Company merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another State of the United States so long as the amount of Debt of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby; and

(f) the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the transaction and the supplemental indenture, if any, in respect thereto comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the transaction and the execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture, as applicable, have been satisfied.

The Surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture, but the predecessor Company in the case of:

(a) a sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition (unless that sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition is of all the assets of the Company as an entirety or virtually as an entirety), or

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shall not be released from any obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes.

Section 5.02. When Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets. No Guarantor may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other Person; or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its Property in any one transaction or series of transactions; or permit any Person to merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into the Guarantor unless:

(a) the other Person is the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor concurrently with the transaction; or

(b)(1) either (x) the Guarantor is the continuing Person or (y) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor under its Note Guaranty; and

(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default has occurred and is continuing; or

(c) the transaction constitutes a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Property of the Guarantor (in each case other than to the Company or a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by this Indenture.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default. The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

(a) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Note when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, optional redemption, required repurchase or otherwise;

(c) the Company fails to comply with Article 5;

(d) the Company fails to comply with any other covenant or agreement in the Notes or in this Indenture (other than a failure that is the subject of the foregoing clause (a), (b) or (c)) and such failure continues for 30 days after written notice is given to the Company as specified below;

 

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(e) a default under any Debt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that results in acceleration of the maturity of that Debt, or failure to pay any Debt at maturity, in an aggregate amount greater than $35.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time;

(f) any judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $35.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time) (net of amounts covered by insurance or bonded) that shall be rendered against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and that shall not be waived, satisfied, annulled, discharged or rescinded for any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement shall not be in effect;

(g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case;

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;

(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property;

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

(iv) grants any similar relief under any foreign laws;

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(i) any Note Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guaranty; and

(j)(i) the Lien on the Escrow Property created by the Escrow Agreement shall at any time prior to the Escrow Release Date not constitute a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of such property, (ii) the Escrow Agreement shall for whatever reason be terminated or cease to be in full force and effect (except for expiration in accordance with its terms or amendment, modification, waiver, termination or release in accordance with the terms of this Indenture), or (iii) the enforceability of the Liens created by the Escrow Agreement shall be contested by the Company.

The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

A Default under clause (d) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding notify the Company (and in the case of such notice by Holders, the Trustee) of the Default and the Company does not cure that Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.”

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default and any event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) with respect to the Company) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the registered Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding may, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, declare to be immediately due and payable the principal amount of all the Notes then outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the date of acceleration. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) with

 

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respect to the Company occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act by the Trustee or the Holder of the Notes. After any such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, by notice to the Trustee and the Company, rescind and annul any declaration of acceleration (i) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (ii) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived other than nonpayment of principal, premium, or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, and (iii) there has been deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel incurred in connection with the rescinded Event of Default. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

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.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note or (ii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Noteholder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Noteholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Subject to Section 7.01, in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers hereunder at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless the Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity.

 

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Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. A Noteholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(a) such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made a written request, and such Holder or Holders shall have offered reasonable security or indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee; and

(c) the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and has failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days after such notice.

The foregoing limitations on the pursuit of remedies by a Noteholder shall not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of Notes for the enforcement of payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on such Note on or after the applicable due date specified in such Note. A Noteholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Noteholder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, and interest on, the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in this Indenture.

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the

 

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Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for such compensation as agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture, or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

Section 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under this Indenture;

SECOND: to Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: to the Company.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Noteholder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

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Section 6.13. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted a proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under the Indenture and the proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to the Holder, then, subject to any determination in the proceeding, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders will continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.14. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy conferred or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under this Indenture is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and all such rights and remedies are, to the extent permitted by law, cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or exercise of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or exercise of any other right or remedy.

Section 6.15. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default will impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

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(ii) in the absence of willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, 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 of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA, and the provisions of this Article 7 shall apply to the Trustee in its role as Registrar, Paying Agent and Notes Custodian.

 

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(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default unless (a) the Trustee has received written notice thereof (in accordance with the notice provisions of this Indenture) from the Company or any Holder and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture or (b) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof.

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(f) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.

(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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(h) The Trustee may employ or retain accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisers as it may reasonably require for the purpose of determining and discharging its rights and duties hereunder and shall not be responsible for any misconduct on the part of any of them selected with due care.

(i) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(k) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

(l) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

The provisions of this Section 7.02 shall survive satisfaction and discharge or the termination, for any reason, of this Indenture and the resignation and/or removal of the Trustee.

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any other document other than the certificate of authentication executed by the Trustee.

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Noteholder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with December 31, 2012, and in any event prior to February 28 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder a brief report dated as of December 31 each year that complies with TIA § 313(a), if and to the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA § 313(b).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder and/or the transactions contemplated under this Indenture and the Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for any action or inaction on the part of any Paying Agent, Registrar, Authentication Agent or any successor trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence. The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns.

 

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To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.

The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge or termination, for any reason, of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon 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. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.

 

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If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or the Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding 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 Noteholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

Notwithstanding the replacement or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the Trustee and survive the termination of this Indenture.

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a). The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its (or its related bank holding company’s) most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

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ARTICLE 8

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.

(a) When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder, or (ii) (A) all outstanding Notes mature within one year or all of the outstanding Notes are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for giving the notice of redemption, (B) the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee funds or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all outstanding Notes, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), (C) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit, (D) the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, and (E) the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject to Section 8.01(c), cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.

(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14 and the operation of Sections 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g), 6.01(h) and 6.01(i) (but, in the case of Sections 6.01(g) and 6.01(h), with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries) and the limitations contained in clause (e) of Section 5.01 (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.

If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(d) (with respect to the covenants of Article 4 identified in the immediately preceding paragraph), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g), 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries in the case of Sections 6.01(g) and 6.01(h)) or because of the failure of the Company to comply with the limitations contained in clause (e) of Section 5.01.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the defeasance contemplated have been complied with, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07 and 8.05 shall survive such satisfaction or discharge.

Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

(a) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money in U.S. Dollars or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest (including premium, if any) on the Notes to maturity or redemption;

(b) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized accounting firm expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest (including premium, if any) when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(c) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) occurs with respect to the Company or any other Person making the deposit that is continuing at the end of the period;

(d) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit and after giving effect thereto;

(e) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement or instrument binding on the Company;

(f) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

(g) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Noteholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(h) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Noteholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.

Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Notes at a future date in accordance with Article 3.

Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes.

Section 8.04. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon written request any excess money or securities held by them upon satisfaction of the conditions and occurrence of the events set forth in this Article 8.

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Noteholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.

Section 8.05. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

Section 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8;

 

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provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes and the Escrow Agreement without notice to or consent of any Noteholder:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(b) to comply with Article 5;

(c) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;

(d) to add Guarantees with respect to the Notes or release Guarantors from their Note Guaranties as provided by the terms of this Indenture or the Note Guaranties;

(e) to secure the Notes (and, thereafter, provide releases of collateral in accordance with the security documents entered into in connection therewith), to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder;

(g) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;

(h) to provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture; or

(i) to conform any provision of this Indenture to the “Description of Notes” contained in the Offering Memorandum.

After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Noteholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Noteholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

 

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Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes and the Escrow Agreement without notice to any Noteholder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes). However, without the consent of each Noteholder affected thereby, an amendment may not:

(a) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or waiver;

(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(c) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;

(d) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;

(e) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this Section;

(f) subordinate the Notes to any other obligation of the Company; or

(g) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Note under Article 3 or Section 4.07 or 4.12, change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article 3, or, at any time after a Change of Control or Asset Sale has occurred, change the time at which any Change of Control Offer or Prepayment Offer must be made or at which the Notes must be repurchased pursuant to such Change of Control Offer or Prepayment Offer.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall promptly mail to Noteholders (with a copy to the Trustee) a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Noteholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

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Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Noteholder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Noteholders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Noteholders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, 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.

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return such Note to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall receive reasonable indemnity and shall receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

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as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

ARTICLE 10

GUARANTIES

Section 10.01. The Guaranties. Subject to the provisions of this Article, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, the full and punctual payment (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, purchase pursuant to an offer to purchase required under Section 4.07 or Section 4.12 or acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under this Indenture. Upon failure by the Company to pay punctually any such amount, each Guarantor shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in this Indenture.

Section 10.02. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by

(1) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Company under the Indenture or any Note, by operation of law or otherwise;

(2) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Indenture or any Note;

(3) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained in the Indenture or any Note;

(4) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with the Indenture or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

 

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(5) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Company for any reason of the Indenture or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture; or

(6) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, the Trustee or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.

Section 10.03. Discharge; Reinstatement. Each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder will remain in full force and effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment will be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

Section 10.04. Waiver by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Company or any other Person.

Section 10.05. Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment with respect to any obligation of the Company under this Article, the Guarantor making such payment will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Company with respect to such obligation, provided that the Guarantor may not enforce either any right of subrogation, or any right to receive payment in the nature of contribution, or otherwise, from any other Guarantor, with respect to such payment so long as any amount payable by the Company hereunder or under the Notes remains unpaid.

Section 10.06. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Indenture are nonetheless payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee or the Holders.

Section 10.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that

 

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the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the Bankruptcy Law or any comparable provision of state law. To effectuate that intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guaranty are limited to the maximum amount that would not render the Guarantor’s obligations subject to avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the Bankruptcy Law or any comparable provision of state law.

Section 10.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty. The execution by each Guarantor of the Indenture (or a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B) evidences the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Guarantor still holds that office at the time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee after authentication constitutes due delivery of the Note Guaranty set forth in the Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.

Section 10.09. Release of Guaranty. The Note Guaranty of a Guarantor will terminate upon

(1) a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Property of the Guarantor (in each case other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by the Indenture,

(2) the release of such Guarantor’s borrowings or guarantee of the obligations under the Credit Agreement other than a discharge through payment thereon,

(3) the designation in accordance with the Indenture of the Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

(4) defeasance or discharge of the Notes, as provided in Article 8.

Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guaranty.

ARTICLE 11

ESCROW ARRANGEMENTS

Section 11.01. Escrow Account. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture, on the Issue Date, simultaneously with the issuance of the Notes, the

 

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Company will, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, deposit or cause to be deposited into the Escrow Account the gross proceeds of the offering of the Notes, together with an additional amount in cash (collectively with any other property from time to time held by the Escrow Agent, the “Escrow Property”), sufficient to redeem the Notes on the Special Redemption Date at the Escrow Redemption Price. Funds held in the Escrow Account shall, pending release to fund the Special Redemption as set forth in Section 3.07 or as a result of the satisfaction of the Escrow Conditions as set forth in Section 11.03, be invested at the direction of the Company in Permitted Investments (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) as more fully set forth in the Escrow Agreement.

Section 11.02. Special Redemption. If the Escrow Conditions have not been satisfied on or prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the delivery of a termination notice to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 1.05(d) of the Escrow Agreement or (ii) the Acquisition Deadline (the “Escrow Termination Date”), the Escrow Agent will, on or before the Business Day immediately prior to the Special Redemption Date, cause the liquidation of all investments of Escrow Property then held by it and cause the release of all of the Escrow Property and the payment to the Holders of the Escrow Redemption Price or the Escrow Termination Redemption Price, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.07.

Section 11.03. Release of Escrow Property. Upon the satisfaction of the Escrow Conditions, the Escrow Property will be released to the Company, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

Section 11.04. Trustee Direction to Execute Escrow Agreement. The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.

Section 12.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or sent by facsimile (with a hard copy delivered in person or by mail promptly thereafter) and addressed as follows:

 

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if to the Company:

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

1000 Tempur Way

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

Facsimile: 859-455-2805

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Bingham McCutchen LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 212-752-5378

Attention: John R. Utzschneider

if to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

10161 Centurion Parkway

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Facsimile: (904) 645-1972

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to the Noteholder at the Noteholder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given 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 Noteholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

The Trustee may rely upon and comply with instructions or directions sent via unsecured facsimile or email transmission and the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense of any kind incurred by the Company or the Holders due to the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with instructions or directions given by unsecured facsimile or email transmission, provided, however, that such losses have not arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, it being understood that the failure of the Trustee to verify or confirm that the person providing the instructions or directions, is, in fact, an authorized person does not constitute negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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Section 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been fully complied with.

Section 12.06. When Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

 

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Section 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agents and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Noteholders. The Registrar and the Paying Agents or co-registrar may make reasonable rules for their functions.

Section 12.08. Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

Section 12.09. Governing Law/Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND EACH HOLDER OF NOTES BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 12.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

Section 12.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 12.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. Delivery of an executed signature page by facsimile or electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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Section 12.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 12.14. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 12.15. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information within the Company’s custody or control or as the Company may reasonably obtain that the Trustee may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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In witness whereof, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., as Issuer
By:  

/s/ William H. Poche

Name:   William H. Poche
Title:   Treasurer

TEMPUR-PEDIC MANAGEMENT, LLC

TEMPUR WORLD, LLC

TEMPUR-PEDIC MANUFACTURING, INC.

TEMPUR PRODUCTION USA, LLC

DAWN SLEEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

TEMPUR-PEDIC SALES, INC.

TEMPUR-PEDIC NORTH AMERICA, LLC

TEMPUR-PEDIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

TEMPUR-PEDIC AMERICA, LLC,

as Guarantors

By:  

/s/ William H. Poche

Name:   William H. Poche
Title:   Treasurer

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Linda Garcia

Name:   Linda Garcia
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


Appendix A

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES

AND EXCHANGE NOTES

1. Definitions

1.1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Exchange Note bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(c).

Depositary” means with respect to the Notes, The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

Distribution Compliance Period” means, with respect to any Notes, the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Notes.

Exchange Notes” means the 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 to be issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

Initial Notes” means 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020, to be issued from time to time, as provided for in this Indenture in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to resales under Rule 144A or Regulation S.

Initial Purchasers” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

Original Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to the Indenture.

 

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Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2012, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Original Notes, or any similar agreement relating to any future sale of Initial Notes by the Company.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.

Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Original Notes, or (ii) any similar agreement relating to any additional Initial Notes.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Transfer Restricted Notes” means Definitive Notes and any other Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.3(c) hereto.

1.2 Other Definitions

 

Term

   Defined in
Section:
 

“Agent Members”

     2.1 (b) 

“Global Note”

     2.1 (a) 

“IAI Global Note”

     2.1 (a) 

“Regulation S”

     2.1   

“Regulation S Global Note”

     2.1 (a) 

“Rule 144A”

     2.1   

“Rule 144A Global Note”

     2.1 (a) 

2. The Notes

2.1 Form and Dating

The Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the Company, from time to time, pursuant to one or more Purchase Agreements. The Initial Notes will be resold initially only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”). Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and IAIs under Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein.

 

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(a) Global Notes. Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”) with the restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture, and Initial Notes initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in registered form with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture (the “Regulation S Global Note”) or with such other legends as may be appropriate. Except as set forth in this Section 2.1(a) and Section 2.3(b), beneficial ownership interest in a Regulation S Global Note will be exchangeable for interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note in registered certificated form only after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period and then only (i) upon certification in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such Regulation S Global Note are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an exchange for a Definitive Note, in compliance with the requirements described in Section 2.4 and, subject to Section 2.4 hereof, Initial Notes transferred subsequent to the initial resale thereof to IAIs shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “IAI Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and with the global securities legend and restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Notes represented thereby with the Notes Custodian, and registered in the name of the applicable Depositary or a nominee of the applicable Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or the Authentication Agent as provided in this Indenture. The Rule 144A Global Note, IAI Global Note and Regulation S Global Note are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the applicable Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the applicable Depositary.

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b) and pursuant to an order of the Company, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the applicable Depositary for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee as Notes Custodian.

 

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Members of, or participants, in the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as Notes Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

(c) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.

2.2 Authentication. The Trustee or Authentication Agent shall authenticate and deliver Notes in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture.

2.3 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request:

(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or

(y) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:

(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and

(ii) if such Definitive Notes bear a restricted securities legend, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

(A) if such Definitive Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or

 

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(B) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or

(C) if such Definitive Notes are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (i) a certification to that effect and (ii) if the Company or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(c)(i).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the applicable Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and such account shall be credited in accordance with such instructions with a beneficial interest in the Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred. In the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note to an IAI, the transferee must furnish a signed letter to the Trustee containing certain representations and agreements in the form of Exhibit C to this Indenture.

(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

 

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(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(iv) In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.4 prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Notes, such Notes may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Notes intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.

(v) Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Notes.

(A) During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in Regulation S Global Notes may only be sold, pledged or transferred (i) to the Company, (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S, (iii) to QIBs pursuant to Rule 144A who take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note or (iv) 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

(B) Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if applicable).

(c) Legend.

(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

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“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER

(1) REPRESENTS THAT

(A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT,

(B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) OR

(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY

(A) TO THE ISSUER,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

 

 

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(D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR

(F) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE ISSUER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”

Each Definitive Note will also bear the following additional legend:

“IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”

 

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(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act:

(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note; and

(B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is represented by a Global Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note,

in either case, if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).

(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to restricted legends on such Initial Note will cease to apply and an Initial Note in global form without restricted legends will be available to the transferee of the beneficial interests of such Initial Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in this paragraph, the Company will deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to issue Notes without restricted legends.

(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes pursuant to which certain Holders of such Initial Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes, Exchange Notes in global form without the restricted legends will be available to Holders or beneficial owners that exchange such Initial Notes (or beneficial interests therein) in such Registered Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in this paragraph, the Company will deliver the Exchange Notes accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to authenticate the Exchange Notes without restricted legends.

(d) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to its customary practice.

 

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At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Notes Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

(e) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption or an offer to repurchase Notes or 15 days before an interest payment date.

(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(v) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(f) No Obligation of the Trustee.

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof,

 

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with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

2.4 Definitive Notes

(a) A Global Note deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Notes Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.3 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days of such notice, or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes under this Indenture.

(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of

 

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authorized denominations. Definitive Notes issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(d), bear the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(c)(i).

(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]

[Global Notes Legend]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S 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 REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[Restricted Notes Legend]

“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER

(1) REPRESENTS THAT

(A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT,

 

 

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(B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) OR

(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY

(A) TO THE ISSUER,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR

(F) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE ISSUER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”

[Definitive Notes Legend]

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

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[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]

 

No.

   $             

6.875% Senior Notes due 2020

CUSIP No. [            ]

ISIN No. [            ]

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [            ] Dollars ($        ) on December 15, 2020.

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15.

Record Dates: May 31 and November 30.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:                     

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

6.875% Senior Notes due 2020

1. Interest

(a) TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this 6.875% Senior Note due 2020 (this “Note” and, together with any other 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020, the “Notes”) at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2013. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from December 19, 2012. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.

(b) Special Interest. The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits under the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

2. Method of Payment

The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 31 or November 30 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Note (including principal, premium and interest), by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

4. Indenture; Note Guaranty

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. 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) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”); provided, however, that, in the event the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendments, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. This Note is guaranteed, as set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Debt, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Property of the Company or the Guarantors.

5. Optional Redemption; Special Redemption

(a) Except as set forth below, the Notes may not be redeemed prior to December 15, 2016. On and after that date, the Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on or after December 15 of the years set forth below:

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2016

     103.438

2017

     101.719

2018 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to December 15, 2015 the Company may redeem up to a maximum of 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued (including Additional Notes, if any) with the proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings by the Company, at a redemption price equal to 106.875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption); provided, however, that after giving effect to any such redemption, at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding. Any such redemption shall be made within 90 days of such Equity Offering upon not less than 30 and no more than 60 days’ prior notice.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, prior to December 15, 2016, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:

 

  (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus

 

  (ii) the Applicable Premium,

plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note on any redemption date, the excess of (i) the present value on such redemption date of (A) the redemption price of such Note on December 15, 2016 (such redemption price being described in the table appearing in clause (a) of this paragraph 5 exclusive of any accrued interest) plus (B) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through December 15, 2016 (including any accrued and unpaid interest) computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (ii) the principal amount of such Note.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to December 15, 2016 that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date:

(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” (or any successor release) published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” or

(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, compounded semi-annually, assuming a price for such Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

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(d) This Note is also subject to special mandatory redemption if certain escrow release conditions specified in the Indenture are not satisfied on or before the Acquisition Deadline or if the Company earlier makes certain determinations. Pending satisfaction of such escrow release conditions or such mandatory redemption, the Notes will be secured by first priority liens on certain escrow property pursuant to the Escrow Agreement referred to in the Indenture.

6. Notice of Optional Redemption

Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail and in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, by electronic transmission at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date (except in the case of a special redemption described in clause (d) in paragraph 5) to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her registered address. Any notice to Holders of Notes of such a redemption pursuant to clause (c) in paragraph 5 needs to include the appropriate calculation of the redemption price, but does not need to include the redemption price itself. The actual redemption price, calculated as described in such clause (c), must be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the redemption date. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

7. Sinking Fund

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

8. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control

Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Notes will have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or

 

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exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

10. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may 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 two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

12. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money in U.S. dollars or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest (including premium, if any) on the Notes, in each case to redemption or maturity.

13. Amendment, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Noteholder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (iv) to add Guarantees with respect to the Notes or release Guarantors from their Note Guaranties as provided by the terms of the Indenture or the Note Guaranties; (v) to secure the Notes (and, thereafter, provide releases of collateral in accordance with the security documents entered into in connection therewith), to add additional covenants or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the

 

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Company; (vi) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder; (viii) to provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with the Indenture; or (ix) conform any provisions of the Indenture to the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum.

14. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.

Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul any declaration of acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived other than nonpayment of principal, premium or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.

15. Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, 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 and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

16. No Recourse Against Others

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations 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. By accepting a Note, each Noteholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

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17. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

18. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

19. Governing Law

THIS NOTE AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

20. CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. To the extent such numbers have been issued, the Company has caused ISIN and Common Code numbers to be similarly printed on the Notes and has similarly instructed the Trustee. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC. 6.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:  

 

      Your Signature:   

 

           Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this note

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is a Transfer Restricted Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)    ¨    To the Company; or
(2)    ¨    Pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)    ¨    Inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)    ¨    Outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)    ¨    In a principal amount of not less than $100,000 to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) 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 the Company); or

 

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(6)    ¨    Pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

Unless one of the boxes 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 box (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has 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 1933.

 

 

Your Signature

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  
   Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee   

 

Date:  

 

     

 

        Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) 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, 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 undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Dated:  

 

    

 

       NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $[ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

   Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or Notes
Custodian
         
         

 

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TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC. 6.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.07 (Asset Sale) or Section 4.12 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:  ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.07 or Section 4.12 of the Indenture, state the amount:

$         

 

Date:                          Your Signature:  

 

      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  
   Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee   

 

Date:  

 

     

 

        Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

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EXHIBIT B

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

dated as of             ,             

among

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.,

The Guarantors Party Hereto

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

6.875% Senior Notes due 2020


THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), entered into as of             ,             , among TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), [insert each Guarantor executing this Supplemental Indenture and its jurisdiction of incorporation] (each an “Undersigned”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012 (the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, as a condition to the Trustee entering into the Indenture and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders, the Company agreed pursuant to the Indenture to cause any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees or becomes an obligor under the Company’s Credit Agreement following the Escrow Release Date to provide Note Guaranties.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.

Section 2. Each Undersigned, by its execution of this Supplemental Indenture, agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including, but not limited to, Article 10 thereof.

Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read together.

Section 6. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Guarantees provided by the Guarantors party to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC., as Issuer
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
[GUARANTOR(S)]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of

Transferee Letter of Representation

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

In care of:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

10161 Centurion Parkway

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Facsimile: (904) 645-1972

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[        ] principal amount of the 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 [CUSIP Number] (the “Notes”) of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (the “Company”).

Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

 

Name::   

 

Address:   

 

Taxpayer ID Number:   

 

  

 

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. 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 Notes, and we invest in or purchase notes similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor

 

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account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a “QIB”) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” or (f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause (d), (e) or (f) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.

 

TRANSFEREE:                                                                         
By:  

 

 

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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

by and among

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.,

The Guarantors named herein

and

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,

as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers

Dated as of December 19, 2012


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 19, 2012, by and among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the entities listed on the signature pages hereof as “Initial Guarantors” (collectively, the “Initial Guarantors”), and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement referred to below (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed pursuant to the Purchase Agreement to purchase the Company’s 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Initial Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Initial Guarantors (the “Initial Guarantees”). On or prior to the Escrow Release Date, as defined in the Purchase Agreement, the entities listed on Schedule B to the Purchase Agreement (the “Specified Guarantors” and, together with the Initial Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) will fully and unconditionally guarantee (the “Additional Guarantees” and, together with the Initial Guarantees, the “Guarantees”) the Initial Notes. The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Initial Securities.”

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Initial Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and, on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, the Specified Guarantors (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Initial Guarantors is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement. In addition, on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, the Specified Guarantors shall execute a joinder agreement to this Agreement (the “RRA Joinder”) in the form attached hereto as Annex A pursuant to which each such Specified Guarantor shall become a party hereto.

The parties (including, upon execution and delivery of the RRA Joinder, the Specified Guarantors) hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Guarantees: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Additional Interest: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.

Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.


Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Company: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

EDGAR: The Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (or any successor thereto).

Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

Exchange Securities: The 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020, of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Guarantees: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Guarantors: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2012, by and among the Company, the Initial Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Initial Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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Initial Guarantees: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Initial Guarantors: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Initial Notes.

Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

RRA Joinder: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

Specified Guarantors: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security

 

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entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.

(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer.

(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Escrow Release Date, but in no event later than 90 days after the Escrow Release Date (or if such 90th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than the later to occur of (x) 140 days after the Escrow Release Date and (y) 230 days after the Closing Date (or if either such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer to issue the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

 

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(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than the later to occur of (x) 180 days after the Escrow Release Date and (y) 270 days after the Closing Date (or if either such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

(c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement.

Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.

The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.

 

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SECTION 4. Shelf Registration.

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within the later to occur of (x) 180 days after the Escrow Release Date and (y) 270 days after the Closing Date (or if either such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that notifies the Company before the 20th day following Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus (other than because such Holder is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act) of the Company) and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company and the Guarantors shall

(x) cause to be filed with the Commission a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”), on or prior to the 60th day after the date on which the Shelf Registration Statement filing obligation arises as contemplated by clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (or if such 60th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

(y) use their best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 120th day after the date on which the Shelf Registration Statement filing obligation arises as contemplated by clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (or if such 120th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, until the earlier of (i) one year after the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement, and (ii) the date on which all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer

 

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Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in this Agreement, or (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 40 days (or if such 40th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) after the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default, and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increase exceed 1.00% per annum (any such increase, “Additional Interest”). Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.

All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

SECTION 6. Registration Procedures.

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions:

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from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission.

(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Company and the Guarantors will as expeditiously as reasonably possible prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.

 

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(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(i) use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;

(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by

 

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reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

(iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which a Holder, including any Initial Purchaser, of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of a selling Holder or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;

(v) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriter(s), if any, make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;

(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), subject to customary confidentiality provisions, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Initial Purchaser, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any;

 

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(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

(viii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;

(ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference), unless the same is publicly available on EDGAR;

(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

(xi) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make customary representations and warranties, and take other reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

 

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(1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (y) the President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Company and the Guarantors, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5(e) of the Purchase Agreement;

(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request, and in any event including a customary statement substantially to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, the notes thereto and any related schedules or statistical data derived therefrom, or other financial or accounting data or information, tabular or otherwise, contained in or omitted from any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and

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customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement, without exception;

(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any.

If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;

(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may request and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that none of the Company or the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;

(xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends (other than customary legends included in global securities held for the benefit of a depositary); and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request, subject to the terms of the Indenture, at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);

 

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(xv) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof;

(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Exchange Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Exchange Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such Exchange Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;

(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA;

(xix) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or reasonable best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;

(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Initial Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

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(xxi) cause all Exchange Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and

(xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act, unless the same are publicly available on EDGAR.

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof.

SECTION 7. Registration Expenses.

(a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (v) all application and filing fees in

 

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connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

Each of the Company and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

SECTION 8. Indemnification.

(a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding commenced by any governmental agency or body, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have.

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to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent that the Company and the Guarantors are materially prejudiced by such failure. Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as reasonably incurred, by the Company and the Guarantors (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder), subject to the terms of the next sentence. The Company and the Guarantors shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to one local counsel in each jurisdiction) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Indemnified Holders. The Company and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.

(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors, officers of the Company and the Guarantors who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the Guarantors or their respective directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given to the Company and the Guarantors by the preceding paragraph, and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses

 

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referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.

SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such

 

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Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.

(a) Remedies. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any of the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

(c) Adjustments Affecting the Securities. The Company will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Initial Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates

 

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exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.

(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, facsimile, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

(ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors:

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

1000 Tempur Way

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

Facsimile: 859-455-2805

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

With a copy to:

Bingham McCutchen LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 212-752-5378

Attention: John R. Utzschneider

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if facsimiled; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.

 

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(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the RRA Joinder, is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement, together with the RRA Joinder, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
By:  

/s/ William H. Poche

Name:   William H. Poche
Title:   Treasurer
Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC

Tempur World, LLC

Tempur-Pedic Manufacturing, Inc.

Tempur Production USA, LLC

Dawn Sleep Technologies, Inc.

Tempur-Pedic Sales, Inc.

Tempur-Pedic North America, LLC

Tempur-Pedic Technologies, Inc.

Tempur-Pedic America, LLC,

as Initial Guarantors

By:  

/s/ William H. Poche

Name:   William H. Poche
Title:   Treasurer

 

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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED,
As Representative of the several Initial Purchasers
By:   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
By:  

/s/ Matt Curtin

  Managing Director

 

 

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ANNEX A

Form of RRA Joinder

[            ], 2012

Reference is hereby made to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 19, 2012 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein) (the “Initial Purchasers”), providing for the registration rights related to the issuance and sale of the Initial Securities (as defined therein) by the Company and the Guarantors.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this RRA Joinder, it shall be deemed to be a party to the Registration Rights Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto and hereby makes the representations and warranties and expressly assumes, and agrees to perform and discharge, all of the obligations and liabilities of a “Guarantor” as the case may be, under the Registration Rights Agreement, including without limitation, any indemnity and contribution obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. All references in the Registration Rights Agreement to the “Guarantors” and the “Specified Guarantors” shall hereafter include each of the undersigned and their respective successors, as applicable.

Each of the undersigned hereby agrees to promptly execute and deliver any and all further documents and take such further action as the Company or any undersigned party or the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require to effect the purpose of this RRA Joinder.

This RRA Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York.

[Signature Pages Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this RRA Joinder as of the date first set forth above.

 

[The Specified Guarantors]
By  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2012

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

December 12, 2012

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                         INCORPORATED

        As Representative of the Initial Purchasers

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Introductory. Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and the other several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule A (the “Initial Purchasers”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). Merrill Lynch has agreed to act as the representative of the several Initial Purchasers (the “Representative”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.

The Securities (as defined below) will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of December 19, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Notes will be issued only in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) pursuant to a letter of representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 hereof) (the “DTC Agreement”), among the Company and the Depositary.

The payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally by (i) the entities listed on the signature pages hereof as “Initial Guarantors” on the Closing Date (as defined below), (ii) the entities listed on Schedule B hereto which become borrowers or guarantors under the New Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “Specified Guarantors”) on or prior to the Escrow Release Date (as defined below) and (iii) any Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company formed or acquired after the Closing Date that executes an additional guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (collectively, (i), (ii) and (iii) and their respective successors and assigns, being referred to herein as the “Guarantors”), pursuant to their guarantees (the “Guarantees”). The Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities”; and the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Exchange Securities.”


The holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement, to be dated on or prior to the Closing Date (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors (including the Guarantors that subsequently become a party thereto by executing the RRA Joinder (as defined below)), and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will be required to file with the Commission (as defined below), under the circumstances set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below) relating to another series of debt securities of the Company with terms substantially identical to the Notes (the “Exchange Notes”) to be offered in exchange for the Notes (the “Exchange Offer”) and/or (ii) a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Notes, and in each case, to use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement(s) to be declared effective. All references herein to the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Offer are only applicable if the Company and the Guarantors are in fact required to consummate the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

In connection with the offering of the Securities, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Bank Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among certain Subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, Bank of America, N.A., as domestic administrative agent and domestic collateral agent and Nordea Bank Danmark A/S, as foreign administrative agent and foreign collateral agent, to permit the Company and the Guarantors to issue the Securities. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company expects to enter into a credit agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) with a group of lenders and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, to provide for new senior secured credit facilities, consisting of a $350 million revolving credit facility, a $550 million term A loan and a $870 million term B loan, primarily in order to (A) finance the acquisition (the “Sealy Acquisition”) of Sealy Corporation (“Sealy”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 26, 2012 (as in effect on the date hereof, and as may be amended hereafter, the “Acquisition Agreement”) among the Company, Silver Lightning Merger Company and Sealy, (B) repay, defease or redeem substantially all existing indebtedness of the Company and Sealy and (C) pay fees and expenses related to each of (A) and (B).

On the Closing Date, the Company shall enter into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) with the Trustee, who shall also act as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”). Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, the Company will deposit, or cause to be deposited, into an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) cash and/or U.S. government obligations (collectively with the Escrow Account and any other securities from time to time held therein, the “Escrowed Property”) equal to the proceeds of the offering of the Securities and an additional amount of cash and/or U.S. government obligations sufficient to redeem all the Notes, for cash at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the Closing Date to, but excluding, October 1, 2013. The Escrowed Property will be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Escrow Agreement, and released in accordance with the conditions set forth therein (the “Escrow Release Conditions”) on the date such conditions are satisfied in accordance with the Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Release Date”), as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum (each as defined below). Following the Escrow Release Date, the Escrowed Property

 

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will be used to pay a portion of the consideration due for the Sealy Acquisition, and related fees and expenses, under the Acquisition Agreement. If the Escrow Release Conditions are not satisfied on or before September 26, 2013 (the “Outside Date”), the Company will be required to redeem the Securities at the Escrow Redemption Price (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the Escrow Agreement and in accordance therewith.

The Specified Guarantors will, among other things, on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, execute a joinder agreement to this Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) in the form attached as Annex I hereto. In addition, on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, the Specified Guarantors will execute (i) a joinder agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached to the Registration Rights Agreement (the “RRA Joinder”) and (ii) a supplemental indenture to the Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) in the form attached to the Indenture pursuant to which each such Specified Guarantor will become a Guarantor under the Indenture.

The (i) issuance and sale of the Notes, (ii) issuance of the Guarantees, (iii) execution of the Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, the RRA Joinder, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, (iv) entry by the Company and the Guarantors into the Bank Amendment, (v) entry by the Company and the Guarantors into the New Credit Agreement, (vi) release of the Escrowed Property to the Company in accordance with the Escrow Release Conditions on the Escrow Release Date, if applicable, (vii) initial extensions of credit under the New Credit Agreement on the Closing Date or the Escrow Release Date, as applicable, (viii) Sealy Acquisition, (ix) repayment, defeasance or redemption of substantially all existing indebtedness of the Company and Sealy and entry into the supplemental indenture to the 8% Senior Secured Third Lien Convertible Notes due 2016 (the “Convertible Notes”) indenture and (x) payment of all related fees and expenses are referred to herein collectively as the “Transactions.”

This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Joinder Agreement, the RRA Joinder, the DTC Agreement, the Securities, the Exchange Securities, the Bank Amendment, the New Credit Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Acquisition Agreement, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture are referred to herein collectively as the “Transaction Documents.”

For purposes of this Agreement, “Subsidiary” means, in respect of any person, any corporation, company (including any limited liability company), association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which a majority of the total voting power of all classes of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of that person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) that person, (ii) that person and one or more Subsidiaries of that person, or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of that person.

As used in this Agreement, all references to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Company and its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) (each, an “Affiliate”), the Company and the Guarantors, and the Guarantors, give effect to the consummation of the Sealy Acquisition.

 

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The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the “Subsequent Purchasers”) on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package (the first time when sales of the Securities are made is referred to as the “Time of Sale”). The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) or Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)).

The Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated December 7, 2012 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated December 12, 2012 (the “Pricing Supplement”), describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.” Promptly after this Agreement is executed and delivered, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Final Offering Memorandum”).

All references herein to the terms “Pricing Disclosure Package” and “Final Offering Memorandum” shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) prior to the Time of Sale and specifically incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package (including the Preliminary Offering Memorandum) or the Final Offering Memorandum (as the case may be), and all references herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Exchange Act after the Time of Sale and incorporated by reference in the Final Offering Memorandum.

The representations, warranties, authorizations, acknowledgements, covenants and agreements of the Specified Guarantors set forth in this Agreement shall, with respect to the Specified Guarantors, become effective immediately upon the execution and delivery by each of them of the Joinder Agreement at which time such representations, warranties, authorizations, acknowledgments, covenants and agreements shall become effective as to the Specified Guarantors as if made on the date hereof.

The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

 

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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Company and the Guarantors (in the case of the Specified Guarantors, upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement), jointly and severally, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (references in this Section 1 to the “Offering Memorandum” are to (x) the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date hereof and (y) the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date):

(a) No Registration Required. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or, until such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).

(b) No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act. With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.

(c) Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A. When issued on the Closing Date, the Securities will be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.

(d) The Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum. Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, nor the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3(a), as applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains or represents an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and

 

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agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be. The Pricing Disclosure Package contains, and the Final Offering Memorandum will contain, all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(e) Company Additional Written Communications. The Company has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 3(a). Each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (each, a “Company Additional Written Communication”), when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Company Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication.

(f) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission (collectively, the “Incorporated Documents”) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Each such Incorporated Document, when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(g) The Purchase Agreement and Joinder Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Initial Guarantors. On or prior to the Escrow Release Date, the Joinder Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Specified Guarantors.

(h) The Registration Rights Agreement; DTC Agreement; RRA Joinder. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and the Initial Guarantors, and on the Closing Date the Registration Rights Agreement will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Initial Guarantors and will constitute a valid and binding

 

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agreement of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. On or prior to the Escrow Release Date, the RRA Joinder will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Specified Guarantors and the Registration Rights Agreement will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Specified Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. The DTC Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(i) Authorization of the Notes, the Guarantees and the Exchange Notes. The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Company will on the Closing Date be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company, and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and remedies of creditors or by general principles of equity and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees of the Notes by the Initial Guarantors on the Closing Date, the Guarantees of the Notes by the Specified Guarantors on the Escrow Release Date, and the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes by the Guarantors, when issued, will be in the respective forms contemplated by the Indenture and will have been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture. The Guarantees of the Notes, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by each of the Initial Guarantors and, when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Guarantees of the Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Initial Guarantors, in each case, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees of the Notes, at the Escrow Release Date, will have been duly executed by each of the Specified Guarantors and will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Specified Guarantors, in each case, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or

 

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affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. When the Exchange Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors, in each case, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(j) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the Initial Guarantors. On the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Initial Guarantors and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(k) Authorization of the Supplemental Indenture. The Supplemental Indenture will have been duly authorized by each Specified Guarantor on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, and, on the Escrow Release Date, the Supplemental Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered by each Specified Guarantor and, when the Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Specified Guarantors, the Indenture, as supplemented, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Company and each Guarantor, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(l) Authorization of the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date, the Escrow Agreement will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Escrow Agent and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. When executed and delivered to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee on the Closing Date, the Escrow Agreement will grant and create a valid and enforceable perfected first-priority security interest in the Escrowed Property in favor of the Trustee to secure the obligations under the Securities.

(m) Description of the Transaction Documents. The Transaction Documents will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Offering Memorandum.

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or supplement thereto): (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other Subsidiaries, any of its Subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

(o) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, which expressed its opinion with respect to the Company’s financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules filed with the Commission and included in the Offering Memorandum is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and any non-audit services provided by Ernst & Young LLP to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding Sealy and its Subsidiaries) have been approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. Deloitte & Touche LLP, which expressed its opinion with respect to Sealy’s financial statements and supporting schedules filed with the Commission and included in the Offering Memorandum is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, any non-audit services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP to Sealy or any of its Subsidiaries have been approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Sealy.

(p) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the entities (including the Company and its Subsidiaries and Sealy and its Subsidiaries) to which they relate as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The financial data set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Summary–Summary Consolidated Financial Data–Tempur-Pedic,” “Summary–Summary Consolidated Financial Data–Sealy,” “Selected Historical Financial Information–Tempur-Pedic” and “Selected Historical Financial Information–Sealy” fairly present in all material respects the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements contained in the Offering Memorandum. The pro forma condensed combined financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included under the captions “Summary–Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data,” “Capitalization” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” and elsewhere in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the information contained therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial

 

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statements and have been properly presented on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The statistical and market-related data and forward-looking statements included in the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and the Company believes such data is accurate in all material respects and represents its good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly present the information called for in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(q) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the Company and the Guarantors, to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing or equivalent status in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interest of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company (or, with respect to Sealy and its Subsidiaries, will be owned by the Company upon consummation of the Sealy Acquisition), directly or through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, a majority of the total voting power of any corporation, association or other entity other than (i) the Subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and, (ii) after consummation of the Sealy Acquisition, (x) Sealy as well as (y) Sealy’s Subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to Sealy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 27, 2011.

(r) Capitalization. At September 30, 2012, on a consolidated basis, after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions, the Company would have an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Capitalization” (other than for subsequent issuances of capital stock, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Offering Memorandum or upon exercise of outstanding options described in the Offering Memorandum).

(s) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter, bylaws or other constitutive document or (ii) in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“Default”) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit

 

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agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound (including, without limitation, the Company’s New Credit Agreement or, on the Escrow Release Date, the Convertible Notes indenture), or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject (each, an “Existing Instrument”), except, in the case of clause (ii) above, for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change and such Defaults that would occur on the Escrow Release Date pursuant to any indebtedness governed by an Existing Instrument being repaid, prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, legally defeased or otherwise retired by the Company at the Escrow Release Date. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors party thereto, and the issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, and consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum (i) have been (or, with respect to Sealy and its Subsidiaries, will be on or prior to the Escrow Release Date) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, bylaws or other constitutive document of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this sentence, for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, Debt Repayment Triggering Events, liens, charges, encumbrances or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change and except, in the case of clause (ii) of this sentence, for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, Debt Repayment Triggering Events, liens, charges or encumbrances pursuant to any indebtedness governed by an Existing Instrument (which conflicts, breaches, Defaults, Debt Repayment Triggering Events, liens, charges or encumbrances do not arise from the incurrence of the Notes but from the other Transactions) being repaid, prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, legally defeased or otherwise retired by the Company at the Escrow Release Date. Assuming the Initial Purchasers observe the procedures set forth in Section 7 herein, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors to the extent a party thereto, or the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Securities, or consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum, except for UCC-1 financing statements and mortgage related security documents to be filed in connection with the New Credit Agreement and a certificate of merger in connection with the Sealy Acquisition, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada and except such as may be required by the securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada with respect to the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(t) No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) which has as the subject thereof any property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any such action, suit or proceeding, if determined adversely to the Company or such Subsidiary, that would result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the Transactions. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent. To the Company’s knowledge, no material labor dispute with the employees of any principal supplier of the Company exists or is threatened or imminent.

(u) Intellectual Property Rights. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess or have the right to use on reasonable terms all trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, as described in the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to own or possess or have the right to use the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Change.

(v) All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company and each Subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure so to possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Change.

(w) Title to Properties. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(p) hereof, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and except such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such Subsidiary. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company or such Subsidiary.

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and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and except for such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties the nonpayment of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in accordance with GAAP in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(p) hereof in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

(y) Company and Guarantors Not an “Investment Company”. The Company has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder). Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, or after receipt of payment for the Securities will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, and the Company and the Initial Guarantors, and following the Escrow Release Date, the Specified Guarantors, will each conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

(z) Insurance. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is insured by recognized, financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses including, without limitation, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism, flood and earthquakes. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any Subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change. In the past five years, neither of the Company nor any Subsidiary has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied that, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Change.

(aa) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Company or any of the Guarantors has taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(bb) Solvency. The Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, are, and immediately after the Closing Date will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair market value of the assets of such person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such person is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature and (iv) such person does not have unreasonably small capital.

 

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(cc) Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).

(dd) Company’s Accounting System. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of accounting controls that is in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and is sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(ee) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company by others within the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably effective to perform the functions for which they were established subject to the limitations of any such control system; the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; and since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

(ff) Regulations T, U, X. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries nor any agent thereof acting on their behalf has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(gg) Compliance with and Liability Under Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change: (i) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective operations and facilities are in compliance with, and not subject to any known liabilities under, applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes, without limitation, having obtained and being in compliance with any permits, licenses or other governmental authorizations or approvals, and having made all filings and provided all financial assurances and notices, required for the ownership and operation of the business, properties and facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries under applicable Environmental Laws, and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries

 

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has received any written communication from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise that alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law; (iii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company has received written notice, and no written notice by any person, entity or governmental authority alleging actual or potential liability on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries based on or pursuant to any Environmental Law pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability under or pursuant to any Environmental Law the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, response or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any site or facility, nor is any of them subject or a party to any order, judgment, decree, contract or agreement which imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law; (v) no lien, charge, encumbrance or restriction has been recorded pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any assets, facility or property owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (vi) there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions or occurrences, including, without limitation, the Release or threatened Release of any Material of Environmental Concern, that could reasonably be expected to result in a violation of or liability under any Environmental Law on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, any such liability which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna. “Environmental Laws” means the common law and all federal, state, local and foreign laws or regulations, ordinances, codes, orders, decrees, judgments and injunctions issued, promulgated or entered thereunder, relating to pollution or protection of the Environment or human health, including without limitation, those relating to (i) the Release or threatened Release of Materials of Environmental Concern; and (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, transport, handling or recycling of Materials of Environmental Concern. “Materials of Environmental Concern” means any substance, material, pollutant, contaminant, chemical, waste, compound, or constituent, in any form, including without limitation, petroleum and petroleum products, subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or leaching into the Environment, or into, from or through any building, structure or facility.

(hh) Periodic Review of Costs of Environmental Compliance. In the ordinary course of its business, the Company conducts a periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding Sealy and its Subsidiaries), in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review and the amount of its established reserves, the Company has reasonably

 

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concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no such costs and liabilities relating to Sealy and its Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

(ii) ERISA Compliance. The Company and its Subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended, “ERISA,” which term, as used herein, includes the regulations and published interpretations thereunder) established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA and, to the knowledge of the Company, each “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA) to which the Company, its Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate contributes (a “Multiemployer Plan”) is in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code,” which term, as used herein, includes the regulations and published interpretations thereunder) of which the Company or such Subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “single employer plan” (as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA) established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA) that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one entity. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(jj) Compliance with Labor Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (C) no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, no union organizing activities taking place and (ii) there has been no violation of any federal, state or local law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or of any applicable wage or hour laws.

(kk) Related Party Transactions. After giving effect to the consummation of the Sealy Acquisition, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder,

 

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customer or supplier of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a registration statement on Form S-1 which is not so disclosed in the Offering Memorandum. After giving effect to the consummation of the Sealy Acquisition, there are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any of their respective family members.

(ll) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(mm) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(nn) No Conflict with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State , the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use any of the proceeds of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person, (i) to fund any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions,

 

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or is in Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or in any other country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(oo) New Credit Agreement. The New Credit Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Initial Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Initial Guarantors, will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. On or prior to the Escrow Release Date, a joinder agreement to the New Credit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Specified Guarantors and the New Credit Agreement will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Specified Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(pp) Bank Amendment. The Bank Amendment has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto and the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by the Bank Amendment constitues the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and such Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(qq) Regulation S. The Company, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902. The Company is a “reporting issuer”, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or any Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or such Guarantor to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth therein.

SECTION 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.

(a) The Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Securities, and, subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Guarantors the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names on Schedule A, at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof (which amount includes the Deferred Discount referred to below), payable on the Closing Date, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms herein set forth.

 

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(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Securities in global form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and Merrill Lynch) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on December 19, 2012, or such other time and date as Merrill Lynch shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which Merrill Lynch may provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the Initial Purchasers to recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 17 hereof.

(c) Delivery of the Securities. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Merrill Lynch for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates for the Notes at the Closing Date against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor; provided that payment of such purchase price (which payment shall include the Deferred Discount) shall be made on behalf of the Company to the Escrow Agent by wire transfer in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City to a bank account designated by the Escrow Agent against delivery of the Notes by the Company to Merrill Lynch for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers. The certificates for the Notes shall be in such denominations and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary, pursuant to the DTC Agreement, and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (or such other place in New York City as Merrill Lynch may designate). If the Escrow Release Conditions are satisfied, on the Escrow Release Date, a deferred discount in the amount of $7,500,000 (the “Deferred Discount”) shall be released to Merrill Lynch, as Representative of the Initial Purchasers. If the Escrow Release Conditions have not been satisfied on or prior to the Outside Date, the Escrowed Property (including the Deferred Discount) shall be used to redeem the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.

(d) Initial Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers. Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:

(i) it will offer and sell Securities only to (a) persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Qualified Institutional Buyers”) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex II to this Agreement;

(ii) it is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act; and

 

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(iii) it will not offer or sell Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.

SECTION 3. Additional Covenants. Each of the Company and the Guarantors (in the case of the Specified Guarantors, upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement) further covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:

(a) Preparation of Final Offering Memorandum; Initial Purchasers’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements and Company Additional Written Communications. As promptly as practicable following the Time of Sale and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Final Offering Memorandum, which shall consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained in the Pricing Supplement. The Company will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Pricing Supplement, other than in accordance with Section 3(b) below. The Company will not amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing Date unless Merrill Lynch shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement at least two business days prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have objected to such amendment or supplement. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or distributing any Company Additional Written Communication, the Company will furnish to Merrill Lynch a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or distribute any such written communication to which Merrill Lynch reasonably objects.

(b) Amendments and Supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company and the Guarantors will, as promptly as possible, notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with all applicable law. If, prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not misleading, or if in the reasonable judgment of the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company and the Guarantors agree to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) and furnish at their own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances at the Closing Date and at the time of sale of the Securities, be misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable law.

 

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Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of an applicable shelf registration statement and for so long as the Securities are outstanding, if, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, the Initial Purchasers or any of their Affiliates are required under applicable law to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of, or market-making activities with respect to, the Securities, the Company and the Guarantors agree to periodically amend the applicable registration statement so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, to amend the applicable registration statement or supplement the related prospectus or the documents incorporated therein when necessary to reflect any material changes in the information provided therein so that the registration statement and the prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing as of the date the prospectus is so delivered, not misleading and to provide the Initial Purchasers with copies of each amendment or supplement filed and such other documents as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.

The Company hereby expressly acknowledges that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each offering memorandum, registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.

(c) Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Company agrees to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall reasonably request.

(d) Blue Sky Compliance. Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. None of the Company or any of the Guarantors shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package.

 

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(f) The Depositary. The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.

(g) Additional Issuer Information. Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Company shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities information (“Additional Issuer Information”) satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).

(h) Agreement Not To Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of 90 days following the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Merrill Lynch), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company (other than as contemplated by this Agreement and to register the Exchange Securities).

(i) Future Reports to the Initial Purchasers. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act and any Securities or Exchange Securities remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Representative and, upon request, to each of the other Initial Purchasers: (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the Company’s balance sheet as of the close of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended and the opinion thereon of the Company’s independent public or certified public accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof would otherwise be required pursuant to the rules and regulations under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other report that would otherwise be filed by the Company with the Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or any securities exchange; and (iii) as soon as available, copies of any report or communication of the Company mailed generally to holders of its capital stock or debt securities (including the holders of the Securities), if, in each case, such documents are not filed with the Commission within the time periods specified by the Commission’s rules and regulations under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Any filings made by the Company pursuant to this section with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR) shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Representative and the other Initial Purchasers.

(j) No Integration. The Company agrees that it will not and will cause its Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers,

 

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(ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.

(k) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. The Company agrees that it will not and will not permit any of its Affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) to (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities within the meaning of Regulation S, and the Company will and will cause all such persons to comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S with respect to the Securities.

(l) No Restricted Resales. From the Closing Date through consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the Notes that constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them.

(m) Legended Securities. Each certificate for a Note will bear the legend contained in “Notice to Investors” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

(n) Escrow Account. The Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited the Escrowed Property into the Escrow Account.

(o) Escrow Release Conditions. Concurrently with the release of the Escrowed Property on the Escrow Release Date,

(i) the Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers executed copies of any certificates, evidence and documents confirming compliance with and satisfaction of the Escrow Release Conditions in accordance with the Escrow Agreement and such other certificates as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request;

(ii) the Transactions shall have been consummated on substantially the terms and conditions described in the Final Offering Memorandum.

(iii) the Specified Guarantors shall enter into the Joinder Agreement, the RRA Joinder and the Supplemental Indenture and shall deliver executed copies thereof to the Initial Purchasers;

(iv) the Escrow Agent shall, upon instruction of the Company, release a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the Deferred Discount to Merrill Lynch, as Representative of the Initial Purchasers;

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(vi) the Company shall cause Bingham McCutchen LLP, counsel for certain Specified Guarantors incorporated or organized in Delaware, New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland and California, and special local counsel for each of the remaining Specified Guarantors incorporated or organized in Ohio, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas and Michigan, respectively, to deliver in each case favorable opinions with respect to valid existence, good standing and corporate power of such Specified Guarantors; due authorization, execution and delivery by such Specified Guarantors and enforceability against such Specified Guarantors of the Joinder Agreement, RRA Joinder, Supplemental Indenture and Guarantees; and as to the absence of required consents and non-contravention of organizational documents, laws, contracts and judgments, in each case on terms substantially consistent with the opinions delivered as to such matters on the Closing Date, and in each case dated as of the Escrow Release Date, in forms reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers;

(vii) the Company and the Specified Guarantors shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers, among other documents and certificates as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request, Secretary’s Certificates, dated the Escrow Release Date, reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers which shall include the following documents with respect to the Specified Guarantors: (a) certificates of incorporation or organization, (b) by-laws or comparable organizational documents, (c) resolutions of the Board of Directors of each entity or comparable documents, (d) certificates of good standing from the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each such entity and (e) certificates of good standing and/or qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation in such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers reasonably request.

The Representative on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or any Guarantor of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the Transactions, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all amendments and supplements thereto, and the Transaction Documents, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or other jurisdictions designated by the Initial Purchasers (including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing preliminary and final blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any related supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum), (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and Escrow Agent, including the fees

 

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and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee and Escrow Agent in connection with the Indenture, the Escrow Agreement, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, (vii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities or the Exchange Securities with the ratings agencies, (viii) any filing fees incident to, and any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection with the review by FINRA, if any, of the terms of the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities, (ix) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with approval of the Securities by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective other obligations under this Agreement and (x) all expenses incident to the “road show” for the offering of the Securities, including the cost of any chartered airplane or other transportation, with such expenses incurred under this clause (x) subject to a maximum aggregate amount of $300,000 except in respect of expenses approved by the Company in writing. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

SECTION 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letters. On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, and Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for Sealy, “comfort letters” dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, covering the financial statements and certain financial information in the Pricing Disclosure Package and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from such accountants “bring-down comfort letters” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, in the form of the “comfort letters” delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) such bring-down comfort letters shall cover the financial statements and certain financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than 3 days prior to the Closing Date.

(b) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i) in the reasonable judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change; and

(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their securities or indebtedness by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinions of Bingham McCutchen LLP, counsel for the Company and the Initial Guarantors, and of the Company’s General Counsel, each dated as of such Closing Date, the forms of which are attached as Exhibit A.

(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.

(e) Officers’ Certificate. On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and each Guarantor and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and each Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section 5(b)(ii) hereof, and further to the effect that:

(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;

(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof were true and correct as of the date hereof and are true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and

(iii) each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.

(f) Indenture; Registration Rights Agreement. (A) The Company and the Initial Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof and (B) the Company and the Initial Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

(g) Bank Amendment. On or before the Closing Date, the Company and the parties thereto shall have entered into the Bank Amendment and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

(h) Escrow Agreement. The Company shall have, on or prior to the Closing Date, executed and delivered to the Initial Purchasers an executed copy of the Escrow Agreement, deposited or caused to be deposited the Escrowed Property into the Escrow Account, filed or caused to be filed any agreements, financing statements or other instruments to give the Trustee a valid, perfected first-priority security interest in the Escrowed Property and the Escrow Account (as contemplated by the terms of the Escrow Agreement), complied with the terms and provisions in the Escrow Agreement and provided such evidence as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require of the foregoing.

 

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(i) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by Merrill Lynch by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

SECTION 6. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If (x) this Agreement is terminated by Merrill Lynch pursuant to Section 5 or 10 hereof, including if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, or (y) the Escrow Release Conditions are not satisfied on or prior to the Outside Date and the Deferred Discount is not released to Merrill Lynch as Representative of the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers, severally, upon demand for all documented out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

SECTION 7. Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures. Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company and each of the Guarantors, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:

(a) Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex II hereto, which Annex II is hereby expressly made a part hereof.

(b) The Securities will be offered by approaching prospective Subsequent Purchasers on an individual basis. No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(c) Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Notes) shall bear the following legend:

 

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“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER

(1) REPRESENTS THAT

(A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT,

(B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) OR

(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY

(A) TO THE ISSUER,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

 

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(E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000 TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR

(F) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR (2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE ISSUER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”

Following the sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Security.

SECTION 8. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its Affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Initial Purchaser, Affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based: (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged

 

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untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (ii) in whole or in part upon any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein; and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such Affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel chosen by Merrill Lynch in addition to any local counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such Affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply, with respect to an Initial Purchaser, to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Indemnification of the Company and the Guarantors. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor, each of their respective directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, any Guarantor and each such director, officer or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company, any Guarantor or such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. Each of the Company

 

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and the Guarantors hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Initial Purchasers through the Representative have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the third and fourth sentences of the seventh paragraph under the caption “New Issue of Notes” and the ninth and tenth paragraphs under the caption “Short Positions”, each under the section “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.

(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that the indemnifying party may have to an indemnified party other than under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel (in each jurisdiction)), which shall be selected by Merrill Lynch (in the case of counsel representing the Initial Purchasers or their related persons), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

 

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(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request or disputed in good faith the indemnified party’s entitlement to such reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

SECTION 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses but after deducting Initial Purchaser discounts and commissions) received by the Company, and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or inaccuracy.

 

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The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8 hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 hereof for purposes of indemnification.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Securities distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each director of the Company or any Guarantor, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors.

SECTION 10. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by Merrill Lynch by notice given to the Company if at any time: (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the NYSE, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such quotation system or stock exchange by the Commission or FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal, New York authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets as in the judgment of Merrill Lynch is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering sale or delivery of the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; or (iv) in the judgment of Merrill Lynch there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change. Any termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of (i) the Company or any Guarantor to any Initial Purchaser, except that

 

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the Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof, (ii) any Initial Purchaser to the Company, or (iii) any party hereto to any other party, except that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

SECTION 11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective officers and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the Company, any Guarantor or any of their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 12. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, couriered or facsimiled and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

If to the Initial Purchasers:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

50 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10020

Facsimile: 212-901-7897

Attention: HY Legal Department

with a copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Facsimile: 212-701-5111

Attention: Michael Kaplan

If to the Company or the Guarantors:

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

1000 Tempur Way

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

Facsimile: 859-455-2805

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Bingham McCutchen LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 212-752-5378

Attention: John R. Utzschneider

 

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Any party hereto may change the address or facsimile number for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

SECTION 13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any Subsequent Purchaser or other purchaser of the Securities as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.

SECTION 14. Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by Merrill Lynch on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by Merrill Lynch shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.

SECTION 15. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

SECTION 16. Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

(a) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Specified Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 17. Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers. If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase

 

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does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate number of Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Initial Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Final Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 17. Any action taken under this Section 17 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

SECTION 18. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Company and the Guarantors are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company and the Guarantors or their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company and the Guarantors on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company and the Guarantors except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors, and the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

 

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This Agreement, together with the Joinder Agreement, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Guarantors and the several Initial Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Guarantors may have against the several Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not supersede in any respect that certain Amended and Restated Commitment Letter dated as of October 23, 2012 (the “Commitment Letter”) between the lenders party thereto and the Company (it being understood that the securities being sold hereunder will constitute Securities as referenced in the Commitment Letter and issuance thereof will, pursuant to the terms of the Commitment Letter, reduce commitments thereunder).

SECTION 19. General Provisions. This Agreement, together with the Joinder Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and the Joinder Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

Very truly yours,

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
By:   /s/ William H. Poche
  Name:   William H. Poche
  Title:   Treasurer
Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC

Tempur World, LLC

Tempur-Pedic Manufacturing, Inc.

Tempur Production USA, LLC

Dawn Sleep Technologies, Inc.

Tempur-Pedic Sales, Inc.

Tempur-Pedic North America, LLC

Tempur-Pedic Technologies, Inc.

Tempur-Pedic America, LLC,

as Initial Guarantors

By:   /s/ William H. Poche
  Name:   William H. Poche
  Title:   Treasurer

 

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The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written.

 

BY: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                INCORPORATED
By:   /s/ Douglas M. Ingram
  Managing Director
 
 

Acting on behalf of itself

and as the Representative of

the several Initial Purchasers

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Initial Purchasers

   Aggregate
Principal
Amount of
Securities to be
Purchased
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

   $ 206,250,000   

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 50,000,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 50,000,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   $ 50,000,000   

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

   $ 18,750,000   

Total

   $ 375,000,000   


SCHEDULE B

The Specified Guarantors

Sealy Corporation

Sealy Mattress Corporation

Sealy Mattress Company

Sealy Mattress Company of Puerto Rico

Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co.

Sealy Mattress Company of Kansas City, Inc.

Sealy Mattress Company of Memphis

Sealy Mattress Company of Illinois

A. Brandwein & Co.

Sealy Mattress Company of Albany, Inc.

Sealy of Maryland and Virginia, Inc.

Sealy of Minnesota, Inc.

North American Bedding Company

Sealy, Inc.

Mattress Holdings International, LLC

The Ohio Mattress Company Licensing and Components Group

Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Sealy Technology LLC

Sealy-Korea, Inc.

Sealy Real Estate, Inc.

Sealy Texas Management, Inc.

Sealy Mattress Co. of S.W. Virginia

Western Mattress Company

Advanced Sleep Products

Sealy Components-Pads, Inc.

Sealy Mattress Company of Michigan, Inc.


ANNEX I

Form of Joinder Agreement

[                    ], 2012

Reference is hereby made to the Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative (the “Representative”) of the Initial Purchasers named on Schedule A thereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), providing for the issuance and sale of the Securities (as defined therein) by the Company and the Guarantors.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Joinder Agreement, it shall be deemed to be a party to the Purchase Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto and hereby makes the representations and warranties and expressly assumes, and agrees to perform and discharge, all of the obligations and liabilities of a “Guarantor” as the case may be, under the Purchase Agreement, including without limitation, any indemnity and contribution obligations under the Purchase Agreement. All references in the Purchase Agreement to the “Guarantors” and the “Specified Guarantors” shall hereafter include each of the undersigned and their respective successors, as applicable.

Each of the undersigned hereby agrees to promptly execute and deliver any and all further documents and take such further action as the Company or any undersigned party or the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require to effect the purpose of this Joinder Agreement.

This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

Annex I-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Joinder Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

[The Specified Guarantors]
By    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Annex I-2


ANNEX II

Resale Pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A. Each Initial Purchaser understands that:

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Securities (including any “tombstone” advertisement) to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as are permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S.

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Securities by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date the Securities were first offered to persons other than distributors in reliance upon Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to accredited investors in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Securities covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act.”

 

Annex II-1

Escrow and Security Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.

as Grantor

 

 

ESCROW AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 19, 2012

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Escrow Agent and Financial Institution

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 


THIS ESCROW AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is entered into as of December 19, 2012 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the Indenture for the Notes described below, this “Agreement”), by and among The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent (in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as a “bank” and “securities intermediary” (each term as defined in the Code (as defined herein)) (in such capacities, the “Financial Institution”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture described below (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Grantor”).

RECITALS

Pursuant to that certain indenture (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Grantor, the Guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”) and the Trustee, the Grantor will issue $375,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes are being issued in a private placement (the “Offering”) pursuant to that certain purchase agreement dated December 12, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Grantor, the Guarantors and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative (the “Representative”) of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”). In connection with the Offering, the Grantor prepared an Offering Memorandum, dated December 12, 2012 (the “Offering Memorandum”).

The Grantor currently does not expect to consummate the Sealy Acquisition described in the Offering Memorandum (the “Acquisition”) contemporaneously with the issuance of the Notes and has agreed with the Initial Purchasers in the Purchase Agreement and with the Trustee in the Indenture to enter into this Agreement and to escrow the gross proceeds from the Offering. When and if such Acquisition is consummated and the conditions hereunder are satisfied, the escrowed proceeds will be released to the Grantor, and if such conditions are not satisfied, the escrowed proceeds will be released to the Trustee for application to fund a special mandatory redemption of the Notes, in each case pursuant to this Agreement.

The Grantor, the Trustee, the Financial Institution and the Escrow Agent hereby agree that, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the Financial Institution will maintain the Account (as defined herein), and the Escrow Agent will distribute the Escrow Property (as defined below) in accordance with and subject to the following:

 

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ARTICLE 1

INSTRUCTIONS

Section 1.01. Appointment of the Escrow Agent. The Grantor hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Section 1.02 Escrow Property.

The initial funds to be deposited with the Financial Institution will be as follows:

(a) Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof and the issuance of the Notes, as provided in the Purchase Agreement, the Initial Purchasers will deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Financial Institution $375,000,000, and the Grantor will deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Financial Institution $20,195,312.50, in each case in cash or by wire transfer in immediately available funds (together, the “Initial Deposit”), which amounts collectively represent an amount sufficient to redeem in cash the Notes at a special redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes as required by Section 3.07 of the Indenture (the “Special Redemption Price”) plus interest that would accrue to, but excluding, October 1, 2013 (the “Special Redemption Date” and such total amount, the “Special Redemption Total Amount”), if the Notes are required to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture.

(b) The Financial Institution will accept the Initial Deposit and will hold such funds, all investments thereof, any Distributions (as hereinafter defined) and the proceeds of the foregoing in an escrow account (that shall be a Securities Account as defined in the Code) created by the Financial Institution prior to or concurrently with the issuance of the Notes. Such escrow account will have account number GLA 111-565 For further credit to TAS#538766 and shall be maintained by the Financial Institution in the name of the Trustee (such account, together with any other account maintained by the Financial Institution hereunder, the “Account”) for disbursement in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Trustee will be the entitlement holder with respect to the Account. The Grantor will not have any access to the Account or funds or investments credited thereto, other than the limited contractual right to receive the Escrow Property (as defined below) under the circumstances specified in Sections 1.04(d) and 1.05 hereof. The Initial Deposit, the Account and all funds or securities now or hereafter credited to the Account, all investments of any of the foregoing, plus all interest, dividends and other distributions and payments on any of the foregoing (collectively the “Distributions”) received or receivable by the Escrow Agent or the Financial Institution in respect of any of the foregoing, together with all proceeds of any of the foregoing are collectively referred to herein as “Escrow Property.”

 

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Section 1.03. Grantor’s Limited Rights in Escrow Property; Security Interest.

(a) The Grantor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, as security for the due and punctual payment when due of all amounts that may be payable from time to time under the Indenture and the Notes, a continuing security interest in, and a lien on, all right, title and interest of the Grantor, whether now existing or hereafter acquired or arising, in the Escrow Property.

(b) The Grantor represents and warrants that the security interest of the Trustee in the Escrow Property, will, after execution and delivery of this Agreement by all parties hereto, at all times be valid, perfected and enforceable (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) as a first priority (subject to liens of the Escrow Agent and the Financial Institution) security interest by the Trustee against the Grantor and all third parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that: (i) the Account will be treated as a “Securities Account,” (ii) the Escrow Property (other than the Account) and other assets credited to the Account will be treated as “Financial Assets,” (iii) this Agreement governs the Account and provides rules governing the priority among possible “Entitlement Orders” received by the Financial Institution from the Grantor, the Trustee and any other persons entitled to give “Entitlement Orders” with respect to such Financial Assets and (iv) the “Securities Intermediary’s Jurisdiction” is the State of New York. The Financial Institution as “Securities Intermediary” represents and warrants that it is a “Securities Intermediary” with respect to the Account and the “Financial Assets” credited to the Account. Except as specifically provided herein, the terms of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as amended, or any successor provision (the “Code”), will apply to this Agreement, and all terms quoted in this Section 1.03(c) and Section 1.03(e) will have the meanings assigned to them by Article 8 and Article 9 of the Code.

(d) The Escrow Agent hereby agrees that all property delivered to the Escrow Agent for crediting to the Account will be promptly credited to the Account by the Financial Institution. The Financial Institution represents and warrants that it has not entered into, and agrees that it will not enter into, any control agreement or any other agreement relating to the Account or the Escrow Property with any other third party without the prior written consent of the

 

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Grantor, the Trustee and the Representative. The parties agree that all financial assets (except cash) credited to the Account will be registered in the name of the Financial Institution or its nominees or indorsed to the Financial Institution or in blank and in no case will any financial asset credited to the Account be registered in the name of the Grantor, payable to the order of the Grantor or specially indorsed to the Grantor unless such financial asset has been further indorsed to the Financial Institution or in blank.

(e) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Account will be under the control (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the Code) of the Trustee (in accordance with the Indenture) and, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Financial Institution will comply with all “Entitlement Orders” (as defined in Section 8-102 of the Code) with respect to the Account and all instructions directing disposition of funds in the Account, in each case originated by the Trustee (in accordance with the Indenture) without further consent of the Grantor or any other person; provided, that so long as the Trustee has not notified the Escrow Agent and Financial Institution in writing that an Event of Default exists or following the receipt by the Escrow Agent and the Securities Intermediary of a written notice from the Trustee that any existing Event of Default has been cured or waived, the Financial Institution shall honor Entitlement Orders issued by the Grantor and the Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 1.04 or Section 1.05 hereof.

(f) The Grantor agrees to take all steps reasonably necessary in connection with the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Escrow Property and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Grantor hereby authorizes the Trustee and the Initial Purchasers, on behalf of the Trustee, to file one or more UCC financing statements that reasonably describe the collateral in such jurisdictions and filing offices and containing such description of collateral as are reasonably necessary in order to perfect the security interest granted herein, and any such filing is hereby authorized to be made by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel on behalf of the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Escrow Agent nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for preparing, recording, filing, re-recording, or re-filing any financing statement, perfection statement, continuation statement or other instrument in any public office to ensure the perfection or maintenance of any security interest granted in the Escrow Property. The Grantor represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, it was duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the state of Delaware and is not organized under the laws of any other jurisdiction, and the Grantor hereby agrees that, prior to the termination of this Agreement, it will not change its legal name or jurisdiction of organization without first giving the Trustee and the Initial Purchasers at least 10 days’ prior written notice thereof and taking all steps required under the Code to cause the security interests granted herein to remain perfected.

 

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(g) Upon the release of any Escrow Property pursuant to Section 1.04 or Section 1.05 hereof, the security interest of the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes granted herein will automatically terminate with respect to any such Escrow Property so released without any further action and such released Escrow Property will be delivered to the recipient free and clear of any and all liens, claims or encumbrances of the Financial Institution, the Escrow Agent, the Trustee or the holders of the Notes. The Trustee will, at the reasonable written request of the Grantor, take all steps necessary to terminate any financing statements and will execute such other documents without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind as the Grantor may reasonably request in writing to evidence or confirm the termination of the security interest in such released Escrow Property.

Section 1.04. Investment of Escrow Property. (a) The Escrow Agent is authorized and directed, and agrees promptly to deposit, transfer, hold and invest the Escrow Property and any investment income thereon (i) in cash, (ii) upon instruction as set forth in Exhibit B, or (iii) in Permitted Investments as otherwise set forth in any subsequent written instruction to the Escrow Agent signed by the Grantor. The Financial Institution will credit all such investments to the Account and hereby agrees to treat any such investment as a “Financial Asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. Notwithstanding any instructions by the Grantor, the Escrow Property may only be invested in or a combination of: (i) any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing; or (ii) U.S. dollars or demand deposits of the Financial Institution (collectively, “Permitted Investments”).

(b) The Escrow Agent will have no liability for any investment losses, fees, taxes or other charges arising from or related to any such investment, reinvestment or liquidation of an investment other than in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof. In addition, the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for assuring that the funds on deposit in the Escrow Account are sufficient for the disbursements contemplated hereunder.

(c) The Escrow Agent will have no obligation to invest or reinvest the Escrow Property on the day of deposit if deposited with the Financial Institution after 11:00 a.m. New York City time on such day of deposit. Instructions received after 11:00 a.m. New York City time will be treated as if received on the following Business Day. Any interest or other income received on such investment and reinvestment of the Escrow Property will become part of the Escrow Property and any losses incurred on such investment and reinvestment of the Escrow Property will be debited against the Escrow Property. If written investment instructions are not given to the Escrow Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the Escrow Agent will be deemed to have been instructed by the Grantor at 11:00 a.m. New York City time on such

 

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Business Day to deposit and invest the cash portion of the Escrow Property as provided in Section 1.04(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Agent will have the power, and be required, to cause the sale or liquidation of the foregoing investments upon the earlier of (x) written notice from the Grantor instructing the Escrow Agent to cause such sale or liquidation and (y) whenever the Escrow Agent is required to release all or any portion of the Escrow Property pursuant to Section 1.04(d) or Section 1.05 hereof. Upon receipt of written notice pursuant to clause (x) above, the Escrow Agent shall cause the sale or liquidation of the foregoing investments by no later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the succeeding Business Day. In the event that the Escrow Agent is not required to release the Escrow Property within two Business Days of the sale or liquidation of the investments, the Escrow Agent will reinvest the Escrow Property (in accordance with Section 1.04(a) hereof) upon receipt of written instructions from the Grantor, provided that instructions received after 11:00 a.m. New York City time will be treated as if received on the following Business Day. In no event will the Escrow Agent be deemed an investment manager or adviser in respect of any selection of investments hereunder. It is understood and agreed that the Escrow Agent or its affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Escrow Agent’s economic self interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the investments, (ii) using affiliates to effect transactions in certain investments or (iii) effecting transactions in investments.

(d) If at any time the Escrow Property has an aggregate value in excess of the Special Redemption Total Amount, the Escrow Agent, upon receipt of a certificate from an officer of the Grantor certifying as to such event and specifying the amount in excess of the Special Redemption Total Amount, shall cause the release of such excess Escrow Property to the Grantor at its option upon receipt of written instructions therefrom from an Authorized Person (as defined in Section 3.01 hereof) of the Grantor by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, on June 15, 2013, if the Officers’ Certificate described in Section 1.05(b) has not been delivered to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee, the Grantor may direct the Escrow Agent to release a portion (in an amount not to the exceed the amount of interest payable on the Notes on June 15, 2013) of the Escrow Property to the Trustee and Paying Agent under the Indenture by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof for purposes of paying such interest; provided that the Grantor delivers the certificate set forth above, together with reasonably detailed calculations, certifying and establishing that the remaining Escrow Property (not assuming any reinvestment of proceeds) will be sufficient to fund the redemption of the Notes at the Special Redemption Total Amount.

 

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(e) For tax reporting purposes, all interest and other income from investment of the Escrow Property shall, as of the end of each calendar year and to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Service, be reported as having been earned by the Grantor, whether or not such income was disbursed during such calendar year.

Section 1.05. Distribution of Escrow Property. Subject to Section 1.03(e), the Escrow Agent is directed to cause the Financial Institution to hold and distribute the Escrow Property in the following manner:

(a) The Escrow Agent will only release the Escrow Property (or cause the Escrow Property to be released) as specifically provided for in this Section 1.05 (except as specified in Section 1.04(d) above).

(b) As promptly as practicable following receipt of an Officers’ Certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Officers’ Certificate”) from the Grantor, the Escrow Agent will cause the liquidation of all investments, if any, of Escrow Property then held by it and cause the release of all of the Escrow Property to or at the direction of the Grantor, at the Grantor’s written direction by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof or to the Trustee as directed.

(c) If the Officers’ Certificate described in Section 1.05(b) above has not been delivered to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on September 26, 2013 (the “Acquisition Deadline”), the Escrow Agent will cause the liquidation of all investments of Escrow Property then held by it on or before the Business Day immediately prior to the Special Redemption Date and cause the release of all of the Escrow Property as follows:

(i) first, to the Paying Agent under the Indenture, an amount of Escrow Property in cash equal to the Special Redemption Total Amount, such amount to be set forth in a written certificate delivered by the Grantor to the Escrow Agent (or equal to the Termination Redemption Price (as defined below), such amount to be set forth in a written certificate delivered by the Grantor to the Escrow Agent if a Termination Notice (as defined below) has been delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 1.05(d) below) for payment to the holders of the Notes in accordance with the special redemption provision contained in Section 3.07 of the Indenture; such release of Escrow Property to the Paying Agent under the Indenture will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof; provided that if the amount of the Escrow Property is less than the amount required to be paid for the Special Redemption Total Amount or the Termination Redemption Price, as applicable, the Grantor

 

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will deliver to the Paying Agent, at least one Business Day prior to the Special Redemption Date an amount equal to the deficiency in accordance with Section 3.07 of the Indenture; and

(ii) second, to the Grantor, any Escrow Property remaining after the distributions in clause (i) of this Section 1.05(c), by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof.

(d) In the event that the Grantor, prior to the Acquisition Deadline, notifies the Escrow Agent, the Trustee and the Initial Purchasers in writing substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Termination Notice”) that it will not pursue the Acquisition prior to the Acquisition Deadline or that the Sealy Merger Agreement shall have been amended, changed, supplemented or waived in a manner that would be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the Notes (as reasonably determined by the Grantor), it being understood that (a) a reduction of the purchase price in respect of the Acquisition will be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes (other than to the extent any such reduction is less than 10% of the purchase price as of December 19, 2012 and such reduction is applied to reduce the amount of Debt to be outstanding on the Escrow Release Date) and (b) notwithstanding anything in clause (a) to the contrary, any amendment, change, supplement, waiver or consent permitting the disposition of assets of the Grantor, Sealy or any of their respective subsidiaries deemed necessary or advisable (as determined by the board of directors of the Grantor in its reasonable judgment) to achieve required regulatory approval of the Acquisition shall not be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes; provided that the joint lead arrangers under the Credit Agreement entered into on or about the Issue Date shall have consented to any such disposition, then the Grantor shall be required to cause a special redemption of the Notes under Section 3.07 of the Indenture on the date that is three Business Days thereafter (or such later date specified in the Termination Notice, but in no event later than the Special Redemption Date). The Termination Notice shall specify the Special Redemption Price together with the accrued interest due on the Notes from the date of issuance to, but excluding, the redemption date (such total amount, the “Termination Redemption Price”). Upon receipt of the Termination Notice at least two Business Days immediately prior to the date fixed for such special redemption, the Escrow Agent will, on or before the Business Day immediately prior to the date fixed for such special redemption, cause the liquidation of all investments of Escrow Property then held by the Financial Institution and release all of the Escrow Property in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 1.05(c):

(e) If the Escrow Agent receives a written notice and instruction from the Trustee that the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes have become immediately due and payable pursuant to Article 6 of the

 

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Indenture, then the Escrow Agent will, within one Business Day after receipt of such written notice and instruction from the Trustee, cause the liquidation of all Escrow Property then held by the Financial Institution and cause the release of all of the Escrow Property as follows:

(i) first, to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee, an amount of Escrow Property in cash equal to amounts due and owing to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee in respect of fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Escrow Agent under this Agreement and the Trustee under the Indenture, ratably;

(ii) second, to the Paying Agent for payment to the holders of the Notes, an amount of Escrow Property sufficient to pay such accelerated principal amount and interest, if any, thereon; such release of Escrow Property to the Paying Agent under the Indenture will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof; and

(iii) third, to the Grantor, any Escrow Property remaining after the distributions in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 1.05(e) above, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in Section 1.07 hereof.

(f) In any case hereunder in which the Escrow Agent is to receive instructions to release the Escrow Property, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such instructions with no responsibility to calculate or confirm amounts or percentages to release or compliance with any other document.

Section 1.06. Addresses. Notices, instructions and other communications will be sent as follows:

 

  (a) to Escrow Agent:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

10161 Centurion Parkway

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Telephone: (904) 998-4711

Facsimile: (904) 645-1972

 

  (b) to the Financial Institution:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

10161 Centurion Parkway

Jacksonville, FL 32256

 

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Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Telephone: (904) 998-4711

Facsimile: (904) 645-1972

 

  (c) to Trustee:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

10161 Centurion Parkway

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Telephone: (904) 998-4711

Facsimile: (904) 645-1972

 

  (d) to Grantor:

Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

1000 Tempur Way

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

Facsimile: 859-455-2805

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Bingham McCutchen LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: 212-752-5378

Attention: John R. Utzschneider

 

  (e) to the Representative and the Initial Purchasers:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

50 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10020

Facsimile: 212-901-7897

Attention: HY Legal Department

with a copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Facsimile: 212-701-5111

Attention: Michael Kaplan

 

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The Escrow Agent may rely upon and comply with instructions or directions sent via unsecured facsimile or email transmission and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense of any kind incurred by any person due to the Escrow Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with instructions or directions given by unsecured facsimile or email transmission, provided, however, that such losses have not arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent, it being understood that the failure of the Escrow Agent to verify or confirm that the person providing the instructions or directions, is, in fact, an authorized person, does not constitute negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 1.07. Wire Transfer Instructions.

All cash (including the cash proceeds from liquidation of any Escrow Property) distributed from the Account shall be in accordance with the amounts indicated in the Officers’ Certificate to the Grantor and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. All distributions from the Account to the Grantor will be transferred by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the following wire transfer instructions:

Bank Name: Fifth Third Bank

ABA # 042000314

Account # 0082680782

Account Name: Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

Address: 38 Fountain Square Plaza

       Cincinnati, OH 45263

Contact: Trish Claunch, Cash Manager

Phone: (859) 455-1892

All distributions pursuant to the Officers’ Certificate from the Account to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the following wire instructions or such other wire instructions as may be provided in writing to the Escrow Agent by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated:

Bank Name: Bank of America, NA

            Dallas, TX USA

ABA # 0260-0959-3

Account # 3750672743

SWIFT: BOFAUS3N

Beneficiary: Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc

Address: 100 N Tryon Street

        Mail Code: NC1-007-08-28

        Charlotte, NC 28255

 

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Unless otherwise indicated in writing from the Trustee or the Paying Agent to the Escrow Agent, all cash distributed from the Account to the Paying Agent will be transferred internally or by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the following wire transfer instructions:

Bank Name: The Bank of New York Mellon

Account Name: Corporate Trust Agency

ABA # 021000018

Account # GLA 111-565 For further credit to TAS # 185652

Ref: Tempur-Pedic 6.875% due 2020

Attn: Jill Wiesner

Phone: 904-998-4711

Unless otherwise indicated in writing from the Escrow Agent to the Grantor and the Initial Purchasers, the Initial Deposit will be transferred to the Escrow Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the following wire transfer instructions:

Bank Name: The Bank of New York Mellon

Account Name: Corporate Trust Agency

ABA # 021000018

Account # GLA 111-565 For further credit to TAS # 538766

Ref: Tempur-Pedic Int’l Escrow

Attn: Jill Wiesner

Phone: 904-998-4711

If, upon termination of this Agreement and after any required liquidation or distribution of Escrow Property for the benefit of any person other than the Grantor pursuant to Section 1.05 hereof, any Escrow Property consists of assets other than cash and is to be released to the Grantor, the Escrow Agent shall cause the liquidation of such Escrow Property into cash and distribute it to the Grantor pursuant to this Section 1.07 unless the Grantor has provided a prior written request to the Escrow Agent not to liquidate such Escrow Property and to deliver such non-cash Escrow Property in kind to the Grantor at such account(s) or location(s) specified by the Grantor in such written request. If the Escrow Agent receives such a request, it shall cause the delivery of such non-cash Escrow Property to the Grantor as promptly as practicable. No request by the Grantor pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute an “Entitlement Order” or instruction with respect to the Escrow Property prior to the termination of this Agreement.

Section 1.08. Compensation.

(a) Upon execution of this Agreement, the Grantor will pay to the extent invoiced (including the documentation reasonably supporting such request) the Escrow Agent for its services in accordance with the fee schedule agreed to by and between the Grantor and the Escrow Agent.

 

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(b) The fees agreed upon for the services rendered hereunder is intended as full compensation for the Escrow Agent’s services as contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that the Escrow Agent renders any service not contemplated in this Agreement, or there is any assignment of interest in the subject matter of this Agreement, or any material modification hereof, or if any material controversy arises hereunder, or the Escrow Agent is made a party to any litigation pertaining to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, then, to the extent not arising from the Escrow Agent’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Escrow Agent shall be compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for all reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one legal counsel, occasioned by any such delay, controversy, litigation or event.

(c) If any reasonable fees, expenses or costs incurred by, or any obligations owed to the Escrow Agent (or its one legal counsel) hereunder are not paid when due, the Escrow Agent may set off against any Escrow Property released to the Grantor from this escrow in accordance with Section 1.05 hereof. The Escrow Agent shall have no right to set off against, and hereby waives any lien it may otherwise have against, any Escrow Property prior to its release from escrow or which is released or to be released to a person other than the Grantor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Grantor shall remain liable for any unpaid reasonable fees, expenses or costs incurred by, or any obligations owed to the Escrow Agent (or its counsel) hereunder.

(d) The obligations of the Grantor contained in this Section 1.08 will survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

ARTICLE 2

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Section 2.01. Rights, Duties and Immunities of Escrow Agent.

(a) Scope of duties. The duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Escrow Agent will be limited to those expressly set forth herein and no duties, responsibilities or obligations will be inferred or implied. The Escrow Agent will not be required to inquire as to the performance or observation of any obligation, term or condition under any other agreement or arrangement to which the Grantor is a party, even though reference thereto may be made herein. The Escrow Agent will not be required to comply with any direction or instruction (other than those

 

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contained herein or delivered in accordance with this Agreement) from the Grantor or any entity acting on its behalf. The Escrow Agent will not be required to, and will not, expend or risk any of its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder.

(b) Limitation on liability. The Escrow Agent will not be liable for any action taken or omitted or for any loss or injury resulting from its actions or its performance or lack of performance of its duties hereunder in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part. In no event will the Escrow Agent be liable (i) for any consequential, punitive, special or indirect damages, regardless of the form of action and whether or not any such damages were foreseeable and contemplated, (ii) for an amount in excess of the value of the Escrow Property and (iii) for any liability in connection with the investment or reinvestment of any cash held by it hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation any liability for any delays (not resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct) in the investment, reinvestment or liquidation of the Escrow Property, or any loss of interest or income incident to any such delay. The Escrow Agent may perform any of its duties through its agents, representatives, attorneys, custodians and/or nominees and the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, representative, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with due care.

(c) Further limitation on liability. The Escrow Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the reasonable control of the Escrow Agent (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, or earthquakes, fire, flood, acts of terrorism, civil or military disturbances, sabotage, epidemic, riots, accidents, labor disputes, interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software), the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility).

(d) Right to consult counsel. The Escrow Agent may consult with legal counsel of its own choosing, at the reasonable expense of the Grantor (to the extent documented) in accordance with Section 1.08 hereof, as to any matter relating to this Agreement, and the Escrow Agent will not incur any liability in acting in good faith in accordance with any advice from such counsel.

(e) Duty of care. The Escrow Agent will not be under any duty to give the Escrow Property held by it hereunder any greater degree of care than it gives its own similar property and will not be required to invest any funds held hereunder except as directed in accordance with this Agreement. Uninvested funds held hereunder will not earn or accrue interest and the Escrow Agent will have no liability for the failure of uninvested funds to earn or accrue interest.

 

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(f) Collection. All funds and other property deposited into the Account or otherwise collected for deposit therein will be subject to the Escrow Agent’s usual collection practices or terms regarding items received by the Escrow Agent for deposit or collection. The Escrow Agent will not be required, or have any duty, to notify any Person of any payment or maturity under the terms of any instrument deposited hereunder, or to take any legal action to enforce payment of any check, note or security deposited hereunder or to exercise any right or privilege that may be afforded to the holder of any such security.

(g) Statements. The Escrow Agent will cause the Financial Institution to provide to the Grantor and the Trustee monthly statements identifying transactions, transfers or holdings of Escrow Property, and each such statement will be deemed to be correct and final, absent manifest error, upon receipt thereof by the Grantor and the Trustee unless the Escrow Agent is notified by the Grantor or the Trustee in writing to the contrary within 45 Business Days of the date of such statement.

(h) Disclaimer with respect to Escrow Property. The Escrow Agent will not be responsible in any respect for the form, execution, validity, value or genuineness of documents or securities deposited into escrow or held hereunder, or for any description therein, or for the identity, authority or rights of persons executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any such document, security or endorsement. The Escrow Agent makes no representation as to the validity, value, genuineness or the collectability of any security or other document or instrument held by or delivered to it. The Escrow Agent will not be called upon to advise any party as to the wisdom in selling or retaining or taking or refraining from any action with respect to any securities or other property deposited hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor the Escrow Agent shall be responsible for and make no representation as to the legality, effectiveness or sufficiency of this Agreement as a security document. Neither the Trustee nor the Escrow Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements under the Code, or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any lien or security interest in the Account or any assets therein.

(i) Ambiguity or uncertainty. In the event of any ambiguity or uncertainty hereunder or in any notice, instruction or other communication received by the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent may, in its reasonable sole discretion, refrain from taking any action other than retaining possession of the Escrow Property, unless the Escrow Agent receives written instructions, signed by each of the Grantor, the Trustee and the Representative which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty.

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respect to any Escrow Property, the Escrow Agent will be entitled, in its reasonable sole discretion, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such Escrow Property so long as such dispute or conflict continues, and the Escrow Agent will not be or become liable in any way to the Grantor for failure or refusal to comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Escrow Agent will be entitled to refuse to act until, in its reasonable sole discretion, either (i) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands have been determined by a final order, judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, which order, judgment or decree is not subject to appeal, or settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing satisfactory to the Escrow Agent or (ii) the Escrow Agent has received security or an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it sufficient to hold it harmless from and against any and all Losses (as defined in Section 2.02 hereof) which it may incur by reason of so acting. The Escrow Agent may, in addition, elect, in its sole discretion, to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as it may deem, in its sole discretion, necessary. The reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one counsel) incurred in connection with such proceeding will be paid by, and will be solely an obligation of, the Grantor.

(k) Compliance with judicial orders. If at any time the Escrow Agent is served with any judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or administrative process that in any way affects the Escrow Property, including but not limited to orders of attachment or garnishment or other forms of levies or injunctions or stays relating to the transfer of the Escrow Property (an “Order”), the Escrow Agent is authorized to comply therewith in any manner as it or its legal counsel of its own choosing deems necessary, provided that the Escrow Agent shall, prior to taking any such action in respect of the Order, promptly notify the Grantor and the Trustee of such Order to allow the Grantor (with the consent of the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Initial Purchasers) to seek an appropriate order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement; and if the Escrow Agent complies with this Section 2.01(k) and any such Order, the Escrow Agent will not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity even though such Order may be subsequently modified or vacated or otherwise determined to have been without legal force or effect.

(l) Right to rely on communications. The Escrow Agent will be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order, judgment, certification, demand, instruction, notice, instrument or other writing delivered to it hereunder without being required to determine the authenticity or the correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity or the service thereof. The Escrow Agent may act in conclusive reliance upon any instrument or signature reasonably believed by it in good faith to be genuine and may assume that any person purporting to give

 

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receipt or advice to make any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so. When the Escrow Agent acts on any information, instructions, communications (including, but not limited to, communications with respect to the delivery of securities or the wire transfer of funds) sent by facsimile, email or other form of electronic or data transmission, the Escrow Agent, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct, will not be responsible or liable in the event such communication is not an authorized or authentic communication of the Grantor or the Trustee, as the case may be, or is not in the form the Grantor or the Trustee sent or intended to send (whether due to fraud, distortion or otherwise). Pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, the Grantor will indemnify the Escrow Agent against any Losses (as such term is defined in Section 2.02 hereof) it may incur as a result of acting in accordance with any such communication.

(m) Right to request instruction. At any time the Escrow Agent may request an instruction in writing from the Grantor and the Trustee and may, at its own option, include in such request the course of action it proposes to take and the date on which it proposes to act, regarding any matter arising in connection with its duties and obligations hereunder. The Escrow Agent will not be liable for acting in accordance with such a proposal on or after the date specified therein; provided that (i) the specified date will be at least five Business Days after each of the Grantor and the Trustee receives the Escrow Agent’s request for instructions and its proposed course of action and (ii) prior to so acting, the Escrow Agent has not received the written instructions requested.

(n) Liability for taxes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Escrow Agent does not have any interest in the Escrow Property deposited hereunder but is serving as escrow holder only and having only possession thereof. The Grantor will pay or reimburse the Escrow Agent upon request for any transfer taxes or other taxes relating to the Escrow Property incurred in connection herewith and will indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent with respect to any amounts that it is obligated to pay in the way of such taxes, in each case to the reasonable satisfaction of the Escrow Agent. Any payments of income from the Account will be subject to withholding regulations then in force with respect to United States taxes. The Grantor will provide the Escrow Agent with appropriate W-9 forms for tax identification number certifications, or W-8 forms for non-resident alien certifications, as requested. It is understood that the Escrow Agent will be responsible for income reporting only with respect to income earned on investment of funds which are a part of the Escrow Property and is not responsible for any other reporting. The provisions of this Section 2.01(n) will survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

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without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Escrow Agent in each of its capacities hereunder, including in its capacity as Financial Institution, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(p) Right Not Duty Undertaken. The permissive rights of the Escrow Agent to do things enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as duties.

Section 2.02. Indemnity. The Grantor will be liable for and will reimburse and indemnify the Escrow Agent and hold the Escrow Agent and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, actual losses, liabilities, reasonable costs, damages or reasonable expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one legal counsel) (collectively, “Losses”) arising from or in connection with or related to this Agreement or being the Escrow Agent hereunder; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall not be indemnified for (i) Losses caused by its gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) any consequential, punitive, special or indirect Losses, regardless of the form of action and whether or not any such Losses were foreseeable and contemplated. The provisions of this Section 2.02 will survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

Section 2.03. Resignation and Removal of Escrow Agent. (a) The Grantor may remove the Escrow Agent at any time by giving to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee 15 days’ prior notice in writing signed by the Grantor. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time by giving to the Grantor and the Trustee 15 days’ prior written notice thereof.

(b) Within 10 days after giving the foregoing notice of removal to the Escrow Agent or receiving the foregoing notice of resignation from the Escrow Agent, the Grantor will appoint a successor escrow agent, upon notice to the Trustee. The Grantor will cause any successor escrow agent to assume the obligations of the Escrow Agent hereunder or to enter into such other escrow and security agreement as may be reasonably acceptable to the Grantor, and any such other escrow and security agreement shall be administratively acceptable to the Trustee. If a successor escrow agent has not accepted such appointment by the end of such 10-day period or such successor escrow agent has not become so bound, the Escrow Agent may, in its sole discretion, deliver the Escrow Property to the Trustee at the address provided herein or may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow agent or for other appropriate relief. The reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one legal counsel) incurred by the Escrow Agent in connection with such proceeding will be paid by, and be deemed to be solely an obligation of, the Grantor.

 

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(c) Upon receipt of the identity of the successor escrow agent, the Escrow Agent will either deliver the Escrow Property then held hereunder to the successor escrow agent or hold such Escrow Property (or any portion thereof), pending distribution, until all such fees, costs and expenses or other obligations owing to the Escrow Agent under this Agreement are paid. Upon delivery of the Escrow Property to the successor escrow agent, the Escrow Agent will have no further duties, responsibilities or obligations hereunder.

(d) Any corporation or association into which the Escrow Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its escrow business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which the Escrow Agent is a party, shall be and become the successor escrow agent under this Agreement and shall have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.

Section 2.04. Termination. This Agreement will automatically terminate (and all liens and security interests in the Escrow Property shall be released automatically) upon the distribution of all Escrow Property from the Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.05 hereof, except such provisions of this Agreement that by their express terms survive the termination of this Agreement and/or the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent. Upon termination of this Agreement, all security interest of the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes granted pursuant to, and described in, Section 1.03 of this Agreement shall automatically terminate without any further action. The Trustee shall at the reasonable request and expense of the Grantor take all steps reasonably necessary to terminate any financing statements that have not been terminated pursuant to Section 1.03(g) hereof and shall execute such other documents as the Grantor may reasonably request in writing to evidence or confirm the termination of such security interest.

ARTICLE 3

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01. Notices. All notices and other communications under this Agreement will be in writing in English and will be deemed given (a) on the date of delivery when delivered personally, (b) upon the date of delivery when mailing such notice first class (postage prepaid) at the addresses set forth in Section 1.06 hereof (or to such other address as a party may have specified by notice given to

 

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the other parties pursuant to this provision), (c) upon delivery when delivered by electronic means (which electronically transmitted copy will be followed by personal, mail or courier delivery of an original), and (d) on the next Business Day after delivery to a recognized overnight courier or mailed first class (postage prepaid) or when sent by facsimile to the parties (which facsimile copy will be followed by personal, mail or courier delivery of an original) at the addresses set forth in Section 1.06 hereof (or to such other address as a party may have specified by notice given to the other parties pursuant to this provision). Whenever under the terms hereof the time for giving a notice or performing an act falls upon a day that is not a Business Day, such time will be extended to the next Business Day. Attached as Schedule 3.01 hereto and made a part hereof is a list of those persons initially entitled to give notices, instructions and other communications to the Trustee and/or the Escrow Agent on behalf of the Grantor hereunder (each such representative, an “Authorized Person”). Schedule 3.01 may be amended from time to time by written notice from the Grantor to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee, with a copy to the Initial Purchasers.

Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Grantor, the Trustee, the Financial Institution and the Escrow Agent hereby represents and warrants (a) that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on its behalf and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (b) that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it does not and will not violate any applicable material law or regulation governing it and, in the case of the Trustee, its corporate trust powers.

Section 3.03. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Construction. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

(b) The Financial Institution’s jurisdiction for purposes of Sections 8-110 and 9-304 of the Code will be the State of New York.

(c) Each party hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby will be brought in the federal or state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding. The parties

 

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hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any lawsuit, action or other proceeding in any such court, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The parties further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to such party’s address set forth in Section 1.06 hereof (or directed to it at the address last specified for notices hereunder) will be effective service of process for any lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court, and such service will be deemed completed 10 days after the same is so mailed.

(d) Time is of the essence in this Agreement.

(e) Except as set forth in Section 1.03(c), capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. The term “will” as used in this Agreement shall be interpreted to express a command. The term “or” is not exclusive. Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.

(f) The following capitalized terms shall have the following definitions in this Agreement: (i) “Securities Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC: (ii) “Security Entitlement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC: (iii) “Securities Intermediary” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC; and (iv) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

Section 3.04. Rights and Remedies. The rights and remedies conferred upon the parties hereto and the Initial Purchasers will be cumulative, and the exercise or waiver of any such right or remedy will not preclude or inhibit the exercise of any additional rights or remedies. The waiver of any right or remedy hereunder will not preclude the subsequent exercise of such right or remedy.

Section 3.05. Benefit of the Parties. This Agreement will be binding upon the parties hereto and each of their permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement will inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Initial Purchasers and (subject to Section 3.06 hereof) each of their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under, in respect of, or by virtue of this Agreement.

Section 3.06. Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder of parties hereto may not be assigned except with the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and the Initial Purchasers, and any purported

 

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assignment without such consent will be null and void, except for the appointment of a successor Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, the appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Indenture or a Trustee succession under Section 7.09 of the Indenture.

Section 3.07. Merger. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements in regards thereto.

Section 3.08. Amendment. Except as otherwise permitted herein and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written amendment signed by all the parties hereto, and no waiver of any provision hereof will be effective unless expressed in a writing signed by all of the parties hereto.

Section 3.09. Severability. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement will in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision, and if any provision is held to be unenforceable as a matter of law, the other provisions will not be affected thereby and will remain in full force and effect.

Section 3.10. Headings and Captions. The headings and captions included in this Agreement are included solely for convenience of reference and will have no effect on the interpretation or operation of this Agreement.

Section 3.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which counterpart, when so executed and delivered, will be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts together will constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 3.12. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 3.13. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, the Financial Institution and the Escrow Agent like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify,

 

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and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee, the Financial Institution and the Escrow Agent. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the Trustee, the Financial Institution and the Escrow Agent with such information as any of them may request in order for the parties to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

Section 3.14. The Trustee. The Trustee has entered into this Agreement not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee under the Indenture and shall be entitled, in connection with its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, to all the rights, protections, immunities and exculpations available to it as Trustee under the Indenture. The Trustee shall not be liable to the Escrow Agent or the Financial Institution for the payment of any amounts owing to them under this Agreement, payment of which amounts shall be the sole obligation of the Grantor.

Section 3.15. The Financial Institution. In executing this Agreement as Financial Institution, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. executes for the sole and limited purpose of confirming that its duties as Escrow Agent under this Agreement shall extend to and include its responsibilities as “bank” and as “securities intermediary” under the Code with respect to funds and financial assets on deposit in or credited to the Account. References herein to Financial Institution shall in all cases refer to the Escrow Agent acting solely in such capacities and shall under no circumstance be construed to imply obligations against The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. in its personal or in any other capacity.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.,
    as Grantor
By:  

/s/ William H. Poche

Name:   William H. Poche
Title:   Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

    TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

    as Escrow Agent and Financial

    Institution

By:  

/s/ Linda Garcia

Name:   Linda Garcia
Title:   Vice President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

    TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

    as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Linda Garcia

Name:   Linda Garcia
Title:   Vice President

 

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SCHEDULE 3.011

The specimen signatures shown below are the specimen signatures of the individuals who have been designated as authorized representatives of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. and are authorized to initiate and approve transactions of all types for the escrow account or accounts established under the Escrow and Security Agreement to which this Schedule 3.01 is attached, on behalf of Tempur-Pedic International Inc.

 

Name / Title

 

Specimen Signature

Dale E. Williams

Name

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Title

 

/s/ Dale E. Williams

Signature

 

Lou H. Jones

Name

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Title

 

 

/s/ Lou H. Jones

Signature

 

William H. Poche

Name

 

Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

Title

 

/s/ William H. Poche

Signature

 

 

 

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This Schedule 3.01 may be amended from time to time by written notice from the Grantor to the Escrow Agent, the Trustee and the Initial Purchasers.

Schedule 3.01


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

of

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.

This certificate is being delivered to the Trustee and the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 1.05(b) of the Escrow and Security Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2012 (the “Escrow and Security Agreement”), among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Grantor”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent and financial institution (in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow and Security Agreement, including by reference to the Indenture described therein. The Grantor, hereby instructs the Escrow Agent to liquidate and release the Escrow Property as follows: (A) $7,500,0002 to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and (B) the balance to the Grantor, both in accordance with Section 1.07 of the Escrow and Security Agreement. The Grantor hereby certifies through the undersigned officers that all of the following conditions have been met or will be satisfied simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the release of the Escrow Property:

 

  1. The Acquisition, as described under “Summary—The Transactions” in the Offering Memorandum, has been consummated pursuant to the Sealy Merger Agreement (as defined in the Indenture), without giving effect to any amendment, change or supplement or waiver of any provision thereunder after December 19, 2012 in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the Notes (as reasonably determined by the Grantor), it being understood that (a) a reduction of the purchase price in respect of the Acquisition will be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes (other than to the extent any such reduction is less than 10% of the purchase price as of December 19, 2012 and such reduction is applied to reduce the amount of Debt to be outstanding on the Escrow Release Date) and (b) notwithstanding anything in clause (a) to the contrary, any amendment, change, supplement, waiver or consent permitting the disposition of assets of the Grantor, Sealy or any of their respective subsidiaries deemed necessary or advisable (as determined by the board of directors of the Grantor in its

 

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Deferred Discount owed to Initial Purchasers pursuant to Purchase Agreement.

 

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  reasonable judgment) to achieve required regulatory approval of the Acquisition shall not be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the Notes; provided that the joint lead arrangers under the Credit Agreement entered into on or about the Issue Date shall have consented to any such disposition;

 

  2. The Credit Agreement entered into on or about the Issue Date has become effective and all conditions precedent to initial funding have been satisfied or waived;

 

  3. Each of the Grantor’s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that is a borrower under or guarantees the Credit Agreement (including Sealy and its applicable Subsidiaries) has guaranteed the Notes pursuant to the Indenture or a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and, as applicable, has signed a joinder agreement to the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Notes (in each case in the form attached thereto) and delivered the certificates and opinions required under Section 3(o)(i), (vi) and (vii) of the Purchase Agreement and the Company has made the required payment thereunder; and

 

  4. The Grantor has consummated the other Transactions on substantially the terms described under “The Transactions” in the Offering Memorandum dated as of December 12, 2012 relating to the Notes.

The Grantor hereby further certifies through the undersigned officers that certain steps set forth above will occur substantially concurrently with the release of funds from the Account.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor through two Authorized Persons, has signed this Certificate this [    ] day of [        ], 20[    ].

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT B

Agency and Custody Account Direction

For Cash Balances

Direction to use the following BNY Mellon Interest Bearing Deposit Account for Cash Balances for the escrow account or accounts (the “Account”) established under the Escrow and Security Agreement to which this Exhibit B is attached.

You are hereby directed to deposit, as indicated below, or as either of the undersigned shall direct further in writing from time to time, all cash in the Account in the following interest bearing deposit account of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.:

The BNY Mellon Cash Reserve (“cash reserve”)

Security #S87599610

Each of the undersigned understand that amounts on deposit in the cash reserve are insured, subject to the applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), in the basic FDIC insurance amount of $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank. This includes principal and accrued interest up to a total of $250,000.

Each of the undersigned acknowledges that he has full power to direct investments of the Account.

Each of the undersigned understands that he may change this direction at any time and that it shall continue in effect until revoked or modified by either of the undersigned by written notice to you.

 

Authorized Representative   Authorized Representative
Date   Date

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF TERMINATION NOTICE

of

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.

Reference is hereby made to the Escrow and Security Agreement dated as of December 19, 2012 (the “Escrow and Security Agreement”) among Tempur-Pedic International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Grantor”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent and financial institution (in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Escrow and Security Agreement, including by reference to the Indenture described therein.

Notice is hereby given by the Grantor to the Escrow Agent and the Trustee, as of the date hereof, that [the Grantor will not pursue the consummation of the Acquisition] / [the Sealy Merger Agreement has been amended, changed, supplemented or waived in a manner that is materially adverse to holders of the Notes, it being understood that (a) a reduction of the purchase price in respect of the Acquisition will be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes (other than to the extent any such reduction is less than 10% of the purchase price as of December 19, 2012 and such reduction is applied to reduce the amount of Debt to be outstanding on the Escrow Release Date) and (b) notwithstanding anything in clause (a) to the contrary, any amendment, change, supplement, waiver or consent permitting the disposition of assets of the Grantor, Sealy or any of their respective subsidiaries deemed necessary or advisable (as determined by the board of directors of the Grantor in its reasonable judgment) to achieve required regulatory approval of the Acquisition shall not be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the notes; provided that the joint lead arrangers under the Credit Agreement entered into on or about the Issue Date shall have consented to any such disposition]. Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, a special mandatory redemption pursuant to the provision contained in Section 3.07 of the Indenture will be made on [            ], 20[    ] (the “Redemption Date”), in an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon from the date of issuance of the Notes to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Termination Redemption Price”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Escrow and Security Agreement, the Escrow Agent is hereby instructed, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, to liquidate and release:

(a) $[        ], representing the Termination Redemption Price, to the Trustee by wire transfer of immediately available funds at: [            ]; and

 

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(b) after payment of the Termination Redemption Price to the Trustee, the remainder of all available Escrow Property to (i) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in an amount equal to $[        ]3 in accordance with the wire transfer instructions set forth in Section 1.07 of the Escrow and Security Agreement, and (ii) the Grantor by wire transfer of immediately available funds at: [            ].

 

 

3 

Documented out-of-pocket expenses of Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this Termination Notice to be duly executed and delivered as of this [    ] day of [        ], 20[    ].

 

TEMPUR-PEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
Press Release, dated December 19, 2012

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

TEMPUR-PEDIC ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $375 MILLION SENIOR NOTES OFFERING

LEXINGTON, KY, DECEMBER 19, 2012 – Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX), a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows worldwide, today announced that it completed its previously announced offering of $375 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2020 (the “Notes”), issued at par.

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of Tempur-Pedic and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by certain of Tempur-Pedic’s subsidiaries. The Notes will pay interest semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year beginning on June 15, 2013. The notes will mature on December 15, 2020.

The net proceeds of this offering will be approximately $366 million after payment of offering and other related expenses. Tempur-Pedic expects to use the net proceeds of the offering, together with cash on hand and borrowings under new senior secured credit facilities entered into by Tempur-Pedic, to finance the acquisition of Sealy Corporation and to pay related fees and expenses. The total proceeds from the sale of the Notes were placed in escrow pending release upon receipt of regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions to the completion of the Sealy acquisition.

The Notes were sold in a private offering only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

About the Company

Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) manufactures and distributes mattresses and pillows made from its proprietary TEMPUR® pressure-relieving material. It is the worldwide leader in premium and specialty sleep. The Company is focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing advanced sleep surfaces that help improve the quality of life for people around the world. The Company’s products are currently sold in over 80 countries under the TEMPUR® and Tempur-Pedic® brand names. World headquarters for Tempur-Pedic International is in Lexington, KY. For more information, visit http://www.tempurpedic.com or call 800-805-3635.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of federal securities laws, which include information concerning one or more of the Company’s plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and other information that is not historical information. When used in this release, the


words “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “proposed,” “intends,” “believes,” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward looking statements are based upon current expectations and beliefs and various assumptions. There can be no assurance that the Company will realize these expectations or that these beliefs will prove correct.

Numerous factors, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed as forward-looking statements. These risks include general economic, financial and industry conditions, particularly in the retail sector, as well as consumer confidence and the availability of consumer financing; uncertainties arising from global events; the effects of changes in foreign exchange rates on the Company’s reported earnings; consumer acceptance of the Company’s products; industry competition; the efficiency and effectiveness of the Company’s advertising campaigns and other marketing programs; the Company’s ability to increase sales productivity within existing retail accounts and to further penetrate the Company’s retail channel, including the timing of opening or expanding within large retail accounts; the Company’s ability to expand brand awareness, distribution and new products in international markets; the Company’s ability to address issues in certain underperforming markets; the Company’s ability to continuously improve and expand its product line, maintain efficient, timely and cost-effective production and delivery of its products, and manage its growth; the effects of strategic investments on the Company’s operations; changes in foreign tax rates and changes in tax laws generally, including the ability to utilize tax loss carry forwards; changing commodity costs; and the effect of future legislative or regulatory changes.

Additional information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K under the headings “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors.” In addition, the proposed merger with Sealy presents risk factors including the ability of the parties to complete the proposed merger in a timely manner or at all; satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the proposed merger, and the ability to secure regulatory approvals; the possibility of litigation (including relating to the merger itself); successful completion of acquisition financing arrangements; and the ability to successfully integrate Sealy into Tempur-Pedic’s operations and realize synergies from the proposed transaction. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason, including to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances.

Media Contact:

Contacts for Tempur-Pedic International:

Trevor Gibbons

Edelman for Tempur-Pedic International

+1 212 704 8166

Trevor.Gibbons@edelman.com

Michael Geller

Edelman for Tempur-Pedic International

+1 212 729 2163

Mike.Geller@edelman.com


Investor Relations Contact:

Tempur-Pedic International:

Mark Rupe

+1 800 805 3635

Investor.relations@tempurpedic.com

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