CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA - FORM 424B3
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-124332
PROSPECTUS
Offer to Exchange
up to $375,000,000 of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2013
for
up to $375,000,000 of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2013
that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
Terms of the exchange offer:
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Expires at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on
June 1, 2005, unless extended. |
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The only conditions to completing the exchange offer are that
the exchange offer not violate applicable law or applicable
interpretations of the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and no injunction, order or decree has been issued
which would prohibit, prevent or materially impair our ability
to proceed with the exchange offer. |
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All unregistered notes, which were issued in a private placement
on March 23, 2005, that are validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn will be exchanged. |
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Tenders of unregistered notes may be withdrawn at any time prior
to the expiration of the exchange offer. |
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The terms of the new registered notes to be issued in the
exchange offer are substantially identical to the unregistered
notes that we issued on March 23, 2005, except for certain
transfer restrictions, registration rights and liquidated
damages provisions relating to the unregistered notes that will
not apply to the new notes. The new notes will be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by all of our
existing domestic subsidiaries (other than our Puerto Rican
subsidiary) and all of our future domestic subsidiaries. |
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We will not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange offer. |
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We do not intend to list the new notes on any national
securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market. |
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The exchange of new notes for unregistered notes will not be a
taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
You should consider carefully the Risk Factors
beginning on page 13 of this prospectus before
participating in the exchange offer.
Any broker-dealer who holds unregistered notes acquired for its
own account as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities, and who receives the new notes in exchange
for the unregistered notes in the exchange offer, may be deemed
a statutory underwriter. Additionally, a broker-dealer:
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that receives new notes pursuant to the exchange offer must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with
any resale of the new notes; |
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that acquired the unregistered notes as a result of market
making or other trading activities may use this prospectus, as
supplemented or amended, in connection with resales of the new
notes; and |
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that acquired the unregistered notes directly from us in the
initial offering must, in the absence of an exemption, comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the secondary
resales and cannot rely on the position of the Securities and
Exchange Commission staff enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings
Corporation, Securities and Exchange Commission No-Action Letter
(April 13, 1989). |
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this
prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The date of this prospectus is May 4, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
You should rely only on the information in this prospectus. We
have not authorized any other person to provide you with
different information. If anyone provides you with different or
inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not
making an offer to sell the new notes in any jurisdiction where
the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the
information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of
the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business,
financial condition, results of operations, and prospectus may
have changed since that date.
This exchange offer is not being made to, and we will not accept
surrenders for exchange from, holders of unregistered notes in
any jurisdiction in which this exchange offer or the acceptance
of this exchange offer would violate the securities or blue sky
laws of that jurisdiction.
Each broker-dealer that receives new notes in the exchange offer
for its own account must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resales of the new notes. The letter of
transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by all persons
subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, including broker-dealers in connection with
resales of new notes received in the exchange offer, where the
notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the expiration of the exchange offer, we
will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available
to any broker-dealer for use in connection with such a resale.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or the
Commission. Our filings with the Commission are
available on the Internet at the Commissions EDGAR website
at http://www.sec.gov. You may read and copy any document that
we file with the Commission at the Commissions public
reference room at the following address:
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Room 1024
Washington, D.C. 20549
You may also review a copy of our filings at the
Commissions regional offices in Chicago, Illinois or
New York, New York. You can call the Commission at
1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the public reference
rooms and their copy charges. Our Commission filings are also
available at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange,
20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference
the information that we file with the Commission. This means
that we can disclose important business and financial
information to you by referring you to information and documents
that we have filed with the Commission. Any information that we
refer to in this manner is considered part of this prospectus.
Any information that we file with the Commission after the date
of this prospectus will automatically update and supersede the
corresponding information contained in this prospectus.
We are incorporating by reference the following documents that
we have previously filed with the Commission:
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004; |
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Our Definitive Proxy Statement in connection with our 2005
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 10, 2005,
filed with the Commission on April 7, 2005. |
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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on January 6, 2005, February 10, 2005,
February 23, 2005, March 2, 2005, March 8, 2005,
March 24, 2005 and April 19, 2005. |
We are also incorporating by reference any future filings that
we make with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date
of this prospectus and prior to the completion of the exchange
offer. In no event, however, will any of the information that we
disclose under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on
Form 8-K that we may from time to time file with the
Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise
included in, this prospectus. You may request a free copy of any
documents referred to above, including exhibits specifically
incorporated by reference in those documents, by contacting us
at the following address and telephone number:
Corrections Corporation of America
10 Burton Hills Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(615) 263-3000
Attention: Karin Demler
If you would like to request documents, please do so by no
later than May 24, 2005 in order to receive the documents
before this exchange offer expires on June 1, 2005.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference herein
and the exhibits hereto contain forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements address our beliefs and expectations
of the outcome of future events that are forward-looking in
nature, including, without limitation, the statements under
Summary and Risk Factors. All statements
other than statements of current or historical fact contained in
this prospectus are forward-looking statements. The words
anticipate, believe,
continue, estimate, expect,
intend, plan, may,
projects, will, and similar expressions,
as they relate to us, are intended to identify these
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on our
current plans and actual future activities, and our results of
operations may be materially different from those set forth in
the forward-looking statements. In particular, these include,
among other things, statements relating to:
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fluctuations in operating results because of changes in
occupancy levels, competition, increases in costs of operations,
fluctuations in interest rates and risks of operations; |
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changes in the privatization of the corrections and detention
industry and the public acceptance of our services; |
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our ability to obtain and maintain correctional facility
management contracts, including as the result of sufficient
governmental appropriations, inmate disturbances and the timing
of the opening of new facilities; |
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increases in costs to develop or expand correctional facilities
that exceed original estimates, or the inability to complete
such projects on schedule as a result of various factors, many
of which are beyond our control, such as weather, labor
conditions and material shortages, resulting in increased
construction costs; |
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changes in governmental policy and in legislation and regulation
of the corrections and detention industry that adversely affect
our business; |
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availability of debt and equity financing, on terms that are
favorable to us; and |
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general economic and market conditions. |
All forward-looking statements included in this prospectus are
based on information available to us on the date of this
prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements contained throughout this prospectus.
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SUMMARY
The following is a summary of the material information
appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. The following summary
should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its
entirety by, the more detailed information and financial
statements (including the accompanying notes) contained
elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference
herein. We refer to Corrections Corporation of America and its
subsidiaries as we or CCA, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise. References to
notes means both the unregistered notes and the new
notes, unless the context otherwise requires or clearly
indicates.
The Exchange Offer
On March 23, 2005, we issued in a private placement
$375.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our
6.25% Senior Notes due 2013, which we refer to as the
unregistered notes. We refer to the March 23,
2005 private placement as the original note
offering. We entered into a registration rights agreement
with the initial purchasers of the unregistered notes in which
we agreed to deliver to you this prospectus. You are entitled to
exchange your unregistered notes in the exchange offer for new
registered notes with substantially identical terms. We refer to
these new registered notes as the new notes. Unless
you are a broker-dealer or unable to participate in the exchange
offer, we believe that the new notes may be resold by you
without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. The form and terms
of the new notes are substantially the same as the form and
terms of the unregistered notes, except that the new notes have
been registered under the Securities Act and will not bear
legends restricting their transfer. We issued the unregistered
notes under an indenture which grants you a number of rights.
You should read the discussions under the headings The
Exchange Offer and Description of the New
Notes for further information regarding the new notes.
The new notes also will be issued under that indenture and you
will have the same rights under the indenture as the holders of
the unregistered notes. See Description of the New
Notes.
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We are offering to exchange $1,000 principal amount of
6.25% Senior Notes due 2013, which have been registered
under the Securities Act, for each $1,000 principal amount of
our unregistered 6.25% Senior Notes due 2013. In order to
be exchanged, an unregistered note must be properly tendered and
accepted. All unregistered notes that are validly tendered and
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As of this date, there are $375.0 million aggregate
principal amount of unregistered notes outstanding. |
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We will issue the new notes promptly after the expiration of the
exchange offer. |
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We believe that new notes to be issued in the exchange offer may
be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you
without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
provisions of the Securities Act if you meet the following
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(1) the new notes are acquired by you in the ordinary
course of your business; |
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(2) you are not engaging in and do not intend to engage in
a distribution of the new notes; |
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(3) you do not have an arrangement or understanding with
any person to participate in the distribution of the new
notes; and |
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(4) you are not an affiliate of ours, as that term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. |
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Our belief is based on interpretations by the staff of the
Commission, as set forth in no-action letters issued to third
parties unrelated to us. The staff has not considered this
exchange offer in the context of a no-action letter, and we
cannot assure you that the staff would make a similar
determination with respect to this exchange offer. |
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If you do not meet the above conditions, you may incur liability
under the Securities Act if you transfer any new note without
delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act. We do not assume or indemnify you against that
liability. |
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Each broker-dealer that is issued new notes in the exchange
offer for its own account in exchange for unregistered notes
which were acquired by that broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities must agree
to deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any resales of the new notes.
A broker-dealer may use this prospectus for an offer to resell
or to otherwise transfer these new notes. For more information
on resales of the new notes, see Exchange
Offer Resale of the New Notes. |
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The exchange offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York
City time, on June 1, 2005, unless we decide to extend the
exchange offer. We do not intend to extend the exchange offer,
although we reserve the right to do so. If we determine to
extend the exchange offer, we do not intend to extend it beyond
June 8, 2005. |
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The only conditions to completing the exchange offer are that
the exchange offer not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the Commission and no injunction,
order or decree has been issued which would prohibit, prevent or
materially impair our ability to proceed with the exchange
offer. See The Exchange Offer Conditions to
the Exchange Offer. |
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To participate in the exchange offer, you must complete, sign
and date the letter of transmittal and send it, together with
all other documents required by the letter of transmittal,
including the unregistered notes that you wish to exchange, to
U.S. Bank National Association, as exchange agent, at the
address indicated on the cover page of the letter of
transmittal. In the alternative, you can tender your
unregistered notes by following the procedures for book-entry
transfer described in this prospectus. |
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If your unregistered notes are held through The Depository Trust
Company, or DTC, and you wish to participate in the exchange
offer, you may do so through the automated tender offer program
of DTC. If you tender under this program, you will agree to be
bound by the letter of transmittal that we are providing with
this prospectus as though you had signed the letter of
transmittal. |
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If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other
nominee is the registered holder of your unregistered notes, we
urge you to contact that person promptly to tender your
unregistered notes in the exchange offer. |
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For more information on tendering your unregistered notes, see
Exchange Offer Terms of the Exchange
Offer, Procedures for Tendering
and Book-Entry Transfer. |
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Guaranteed Delivery Procedures |
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If you wish to tender your unregistered notes and you cannot get
your required documents to the exchange agent on time, you may
tender your unregistered notes according to the guaranteed
delivery procedures described in Exchange
Offer Guaranteed Delivery Procedures. |
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Acceptance of Unregistered Notes and Delivery of New Notes |
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Except under the circumstances described above under
Conditions to the Exchange Offer, we
will accept for exchange any and all unregistered notes which
are properly tendered in the exchange offer prior to 12:00
midnight, New York City time, on the expiration date. The
new notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer will be
delivered promptly following the expiration date. See The
Exchange Offer Terms of the Exchange Offer. |
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You may withdraw your tender of unregistered notes at any time
prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer. To withdraw,
you must deliver a written or facsimile transmission notice of
withdrawal to the exchange agent at its address indicated on the
cover page of the letter of transmittal before 12:00 midnight,
New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange
offer. |
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Exchange Agent and Trustee |
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We have appointed U.S. Bank National Association as
exchange agent for the exchange offer. U.S. Bank National
Association also serves as the trustee under the indenture
governing the notes. You should direct questions and requests
for assistance, requests for additional copies of this
prospectus or the letter of transmittal and requests for the
notice of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent addressed as
follows: U.S. Bank National Association, 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-2292, Attention: Specialized Finance,
(800) 934-6802. Eligible institutions may make requests by
facsimile at (651) 495-8158. |
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Registration Rights Agreement |
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You are entitled to exchange your unregistered notes for new
notes with substantially identical terms pursuant to the
registration rights agreement. The exchange offer satisfies this
right. After the exchange offer is completed, you will no longer
be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect
to your unregistered notes. Under the circumstances described in
the registration rights agreement, you may require us to file a
shelf registration statement under the Securities Act. |
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If you do not exchange your unregistered notes in this exchange
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unregistered notes under the Securities Act, except in the
limited circumstances provided under the registration rights
agreement. In addition, you will not be able to resell, offer to
resell or otherwise transfer the unregistered notes unless we
have registered the unregistered notes under the Securities Act,
or unless you resell, offer to resell or otherwise transfer the
unregistered notes under an exemption from the registration
requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the
Securities Act. |
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Federal Income Tax Considerations |
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The exchange of unregistered notes for new notes will not be a
taxable event for federal income tax purposes. See Federal
Income Tax Considerations. |
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Federal and State Regulatory Requirements |
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No regulatory approvals are being sought in connection with the
exchange offer. |
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Terms of the New Notes
The new notes will be identical to the unregistered notes except
that the new notes have been registered under the Securities Act
and will not have restrictions on transfer or registration
rights. The new notes will evidence the same debt as the
unregistered notes, and the same indenture will govern the new
notes and the unregistered notes.
The following summary contains basic information about the new
notes. It does not contain all of the information that is
important to you. For a more complete understanding of the new
notes, see Description of the New Notes.
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Corrections Corporation of America |
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$375,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 6.25% Senior
Notes due 2013. |
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March 15, 2013. |
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Interest |
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The new notes will bear interest at a rate per annum of 6.25%
payable on March 15 and September 15 of each year,
beginning on September 15, 2005. |
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Guarantees |
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Our obligations under the notes will be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by each of our existing and future
restricted domestic subsidiaries that guarantee our senior
secured credit facility. For the year ended December 31,
2004, the entities that will guarantee the notes generated
100.0% of our revenues. |
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The notes and subsidiary guarantees are senior obligations of
ours and our subsidiary guarantors. Accordingly, they will rank: |
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equal in right of payment with all of our and our
subsidiary guarantors existing and future unsecured senior
debt; |
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senior in right of payment to any of our and our
subsidiary guarantors future debt that expressly provides
for subordination to the notes or the guarantees; and |
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subordinated in right of payment to any of our and
our subsidiary guarantors secured indebtedness to the
extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. |
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At any time on or after March 15, 2009, we may redeem all
or a part of the notes at the redemption prices specified in
this prospectus under Description of the New
Notes Optional Redemption, plus accrued and
unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, to the date of
redemption. At any time on or before March 15, 2008, we may
redeem up to 35% of the outstanding notes with the net proceeds
of certain equity offerings, as long as at least 65% of the
aggregate principal amount of the notes remains outstanding
after the redemption. |
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If we sell certain assets or experience specific kinds of
changes in control, we must offer to repurchase the notes at the
prices, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
redemption, listed in Description of the New
Notes Repurchase at the Option of Holders. |
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Certain Covenants |
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We will issue the notes under our existing indenture dated
March 23, 2005, containing covenants for your benefit. These |
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covenants restrict our ability and the ability of our
subsidiaries, with exceptions, to, among other things: |
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pay dividends or make other restricted payments; |
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incur additional debt or issue preferred stock; |
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create or permit to exist certain liens; |
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incur restrictions on the ability of certain of our
subsidiaries to pay dividends or other payments; |
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consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially
all our assets; and |
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enter into transactions with affiliates. |
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These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions
and qualifications. In addition, most of the covenants will no
longer be applicable if the notes are rated investment grade by
Moodys Investor Services, Inc. or Standard &
Poors Rating Services. See Description of the New
Notes Certain Covenants. |
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Registration Rights |
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You are entitled under the registration rights agreement to
exchange your unregistered notes for a new issue of identical
debt securities registered under the Securities Act as evidence
of the same underlying obligation of indebtedness. This exchange
offer is intended to satisfy these rights. We must use our
commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration
statement declared effective by the Commission on or prior to
September 19, 2005. We have also agreed to provide a shelf
registration statement to cover resales of the notes under
certain circumstances. If we fail to satisfy these obligations,
we have agreed to pay liquidated damages to holders of the notes
under specified circumstances. |
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The new notes have been registered under the Securities Act and
generally will be freely transferable. We do not intend to list
the notes on any securities exchange. |
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The new notes will be new securities for which there is
currently no market. Although the initial purchasers have
informed us that they intend to make a market in the new notes,
they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue
market-making at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot
assure you that a liquid market for the new notes will exist,
develop or be maintained. We have agreed to seek to have the new
notes made eligible for trading on the
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Use of Proceeds |
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We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the new
notes. We are making this exchange offer solely to satisfy our
obligations under the registration rights agreement. See
Use of Proceeds. |
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Stock |
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Other than certain types of permitted indebtedness and capital
stock, the indenture governing the notes restricts us and our
restricted subsidiaries from incurring any additional
indebtedness, including the issuance of senior indebtedness, and
restricts us and our restricted subsidiaries from issuing
certain types of capital stock, unless we have (a) a fixed
charge coverage ratio for our four most recent fiscal quarters
of at least 2.0 to 1, determined as if the additional
indebtedness had been incurred or the capital stock had been
issued at the beginning of such four-quarter period, or (b) met
one of several exceptions specified in the indenture. For more
details, see Description of the New Notes
Certain Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock. |
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Under the indenture governing the notes, we are not permitted to
consolidate or merge with another company or sell substantially
all of our assets unless certain conditions are met, including
(a) the surviving corporation assumes all obligations under
the notes and (b) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction on a pro forma basis the surviving corporation would
either be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional indebtedness
under the fixed charge coverage test described above or have a
fixed charge leverage ratio that exceeds the fixed charge
coverage ratio immediately prior to such transaction. For more
details, see Description of the New Notes
Certain Covenants Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets. |
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Restricted Payments |
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Generally, unless permitted as specified below, we are
restricted from |
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declaring or paying dividends (other than certain
dividends payable in our equity securities); |
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purchasing, redeeming or otherwise acquiring any of
our equity interests; |
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with certain exceptions, making any payment on, or
purchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring any
indebtedness that is subordinated to the notes; and |
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making any investment that is not of a type
permitted under the indenture. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may make a payment described
above if, after giving effect to such payment, we are not in
default, would be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional
indebtedness under the fixed charge coverage test described
above and such payment, together with the amount of all other
restricted payments made by us since May 3, 2002 (excluding
certain permitted restricted payments) is less than the sum of |
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50% of our consolidated net income after preferred
cash dividends (for the period from the beginning of the first
fiscal quarter after May 3, 2002 to the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter); plus |
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100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by
us since May 3, 2002 as contribution to our common equity
capital or from the issue or sale of our equity securities; plus |
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to the extent that certain restricted investments
made after May 3, 2002 are sold or otherwise liquidated for
cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with
respect to such investment and (ii) the initial amount of
such investment; plus |
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to the extent that any unrestricted subsidiary of
ours is redesignated as a restricted subsidiary after
May 3, 2002, the lesser of (i) the fair market value
of our investment in such subsidiary as of the date of such
redesignation or (ii) such fair market value as of the date
on which such subsidiary was originally designated an
unrestricted subsidiary; plus |
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$25.0 million. |
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For more details, see Description of the New
Notes Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. |
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Events of Default |
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Generally, the following constitute events of default with
respect to the notes: |
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default for 30 days in the payment of interest; |
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default in the payment of principal when due; |
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a failure by us to comply with certain repurchase
requirements triggered by a change of control and provisions
relating to mergers, consolidations or asset sales as described
above; |
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a failure by us to comply with any other agreements
in the indenture for 60 days after notice; |
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certain defaults by us under any other debt
instruments representing more than $25.0 million in
indebtedness; and |
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other defaults related to the failure to pay final
judgments, any guarantee being held in a judicial proceeding to
be unenforceable and certain events of bankruptcy. |
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We are required to deliver to the trustee a statement regarding
compliance with the terms of the indenture annually and upon
becoming aware of any event of default. For more details, see
Description of the New Notes Events of Default
and Remedies. |
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Amendment, Supplement
and Waiver |
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Generally, we may amend or supplement the indenture governing
the notes, and certain events of default may be waived, with the
consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the notes then outstanding. In some circumstances we
may not amend the indenture, and certain events of default may
not be waived, without the consent of each holder. These
circumstances include, among others, reducing the principal or
interest rate of the notes, changing the maturity of the notes
or altering the redemption provisions of the notes.
Additionally, in some |
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circumstances we may amend or supplement the indenture without
the consent of the holders, such as to cure any ambiguity, to
provide for uncertificated notes, or to make any change that
would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders
of notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
under the indenture of such holders. For more details, see
Description of the New Notes Amendment,
Supplement and Waiver. |
For a discussion of certain risks that should be considered
in connection with an investment in the new notes, see
Risk Factors.
9
The Company
General
We are the nations largest owner and operator of private
correctional and detention facilities and the fifth largest
prison operator in the United States behind only the federal
government and three states. We specialize in owning, operating
and managing prisons and other correctional facilities and
providing inmate residential and prisoner transportation
services for governmental agencies. In addition to providing the
fundamental residential services relating to inmates, our
facilities offer a variety of rehabilitation and educational
programs, including basic education, religious services, life
skills and employment training and substance abuse treatment.
These services are intended to help reduce recidivism and to
prepare inmates for their successful reentry into society upon
their release. We also provide health care (including medical,
dental and psychiatric services), food services and work and
recreational programs.
We currently operate 64 correctional, detention and juvenile
facilities, including 39 facilities that we own, with a total
design capacity of approximately 70,000 inmates in
19 states and the District of Columbia. We also own three
facilities that we lease to third-party operators. For the year
ended December 31, 2004, we had revenues of
$1,148.3 million and operating income of
$175.0 million.
Our services address a total U.S. market that we believe
exceeds $50 billion, of which only approximately 6.5% is
currently outsourced to the private sector. We believe that the
U.S. market will demonstrate consistent growth over the
next decade as a result of increased focus and resources by the
Department of Homeland Security dedicated to illegal
immigration, generally longer prison sentences, as well as the
growing demographic of the 18 to 24 year-old at-risk
population. We also expect the size of the private market to
grow as a result of governments demonstrated need to
augment their overcrowded and aging facilities, reduce costs,
increase accountability and improve overall quality of service.
Under our management services contracts, government agencies pay
us at an inmate per diem rate based upon actual or minimum
guaranteed occupancy levels. Our management services contracts
typically have terms of one to five years, and contain multiple
renewal options exercisable at the option of the contracting
government agency.
Address and Telephone Number
Our executive offices are located at 10 Burton Hills Boulevard,
Nashville, Tennessee 37215. Our telephone number is
(615) 263-3000. Our website address is
www.correctionscorp.com. Information on our website is not a
part of this prospectus.
10
SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA
The following selected financial data for the five years ended
December 31, 2004, was derived from our consolidated
financial statements and the related notes thereto. This data
should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated
financial statements, including the related notes, and
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations contained in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004 incorporated by reference into this
prospectus. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, all prior years presented
have been reclassified to reflect discontinued operations.
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For the Years Ended December 31, | |
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2000 | |
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2001 | |
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2002 | |
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2003 | |
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2004 | |
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(In thousands) | |
Statement of Operations:
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Revenue:
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Management and other
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$ |
231,764 |
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$ |
898,072 |
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$ |
925,820 |
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$ |
1,025,493 |
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$ |
1,144,413 |
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Rental
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40,232 |
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5,718 |
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3,701 |
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3,742 |
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3,845 |
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Licensing fees from affiliates
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7,566 |
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Total revenue
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279,562 |
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903,790 |
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929,521 |
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1,029,235 |
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1,148,258 |
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Expenses:
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Operating
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189,936 |
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689,793 |
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712,738 |
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766,468 |
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870,572 |
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General and administrative
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45,463 |
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34,568 |
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36,907 |
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40,467 |
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48,186 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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58,812 |
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52,639 |
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51,291 |
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52,930 |
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54,511 |
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Fees paid to a company acquired in 2000
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1,401 |
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Write-off of amounts under lease arrangements
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11,920 |
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Impairment losses
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527,842 |
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Total expenses
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835,374 |
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777,000 |
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800,936 |
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859,865 |
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973,269 |
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Operating income (loss)
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(555,812 |
) |
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126,790 |
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128,585 |
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169,370 |
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174,989 |
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Other (income) expense:
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Interest expense, net
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131,545 |
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126,242 |
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87,478 |
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74,446 |
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69,177 |
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Expenses associated with debt refinancing and recapitalization
transactions
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36,670 |
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6,687 |
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|
101 |
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Change in fair value of derivative instruments
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(14,554 |
) |
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(2,206 |
) |
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(2,900 |
) |
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Stockholder litigation settlements
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75,406 |
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Other (income) expense
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18,419 |
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483 |
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(359 |
) |
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(414 |
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943 |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes,
minority interest, and cumulative effect of accounting change
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(781,182 |
) |
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14,619 |
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7,002 |
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91,551 |
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104,768 |
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Income tax (expense) benefit
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48,738 |
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3,358 |
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63,284 |
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52,352 |
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(42,126 |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before minority
interest and cumulative effect of accounting change
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(732,444 |
) |
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17,977 |
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70,286 |
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143,903 |
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62,642 |
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Minority interest
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254 |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative
effect of accounting change
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(732,190 |
) |
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17,977 |
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70,286 |
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143,903 |
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62,642 |
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes
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1,408 |
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7,717 |
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2,074 |
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(2,120 |
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(99 |
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Cumulative effect of accounting change
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(80,276 |
) |
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Net income (loss)
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(730,782 |
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25,694 |
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(7,916 |
) |
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141,783 |
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62,543 |
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Distributions to preferred stockholders
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(13,526 |
) |
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(20,024 |
) |
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(20,959 |
) |
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(15,262 |
) |
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(1,462 |
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Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
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$ |
(744,308 |
) |
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$ |
5,670 |
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$ |
(28,875 |
) |
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$ |
126,521 |
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$ |
61,081 |
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For the Years Ended December 31, | |
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2000 | |
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2001 | |
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2002 | |
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2003 | |
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2004 | |
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(In thousands) | |
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative
effect of accounting change
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$ |
(56.79 |
) |
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$ |
(0.08 |
) |
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$ |
1.78 |
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$ |
3.99 |
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$ |
1.74 |
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes
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0.11 |
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0.31 |
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0.08 |
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(0.07 |
) |
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Cumulative effect of accounting change
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(2.90 |
) |
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Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
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$ |
(56.68 |
) |
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$ |
0.23 |
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$ |
(1.04 |
) |
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$ |
3.92 |
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$ |
1.74 |
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Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before cumulative
effect of accounting change
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$ |
(56.79 |
) |
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$ |
(0.08 |
) |
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$ |
1.61 |
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$ |
3.50 |
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$ |
1.55 |
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes
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0.11 |
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0.31 |
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0.06 |
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(0.06 |
) |
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Cumulative effect of accounting change
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(2.49 |
) |
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Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
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$ |
(56.68 |
) |
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$ |
0.23 |
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$ |
(0.82 |
) |
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$ |
3.44 |
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$ |
1.55 |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding:
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Basic
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|
|
13,132 |
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|
24,380 |
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|
27,669 |
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32,245 |
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|
35,059 |
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Diluted
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|
|
13,132 |
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|
|
24,380 |
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|
|
32,208 |
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|
|
38,049 |
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|
|
39,780 |
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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For the Years Ended December 31, | |
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|
2000 | |
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2001 | |
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2002 | |
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2003 | |
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2004 | |
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| |
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| |
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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(1)
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N/A |
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|
1.1x |
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1.1x |
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2.1x |
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2.3x |
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December 31, | |
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2000 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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(In thousands) | |
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
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Total assets
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$ |
2,176,992 |
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$ |
1,971,280 |
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$ |
1,874,071 |
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$ |
1,959,028 |
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$ |
2,023,078 |
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Total debt
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|
1,152,570 |
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|
|
963,600 |
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|
|
955,959 |
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|
|
1,003,428 |
|
|
|
1,002,295 |
|
Total liabilities
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|
1,488,977 |
|
|
|
1,224,119 |
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|
|
1,140,073 |
|
|
|
1,183,563 |
|
|
|
1,207,084 |
|
Stockholders equity
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|
|
688,015 |
|
|
|
747,161 |
|
|
|
733,998 |
|
|
|
775,465 |
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|
|
815,994 |
|
In connection with a merger completed in 1999, we elected to
change our tax status from a taxable corporation to a real
estate investment trust, or REIT, effective with the filing of
our 1999 federal income tax return. As a REIT, we were dependent
on a company, as a lessee, for a significant source of our
income. In connection with a restructuring in 2000, we acquired
the company on October 1, 2000 and two additional service
companies on December 1, 2000, and amended our charter to
remove provisions requiring us to elect to qualify and be taxed
as a REIT. Therefore, the 2000 financial statements reflect our
operation for a part of the year as an owner and lessor of
prisons and other correctional facilities, and a part of the
year as an owner, operator and manager of prisons and other
correctional facilities. The financial statements for 2001
through 2004 reflect our financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows for a full year as an owner, operator
and manager of prisons and other correctional facilities.
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(1) |
For the purpose of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed
charges, earnings consist of income (loss) from continuing
operations before income taxes plus fixed charges, excluding
capitalized interest, and fixed charges consist of interest,
whether expensed or capitalized, and amortization of loan costs.
Deficiency in earnings available to cover fixed charges for the
year ended December 31, 2000 was $761.4 million. This
deficit is primarily the result of impairment losses of
$527.8 million and the write-off of amounts under lease
arrangements of $11.9 million. |
12
RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth
below as well as the other information contained in this
prospectus and incorporated herein by reference before making a
decision regarding participation in the exchange offer. The
risks described below are not the only risks facing us.
Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or
that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and
adversely affect our business operations. Any of the following
risks could materially adversely affect our business, financial
condition or results of operations.
Risks Related to the Offering
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If you do not properly tender your unregistered notes, you
will continue to hold unregistered notes and you may not be able
to transfer your unregistered notes. |
We will only issue new notes in exchange for unregistered notes
that you timely and properly tender. Therefore, you should allow
sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the unregistered
notes and you should carefully follow the instructions on how to
tender your unregistered notes. Neither we nor the exchange
agent is required to tell you of any defects or irregularities
with respect to your tender of unregistered notes.
If you do not exchange your unregistered notes for new notes
pursuant to the exchange offer, the unregistered notes you hold
will continue to be subject to the existing transfer
restrictions. In general, you may not offer or sell the
unregistered notes except under an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws. We do not plan to register unregistered
notes under the Securities Act unless our registration rights
agreement with the initial purchasers of the unregistered notes
requires us to do so. Further, if you continue to hold any
unregistered notes after the exchange offer is consummated, you
may be unable to sell them because there will be fewer of these
notes outstanding.
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|
The notes are effectively subordinated to our secured
indebtedness and certain indebtedness of our
subsidiaries. |
The notes are unsecured and therefore are effectively
subordinated to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of
the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. As of
December 31, 2004, our total secured indebtedness was
approximately $270.5 million, and after completion of the
offering of the unregistered notes and application of the net
proceeds therefrom, we had $160.4 million of total secured
indebtedness. The indenture permits us to incur additional
secured indebtedness provided certain conditions are met. See
Description of New Notes Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock. Consequently, in the event we are the
subject of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or similar proceeding, the holders of any secured
indebtedness will be entitled to proceed against the collateral
that secures the secured indebtedness, and the collateral will
not be available for satisfaction of any amounts owed under our
unsecured indebtedness, including the notes. The indenture also
permits our subsidiaries to incur indebtedness which may be
secured by the assets of such subsidiaries. The notes are
effectively subordinated to such subsidiary indebtedness.
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There is no public market for the notes. |
The notes are a new issue of securities for which there is
currently no trading market. Although the initial purchasers
have advised us that they currently intend to make a market in
the notes following completion of this notes offering, they have
no obligation to do so and may discontinue such activity at any
time without notice. We cannot be sure that an active trading
market will develop for the notes. Moreover, if a market were to
exist, the notes could trade at prices that may be lower than
their initial offering price because of many factors, including,
but not limited to:
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general economic conditions; |
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our financial condition, performance or prospects; and |
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the prospects for other companies in the same industry. |
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Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific
circumstances, to void guarantees and require note holders to
return payments received from guarantors. |
Under the federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of
state fraudulent transfer laws or state laws prohibiting
subsidiary guarantees or other shareholder distributions by
insolvent subsidiaries, a guarantee could be voided, or claims
in respect of a guarantee could be subordinated to all other
debts of that guarantor, if, among other things, the guarantor,
at the time it incurred the indebtedness evidenced by its
guarantee:
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received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair
consideration for the incurrence of such guarantee; |
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was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence; |
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was engaged in a business or transaction for which the
guarantors remaining assets constituted unreasonably small
capital; or |
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intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond
its ability to pay such debts as they mature. |
In addition, any payment by that guarantor pursuant to its
guarantee could be voided and required to be returned to the
guarantor, or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the
guarantor.
The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent
transfer laws will vary depending upon the law applied in any
proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has
occurred. Generally, however, a guarantor would be considered
insolvent if:
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the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was
greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets; |
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if the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than
the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability
on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they
become absolute and mature; or |
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it could not pay its debts as they become due. |
We cannot assure you, however, as to what standard a court would
apply in making these determinations or that a court would agree
with our conclusions in this regard.
Risks Related to Our Leveraged Capital Structure
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Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our
financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations
under our debt securities. |
We have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of
December 31, 2004, we had total indebtedness of
$1.0 billion. Our substantial indebtedness could have
important consequences to you. For example, it could:
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with
respect to our indebtedness including the notes issued in this
notes offering; |
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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and
industry conditions; |
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow
from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby
reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working
capital, capital expenditures, and other general corporate
purposes; |
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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes
in our business and the industry in which we operate; |
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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our
competitors that have less debt; and |
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limit our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance
existing indebtedness on favorable terms. |
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Our senior secured credit facility and other debt
instruments have restrictive covenants that could affect our
financial condition. |
The indenture related to our senior notes, including the
notes offered hereby, and our senior secured credit facility
contain financial and other restrictive covenants that limit our
ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term
best interests. Our ability to borrow under our senior secured
credit facility is subject to financial covenants, including
leverage, interest rate and fixed charge coverage ratios. Our
senior secured credit facility limits our ability to effect
mergers, asset sales and change of control events. These
covenants also contain restrictions regarding our ability to
make certain capital expenditures in the future. The indentures
related to our senior notes contain limitations on our ability
to effect mergers and change of control events, as well as other
limitations, including:
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limitations on incurring additional indebtedness; |
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limitations on the sale of assets; |
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limitations on the declaration and payment of dividends or other
restricted payments; |
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limitations on transactions with affiliates; and |
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limitations on liens. |
See Description of New Notes. Our failure to comply
with these covenants could result in an event of default which,
if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all
of our debts. We do not have sufficient working capital to
satisfy our debt obligations in the event of an acceleration of
all or a significant portion of our outstanding indebtedness.
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Servicing our indebtedness will require a significant
amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many
factors beyond our control. |
Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our
indebtedness and to fund planned capital expenditures will
depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a
certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial,
competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are
beyond our control.
The risk exists that our business will be unable to generate
sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings
will not be available to us under our senior secured credit
facility in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our
indebtedness, including our existing senior notes, notes to be
issued in this notes offering, or new debt securities, or to
fund our other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or
a portion of our indebtedness, including our senior notes, or
new debt securities, on or before maturity. We may not, however,
be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, including our
senior secured credit facility and including our senior notes to
be issued in this notes offering, or new debt securities on
commercially reasonable terms or at all.
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Because portions of our indebtedness have floating
interest rates, a general increase in interest rates will
adversely affect cash flows. |
Our senior secured credit facility bears interest at a variable
rate. To the extent our exposure to increases in interest rates
is not eliminated through interest rate protection agreements,
such increases will adversely affect our cash flows. We do not
currently have any interest rate protection agreements in place
to protect against interest rate fluctuations related to our
senior secured credit facility. See Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations Quantitative and Qualitative
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Disclosures About Market Risk contained in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004 incorporated by reference into this
prospectus for a further discussion of our exposure to interest
rate increases.
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We are required to repurchase all or a portion of our 7.5%
notes and the notes to be issued in this offering upon a change
of control. |
Upon certain change of control events, as that term is defined
in the indentures for our 7.5% notes and the notes to be issued
in this offering, including a change of control caused by an
unsolicited third party, we are required to make an offer in
cash to repurchase all or any part of each holders notes
at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal thereof,
plus accrued interest, if any, and liquidated damages, if any.
The source of funds for any such repurchase would be our
available cash or cash generated from operations or other
sources, including borrowings, sales of equity or funds provided
by a new controlling person or entity. Sufficient funds may not
be available to us, however, at the time of any change of
control event to repurchase all or a portion of the tendered
notes pursuant to this requirement. Our failure to offer to
repurchase notes, or to repurchase notes tendered, following a
change of control will result in a default under the respective
indentures, which could lead to a cross-default under our senior
secured credit facility and under the terms of our other
indebtedness. In addition, our senior secured credit facility
prohibits us from making any such required repurchases. Prior to
repurchasing the notes upon a change of control event, we must
either repay outstanding indebtedness under our senior secured
credit facility or obtain the required consent of the lenders
under our senior secured credit facility. If we do not obtain
the required consents or repay our outstanding indebtedness
under our senior secured credit facility, we would remain
effectively prohibited from offering to purchase the notes. See
Description of New Notes Repurchase at the
Option of Holders Change of Control.
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Despite current indebtedness levels, we may still incur
more debt. |
The terms of the indentures for our senior notes and our senior
secured credit facility restrict our ability to incur
significant additional indebtedness in the future. However, in
the future we may refinance all or a portion of our
indebtedness, including our senior secured credit facility, and
incur more indebtedness as a result. We currently have
$68.3 million of additional borrowing capacity available
under our $125.0 million revolving credit facility. In
addition, we have an effective shelf registration
statement under which we may issue up to approximately
$280.0 million in equity or debt securities, preferred
stock and warrants. If new debt is added to our and our
subsidiaries current debt levels, the related risks that
we and they now face could intensify.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
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Our results of operations are dependent on revenues
generated by our jails, prisons and detention facilities, which
are subject to the following risks associated with the
corrections and detention industry. |
We are subject to fluctuations in occupancy levels. While
a substantial portion of our cost structure is fixed, a
substantial portion of our revenues are generated under facility
management contracts that specify per diem payments based upon
occupancy. Under a per diem rate structure, a decrease in our
occupancy rates could cause a decrease in revenue and
profitability. Average compensated occupancy for our facilities
in operation for 2004, 2003, and 2002 was 94.7%, 93.0%, and
89.1%, respectively. Occupancy rates may, however, decrease
below these levels in the future.
We may incur significant start-up and operating costs on new
contracts before receiving related revenues, which may impact
our cash flows and not be recouped. When we are awarded a
contract to manage a facility, we may incur significant start-up
and operating expenses, including the cost of constructing the
facility, purchasing equipment and staffing the facility, before
we receive any payments under the contract. These expenditures
could result in a significant reduction in our cash reserves and
may make it more difficult for us to meet other cash
obligations. In addition, a contract may be terminated
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prior to its scheduled expiration and as a result we may not
recover these expenditures or realize any return on our
investment.
We are subject to termination or non-renewal of our
government contracts. We typically enter into facility
management contracts with governmental entities for terms of up
to five years, with additional renewal periods at the option of
the contracting governmental agency. Notwithstanding any
contractual renewal option of a contracting governmental agency,
37 of our facility management contracts have expired or are
currently scheduled to expire on or before December 31,
2005. See Business Facility
Portfolio Facilities and Facility Management
contracts in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 incorporated by
reference into this prospectus. One or more of these contracts
may not be renewed by the corresponding governmental agency. In
addition, these and any other contracting agencies may determine
not to exercise renewal options with respect to any of our
contracts in the future. Governmental agencies typically may
also terminate a facility contract at any time without cause or
use the possibility of termination to negotiate a lower fee for
per diem rates. In the event any of our management contracts are
terminated or are not renewed on favorable terms or otherwise,
we may not be able to obtain additional replacement contracts.
The non-renewal or termination of any of our contracts with
governmental agencies could materially adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations and liquidity,
including our ability to secure new facility management
contracts from others.
Competition for inmates may adversely affect the
profitability of our business. We compete with government
entities and other private operators on the basis of cost,
quality and range of services offered, experience in managing
facilities and reputation of management and personnel. While
there are barriers to entering the market for the management of
correctional and detention facilities, these barriers may not be
sufficient to limit additional competition. In addition, our
government customers may assume the management of a facility we
currently manage upon the termination of the corresponding
management contract or, if such customers have capacity at their
facilities, may take inmates currently housed in our facilities
and transfer them to government run facilities. Since we are
paid on a per diem basis with no minimum guaranteed occupancy
under most of our contracts, the loss of such inmates and
resulting decrease in occupancy would cause a decrease in our
revenues and profitability. Further, many of our state customers
are currently experiencing budget difficulties. These budget
difficulties could result in decreases to our per diem rates,
which could cause a decrease in our revenues and profitability.
We are dependent on government appropriations. Our cash
flow is subject to the receipt of sufficient funding of and
timely payment by contracting governmental entities. If the
appropriate governmental agency does not receive sufficient
appropriations to cover its contractual obligations, it may
terminate our contract or delay or reduce payment to us. Any
delays in payment, or the termination of a contract, could have
an adverse effect on our cash flow and financial condition. In
addition, as a result of, among other things, recent economic
developments, federal, state and local governments have
encountered, and may encounter, unusual budgetary constraints.
As a result, a number of state and local governments are under
pressure to control additional spending or reduce current levels
of spending. Accordingly, we may be requested in the future to
reduce our existing per diem contract rates or forego
prospective increases to those rates. In addition, it may become
more difficult to renew our existing contracts on favorable
terms or otherwise.
Public resistance to privatization of correctional and
detention facilities could result in our inability to obtain new
contracts or the loss of existing contracts. The operation
of correctional and detention facilities by private entities has
not achieved complete acceptance by either governments or the
public. The movement toward privatization of correctional and
detention facilities has also encountered resistance from
certain groups, such as labor unions and others that believe
that correctional and detention facilities should only be
operated by governmental agencies.
Moreover, negative publicity about an escape, riot or other
disturbance or perceived poor conditions at a privately managed
facility may result in publicity adverse to us and the private
corrections industry in general. Any of these occurrences or
continued trends may make it more difficult for us to renew or
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maintain existing contracts or to obtain new contracts, which
could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our ability to secure new contracts to develop and manage
correctional and detention facilities depends on many factors
outside our control. Our growth is generally dependent upon
our ability to obtain new contracts to develop and manage new
correctional and detention facilities. This possible growth
depends on a number of factors we cannot control, including
crime rates and sentencing patterns in various jurisdictions and
acceptance of privatization. The demand for our facilities and
services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of
enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction and sentencing
practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities
that are currently proscribed by our criminal laws. For
instance, any changes with respect to drugs and controlled
substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of
persons arrested, convicted and sentenced, thereby potentially
reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them.
Legislation has been proposed in numerous jurisdictions that
could lower minimum sentences for some non-violent crimes and
make more inmates eligible for early release based on good
behavior. Also, sentencing alternatives under consideration
could put some offenders on probation with electronic monitoring
who would otherwise be incarcerated. Similarly, reductions in
crime rates could lead to reductions in arrests, convictions and
sentences requiring incarceration at correctional facilities.
During January 2005, the Supreme Court declared the federal
sentencing guidelines, previously considered mandatory, as
unconstitutional, stating they violate defendants rights
under the Sixth Amendment to be tried by a jury. The Supreme
Court advised that federal judges should continue to use the
federal sentencing guidelines as suggestions rather than
mandatory guidelines. Although it is too early to predict the
impact, if any, on our business, the ruling could lead to
federal sentences becoming more varied which could lead to a
reduction in the length of sentences at correctional facilities.
Moreover, certain jurisdictions recently have required
successful bidders to make a significant capital investment in
connection with the financing of a particular project, a trend
that will require us to have sufficient capital resources to
compete effectively. We may not be able to obtain these capital
resources when needed. Additionally, our success in obtaining
new awards and contracts may depend, in part, upon our ability
to locate land that can be leased or acquired under favorable
terms. Otherwise desirable locations may be in or near populated
areas and, therefore, may generate legal action or other forms
of opposition from residents in areas surrounding a proposed
site.
Failure to comply with unique and increased governmental
regulation could result in material penalties or non-renewal or
termination of our contracts to manage correctional and
detention facilities. The industry in which we operate is
subject to extensive federal, state and local regulations,
including educational, health care and safety regulations, which
are administered by many regulatory authorities. Some of the
regulations are unique to the corrections industry, and the
combination of regulations we face is unique. Facility
management contracts typically include reporting requirements,
supervision and on-site monitoring by representatives of the
contracting governmental agencies. Corrections officers and
juvenile care workers are customarily required to meet certain
training standards and, in some instances, facility personnel
are required to be licensed and subject to background
investigation. Certain jurisdictions also require us to award
subcontracts on a competitive basis or to subcontract with
businesses owned by members of minority groups. Our facilities
are also subject to operational and financial audits by the
governmental agencies with whom we have contracts. We may not
always successfully comply with these regulations, and failure
to comply can result in material penalties or non-renewal or
termination of facility management contracts.
In addition, private prison managers are increasingly subject to
government legislation and regulation attempting to restrict the
ability of private prison managers to house certain types of
inmates, such as inmates from other jurisdictions or inmates at
medium or higher security levels. Legislation has been enacted
in several states, and has previously been proposed in the
United States Congress, containing such restrictions. Such
legislation may have an adverse effect on us.
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Our inmate transportation subsidiary, TransCor, is subject to
regulations stipulated by the Departments of Transportation and
Justice. TransCor must also comply with the Interstate
Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000, which covers
operational aspects of transporting prisoners, including, but
not limited to, background checks and drug testing of employees;
employee training; employee hours; staff-to-inmate ratios;
prisoner restraints; communication with local law enforcement;
and standards to help ensure the safety of prisoners during
transport. We are subject to changes in such regulations, which
could result in an increase in the cost of our transportation
operations.
Moreover, the Federal Communications Commission, or the
FCC, has published for comment a petition for
rulemaking, filed on behalf of an inmate family, which would
prevent private prison managers from collecting commissions from
the operations of inmate telephone systems. We believe that
there are sound reasons for the collection of such commissions
by all operators of prisons, whether public or private. The FCC
has traditionally deferred from rulemaking in this area;
however, there is the risk that the FCC could act to prohibit
private prison managers, like us, from collecting such revenues.
Such an outcome could have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations.
Government agencies may investigate and audit our contracts
and, if any improprieties are found, we may be required to
refund revenues we have received, to forego anticipated
revenues, and we may be subject to penalties and sanctions,
including prohibitions on our bidding in response to Requests
for Proposals, or RFPs. Certain of the
governmental agencies we contract with have the authority to
audit and investigate our contracts with them. As part of that
process, government agencies may review our performance of the
contract, our pricing practices, our cost structure and our
compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards. For
contracts that actually or effectively provide for certain
reimbursement of expenses, if an agency determines that we have
improperly allocated costs to a specific contract, we may not be
reimbursed for those costs, and we could be required to refund
the amount of any such costs that have been reimbursed. If a
government audit asserts improper or illegal activities by us,
we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties and
administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts,
forfeitures of profits, suspension of payments, fines and
suspension or disqualification from doing business with certain
government entities. Any adverse determination could adversely
impact our ability to bid in response to RFPs in one or more
jurisdictions.
We depend on a limited number of governmental customers for a
significant portion of our revenues. We currently derive,
and expect to continue to derive, a significant portion of our
revenues from a limited number of governmental agencies. The
loss of, or a significant decrease in, business from the BOP,
the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (formerly the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS), or
ICE, the United States Marshals Service, or
USMS, or various state agencies could seriously harm
our financial condition and results of operations. The three
federal governmental agencies with correctional and detention
responsibilities, the BOP, ICE, and USMS, accounted for 37% of
our total revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004 ($429.6 million). The BOP accounted for 15% of our
total revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
($177.9 million), and the USMS accounted for 14% of our
total revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
($165.4 million). We expect to continue to depend upon the
federal agencies and a relatively small group of other
governmental customers for a significant percentage of our
revenues.
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We are dependent upon our senior management and our
ability to attract and retain sufficient qualified
personnel. |
We are dependent upon the continued service of each member of
our senior management team, including John D. Ferguson, our
President and Chief Executive Officer. The unexpected loss of
any of these persons could materially adversely affect our
business and operations. We only have employment agreements with
our President and Chief Executive Officer; Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer; Executive Vice President
and Chief Corrections Officer; Executive Vice President and
Chief Development Officer; and Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, all of which expire in 2005 subject to
annual renewals unless either party gives notice of termination.
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In addition, the services we provide are labor-intensive. When
we are awarded a facility management contract or open a new
facility, we must hire operating management, correctional
officers and other personnel. The success of our business
requires that we attract, develop and retain these personnel.
Our inability to hire sufficient qualified personnel on a timely
basis or the loss of significant numbers of personnel at
existing facilities could adversely affect our business and
operations.
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We are subject to necessary insurance costs. |
Workers compensation, employee health and general
liability insurance represent significant costs to us. Because
we significantly self-insure for workers compensation,
employee health, and general liability risks, the amount of our
insurance expense is dependent on claims experience, our ability
to control our claims experience, and in the case of
workers compensation and employee health, rising health
care costs in general. Further, additional terrorist attacks
such as those on September 11, 2001, and concerns over
corporate governance and corporate accounting scandals, could
make it more difficult and costly to obtain liability and other
types of insurance. Unanticipated additional insurance costs
could adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows,
and the failure to obtain or maintain any necessary insurance
coverage could have a material adverse effect on us.
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We may be adversely affected by inflation. |
Many of our facility management contracts provide for fixed
management fees or fees that increase by only small amounts
during their terms. If, due to inflation or other causes, our
operating expenses, such as wages and salaries of our employees,
and insurance, medical and food costs, increase at rates faster
than increases, if any, in our management fees, then our
profitability would be adversely affected. See
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations Inflation
contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2004 incorporated by reference into
this prospectus.
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We are subject to legal proceedings associated with owning
and managing correctional and detention facilities. |
Our ownership and management of correctional and detention
facilities, and the provision of inmate transportation services
by a subsidiary, expose us to potential third-party claims or
litigation by prisoners or other persons relating to personal
injury or other damages resulting from contact with a facility,
its managers, personnel or other prisoners, including damages
arising from a prisoners escape from, or a disturbance or
riot at, a facility we own or manage, or from the misconduct of
our employees. To the extent the events serving as a basis for
any potential claims are alleged or determined to constitute
illegal or criminal activity, we could also be subject to
criminal liability. Such liability could result in significant
monetary fines and could affect our ability to bid on future
contracts and retain our existing contracts. In addition, as an
owner of real property, we may be subject to a variety of
proceedings relating to personal injuries of persons at such
facilities. The claims against our facilities may be significant
and may not be covered by insurance. Even in cases covered by
insurance, our deductible (or self-insured retention) may be
significant.
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We are subject to risks associated with ownership of real
estate. |
Our ownership of correctional and detention facilities subjects
us to risks typically associated with investments in real
estate. Investments in real estate and, in particular,
correctional and detention facilities have a limited or no
alternative use and thus, are relatively illiquid, and
therefore, our ability to divest ourselves of one or more of our
facilities promptly in response to changed conditions is
limited. Investments in correctional and detention facilities,
in particular, subject us to risks involving potential exposure
to environmental liability and uninsured loss. Our operating
costs may be affected by the obligation to pay for the cost of
complying with existing environmental laws, ordinances and
regulations, as well as the cost of complying with future
legislation. In addition, although we maintain insurance for
many types of losses, there are certain types of losses, such as
losses from earthquakes and acts of terrorism,
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which may be either uninsurable or for which it may not be
economically feasible to obtain insurance coverage, in light of
the substantial costs associated with such insurance. As a
result, we could lose both our capital invested in, and
anticipated profits from, one or more of the facilities we own.
Further, it is possible to experience losses that may exceed the
limits of insurance coverage.
In addition, our increased focus on facility development and
expansions poses an increased risk, including cost overruns
caused by various factors, many of which are beyond our control,
such as weather, labor conditions, and material shortages,
resulting in increased construction costs.
Certain of our facilities are subject to options to purchase
and reversions. Ten of our facilities are or will be subject
to an option to purchase by certain governmental agencies. Such
options are exercisable by the corresponding contracting
governmental entity generally at any time during the term of the
respective facility management contract. If any of these options
are exercised, there exists the risk that we will be unable to
invest the proceeds from the sale of the facility in one or more
properties that yield as much cash flow as the property acquired
by the government entity. In addition, in the event any of these
options are exercised, there exists the risk that the
contracting governmental agency will terminate the management
contract associated with such facility. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, the facilities subject to these options
generated $214.0 million in revenue (19% of total revenue)
and incurred $155.0 million in operating expenses. Certain
of the options to purchase are exercisable at prices below fair
market value. See Business Facility
Portfolio Facilities and Facility Management
Contracts contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 incorporated by
reference into this prospectus.
In addition, ownership of three of our facilities (including two
that are also subject to options to purchase) will, upon the
expiration of certain ground leases with remaining terms
generally ranging from 12 to 14 years, revert to the
respective governmental agency contracting with us. At the time
of such reversion, there exists the risk that the contracting
governmental agency will terminate the management contract
associated with such facility. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, the facilities subject to reversion
generated $78.5 million in revenue (7% of total revenue)
and incurred $54.8 million in operating expenses.
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We may be adversely affected by the rising cost and
increasing difficulty of obtaining adequate levels of surety
credit on favorable terms. |
We are often required to post bid or performance bonds issued by
a surety company as a condition to bidding on or being awarded a
contract. Availability and pricing of these surety commitments
are subject to general market and industry conditions, among
other factors. Recent events in the economy have caused the
surety market to become unsettled, causing many reinsurers and
sureties to reevaluate their commitment levels and required
returns. As a result, surety bond premiums generally are
increasing. If we are unable to effectively pass along the
higher surety costs to our customers, any increase in surety
costs could adversely affect our operating results. We cannot
assure you that we will have continued access to surety credit
or that we will be able to secure bonds economically, without
additional collateral, or at the levels required for any
potential facility development or contract bids. If we are
unable to obtain adequate levels of surety credit on favorable
terms, we would have to rely upon letters of credit under our
senior secured credit facility, which would entail higher costs
even if such borrowing capacity was available when desired at
the time, and our ability to bid for or obtain new contracts
could be impaired.
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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offer
In connection with the issuance of the unregistered notes, we
entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial
purchasers of the unregistered notes on March 23, 2005. The
following description of the registration rights agreement is a
summary only. For more information, you should review the
provisions of the registration rights agreement that we filed
with the Commission as an exhibit to the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part.
Under the registration rights agreement, we agreed that,
promptly after the effectiveness of the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part, we would offer to the
holders of unregistered notes who are not prohibited by any law
or policy of the Commission from participating in the exchange
offer, the opportunity to exchange their unregistered notes for
a new series of notes, which we refer to as the new notes, that
are identical in all material respects to the unregistered
notes, except that the new notes do not contain transfer
restrictions, have been registered under the Securities Act and
are not subject to further registration rights. We and our
subsidiary guarantors have agreed to keep the exchange offer
open for not less than 20 business days, or longer if required
by applicable law, after the date on which notice of the
exchange offer is mailed to the holders of the unregistered
notes. We and our subsidiary guarantors also have agreed to use
our reasonable best efforts to cause the exchange offer to be
consummated on the earliest practicable date after the exchange
offer registration statements is declared effective, but in no
event later than September 19, 2005.
If:
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we and our subsidiary guarantors are not permitted to consummate
the exchange offer because the exchange offer is not permitted
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any holder of notes notifies us prior to the 20th day following
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it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating
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that it may not resell the new notes acquired by it in the
exchange offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and
the prospectus contained in the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part is not appropriate or available for
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that it is a broker-dealer and owns unregistered notes acquired
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then we and the subsidiary guarantors have agreed to use our
commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission a
shelf registration statement to cover resales of the
unregistered notes by the holders thereof who satisfy certain
conditions relating to the provision of information in
connection with the shelf registration statement.
We and our subsidiary guarantors will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the applicable registration
statement to be declared effective as promptly as possible by
the Commission.
We and our subsidiary guarantors also have agreed:
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to use our commercially reasonable efforts to have the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to
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unless the exchange offer would not be permitted by applicable
law or Commission policy, we and our subsidiary guarantors will
commence the exchange offer; and |
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we will issue new notes in exchange for all unregistered notes
tendered prior thereto in the exchange offer pursuant to the
requirements of the registration rights agreement; and |
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if obligated to file a shelf registration statement, we will use
our commercially reasonable efforts to file the shelf
registration statement with the Commission on or prior to
30 days after such filing obligation arises and to cause
the shelf registration to be declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to 90 days after such obligation
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If:
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we and our subsidiary guarantors fail to file any of the shelf
registration statements required by the registration rights
agreement on or before the date specified for such
filing; or |
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any of such shelf registration statements is not declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified
for such effectiveness, also known as the shelf effectiveness
deadline; or |
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we and our subsidiary guarantors fail to consummate the exchange
offer on or prior to the date specified for such
consummation; or |
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the shelf registration statement or the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part is filed and declared
effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in
connection with resales of transfer restricted securities during
the periods specified in the registration rights agreement,
without being succeeded within two business days by a
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then a registration default shall be deemed to have occurred and
we and our subsidiary guarantors will pay liquidated damages to
each holder of unregistered notes, with respect to the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first
registration default in an amount equal to $.05 per week
per $1,000 in principal amount of unregistered notes held by
such holder for each week or portion thereof that such default
continues. The amount of the liquidated damages will increase by
an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount
of unregistered notes held by such holder with respect to each
subsequent 90-day period until all registration defaults have
been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages for all
registration defaults of $.50 per week per $1,000 in
principal amount of unregistered notes constituting transfer
restricted securities.
All accrued liquidated damages will be paid by us and our
subsidiary guarantors on each damages payment date to the global
note holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds or
by federal funds check and to holders of certificated notes by
wire transfer to the accounts specified by them or by mailing
checks to their registered addresses if no such accounts have
been specified.
Following the cure of all registration defaults, the accrual of
liquidated damages will cease. Holders of unregistered notes
will be required to make certain representations to us in order
to participate in the exchange offer and will be required to
deliver certain information to be used in connection with the
shelf registration statement and to provide comments on the
shelf registration statement within the time periods set forth
in the registration rights agreement in order to have their
unregistered notes included in the shelf registration statement
and benefit from the provisions regarding liquidated damages set
forth above.
By acquiring new notes, a holder will be deemed to have agreed
to indemnify us and our subsidiary guarantors against certain
losses arising out of information furnished by such holder in
writing for inclusion in any registration statement. Holders of
unregistered notes will also be required to suspend their use of
the prospectus included in the shelf registration statement
under certain circumstances upon receipt of notice to that
effect from us.
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Resale of the New Notes
Based on no action letters of the Commission staff issued to
third parties, we believe that new notes may be offered for
resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without further
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
provisions of the Securities Act if
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the new notes are acquired in the ordinary course of your
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you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in and are not engaged in, and do not intend to
engage in, a distribution of the new notes; and |
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you are not our affiliate (within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act) or a broker dealer that acquired
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The Commission, however, has not considered the exchange offer
for the new notes in the context of a no action letter, and the
Commission may not make a similar determination as in the no
action letters issued to these third parties.
If you tender unregistered notes in the exchange offer with the
intention of participating in any manner in a distribution of
the new notes or otherwise do not satisfy the foregoing
criteria, you
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will not be able to exchange your unregistered notes for new
notes in the exchange offer; and |
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must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a resale
of the unregistered notes, unless the resale is made pursuant to
an exemption from, or is otherwise not subject to, those
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Unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available,
any security holder intending to distribute new notes should be
covered by an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act. This registration statement should contain the
selling security holders information required by
Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
This prospectus may be used for an offer to resell, resale or
other transfer of new notes only as specifically described in
this prospectus. Only broker-dealers that acquired the
unregistered notes as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities may participate in the exchange offer.
Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account
in exchange for unregistered notes, where such unregistered
notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, must
acknowledge in the letter of transmittal that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of the new notes.
Please read the section captioned Plan of
Distribution for more details regarding the transfer of
new notes.
Terms of the Exchange Offer
Subject to the terms and conditions described in this prospectus
and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept for exchange
any unregistered notes properly tendered and not withdrawn prior
to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on the
expiration date. We will issue new notes in principal amount
equal to the principal amount of unregistered notes surrendered
in the exchange offer. Unregistered notes may be tendered only
for new notes and only in integral multiples of $1,000.
The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate
principal amount of unregistered notes being tendered for
exchange.
As of the date of this prospectus, $375.0 million in
aggregate principal amount of the unregistered notes are
outstanding. This prospectus and the letter of transmittal are
being sent to all registered holders of unregistered notes.
There will be no fixed record date for determining registered
holders of unregistered notes entitled to participate in the
exchange offer.
We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the
provisions of the registration rights agreement, the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission. Unregistered notes that
the holders thereof do not tender for exchange in
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the exchange offer will remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest. These unregistered notes will continue to be
entitled to the rights and benefits such holders have under the
indenture relating to the notes.
We will be deemed to have accepted for exchange properly
tendered unregistered notes when we have given oral or written
notice of the acceptance to the exchange agent and complied with
the applicable provisions of the registration rights agreement.
The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders
for the purposes of receiving the new notes from us.
If you tender unregistered notes in the exchange offer, you will
not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject
to the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the
exchange of unregistered notes. We will pay all charges and
expenses in connection with the exchange offer. It is important
that you read the section labeled Fees and
Expenses for more details regarding fees and expenses
incurred in the exchange offer.
We will return any unregistered notes that we do not accept for
exchange for any reason to the tendering holder promptly after
the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.
Expiration Date
The exchange offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York
City time, on June 1, 2005, unless, in our sole discretion,
we extend it. We and our subsidiary guarantors also have agreed
to use our reasonable best efforts to cause the exchange offer
to be consummated promptly after the registration statement of
which this prospectus is a part has become effective.
Extensions, Delays in Acceptance, Termination or Amendment
We expressly reserve the right, at any time or various times, to
extend the period of time during which the exchange offer is
open. We may delay acceptance of any unregistered notes by
giving oral or written notice of such extension to their
holders. During any such extensions, all unregistered notes
previously tendered will remain subject to the exchange offer,
and we may accept them for exchange.
In order to extend the exchange offer, we will notify the
exchange agent orally or in writing of any extension. We will
notify the registered holders of unregistered notes of the
extension no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the business day after the previously scheduled expiration
date.
If any of the conditions described below under
Conditions to the Exchange Offer have
not been satisfied, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion
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by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension or
termination to the exchange agent. Subject to the terms of and
the approvals required under the registration rights agreement,
we also reserve the right to amend the terms of the exchange
offer in any manner.
Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or
amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or
written notice thereof to the registered holders of unregistered
notes. If we amend the exchange offer in a manner that we
determine to constitute a material change, we will promptly
disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement. The
supplement will be distributed to the registered holders of the
unregistered notes. In addition, if the amendment constitutes a
material change, including the waiver of a material condition,
we are generally required to extend the exchange offer at least
five business days from the date of such material amendment.
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Conditions to the Exchange Offer
We will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange any
new notes for, any unregistered notes if as a result of any
change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff
of the Commission, we determine upon advice of our outside
counsel that we are not permitted to effect the exchange offer
as described in this prospectus.
In addition, we will not be obligated to accept for exchange the
unregistered notes of any holder that has not made to us the
representations described under Purpose and
Effect of the Exchange Offer, Procedures
for Tendering and Plan of Distribution and
such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under
applicable Commission rules, regulations or interpretations to
allow us to use an appropriate form to register the new notes
under the Securities Act.
We expressly reserve the right to extend, amend or terminate the
exchange offer, and to reject for exchange any unregistered
notes not previously accepted for exchange, upon the failure to
be satisfied of any of the conditions to the exchange offer
specified herein or in the letter of transmittal. We will give
oral or written notice of any extension, amendment,
non-acceptance or termination to the holders of the unregistered
notes as promptly as practicable.
These conditions are for our sole benefit, and, except as
provided below, we may assert them or waive them in whole or in
part at any time or at various times in our sole discretion. All
such conditions, other than conditions related to us obtaining
regulatory approval for the exchange offer, will be satisfied or
waived prior to expiration. If we fail at any time to exercise
any of these rights, this failure will not mean that we have
waived our rights. Each such right will be deemed an ongoing
right that we may assert at any time or at various times.
In addition, we will not accept for exchange any unregistered
notes tendered, and will not issue new notes in exchange for any
such unregistered notes, if at such time any stop order has been
threatened or is in effect with respect to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part or the
qualification of the indenture relating to the notes under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Procedures for Tendering
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Only a holder of unregistered notes may tender such unregistered
notes in the exchange offer. To tender in the exchange offer, a
holder must:
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complete, sign and date the letter of transmittal, or a
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have the signature on the letter of transmittal guaranteed if
the letter of transmittal so requires; and |
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mail or deliver such letter of transmittal or facsimile to the
exchange agent prior to 12:00 midnight, New York City time,
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the exchange agent must receive, prior to 12:00 midnight,
New York City time, on the expiration date, a timely
confirmation of book-entry transfer of such unregistered notes
into the exchange agents account at DTC according to the
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To be tendered effectively, the exchange agent must receive any
physical delivery of the letter of transmittal and other
required documents at its address indicated on the cover page of
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transmittal. The exchange agent must receive such documents
prior to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on the
expiration date.
The tender by a holder that is not withdrawn prior to 12:00
midnight, New York City time, on the expiration date will
constitute an agreement between the holder and us in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions described in this
prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF UNREGISTERED NOTES, THE LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE
AGENT IS AT YOUR ELECTION AND RISK. RATHER THAN MAIL THESE
ITEMS, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY
SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, YOU SHOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO
ASSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW
YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE. YOU SHOULD NOT SEND THE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR UNREGISTERED NOTES TO US. YOU MAY
REQUEST YOUR BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES
OR OTHER NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR YOU.
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If you beneficially own unregistered notes that are registered
in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company
or other nominee and you wish to tender those notes, you should
contact the registered holder promptly and instruct it to tender
on your behalf. If you are a beneficial owner and wish to tender
on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing
the letter of transmittal and delivering your unregistered
notes, either:
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obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered
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The transfer of registered ownership, if permitted under the
indenture for the notes, may take considerable time and may not
be completed prior to the expiration date.
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Signatures and Signature Guarantees |
You must have signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice
of withdrawal, as described below, guaranteed by a member firm
of a registered national securities exchange or of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank
or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United
States, or an eligible guarantor institution within
the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act. In
addition, the entity must be a member of one of the recognized
signature guarantee programs identified in the letter of
transmittal.
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When You Need Endorsements or Bond Powers |
If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than
the registered holder of any unregistered notes, the
unregistered notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly
completed bond power. The bond power must be signed by the
registered holder as the registered holders name appears
on the unregistered notes. A member firm of a registered
national securities exchange or of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust
company having an office or correspondent in the United States,
or an eligible guarantor institution must guarantee the
signature on the bond power.
If the letter of transmittal or any unregistered notes or bond
powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators,
guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others
acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, those persons
should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us, they
should also submit evidence satisfactory to us of their
authority to deliver the letter of transmittal.
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Tendering Through DTCs Automated Tender Offer
Program |
The exchange agent and DTC have confirmed that any financial
institution that is a participant in DTCs system may use
DTCs automated tender offer program to tender.
Participants in the program may, instead of physically
completing and signing the letter of transmittal and delivering
it to the exchange agent, transmit their acceptance of the
exchange offer electronically. They may do so by causing DTC to
transfer the unregistered notes to the exchange agent in
accordance with its procedures for transfer. DTC will then send
an agents message to the exchange agent.
The term agents message means a message
transmitted by DTC, received by the exchange agent and forming
part of the book-entry confirmation, to the effect that:
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its automated tender offer program that is tendering
unregistered notes that are the subject of such book-entry
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such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the
terms of the letter of transmittal or, in the case of an
agents message relating to guaranteed delivery, that such
participant has received and agrees to be bound by the
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Determinations Under the Exchange Offer
We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the
validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance of
tendered unregistered notes and withdrawal of tendered
unregistered notes. Our determination will be final and binding.
We reserve the absolute right to reject any unregistered notes
not properly tendered or any unregistered notes our acceptance
of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We
also reserve the right to waive any defect, irregularities or
conditions of tender as to particular unregistered notes. To the
extent that we waive any condition of the offer, however, we
will waive such condition for all holders of the unregistered
notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the
exchange offer, including the instructions in the letter of
transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless
waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders
of unregistered notes must be cured within such time as we shall
determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or
irregularities with respect to tenders of unregistered notes,
neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur
any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of
unregistered notes will not be deemed made until such defects or
irregularities have been cured or waived. Any unregistered notes
received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered
and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been
cured or waived will be returned to the tendering holder, unless
otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as
practicable following the expiration date.
When We Will Issue New Notes
In all cases, we will issue new notes for unregistered notes
that we have accepted for exchange in the exchange offer only
after the exchange agent timely receives:
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unregistered notes or a timely book-entry confirmation of such
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a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and
all other required documents or a properly transmitted
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Note holders should expect to receive new notes promptly after
termination or expiration of the exchange offer.
Return of Unregistered Notes not Accepted or Exchanged
If we do not accept any tendered unregistered notes for exchange
or if unregistered notes are submitted for a greater principal
amount than the holder desires to exchange, the unaccepted or
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exchanged unregistered notes will be returned to their tendering
holder. In the case of unregistered notes tendered by book-entry
transfer in the exchange agents account at DTC according
to the procedures described below, such non-exchanged
unregistered notes will be credited to an account maintained
with DTC. These actions will occur promptly after the expiration
or termination of the exchange offer.
Your Representations to Us
By signing or agreeing to be bound by the letter of transmittal,
you will represent to us that, among other things:
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you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have
no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate
in, a distribution of the new notes to be issued in the exchange
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you are acquiring the new notes in your ordinary course of
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if you are a broker-dealer, that you will receive new notes for
your own account in exchange for unregistered notes that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and that you will comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirement of the
Securities Act in connection with any resale of the new notes. |
Book Entry Transfer
The exchange agent will establish an account with respect to the
unregistered notes at DTC for purposes of the exchange offer
promptly after the date of this prospectus. Any financial
institution participating in DTCs system may make
book-entry delivery of unregistered notes by causing DTC to
transfer such unregistered notes into the exchange agents
account at DTC in accordance with DTCs procedures for
transfer. Holders of unregistered notes who are unable to
deliver confirmation of the book entry tender of their
unregistered notes into the exchange agents account at DTC
or all other documents required by the letter of transmittal to
the exchange agent on or prior to 12:00 midnight,
New York City time, on the expiration date must tender
their unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery
procedures described below.
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
If you wish to tender your unregistered notes but your
unregistered notes are not immediately available or you cannot
deliver your unregistered notes, the letter of transmittal or
any other required documents to the exchange agent or comply
with the applicable procedures under DTCs automated tender
offer program prior to the expiration date, you may tender if:
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the tender is made through a member firm of a registered
national securities exchange or of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust
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prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from
such member firm of a registered national securities exchange or
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States, or eligible guarantor
institution either a properly completed and duly executed notice
of guaranteed delivery by facsimile transmission, mail or hand
delivery or a properly transmitted agents message and
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setting forth your name and address, the registered number(s) of
your unregistered notes and the principal amount of unregistered
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guaranteeing that, within three New York Stock Exchange
trading days after the expiration date, the letter of
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confirmation, and any other documents required by the letter of
transmittal will be deposited by the eligible guarantor
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the exchange agent receives such properly completed and executed
letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof, as well as all
tendered unregistered notes in proper form for transfer or a
book-entry confirmation, and all other documents required by the
letter of transmittal, within three New York Stock Exchange
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Upon request to the exchange agent, a notice of guaranteed
delivery will be sent you if you wish to tender your
unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery
procedures described above.
Withdrawal of Tenders
Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, you may
withdraw your tender at any time prior to 12:00 midnight,
New York City time, on the expiration date.
For a withdrawal to be effective:
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the exchange agent must receive a written notice of withdrawal
at the address indicated on the cover page of the letter of
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you must comply with the appropriate procedures of DTCs
automated tender offer program system. Any notice of withdrawal
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identify the unregistered notes to be withdrawn, including the
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If unregistered notes have been tendered under the procedure for
book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal
must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be
credited with withdrawn unregistered notes and otherwise comply
with the procedures of DTC.
We will determine all questions as to the validity, form,
eligibility and time of receipt of notice of withdrawal. Our
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. We will
deem any unregistered notes so withdrawn not to have been
validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offer.
Any unregistered notes that have been tendered for exchange but
that are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to their
holder without cost to the holder. In the case of unregistered
notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange
agents account at DTC according to the procedures
described above, such unregistered notes will be credited to an
account maintained with DTC for the unregistered notes. This
return or crediting will take place as soon as practicable after
withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange
offer. You may retender properly withdrawn unregistered notes by
following one of the procedures described under
Procedures for Tendering above at any
time on or prior to the expiration date.
Fees and Expenses
We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal
solicitation is being made by mail; however, we may make
additional solicitation by facsimile, telephone, electronic mail
or in person by our officers and regular employees and those of
our affiliates.
We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the
exchange offer and will not make any payments to broker-dealers
or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. We will,
however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees
for its services and reimburse it for its related reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees.
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We will pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with
the exchange offer. They include:
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reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the initial
purchasers of the unregistered notes incurred in connection with
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part
and, in the event of any shelf registration statement,
reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel
designated by the holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the unregistered notes to act as counsel for
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Transfer Taxes
You will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in
connection with the tender of unregistered notes unless you
instruct us to register new notes in the name of, or request
that unregistered notes not tendered or accepted in the exchange
offer be returned to, a person other than the registered
tendering holder. In those cases, you will be responsible for
the payment of any applicable transfer taxes.
Consequences of Failure to Exchange
If you do not exchange new notes for your unregistered notes
under the exchange offer, you will remain subject to the
existing restrictions on transfer of the unregistered notes. In
general, you may not offer or sell the unregistered notes unless
they are registered under the Securities Act, or unless the
offer or sale is exempt from the registration requirements under
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except
as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not
intend to register resales of the unregistered notes under the
Securities Act.
Accounting Treatment
We will record the new notes in our accounting records at the
same carrying value as the unregistered notes. This carrying
value is the aggregate principal amount of the unregistered
notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of
exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss
for accounting purposes in connection with the exchange offer.
Other Considerations
Participation in the exchange offer is voluntary, and you should
carefully consider whether to accept. You are urged to consult
your financial and tax advisors in making your own decision on
what action to take.
We may in the future seek to acquire untendered unregistered
notes in open market or privately negotiated transactions,
through subsequent exchange offers or otherwise. We have no
present plans to acquire any unregistered notes that are not
tendered in the exchange offer or to file a registration
statement to permit resales of any untendered unregistered notes.
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Exchange Agent
We have appointed U.S. Bank National Association as
exchange agent for the exchange offer. Questions, requests for
assistance and requests for additional copies of the prospectus,
the letter of transmittal and other related documents should be
directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:
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U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attention: Specialized Finance
(800) 934-6802 |
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60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attention: Specialized Finance
(800) 934-6802 |
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(For Eligible Institutions Only)
Confirm by Telephone:
(800) 934-6802 |
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the new
notes. We are making this exchange offer solely to satisfy our
obligations under our registration rights agreement. In
consideration for issuing the new notes as contemplated by this
prospectus, we will receive unregistered notes in a like
principal amount. The form and terms of the new notes are
identical in all respects to the form and terms of the
unregistered notes, except the new notes have been registered
under the Securities Act and will not contain restrictions on
transfer or registration rights. Unregistered notes surrendered
in exchange for the new notes will be retired and canceled and
will not be reissued. Accordingly, the issuance of the new notes
will not result in any change in our outstanding indebtedness.
The net proceeds from the original offering were approximately
$368.4 million after deducting the discounts to the initial
purchasers. The net proceeds of the original offering were used,
along with cash on hand, (i) to purchase all of our
$250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.875%
senior notes due 2009 that were tendered in a tender offer,
(ii) to prepay $110.0 million in aggregate principal
amount of our existing term indebtedness under our senior
secured credit facility, and (iii) to pay fees and expenses
associated with these transactions.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW NOTES
You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this
description under the subheading Certain
Definitions. Certain defined terms used in this
description but not defined below under
Certain Definitions have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture or the Registration Rights
Agreement. In this description, the word CCA refers
only to Corrections Corporation of America and not to any of its
Subsidiaries. Additionally, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the word Notes refers to the
$375.0 million in aggregate principal amount of CCAs
6.25% senior notes due 2013 issued in a private placement
on March 23, 2005 and the new notes offered hereby in
exchange for the notes issued in the private placement.
CCA will issue the new notes offered hereby as additional Notes
under its existing Indenture dated March 23, 2005 among
itself, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association,
as trustee, (the Indenture). This is the same
Indenture pursuant to which CCA issued the unregistered notes.
The terms of the new notes include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture
Act).
The form and terms of the existing 6.25% notes and the new
notes to be issued in this exchange offer will be the same in
all material respects.
The existing 6.25% notes and the new notes to be issued in
this exchange offer will be treated as a single series under the
Indenture, including for purposes of determining whether the
required percentage of Holders have given their approval or
consent to an amendment or waiver or joined in directing the
trustee to take certain actions on behalf of all Holders.
The following description is a summary of the material
provisions of the Indenture and the Registration Rights
Agreement. It does not restate those agreements in their
entirety. We urge you to read the Indenture and the Registration
Rights Agreement because they, and not this description, define
your rights as Holders of the Notes. Copies of the Indenture and
the Registration Rights Agreement are available as set forth
below under Additional Information.
Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined
below under Certain Definitions have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Registration
Rights Agreement.
The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes. Only registered Holders will have rights
under the Indenture.
Brief Description of the Notes and the Subsidiary
Guarantees
The Notes:
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will be general unsecured obligations of CCA; |
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will be equal in right of payment with all existing and future
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will be senior in right of payment to any future subordinated
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However, the Notes will be effectively subordinated to all
borrowings under CCAs senior secured credit facility,
which is secured by liens on a substantial amount of the assets
of CCA and the Guarantors.
All of CCAs existing Domestic Subsidiaries are
Restricted Subsidiaries and will be Guarantors. CCA
currently does not have any material foreign operations.
However, under the circumstances described below under the
subheading Certain Covenants
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
CCA will be permitted to designate certain of its Subsidiaries,
whether formed under the laws of any state of the United States
or the laws of any other
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country, as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. CCAs
Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to many of the
restrictive covenants in the Indenture. Our Unrestricted
Subsidiaries will not guarantee the Notes.
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The Notes will be guaranteed by all of CCAs existing
Domestic Subsidiaries (as defined) and future subsidiaries that
execute guarantees in accordance with the Indenture as described
in Certain Covenants Additional Subsidiary
Guarantees.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes:
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will be equal in right of payment to all existing and future
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will be senior in right of payment with any future subordinated
Indebtedness of that Guarantor. |
Not all of CCAs existing Subsidiaries will guarantee the
Notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or
reorganization of any of these non-guarantor Subsidiaries, the
non-guarantor Subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debt
and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute
any of their assets to CCA. The non-guarantor Subsidiaries
generated less than 1.0% of CCAs consolidated revenues in
2004 and owned less than 1.0% of CCAs consolidated assets
at all times throughout such period. The non-guarantor
Subsidiaries have no outstanding third-party debt.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
CCA will issue $375.0 million in aggregate principal amount
of Notes in this offering. CCA may issue additional notes under
the Indenture from time to time after this offering in one or a
series of transactions, subject to the covenant described below
under the caption Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock. The Notes and any additional notes of the
same series subsequently issued under the Indenture will be
treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture,
including, without limitation, redemption of Notes, offers to
purchase Notes and the percentage of Notes required to consent
to waivers of provisions of, and amendments to, the Indenture.
The Indenture provides that CCA will issue Notes in
denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. The Notes will mature on March 15, 2013.
Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of 6.25% per annum
and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15
and September 15, commencing on September 15, 2005. We
will make each interest payment to the holders of record on the
close of business on the immediately preceding March 1 and
September 1.
Interest on the Notes will accrue from the date of original
issuance or, if interest has already been paid, from the date it
was most recently paid. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes
If a holder of Notes has given wire transfer instructions to
CCA, CCA will pay all principal, interest and premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on that holders Notes in
accordance with those instructions. All other payments on the
Notes will be made at the office or agency of the paying agent
and registrar within the City and State of New York unless CCA
elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the holders
at their address set forth in the register of holders.
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Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes
The trustee will initially act as paying agent and registrar for
the Notes. CCA may change the paying agent or registrar without
prior notice to the holders of the Notes, and CCA or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or registrar.
Transfer and Exchange
A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a Holder to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in
connection with a transfer of Notes. holders will be required to
pay all taxes due on transfer. CCA will not be required to
transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, CCA
will not be required to transfer or exchange any Note for a
period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed.
Subsidiary Guarantees
The Notes will be guaranteed by each of CCAs current and
future Domestic Subsidiaries that are guarantors of a Credit
Facility. These Subsidiary Guarantees will be joint and several
obligations of the Guarantors. The obligations of each Guarantor
under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited as necessary to
prevent that Subsidiary Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent
conveyance under applicable law. See Risk
Factors Risks Related to the Offering
Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific
circumstances, to void guarantees and require holders to return
payments received from guarantors.
A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge
with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person), another Person, other than CCA or another Guarantor,
unless:
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(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that
Guarantor under the Indenture, the registration rights agreement
and its Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Notes pursuant
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applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
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The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
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(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including
by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a
Subsidiary of CCA, if the sale or other disposition complies
with the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture
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of a Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after
giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of CCA, if the
sale complies with the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture
described in Repurchase at the Option of
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Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the
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Notes, as described in Legal Defeasance and
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guarantee under all of the Credit Facilities. |
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Optional Redemption
At any time on or prior to March 15, 2008, CCA may on any
one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture
at a redemption price of 106.250% of the principal amount,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of
one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:
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(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding
immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding
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Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes will not
be redeemable at CCAs option prior to March 15, 2009.
Beginning March 15, 2009, CCA may, at its option, redeem
all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed
as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on March 15
of the years indicated below:
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For a description of the procedures applicable to a redemption
of all or part of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture described in this section, see
Selection and Notice.
Mandatory Redemption
CCA is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Notes.
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have
the right to require CCA to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of
that Holders Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer
on the terms set forth in the Indenture. In the Change of
Control Offer, CCA will offer a Change of Control Payment in
cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the
date of purchase. Within 10 business days following any Change
of Control, CCA will mail a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the Change of
Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date will be
no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from
the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures
required by the Indenture and described in such notice. CCA will
comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a
result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions
of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change
of Control provisions of the Indenture, CCA will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of
Control provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
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On the Change of Control Payment Date, CCA will, to the extent
lawful:
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(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of
Notes properly tendered; and |
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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the
Notes properly accepted together with an Officers
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions of Notes being purchased by CCA. |
The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes
properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes,
and the trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to
be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be
in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
CCA will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control
Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control
Payment Date.
The provisions described above that require CCA to make a Change
of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be
applicable whether or not any other provisions of the Indenture
are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a
Change of Control, the Indenture does not contain provisions
that permit the holders of the Notes to require that CCA
repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover,
recapitalization or similar transaction.
CCA will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon
a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control
Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance
with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a
Change of Control Offer made by CCA and purchases all Notes
properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control
Offer.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating
to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of CCA and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting
the phrase substantially all, there is no precise
established definition of the phrase under applicable law.
Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of Notes to require CCA to
repurchase its Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets
of CCA and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person
or group may be uncertain.
The Credit Agreement contains, and other Indebtedness of CCA may
contain, prohibitions on, or an event of default resulting from,
the occurrence of events that would constitute a Change of
Control or require that Indebtedness be repurchased upon a
Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the holders of
their right to require CCA to repurchase the Notes upon a Change
of Control would cause a default under the Credit Agreement and
other Indebtedness even if the Change of Control itself does not.
If a Change of Control Offer occurs, there can be no assurance
that CCA will have available funds sufficient to make the Change
of Control Payment for all of the Notes that might be delivered
by holders seeking to accept the Change of Control Offer. In the
event CCA is required to purchase outstanding Notes pursuant to
a Change of Control Offer, CCA expects that it would seek
third-party financing to the extent it does not have available
funds to meet its purchase obligations and any other obligations
in respect of its other indebtedness. However, there can be no
assurance that CCA would be able to obtain necessary financing.
See Risk Factors Risks Related to Our
Leveraged Capital Structure We are required to
repurchase all or a portion of our existing 7.5% notes and the
notes to be issued in this offering upon a change of
control.
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CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consummate an Asset
Sale unless:
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(1) CCA (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least
equal to (a) the fair market value of the assets (other
than Designated Assets) or Equity Interests issued or sold or
otherwise disposed of and (b) the Designated Asset Value of
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applicable, is determined by CCAs Board of Directors and
evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in
an Officers Certificate delivered to the trustee; and |
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(3) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset
Sale by CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash
or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this clause (3) only,
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(a) any liabilities, as shown on CCAs or such
Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet, of CCA
or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities
and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the
Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation
agreement that releases CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary from
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(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
CCA or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that
are converted within 90 days of the applicable Asset Sale
by CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash
Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents
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(c) 100% of the securities, notes or other obligations or
Indebtedness actually received by CCA as consideration for the
sale or other disposition of a Designated Asset pursuant to the
terms of a Designated Asset Contract, but only to the extent
that such securities, notes or other obligations or Indebtedness
were explicitly required to be included, or permitted to be
included solely at the option of the purchaser, in such
consideration pursuant to the terms of the applicable Designated
Asset Contract; |
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(d) 100% of the Indebtedness actually received by CCA as
consideration for the sale or other disposition of an Unoccupied
Facility; and |
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(e) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by CCA
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, CCA and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may engage in Asset Swaps; provided that,
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(1) immediately after giving effect to such Asset Swap, CCA
would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test
set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described below
under the caption Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
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(2) the Board of Directors of CCA determines that the fair
market value of the assets received by CCA in the Asset Swap is
not less than the fair market value of the assets disposed of by
CCA in such Asset Swap and such determination is evidenced by a
resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an
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Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from
an Asset Sale, CCA may apply those Net Proceeds:
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(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of,
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(3) to make a capital expenditure (provided, that
the completion of (i) construction of new facilities,
(ii) expansions to existing facilities, and
(iii) repair or reconstruction of damaged or destroyed
facilities which commences within 360 days after the
receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by CCA may extend
for an additional 360 day period if the Net Proceeds to be
used for such construction, expansion or repair are committed to
and set aside specifically for such activity within 360 days of
their receipt); or |
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useful in a Permitted Business. |
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, CCA may
invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by
the Indenture. For avoidance of doubt, prior to being required
to permanently reduce revolving credit facility commitments CCA
will have the option of making an Asset Sale Offer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute
Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess
Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, CCA will make an Asset Sale
Offer to all holders of Notes and, at CCAs option, all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the
Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the
Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the
proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal
amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer
price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal
amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in
cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an
Asset Sale Offer, CCA may use those Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the
aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the
amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee will select the Notes and
such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a
pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
CCA will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant
to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale
provisions of the Indenture, CCA will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the
Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
The agreements governing CCAs other Indebtedness contain
prohibitions of certain events, including certain types of Asset
Sales. In addition, the exercise by the holders of Notes of
their right to require CCA to repurchase the Notes in connection
with an Asset Sale Offer could cause a default under these other
agreements, even if the Asset Sale itself does not, due to the
financial effect of such repurchases on CCA. Finally, CCAs
ability to pay cash to the holders of Notes upon a repurchase
may be limited by CCAs then existing financial resources.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time,
the trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:
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exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal
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(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities
exchange, on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered) unless
otherwise required by law. |
No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part.
Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at
least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption
date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered
address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than
60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued
in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction
and discharge of the Indenture. Notices of redemption may not be
conditional.
If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of
the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed. A new
Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the
original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of Notes
upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for
redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and
after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or
portions of them called for redemption.
Certain Covenants
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Changes in Covenants when Notes Rated Investment
Grade |
If on any date following the date of the Indenture:
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(1) the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moodys or
BBB- or better by S&P (or, if either such entity ceases to
rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of CCA, the
equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other
nationally recognized statistical rating
organization within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by
CCA as a replacement agency); and |
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(2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, |
then, beginning on that day and continuing at all times
thereafter regardless of any subsequent changes in the rating of
the Notes, the covenants specifically described under the
following captions in this prospectus (the Fall Away
Covenants) will no longer be applicable to the Notes:
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(1) Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(2) Restricted Payments; |
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(3) Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock; |
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(4) Dividend and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries; |
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(5) Designation of Restricted and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries; |
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(6) Transactions with Affiliates; |
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(7) clause (4) of the covenant described below under
the caption Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets and |
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(8) clauses (1)(a) and (3) of the covenant described
below under the caption Sale and Leaseback
Transactions. |
As a result, if the conditions set forth in clauses (1) and
(2) of the first paragraph of this covenant are satisfied,
the notes will be entitled to substantially less covenant
protection from and after CCAs receipt of an investment
grade rating on the Notes. The Fall Away Covenants will not be
reinstated even if CCA subsequently fails to satisfy the
conditions described in clauses (1) and (2) of the
first paragraph of this covenant. There can be no assurance that
the Notes will ever achieve or maintain an investment grade
rating.
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CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment
or distribution on account of CCAs, or any Restricted
Subsidiarys, Equity Interests (including, without
limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary) or to
the direct or indirect holders of CCAs or any Restricted
Subsidiarys Equity Interests in their capacity as such
(other than dividends or distributions (i) payable in
Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of CCA or
(ii) payable to CCA and/or a Restricted Subsidiary of CCA); |
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(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value (including, without limitation, in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving CCA) any Equity Interests of
CCA; |
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(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes or the
Subsidiary Guarantees, except a payment of interest or principal
at the Stated Maturity thereof or a payment of principal or
interest on Indebtedness owed to CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; or |
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(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through
(4) above being collectively referred to as
Restricted Payments), |
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such
Restricted Payment:
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(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted
Payment; and |
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(2) CCA would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and
after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted
Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00
of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant
described below under the caption Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock; and |
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(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by CCA and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after May 3, 2002 (excluding
Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5),
(7), (8) and (9) of the next succeeding paragraph), is
less than the sum, without duplication, of: |
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(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of CCA, for the
period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of
the first fiscal quarter commencing after May 3, 2002 to
the end of CCAs most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which internal financial statements are available at the time of
such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for
such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus |
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(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by CCA
(including the fair market value of any Permitted Business or
assets used or useful in a Permitted Business to the extent
acquired in consideration of Equity Interests of CCA (other than
Disqualified Stock)) since May 3, 2002 as a contribution to
its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests of CCA (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the
issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock
or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of CCA that have
been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests
(other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
securities) sold to a Subsidiary of CCA), plus |
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(c) to the extent that any Restricted Investment (other
than a Restricted Investment permitted by clause (5) of the
next succeeding paragraph) that was made after May 3, 2002
is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the
lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to
such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if
any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted
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(d) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of CCA
is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after May 3,
2002, the lesser of (i) the fair market value of CCAs
Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such
redesignation or (ii) such fair market value as of the date
on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an
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(e) $25.0 million. |
So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be
caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
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(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after
the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of
declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the
provisions of the Indenture; |
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(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of CCA or any
Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of CCA in exchange for, or
out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of CCA) of, Equity Interests of
CCA (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the
amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any
such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition will be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the
preceding paragraph; |
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(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of CCA or any Guarantor
with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary
of CCA to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata
basis; |
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(5) (a) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition,
cancellation or retirement for value of Capital Stock, or
options, warrants, equity appreciation rights or other rights to
purchase or acquire Capital Stock of CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary of CCA or any parent of CCA held by any existing or
former employees of CCA or any Subsidiary of CCA or their
assigns, estates or heirs, in each case in connection with the
repurchase provisions under employee stock option or stock
purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management
employees; provided that such redemptions or repurchases
pursuant to this clause will not exceed $2.5 million in the
aggregate during any calendar year and $10.0 million in the
aggregate for all such redemptions and repurchases; provided
further, that CCA may carry-forward and make in a subsequent
calendar year, in addition to the amounts permitted for such
calendar year, the amount of such redemptions or repurchases
permitted to have been made but not made in any preceding
calendar year; provided further that such amount in any
calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed
(i) the cash proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock of CCA
to existing or former employees of CCA or any Subsidiary of CCA
after the date the Notes are originally issued (to the extent
the cash proceeds from the sale of such Capital Stock have not
otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by
virtue of clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph) plus
(ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance
policies received by CCA and its Subsidiaries after the date the
Notes are originally issued less (iii) the amount of
any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clause
(i) and (ii) of this clause (5)(a); and (b) loans
or advances to employees or directors of CCA or any Subsidiary
of CCA the proceeds of which are used to purchase Capital Stock
of CCA, in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$10.0 million at any one time outstanding; |
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(6) prior to the date of the Indenture the declaration and
payment by CCA of a dividend consisting of Qualified
Trust Preferred Stock with a fair market value that is not
greater than is necessary in order to preserve CCAs
eligibility to elect REIT status with respect to its 1999
taxable year; |
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(7) prior to the date of the Indenture the repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of up to
$130.0 million in liquidation preference of the
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CCA would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment
had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant
described below under the caption Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock; |
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(8) repurchases of Equity Interests of CCA deemed to occur
upon the exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests
represent a portion of the exercise price thereof; |
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(9) prior to the date of the Indenture the declaration and
payment of dividends on CCAs series A preferred stock
and series B preferred stock in accordance with terms of
the series A preferred stock and series B preferred
stock as in effect on May 7, 2003; |
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(10) prior to the date of the Indenture the payment of the
liquidation preference of and all accrued and unpaid dividends
on 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of CCAs
series A preferred stock as in effect on May 7, 2003
and the notice of redemption given by CCA on May 7, 2003; |
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(11) prior to the date of the Indenture the redemption
pursuant to their terms of all PMI Notes that remain outstanding
on the applicable redemption date after CCA sends notice of such
redemption to the holders of such notes, provided that
(i) CCA converts all PMI Notes pursuant to their terms upon
the proper request of a holder of such notes and (ii) the
fair market value of the common stock received upon such
conversion (measured as of the date the notice of redemption is
given) is not less than one and one half times the proceeds such
holder would receive pursuant to such redemption; |
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(12) prior to the date of the Indenture the repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of the
shares of series A preferred stock issued and outstanding
on May 7, 2003 with the net proceeds from the issuance by a
Qualified Trust of Qualified Trust Preferred Stock; and |
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(13) Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted in an
amount not to exceed $40.0 million. |
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be
the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of
the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued
by CCA or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or
securities that are required to be valued by this covenant will
be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with
respect thereto will be delivered to the trustee. The Board of
Directors determination must be based upon an opinion or
appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment
banking firm of national standing if the fair market value
exceeds $15.0 million. Except with respect to any
Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to clauses
(1) through (13) of the immediately preceding
paragraph, not later than 10 days following the end of the
fiscal quarter in which such Restricted Payment was made, CCA
will deliver to the trustee an Officers Certificate
stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting
forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this
Restricted Payments covenant were computed, together
with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by the
Indenture.
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock |
CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to
(collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt), and CCA will not issue any Disqualified Stock
and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue
any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that
CCA or its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness
(including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the
Guarantors may incur Indebtedness or issue preferred stock, if
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for CCAs most recently
ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which
such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock is issued would have
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been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis
(including a pro forma application of the net proceeds
therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred
or the preferred stock or Disqualified Stock had been issued, as
the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the
issuance of Disqualified Stock, as set forth below
(collectively, Permitted Debt):
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(1) the incurrence by CCA and any Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause
(1) not to exceed $715.0 million; |
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(2) the incurrence by CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries
of the Existing Indebtedness; |
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(3) the incurrence by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease
Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations,
in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any
part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business
of CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal
amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (3), not to exceed the greater
of $25.0 million or 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at
any time outstanding; |
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(4) the incurrence by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange
for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance
or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness)
or Disqualified Stock that was permitted by the Indenture to be
incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses
(2), (3), (4), or (12) of this paragraph; |
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(5) the incurrence by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among CCA
and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the refinancing or
replacement of existing intercompany Indebtedness between or
among CCA and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that: |
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(a) if CCA or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated
to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with
respect to the Notes, in the case of CCA, or the Subsidiary
Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and |
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(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a
Person other than CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary of CCA and
(ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to
a Person that is not either CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary of
CCA will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of
such Indebtedness by CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6); |
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(6) Hedging Obligations that are entered into by CCA or a
Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of fixing, hedging or
swapping interest rate risk in the ordinary course of CCAs
financial management (but in any event excluding Hedging
Obligations entered into for speculative purposes); |
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(7) the guarantee by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary
of CCA that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of
this covenant; |
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(8) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization
of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any
Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the
same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock
in the form of additional shares of the same class of
Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes
of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the
amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of CCA as accrued
interest; |
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(9) the incurrence by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness, including Indebtedness represented
by letters of credit for the account of CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary, |
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incurred in respect of workers compensation claims,
self-insurance obligations, performance, proposal, completion,
surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by
CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business; provided, that the underlying obligation to
perform is that of CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not
that of CCAs Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided
further, that such underlying obligation is not in respect
of borrowed money; |
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(10) the incurrence by CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
(except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business,
provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within
five business days of incurrence; |
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(11) the incurrence by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness, including but not limited to
Indebtedness represented by letters of credit for the account of
CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary, arising from agreements of CCA
or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification,
adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of
any business, assets or Equity Interests of CCA or a Restricted
Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by
any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets
or Equity Interests for the purpose of financing such
acquisition; and |
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(12) the incurrence by CCA or any Subsidiary of additional
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted
value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance
or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (12), not to exceed $75.0 million. |
CCA will not incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt)
that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any
other Indebtedness of CCA unless such Indebtedness is also
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on
substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no
Indebtedness of CCA will be deemed to be contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
CCA solely by virtue of being unsecured.
For purposes of determining compliance with the provisions in
the Indenture relating to the Incurrence of Indebtedness
and Issuance of Preferred Stock, in the event that an item
of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of
the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses
(1) through (12) above, or is entitled to be incurred
pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, CCA will be
permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of
its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such
item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this
covenant. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on
the date of the Indenture will be deemed to have been incurred
on such date in reliance on the exception provided by
clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other
than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now
owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under the
Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable
basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such
obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries |
CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or
with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to CCA or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(2) make loans or advances to CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; or |
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(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to CCA or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
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(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the
Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those
agreements, provided that the amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacement or refinancings are not materially more restrictive,
taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other
payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on
the date of the Indenture; |
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(2) the Indenture, the Notes, and the related Subsidiary
Guarantees; |
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(3) applicable law; |
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(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock
of a Person acquired by CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable
to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other
than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness,
such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the Indenture to
be incurred; |
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(5) customary non-assignment provisions of any contract
entered into in the ordinary course of business and customary
provisions restricting subletting of any interest in real
property contained in any lease or easement agreement of CCA or
any Restricted Subsidiary, or any customary restriction on the
ability of a Restricted Subsidiary to dividend, distribute or
otherwise transfer any asset which secures Indebtedness secured
by a Lien and which Indebtedness and which Lien was permitted by
the Indenture; |
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(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that
property of the nature described in clause (3) of the
preceding paragraph; |
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(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of such
Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided
that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to
dividends and other payments are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; |
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(9) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred under the provisions of the covenant described above
under the caption Liens that limit the right
of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens; |
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(10) provisions with respect to the disposition or
distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements,
asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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(11) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business; and |
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(12) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to customary
provisions restricting dispositions of real property interests
set forth in any reciprocal easement agreements of CCA or any
Restricted Subsidiary. |
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets |
CCA shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other
Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, or permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction
or transactions if such transaction or transactions, in the
aggregate, would result in an assignment, conveyance, transfer,
lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole to any other Person or group of affiliated
Persons, unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
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(1) either: (a) CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary is
the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than CCA or
any Restricted Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia; |
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(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes
all the obligations of CCA under the Notes and the Indenture
pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the trustee; |
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(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event
of Default exists; and |
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(4) CCA, the Restricted Subsidiary, or the other Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary), or to which such
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has
been made will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro
forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as
if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter period, (i) be permitted to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the
covenant described under the caption
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock or (ii) have a Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio that exceeds than CCAs Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
immediately prior to such transaction and any related financing
transactions. |
The covenant described under this caption Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets will not apply to:
(i) a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of assets between or among CCA and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) any merger of a Restricted
Subsidiary into CCA or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) any merger of CCA into a wholly-owned Restricted
Subsidiary created for the purpose of holding the Equity
Interests of CCA; or (iv) a merger between CCA and a
newly-created Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of
reincorporating CCA in another State of the United States.
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CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or
amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate
(each, an Affiliate Transaction), unless:
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(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to CCA or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than
those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction
by CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person;
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(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of
Directors set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying
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covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved
by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors; and |
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(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $20.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness
to CCA of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of
view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking
firm of national standing. |
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the
provisions of the prior paragraph:
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(1) any employment or indemnity agreement entered into by
CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with the past practice of CCA or such
Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(2) transactions between or among CCA and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(3) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of CCA
solely because CCA owns an Equity Interest in, or controls, such
Person; |
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(4) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are
not otherwise Affiliates of CCA; |
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(5) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) to Affiliates of CCA; |
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(6) Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments that are
permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above
under the caption Restricted Payments; and |
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(7) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards
or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the
funding of employment arrangements, stock options and stock
ownership plans and other reasonable fees, compensation,
benefits and indemnities paid or entered into by CCA or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
to or with officers, directors or employees of CCA and its
Restricted Subsidiaries. |
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Additional Subsidiary Guarantees |
If any Subsidiary of CCA that is not a Guarantor enters into a
Guarantee of a Credit Facility or any part of the Indebtedness
created under Credit Facilities permitted to be incurred
pursuant to clause (1) of the second paragraph of the
covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock, then that
Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and will execute a
supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the trustee within ten business days of the date
on which it was acquired or created.
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Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries |
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not
cause a Default or Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary
is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair
market value of all outstanding Investments owned by CCA and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly designated
will be deemed to be Investments made as of the time of the
designation, subject to the limitations on Restricted Payments.
That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would
be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation
would not cause a Default.
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
provided that CCA or any Guarantor may enter into a Sale
and Leaseback Transaction if:
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(1) CCA or that Guarantor, as applicable, could have
(a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in the
first paragraph of the covenant described above under the
caption Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock and (b) incurred a Lien
to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to the covenant described
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(2) the gross cash proceeds of that Sale and Leaseback
Transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth
in an Officers Certificate delivered to the trustee, of
the property that is the subject of that Sale and Leaseback
Transaction; and |
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(3) the transfer of assets in that Sale and Leaseback
Transaction is permitted by, and CCA applies the proceeds of
such transaction in compliance with, the covenant described
above under the caption Repurchase at the
Option of Holders Asset Sales. |
CCA will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except
to such extent as would not be material to CCA and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
CCA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid
any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of
any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Notes
unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to
all holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend
in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents
relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are
outstanding, CCA will furnish to the holders of Notes, within
5 days of the time periods specified in the SECs
rules and regulations:
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(1) all quarterly and annual financial and other
information that would be required to be contained in a filing
with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if CCA were required to
file such Forms, including a Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report on the annual financial statements by CCAs
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(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Form 8-K if CCA were required to file such
reports. |
In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, CCA will file a
copy of all of the information and reports referred to in
clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public
availability within the time periods specified in the SECs
rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a
filing) and make such information available to prospective
investors upon request. In addition, CCA and the Guarantors have
agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, they
will furnish to the holders and to prospective investors, upon
their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant
to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, if any such
information is required to be delivered.
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If CCA has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial
information required by the preceding paragraph will include a
reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the
financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and
results of operations of CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries
separate from the financial condition and results of operations
of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of CCA.
Events of Default and Remedies
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
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(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes; |
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(2) default in payment when due of the principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes; |
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(3) failure by CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
comply with the provisions described under the captions
Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control,
Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales, or
Certain Covenants Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets; |
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(4) failure by CCA or any Guarantor for 60 consecutive days
after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the
Indenture; |
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(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured
or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by CCA or any
Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed
by CCA or any Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness
or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the
Indenture, if that default: |
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(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest
or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration
of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of
such default (a Payment Default); or |
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(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior
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and, in each case, the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other
such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$25.0 million or more;
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(6) failure by CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $25.0 million,
which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period
of 60 days; |
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(7) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary
Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be
unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in
full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on
behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and |
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(8) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in
the Indenture with respect to CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries. |
In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events
of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to CCA, or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, 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 holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes
except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain
limitations, holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding
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Notes may direct the trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The trustee may withhold from holders of the Notes notice
of any continuing Default or Event of Default if it determines
that withholding Notes is in their interest, except a Default or
Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or
interest or Liquidated Damages.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding by notice to the trustee may on behalf of
the holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except
a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of
interest or Liquidated Damages on, or the principal of, the
Notes.
CCA is required to deliver to the trustee annually a written
statement regarding compliance with the Indenture. Upon becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default, CCA is required to
deliver to the trustee a written statement specifying such
Default or Event of Default.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
CCA or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any
obligations of CCA or the Guarantors under the Notes, the
Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on,
in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not
be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities
laws.
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
CCA may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its
obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes and
all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to
their Subsidiary Guarantees (Legal Defeasance)
except for:
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(1) the rights of holders of outstanding Notes to receive
payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments
are due from the trust referred to below; |
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(2) CCAs obligations with respect to the Notes
concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes,
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance
of an office or agency for payment and money for security
payments held in trust; |
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(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the trustee, and CCAs and the Guarantors obligations
in connection therewith; and |
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(4) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture. |
In addition, CCA may, at its option and at any time, elect to
have the obligations of CCA and the Guarantors released with
respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture
(Covenant Defeasance) and thereafter any omission to
comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or
Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event
Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including
non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and
insolvency events) described below under the caption
Events of Default and Remedies will no
longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
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(1) CCA must irrevocably deposit with the trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, cash in U.S.
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of
cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in
such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to
pay the principal of, or interest and premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity
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the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and CCA must
specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a
particular redemption date; |
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(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, CCA has delivered to
the trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the
trustee confirming that (a) CCA has received from, or there
has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or
(b) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case
to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel
will confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
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(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, CCA has delivered
to the trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to
the trustee confirming that the holders of the outstanding Notes
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; |
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(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be
applied to such deposit); |
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(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under any material agreement or instrument (other than the
Indenture) to which CCA or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
by which CCA or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; |
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(6) CCA must deliver to the trustee an Officers
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by CCA with
the intent of preferring the holders of Notes over the other
creditors of CCA or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding creditors of CCA or others; and |
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(7) CCA must deliver to the trustee an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. |
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the
Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the
consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of
or tender offer for the Notes), and any existing default or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may
be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a
purchase of or tender offer for the Notes).
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or
waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
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(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
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(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption
of the Notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants
described above under the caption Repurchase at the
Option of holders); |
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(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note; |
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(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if
any, on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the
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holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from
such acceleration); |
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(5) make any Note payable in currency other than that
stated in the Notes; |
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(6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of
Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes; |
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(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note
(other than a payment required by one of the covenants described
above under the caption Repurchase at the Option of
Holders); |
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(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture, except in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture; or |
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(9) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any Holder
of Notes, CCA, the Guarantors and the trustee may amend or
supplement the Indenture or the Notes:
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(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
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(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or
in place of certificated Notes; |
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(3) to provide for the assumption of CCAs obligations
to holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or
sale of all or substantially all of CCAs assets; |
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(4) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the holders of Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any
such Holder; |
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(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act; |
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(6) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Subsidiary
Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of this Description of
New Notes to the extent that such provision in this Description
of New Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a
provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the
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(7) to allow a Subsidiary to execute a supplemental
indenture for the purpose of providing a guarantee in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture. |
Satisfaction and Discharge
The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:
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(a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and
Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and
thereafter repaid to CCA, have been delivered to the trustee for
cancellation; or |
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(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the trustee
for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the
mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become
due and payable within one year, and CCA or any Guarantor has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the trustee
as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders,
cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a
combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government
Securities, in such amounts as will be sufficient without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to
the trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and accrued interest to the date of
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(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result
of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which CCA or any Guarantor is a party or by which
CCA or any Guarantor is bound; |
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(3) CCA or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all
sums payable by it under the Indenture; and |
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(4) CCA has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money toward
the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as
the case may be. |
In addition, CCA must deliver an Officers Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel to the trustee stating that all conditions
precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Concerning the Trustee
If the trustee becomes a creditor of CCA or any Guarantor, the
Indenture limits its right to obtain payment of claims in
certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in
respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee
will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if
it acquires any conflicting interest, as described in the
Trust Indenture Act, it must eliminate such conflict within
90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or
resign.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy
available to the trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The
Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of
its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the
conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the
trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any
Holder of Notes, unless such Holder has offered to the trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
Additional Information
Anyone who receives this prospectus may obtain a copy of the
Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement without charge by
writing to CCAs Investor Relations Department at
10 Burton Hills Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee 37215.
Book-Entry, Delivery and Form
The new notes will be issued in registered, global form in
minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
in excess of $2,000. Notes will be issued at the closing of this
exchange offer only pursuant to valid tenders of unregistered
notes. The new notes initially will be represented by one or
more notes in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the Global Notes). The Global Notes
will be deposited upon issuance with the trustee as custodian
for DTC in New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC
or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a
direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below.
Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred,
in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a
successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the
Global Notes may not be exchanged for Notes in certificated form
except in the limited circumstances described below. See
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated
Notes. Except in the limited circumstances described
below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will
not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in
certificated form.
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Depository Procedures
The following description of the operations and procedures of
DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream is provided solely as a matter of
convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within
the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject
to changes by them. CCA takes no responsibility for these
operations and procedures and urges investors to contact the
systems or their participants directly to discuss these matters.
DTC has advised CCA that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company
created to hold securities for its participating organizations
(collectively, the Participants) and to facilitate
the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities
between Participants through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of its Participants. The Participants include
securities brokers and dealers (including the initial
purchasers), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and
certain other organizations. Access to DTCs system is also
available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly
(collectively, the Indirect Participants). Persons
who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by
or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the
Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers
of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of
DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect
Participants.
DTC has also advised CCA that, pursuant to procedures
established by it:
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(1) upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the
accounts of Participants designated by the initial purchasers
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(2) ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will
be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests
will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with
respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the
Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of
beneficial interest in the Global Notes). |
Investors in the Global Notes who are Participants in DTCs
system may hold their interests therein directly through DTC.
Investors in the Global Notes who are not Participants may hold
their interests therein indirectly through organizations
(including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are Participants in
such system. All interests in a Global Note may be subject to
the procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held
through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the
procedures and requirements of such systems. The laws of some
states require that certain Persons take physical delivery in
definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the
ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to
such Persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act
only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf of
Indirect Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial
interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to Persons
that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take
actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the
lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.
Except as described below, owners of interests in the Global
Notes will not have Notes registered in their names, will not
receive physical delivery of Notes in certificated form and will
not be considered the registered owners or holders
thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.
Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and
premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on a Global Note
registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to
DTC in its capacity as the registered Holder under the
Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, CCA and the trustee
will treat the Persons in whose names the Notes, including the
Global Notes, are registered as the owners of the Notes for the
purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes.
Consequently, neither CCA, the trustee nor any agent of CCA or
the trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:
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(1) any aspect of DTCs records or any
Participants or Indirect Participants records
relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial
ownership interest in the Global Notes or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any of DTCs records or any
Participants or Indirect Participants records
relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global
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(2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices
of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants. |
DTC has advised CCA that its current practice is to credit the
accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the
payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not
receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant
is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial
ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant
security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the
Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial
owners of Notes will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices and will be the responsibility of the
Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the
responsibility of DTC, the trustee or CCA. Neither CCA nor the
trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its
Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the Notes,
and CCA and the trustee may conclusively rely on and will be
protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for
all purposes.
Subject to the transfer restrictions set forth under
Notice to Investors, transfers between Participants
in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTCs procedures
and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers between
participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in
accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.
Subject to compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable
to the Notes described herein, cross-market transfers between
the Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or
Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected
through DTC in accordance with DTCs rules on behalf of
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its respective
depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require
delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the
case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance
with the rules and procedures and within the established
deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets
its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its
respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement
on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the
relevant Global Note in DTC and making or receiving payment in
accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement
applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream
participants may not deliver instructions directly to the
depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.
DTC has advised CCA that it will take any action permitted to be
taken by a Holder of Notes only at the direction of one or more
Participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in
the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes as to which such
Participant or Participants has or have given such direction.
However, if there is an Event of Default under the Notes, DTC
reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for legended
Notes in certificated form, and to distribute such Notes to its
Participants.
Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the
foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in
Global Notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and
Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to
continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such
procedures at any time. Neither CCA nor the trustee nor any of
their respective agents will have any responsibility for the
performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective
participants or indirect participants of their respective
obligations under the rules and procedures governing their
operations.
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes
A Global Note is exchangeable for definitive Notes in registered
certificated form (Certificated Notes) if:
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(1) DTC (a) notifies CCA that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and CCA
fails to appoint a successor depositary or (b) has ceased
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(2) CCA, at its option, notifies the trustee in writing
that it elects to cause the issuance of the Certificated Notes;
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(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event
of Default with respect to the Notes. |
In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
exchanged for Certificated Notes upon prior written notice given
to the trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the
Indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in
exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global
Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any
approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the
depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures) and
will bear the applicable restrictive legend referred to in
Notice to Investors, unless that legend is not
required by applicable law.
Exchange of Certificated Notes for Global Notes
Certificated Notes may not be exchanged for beneficial interests
in any Global Note unless the transferor first delivers to the
trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the
Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the
appropriate transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes. See
Notice to Investors.
Same Day Settlement and Payment
CCA will make payments in respect of the Notes represented by
the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any) by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by the Global
Note Holder or, if no account is specified, to the paying
agent and registrar. CCA will make all payments of principal,
interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, with
respect to Certificated Notes by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by the holders of the
Certificated Notes or, if no such account is specified, by
mailing a check to each such Holders registered address.
The Notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to be
eligible to trade in the
PORTALsm
Market and to trade in DTCs Same-Day Funds Settlement
System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in
such Notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in
immediately available funds. CCA expects that secondary trading
in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in immediately
available funds.
Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a
Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a
Global Note from a Participant in DTC will be credited, and any
such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or
Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement
processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and
Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC.
DTC has advised CCA that cash received in Euroclear or
Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note
by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a
Participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement
date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or
Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for
Euroclear or Clearstream following DTCs settlement date.
Registration Rights; Liquidated Damages
In connection with our issuance of the unregistered notes, CCA
and the Guarantors entered into the Registration Rights
Agreement with the initial purchasers. The filing of the
Registration Statement, of which this prospectus is a part, is
intended to satisfy CCA and the Guarantors obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement. The following
description is a summary of the material provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement. It does not restate that
agreement in its entirety. We urge you to read the proposed form
of Registration Rights Agreement in its entirety because it, and
not this description, defines your registration rights as
holders of these Notes. See Additional
Information.
CCA, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement on March 23, 2005. Pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement, CCA and the Guarantors
agreed to file
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with the SEC the Exchange Offer Registration Statement on the
appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to the
Exchange Notes. Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, CCA and the Guarantors will offer to the
holders of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the
Exchange Offer who are able to make certain representations the
opportunity to exchange their Transfer Restricted Securities for
Exchange Notes.
If:
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(a) required to file the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement; or |
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(b) permitted to consummate the Exchange Offer because the
Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy;
or |
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(2) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities notifies
CCA prior to the 20th day following consummation of the Exchange
Offer that: |
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(a) it is prohibited by law or SEC policy from
participating in the Exchange Offer; or |
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(b) that it may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by
it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a
prospectus and the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such
resales; or |
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(c) that it is a broker-dealer and owns Notes acquired
directly from CCA or an affiliate of CCA, |
CCA and the Guarantors will file with the SEC a Shelf
Registration Statement to cover resales of the Notes by the
holders of the Notes who satisfy certain conditions relating to
the provision of information in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement.
CCA and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the applicable registration statement to be
declared effective as promptly as reasonably possible by the SEC.
For purposes of the preceding, Transfer Restricted
Securities means each Note until:
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(1) the date on which such Note has been exchanged by a
Person other than a broker-dealer for an Exchange Note in the
Exchange Offer; |
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(2) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the
Exchange Offer of a Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which
such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such
broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the
prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement; |
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(3) the date on which such Note has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement; or |
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(4) the date on which such Note is distributed to the
public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
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(5) the Note is sold in any other way that permits CCA to
remove the legend describing the transfer restrictions. |
The Registration Rights Agreement provides that:
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(1) CCA and the Guarantors will file an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement with the SEC not later than 90 days
after the closing of this offering; |
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(2) CCA and the Guarantors will use their commercially
reasonable efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement declared effective by the SEC on or prior to
180 days after the closing of the offering of the
unregistered notes; |
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(3) unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by
applicable law or SEC policy, CCA and the Guarantors will |
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(a) commence the Exchange Offer promptly after
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; and |
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(b) use their commercially reasonable efforts to issue on
or prior to 30 business days, or longer, if required by the
federal securities laws, after the date of commencement of the
Exchange Offer, Exchange Notes in exchange for all Notes
tendered prior thereto in the Exchange Offer; and |
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(4) if obligated to file the Shelf Registration Statement,
CCA and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable
efforts to (a) file the Shelf Registration Statement with
the SEC on or prior to 30 days after such filing obligation
arises and (b) cause the Shelf Registration to be declared
effective by the SEC on or prior to 90 days after such
obligation arises. |
If:
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(1) CCA and the Guarantors fail to file any of the
registration statements required by the Registration Rights
Agreement on or before the date specified for such filing (the
Filing Target Date); or |
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(2) any of such registration statements is not declared
effective by the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such
effectiveness (the Effectiveness Target Date); or |
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(3) CCA and the Guarantors fail to consummate the Exchange
Offer within 30 business days of the Effectiveness Target Date
with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; or |
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(4) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter
ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of
Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified in
the Registration Rights Agreement, subject to certain exceptions
(each such event referred to in clauses (1) through
(4) above, a Registration Default), |
then CCA and the Guarantors will pay Liquidated Damages to each
Holder of Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration
Default in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes held by such Holder.
The amount of the Liquidated Damages will increase by an
additional $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all
Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of
Liquidated Damages for all Registration Defaults of $.50 per
week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.
All accrued Liquidated Damages will be paid by CCA and the
Guarantors on each Damages Payment Date to the Global
Note Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds
or by federal funds check and to holders of Certificated Notes
by wire transfer to the accounts specified by them or by mailing
checks to their registered addresses if no such accounts have
been specified.
CCA will not be obligated to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective during a suspension
period if CCA determines, in its reasonable judgment,
after seeking the advice of counsel, that the continued
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or any
prospectus included therein would (x) require the
disclosure of material information which the Company has a bona
fide reason for preserving as confidential or (y) interfere
with any financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or
other material transaction or development involving the Company
or any of the Guarantors. There shall be no more than two
suspension periods in any twelve month period, the aggregate
number of days of such suspension period shall not exceed
90 days in such twelve month period and no suspension
period shall exceed 60 days.
Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of
Liquidated Damages will cease.
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Holders of Notes will be required to make certain
representations to CCA (as described in the Registration Rights
Agreement) in order to participate in the Exchange Offer and
will be required to deliver certain information to be used in
connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and to provide
comments on the Shelf Registration Statement within the time
periods set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement in order
to have their Notes included in the Shelf Registration Statement
and benefit from the provisions regarding Liquidated Damages set
forth above. By acquiring Transfer Restricted Securities, a
Holder will be deemed to have agreed to indemnify CCA and the
Guarantors against certain losses arising out of information
furnished by such Holder in writing for inclusion in any Shelf
Registration Statement. Holders of Notes will also be required
to suspend their use of the prospectus included in the Shelf
Registration Statement under certain circumstances upon receipt
of written notice to that effect from CCA.
Certain Definitions
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture.
Reference is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all
such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein
for which no definition is provided.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time
such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary
of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other
Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such
specified Person; and |
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(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person. |
Affiliate of any specified Person means any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by
or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For purposes of this definition, control, as
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For
purposes of this definition, the terms controlling,
controlled by and under common control
with have correlative meanings.
Asset Sale means:
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(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
assets or rights of CCA and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, other
than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices; provided that the sale,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole will be governed by the provisions of the Indenture
described above under the caption Repurchase
at the Option of Holders Change of Control
and/or the provisions described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets and not by the provisions
of the Asset Sale covenant; and |
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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of CCAs
Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any
of its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be
deemed to be Asset Sales:
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(1) any single transaction or series of related
transactions that involves the sale of assets or the issuance or
sale of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary having a
fair market value of less than $10.0 million; |
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(2) a transfer of assets between or among CCA and its
Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary to CCA or to another Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts
receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business; |
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(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash
Equivalents; and |
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(6) a Permitted Investment or a Restricted Payment that is
permitted by the covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. |
Asset Swap means an exchange of assets other
than cash, Cash Equivalents or Equity Interests of CCA or any
Subsidiary by CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary of CCA for:
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(2) a controlling equity interest in any Person whose
assets consist primarily of one or more Permitted Businesses;
and/or |
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(3) one or more real estate properties. |
Attributable Debt in respect of a Sale and
Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the
present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental
payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such
Sale and Leaseback Transaction including any period for which
such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the
lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated
using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in
such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Auction Rate Securities means any debt
instruments with a long-term nominal maturity for which the
interest rate is reset through a dutch auction
process with interest on such Auction Rate Securities being paid
at the end of each such auction period; provided,
however, that such Auction Rate Securities shall have, at
the time of purchase, one of the two highest rating categories
obtainable from either Moodys or S&P.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to
such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular person (as that term is
used in Section 13(d) (3) of the Exchange Act), such
person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such person has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether
such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon
the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms
Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned
have a corresponding meaning.
Board of Directors means:
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(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors
of the corporation; |
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(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors
of the general partner of the partnership; and |
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(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or
committee of such Person serving a similar function. |
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time
any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in
respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required
to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock means:
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(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
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(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
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(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. |
Cash Equivalents means:
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(1) United States dollars; |
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(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States government (provided
that the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged in support of those securities) (Government
Securities) having maturities of not more than one year
from the date of acquisition; |
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(3) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any
state of the United States of America or any political
subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating
categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P with
maturities of 12 months or less from the date of
acquisition; |
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(4) Auction Rate Securities; |
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(5) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits
with maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not
exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any
domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of
$500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
B or better; |
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(6) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
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(7) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable
from Moodys or S&P and in each case maturing within
one year after the date of acquisition; and |
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(8) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses
(1) through (7) of this definition. |
Change of Control means the occurrence of any
of the following:
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(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of CCA and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)
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(2) the approval by the holders of the Voting Stock of CCA
of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of CCA or
if no such approval is required the adoption of a plan relating
to the liquidation or dissolution of CCA by its Board of
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(3) the consummation of any transaction (including without
limitation any merger or consolidation) the result of which is
that any person (as that term is used in
Section 13(d) (3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of
the Voting Stock of CCA; |
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(4) CCA consolidates with, or merges with or into, any
Person, or any Person consolidated with, or merger with or into,
CCA, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of
the outstanding Voting Stock of CCA or such other Person is
converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock
of CCA outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is
converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person
constituting a 45% or more of the outstanding shares of such
Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately
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(5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of CCA are not Continuing Directors. |
Consolidated Cash Flow means, with respect to
any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period plus:
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(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus
any net loss realized by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the
extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income; plus |
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(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued
and whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation,
amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount,
non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any
deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed
interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of
letter of credit or bankers acceptance financings, and net
of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to
Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses
that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses
(excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any
future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was
paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus |
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(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the
ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated
basis and determined in accordance with GAAP. |
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect
to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net
Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP; provided that:
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(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not
a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the
amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the
specified Person or Restricted Subsidiary of the Person; |
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(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted
without any prior governmental approval (that has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; |
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(3) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of
interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such
acquisition will be excluded; |
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(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles will be excluded; and |
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(5) the Net Income or loss of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified
Person or one of its Subsidiaries. |
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Consolidated Tangible Assets means the total
assets, less goodwill and other intangibles, shown on CCAs
most recent consolidated balance sheet, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP less all write-ups
(other than write-ups in connection with acquisitions)
subsequent to the date of the Indenture in the book value of any
asset (except any such intangible assets) owned by CCA or any of
CCAs Restricted Subsidiaries.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of CCA who:
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the Indenture; or |
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(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such
nomination or election. |
Credit Agreement means that certain Third
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated May 3, 2002 by
and among CCA, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. and other parties
thereto, as amended and restated from time to time, including
that certain Seventh Amendment and Consent to Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated March 8, 2005, including
any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments
and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each
case as amended, (and/or amended and restated) modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, in
whole or in part, with the same or different lenders (including,
without limitation, any amendment, amendment and restatement,
modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing
that increases the maximum amount of the loans made or to be
made thereunder).
Credit Facilities means, one or more debt
facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement)
or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other
institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term
loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities
formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or
letters of credit, in each case, as amended, (and/or amended and
restated) restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced
(whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced
(including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional
investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
Default means any event that is, or with the
passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an
Event of Default.
Designated Assets means those correctional
facilities owned by CCA that are located in San Diego,
California; Walsenburg, Colorado; Nichols, Georgia; Alamo,
Georgia; Tutwiler, Mississippi; Shelby, Montana; Cushing,
Oklahoma; Holdenville, Oklahoma; Memphis, Tennessee; Washington,
DC; and Whiteville Tennessee and such other correctional
facilities acquired by CCA after the date of the Indenture, in
each case so long as, and to the extent that, CCA or a
Restricted Subsidiary has granted an option to purchase such
facility (or provided for the reversion of CCAs ownership
interest in all or a portion of such facility) pursuant to a
Designated Asset Contract.
Designated Asset Contract means each of the
following contracts pursuant to which CCA has granted
(a) an option to purchase a Designated Asset for the
Designated Asset Value or (b) a right of reversion of all
or a portion of CCAs ownership in such Designated Assets,
in each case as in effect on the date of the Indenture: Standard
Form Lease Agreement, East Mesa Detention Facility, dated
October 30, 1997, between the County of San Diego and CCA;
Lease Agreement, dated April 30, 1996, between Huerfano
County and CCA; Request for Proposal Number 0467-019-955259
Issues on Behalf of the Georgia Department of Corrections re:
Bid of Private Prisons in Coffee and Wheeler Counties; Contract
No. 467-019-955259-1, dated July 24, 1996, between the
Georgia Department of Corrections and CCA; Contract
No. 467-019-955259-2, dated July 24, 1996, between the
Georgia Department of Corrections and CCA; Agreement, dated
October 6, 1998, between the Tallahatchie County
Correctional Authority and CCA, as amended by that certain
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement dated May 18, 2000,
between the Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority and CCA;
Contract for Facility Development Design, Build,
dated July 22, 1998, between the Montana Department of
Corrections and CCA;
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Contractual Agreement, dated July 1, 1997, between the
State of Oklahoma Department of Corrections and CCA;
Correctional Services Contract, dated July 1, 1998, between
the State of Oklahoma Department of Corrections and CCA; Lease
Agreement, dated April 15, 1985, between the County of
Shelby and CCA; Contract, dated February 25, 1986, between
the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration and CCA;
Lease Agreement, dated January 1997, between the District of
Columbia and CCA; Incarceration Agreement, dated
October 23, 2002, between the State of Tennessee,
Department of Correction and Hardeman County, Tennessee and the
related Contract for the Lease of Whiteville Correctional
Facility, dated October 9, 2002, between Hardeman County,
Tennessee and CCA; and any contract entered into after the date
of the Indenture under which CCA has granted (a) an option
to purchase a Designated Asset for the Designated Asset Value or
(b) a right of reversion of all or a portion of CCAs
ownership in such Designated Assets; provided, however,
that such contract is entered into in the ordinary course of
business, is consistent with past practices and is preceded by a
resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an
Officers Certificate certifying that such contract has
been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors and the option to purchase or right to reversion in
such contract is on terms the Board of Directors has determined
to be reasonable and in the best interest of the Company.
Designated Asset Value means the aggregate
consideration specified in a Designated Asset Contract to be
received by CCA upon the exercise of an option to acquire a
Designated Asset pursuant to the terms of a Designated Asset
Contract.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the
fair market value of total consideration received by CCA or any
of CCAs Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an
Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash
Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, executed by CCAs
principal executive Officer or principal financial Officer, less
the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection
with the Asset Sale; provided, however, that if the
Designated Non-Cash Consideration is in the form of Indebtedness
the total amount of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration
outstanding at one time shall not exceed the greater of
$15.0 million or 2.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.
Disqualified Stock means 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 each case
at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in
whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days
after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital
Stock have the right to require CCA to repurchase such Capital
Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset
sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such
Capital Stock provide that CCA may not repurchase or redeem any
such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such
repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant described
above under the caption Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted
Subsidiary of CCA that was formed under the laws of the United
States or any state of the United States (but not the laws of
Puerto Rico) or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or
otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of
CCA.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Existing Indebtedness means the Indebtedness
of CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness
under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of the
Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
Equity Offering means an offering by a Person
of its shares of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) however designated and whether voting or non-voting, and
any and all rights, warrants or options to acquire such Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock).
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Event of Default means any event that is
described under the caption Events of Defaults
and Remedies.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication,
of:
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(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued, including, without limitation, the interest component
of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of
all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed
interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of
letters of credit or bankers acceptance financings, and
net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to
Hedging Obligations, but excluding amortization of debt issuance
costs and original issue discount and other non-cash interest
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(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period;
plus |
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(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person
that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such
Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus |
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(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or
accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred
stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
other than (i) dividends on Equity Interests payable in
Equity Interests of CCA (other than Disqualified Stock) or
(ii) dividends to CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary of CCA,
times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined
federal, state and local effective cash tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP. |
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the
Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the
Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that
the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any
Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or
issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the
commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which
the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect
to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase
or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds
therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio:
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(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through
mergers or consolidations and including any related financing
transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or
subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had
occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period
and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period will be
calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of the
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(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and
operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation
Date, will be excluded; and |
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(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and
operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation
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only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation
Date. |
For purposes of making the computations referred to above, the
pro forma change in Consolidated Cash Flow projected by the
Company in good faith as a result of reasonably identifiable and
factually supportable cost savings and costs, as the case may
be, expected to be realized during the consecutive four-quarter
period commencing after such acquisition or transaction (the
Savings Period) will be included in such
calculation for any reference period that includes any of the
Savings Period; provided that any such pro forma change
to such Consolidated Cash Flow will be without duplication for
cost savings and costs actually realized and already included in
such Consolidated Cash Flow. If since the beginning of such
period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted
Subsidiary or was merged with or into CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have made
any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation
or discontinued operation that would have required adjustment
pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for
such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition,
merger, consolidation or discontinued operation had occurred at
the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession as amended
and/or modified from time to time.
Guarantee means a guarantee other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any
manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements
in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness, but
not any Indebtedness of CCA under the Forward Delivery Deficits
Agreement, dated as of September 25, 1997, by and between
CCA and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as
First Union National Bank), as trustee, or under the Debt
Service Deficits Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1997, by
and between CCA and Hardeman County Correctional Facilities
Corporation, each as in effect on the date of the Indenture,
provided that and for so long as such Indebtedness is not
required to be classified as debt of CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to GAAP.
Guarantors means each of:
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(1) the Guarantors named under Subsidiary
Guarantees above; and |
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(2) any other subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;
and their respective successors and assigns. |
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to
any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
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(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and |
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(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect
such Person against fluctuations in interest rates. |
Indebtedness means, with respect to any
specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or
not contingent:
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(1) in respect of borrowed money; |
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(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof); |
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(3) in respect of bankers acceptances; |
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(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; |
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(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or |
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(6) representing any Hedging Obligations, |
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than
letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared
in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether
or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person)
and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the
specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will
be:
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(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of
any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; |
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(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with
any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days
past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and |
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(3) with respect to Hedging Obligations, the amount of
Indebtedness required to be recorded as a liability in
accordance with GAAP. |
Investments means, with respect to any
Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans
(including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital
contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances
to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of
Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together
with all items that are or would be classified as investments on
a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the
designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. If CCA or any Subsidiary of CCA sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of CCA such that, after giving effect to any such
sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of
CCA, CCA will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date
of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value
of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed
of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of
the covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. The acquisition by CCA or any Subsidiary of CCA
of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be
deemed to be an Investment by CCA or such Subsidiary in such
third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the
Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in
an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the
covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance
of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed,
recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to
sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Moodys means Moodys Investors
Service, Inc.
Net Income means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the net income (loss) of
such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding,
however:
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(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision
for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with:
(a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any
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of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any
Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any
related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss; |
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(3) any loss resulting from impairment of goodwill recorded
on the consolidated financial statement of a Person pursuant to
SFAS No. 142 Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets; |
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(4) any loss resulting from the change in fair value of a
derivative financial instrument pursuant to
SFAS No. 133 Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities; and |
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(5) amortization of debt issuance costs. |
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash
proceeds received by CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any
cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration, including Designated
Non-Cash Consideration, deemed to be cash pursuant to the
provisions of Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales, received in any Asset
Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale,
including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses
incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as
a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a
Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that
were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for
adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets
established in accordance with GAAP.
Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness:
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(1) as to which neither CCA nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including
any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a
guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; |
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(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights
that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would
permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any
other Indebtedness of CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the
payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior
to its stated maturity; and |
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(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing
that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of
CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
Notes means the $375.0 million in
aggregate principal amount of CCAs 6.25% Senior Notes due
2013 offered hereby issued pursuant to the Indenture and any
additional notes designated by CCA as the same series as such
Senior Notes and issued under the Indenture.
Obligations means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
Permitted Business means the business
conducted by CCA and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of
the Indenture and businesses reasonably related thereto or
ancillary or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension
thereof, including the privatization of governmental services.
Permitted Investments means:
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(1) any Investment in CCA or in a Restricted Subsidiary of
CCA; |
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(2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents; |
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(3) any Investment by CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary of
CCA in a Person, if as a result of such Investment: |
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(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of CCA; or |
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(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets
to, or is liquidated into, CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary of
CCA; |
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(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of
non-cash consideration (including Designated Non-Cash
Consideration) from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and
in compliance with the covenant described above under the
caption Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(5) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the
issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of
CCA; |
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(6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations
of such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade
creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course
of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any
trade creditor or customer; |
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(7) Hedging Obligations; |
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(8) other Investments in any other Person having an
aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such
Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) not to exceed
$35.0 million; |
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(9) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters
that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be
treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in
the ordinary course of business; |
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(10) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary
course of business of CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary not to
exceed $5.0 million outstanding at any one time for all
loans or advances under this clause (10); |
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(11) stock, obligations or securities received in
settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business
and owing to CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction
of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a
debtor; |
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(12) Investments in existence on the date of the Indenture; |
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(13) Guarantees issued in accordance with the covenant
described above under the caption Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock; |
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(14) Investments that are made with Equity Interests of CCA
(other than Disqualified Stock of CCA); and |
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(15) any Investment by CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary of
CCA in a joint venture in a Permitted Business not to exceed
$15.0 million outstanding at any one time. |
Permitted Liens means:
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(1) Liens on real or personal property of CCA and any
Guarantor securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under
Credit Facilities that were permitted by the terms of the
Indenture to be incurred; |
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(2) Liens in favor of CCA or the Guarantors; |
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(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with CCA or any
Restricted Subsidiary of CCA; provided that such Liens
were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or
consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those
of the Person merged into or consolidated with CCA or the
Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition
of the property by CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary of CCA,
provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition; |
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(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory
obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business; |
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(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (3) of the second
paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock covering only
the assets acquired with such Indebtedness; |
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(7) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture; |
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(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other
appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has
been made therefor; |
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(9) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
provided that any such Lien does not extend to or cover
any property, Capital Stock or Indebtedness other than the
property, shares or debt securing the Indebtedness so refunded,
refinanced or extended; |
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(10) Attachment or judgment Liens not giving rise to a
Default or an Event of Default; |
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(11) Liens on the Capital Stock of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(12) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of
CCA or any Subsidiary of CCA with respect to obligations that do
not exceed $15.0 million at any one time outstanding; |
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(13) pledges or deposits under workmens compensation
laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or
good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts
(other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which
CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to
secure public or statutory obligations of CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary or deposits or cash or Government Securities to
secure surety or appeal bonds to which CCA or any Restricted
Subsidiary is a party, or deposits as security for contested
taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in
each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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(14) Liens imposed by law, including carriers,
warehousemens and mechanics Liens, in each case for
sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings if a reserve or other appropriate provisions, if
any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in
respect thereof; |
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(15) encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights
of others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines,
telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or
zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or
liens incidental to the conduct of the business of CCA or a
Restricted Subsidiary or to the ownership of its properties
which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the
value of said properties or materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of CCA or such Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(16) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as the
related Indebtedness was incurred in compliance with the
covenant described in Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock; |
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(17) leases and subleases of real property which do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business
of CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and |
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any
Indebtedness of CCA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued
in repayment of, exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are
used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, repay, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of CCA or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness and
Disqualified Stock of CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary);
provided that:
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(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable)
of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid,
defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the
Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums
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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or
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(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased or refunded is subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final
maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to,
the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes
as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
repaid, defeased or refunded; and |
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(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by CCA or by the
Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, repaid, defeased
or refunded. |
Person means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.
PMI Notes means those certain 4.0%
convertible subordinated notes due February 28, 2005 issued
pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 31, 1998, as amended on June 30, 2000,
March 5, 2001, and April 28, 2003 between CCA and PMI
Mezzanine Fund, L.P.
Qualified Trust means a trust or other
special purpose vehicle formed for the sole purpose of, and
which is limited by its charter or other organizational
documents to conduct no business other than, issuing Qualified
Trust Preferred Stock and lending the proceeds from such
issuance to CCA.
Qualified Trust Indebtedness means
Indebtedness of CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Qualified
Trust (a) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
the amount of funds raised by such trust from the issuance of
Qualified Trust Preferred Stock and (b) that by its terms
(or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible,
or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of
the Qualified Trust or the holder of any Qualified Trust
Preferred Stock), or upon the happening of any event, does not
mature and is not mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the
Qualified Trust or any holder of the Qualified Trust Preferred
Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is
91 days after the date on which the notes mature;
provided that such Qualified Trust Indebtedness may be
redeemed pursuant to its terms upon a change of control of CCA
if the terms of such Qualified Trust Indebtedness
(a) define a change of control in a manner that
is not more expansive than the definition contained in the
Indenture and (b) explicitly provide that no payment shall
be made with respect to such indebtedness upon a change of
control unless and until CCA has complied with the provisions
described above under Repurchase at the Option
of Holders
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Change of Control and purchases all notes properly
tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to a Change of Control Offer
to the extent required by the Indenture.
Qualified Trust Preferred Stock means a
preferred stock or preferred interest in a Qualified Trust the
net proceeds from the issuance of which are used to finance
Qualified Trust Indebtedness and that, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which
it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of
the Qualified Trust Preferred Stock), or upon the happening of
any event, does not mature and is not mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
redeemable at the option of the holder of the Qualified Trust
Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date
that is 91 days after the date on which the notes mature.
Restricted Investment means an Investment
other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary of CCA means any
Subsidiary of CCA that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
S&P means Standard & Poors
Ratings Group.
Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any
direct or indirect arrangement relating to property now owned or
hereafter acquired by CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby CCA
or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to another
Person and CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such
Person other than a lease properly characterized pursuant to
GAAP as a capital lease obligation.
series A preferred stock means the 8%
Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock of CCA described in
CCAs Amended and Restated Charter.
series B preferred stock means the
Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of CCA
described in CCAs Amended and Restated Charter.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary
that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in
Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation
is in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or
principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment
thereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) any corporation, association or other business entity
of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of
Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees of the corporation, association or other business
entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
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(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or
the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners
of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person (or any combination thereof). |
Subsidiary Guarantee means, individually, any
Guarantee of payment of the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant to the
terms of the Indenture, and, collectively, all such Guarantees.
Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form proscribed by
the Indenture.
Unoccupied Facility means any prison facility
owned by CCA or a Restricted Subsidiary which for the twelve
month period ending on the date of measurement has had an
average occupancy level of less than 15%.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary
of CCA that is designated by the Board of Directors as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only
to the extent that such Subsidiary:
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(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with CCA or any Restricted Subsidiary of CCA
unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding are no less favorable to CCA or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from
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(3) is a Person with respect to which neither CCA nor any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect
obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests
or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial
condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified
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(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of CCA or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
Any designation of a Subsidiary of CCA as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be evidenced to the trustee by filing with the
trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect
to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying
that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and
was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary
would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary of CCA as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is
not permitted to be incurred as of such date under the covenant
described under the caption Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock, CCA will be in default of such covenant.
The Board of Directors of CCA may at any time designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that such designation will be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of CCA of
any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and
such designation will only be permitted if (1) such
Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described under the
caption Certain Covenants
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such
designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter
reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default
would be in existence following such designation.
Voting Stock of any Person as of any date
means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time
entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of
such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when
applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years
obtained by dividing:
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(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal,
or liquidation preference, as the case may be, including payment
at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by
(b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making
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(2) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount or
liquidation preference, as the case may be, of such Indebtedness. |
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FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Overview
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal
income tax considerations relating to the exchange of the
unregistered notes by an initial beneficial owner of the
unregistered notes. This summary is based upon the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code),
existing and proposed Treasury Regulations and judicial
decisions and administrative interpretations thereunder, as of
the date hereof, all of which are subject to change or to
differing interpretation, possibly with retroactive effect.
Prospective investors should note that any such change or
interpretation with retroactive effect could result in federal
income tax consequences different from those discussed below.
This summary does not purport to address all tax considerations
that may be important to a particular holder in light of the
holders circumstances or to certain categories of
investors (such as certain financial institutions, insurance
companies, tax-exempt organizations, dealers in securities or
foreign currency, controlled foreign corporations, passive
foreign investment companies, foreign personal holding
companies, persons who hold the unregistered notes through
partnerships or other pass-through entities,
U.S. expatriates, persons who hold the unregistered notes
as part of a hedge, conversion, straddle or other risk reduction
transaction or U.S. Holders (as defined below) that have a
functional currency other than the U.S. dollar)
that may be subject to special rules. This discussion also does
not deal with purchasers of subsequent offerings under the same
Indenture or subsequent holders of the unregistered notes. This
summary assumes the holders hold the unregistered notes as
capital assets within the meaning of
Section 1221 of the Code. This discussion does not address
the tax considerations arising under the laws of any foreign,
state or local jurisdiction or the applicability of
U.S. federal gift or estate taxation.
This summary discusses the federal income tax considerations
applicable to the initial owners of the unregistered notes who
are beneficial owners of the unregistered notes and who
purchased the unregistered notes for cash at their issue
price as defined in Section 1273 of the Code and the
regulations thereunder and does not discuss the tax
considerations applicable to subsequent purchasers of the
unregistered notes. We have not sought any ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, with respect to the statements
made and the conclusions reached in the following summary, and
there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with those
statements and conclusions. In addition, those statements and
conclusions do not preclude the IRS from successfully asserting,
or a court from adopting, a contrary position.
The following discussion constitutes the opinion of Bass,
Berry & Sims PLC, tax counsel to the Company, as to the
material U.S. federal income tax consequences generally
applicable to purchasers of the new notes. Investors considering
the exchange of the unregistered notes for the new notes should
consult their own tax advisors with respect to the application
of the United States federal income tax laws to their particular
situations, as well as any tax consequences arising under the
federal estate or gift tax rules or under the laws of any state,
local or foreign taxing jurisdiction or under any applicable tax
treaty.
As used herein, the term U.S. Holder means a
beneficial owner of an unregistered note who is:
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a corporation (including any entity treated as a corporation for
U.S. tax purposes) created or organized in or under the
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an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal
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a trust subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court
and the control of one or more U.S. persons, or a trust in
existence on August 20, 1996 that has elected to continue
to be treated as a U.S. person. |
If a partnership (including for this purpose any entity treated
as a partnership for U.S. tax purposes) is a beneficial
owner of unregistered notes, the U.S. tax treatment of a
partner in the partnership will
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generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities
of the partnership. Both a partnership holding unregistered
notes and the partners in that partnership should consult their
tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences
of participating in this exchange offer.
As used herein, the term Non-U.S. Holder means
a beneficial owner of an unregistered note that is not a
U.S. Holder.
The exchange of an unregistered for a new note pursuant to the
exchange offer will not constitute a significant
modification of the unregistered note for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, and accordingly, the new
note received will be treated as a continuation of the
unregistered note in the hands of such holder. As a result,
there will be no U.S. federal income tax consequences to a
U.S. Holder or Non-U.S. Holder who exchanges an
unregistered note for a new note pursuant to the exchange offer
and any such U.S. Holder or Non-U.S. Holder will have
the same adjusted tax basis and holding period in the new note
as he had in the unregistered note immediately prior to the
exchange, and the U.S. Holder or Non-U.S. Holder will
continue to take into account income in respect of a new note in
the same manner as before the exchange.
THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL
INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES IS GENERAL IN NATURE. ACCORDINGLY, EACH
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF UNREGISTERED NOTES SHOULD CONSULT ITS TAX
ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATING IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER, AND THE
FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATING IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER,
AS WELL AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN APPLICABLE
LAWS.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives new notes in the exchange offer
for its own account must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resales of the new notes. The letter of
transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by all persons
subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, including broker-dealers in connection with
resales of new notes received in the exchange offer, where the
notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the expiration of the exchange offer, we
will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available
to any broker-dealer for use in connection with such a resale.
We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new notes by
broker-dealers. New notes received by broker-dealers in the
exchange offer for their own account may be sold from time to
time in one or more transactions in the over-the counter market,
in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on
the new notes or a combination of those methods of resale, at
market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices
related to the prevailing market prices or negotiated prices.
Such a resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or
through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the
form of commissions or concessions from such a broker-dealer
and/or the purchasers of any of the new notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells new notes that were received by it in the exchange
offer for its own account and any broker or dealer that
participates in a distribution of the notes may be deemed to be
an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act and any profit on such a resale of the notes and any
commissions or concessions received by those persons may be
deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.
The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it
will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the expiration of the
exchange offer, we will promptly send additional copies of this
prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to
any broker-dealer that requests these documents in the letter of
transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the
exchange offer, including the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel to the initial purchasers of the unregistered notes,
other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers,
and will indemnify holders of the notes, including any
broker-dealers, against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the exchange offer will
be passed upon for us by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC,
Nashville, Tennessee. Bass, Berry & Sims PLC will rely
upon Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, Maryland as
to all matters of Maryland law.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Corrections Corporation
of America and Subsidiaries appearing in Corrections Corporation
of America and Subsidiaries Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 2004, and Corrections
Corporation of America and Subsidiaries managements
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 included
therein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in
their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein
by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and
managements assessment are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority
of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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Offer to Exchange
up to $375,000,000 of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2013
for
up to $375,000,000 of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2013
that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
PROSPECTUS
May 4, 2005