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Atlantic Express Transportation Corp. Announces Amendment to the Indenture Governing Its Notes.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Atlantic Express Atlantic Express may refer to:
  • Atlantic Express (airline), a trading name for Atlantic Air Transport, a British airline
  • Atlantic Express, previous name for Eos Airlines, a United States airline
 Transportation Corp. (the "Company") announced today that it has entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York The Bank of New York, abbrieviated to BNY, was a global financial services company that existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The bank now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. , as Trustee and Collateral Agent. The Supplemental Indenture was entered into pursuant to the consent of the holders of the majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company's 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2008 and Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2008 (collectively, the "Notes"). The holders of the majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company's 10% Third Priority Secured Notes due 2008 (the "Third Priority Notes") also consented to the same changes as the changes contained in the Supplemental Indenture. The new terms See suggestions for new terms.  of the Supplemental Indenture apply to all holders of the Notes and the Third Priority Notes. No consideration was paid to the consenting holders. The Supplemental Indenture (i) amends the definition of the term "Asset Sale" to exclude the sale of accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying ; (ii) amends the definition of the term "Permitted Indebtedness" to increase the size of the permitted bank debt basket from $20.0 million to $30.0 million; (iii) amends the "Limitation on Asset Sales" covenant to require the Company to apply 80% of net cash proceeds in excess of $10.0 from asset sales occurring after the date of the Supplemental Indenture to offer to repurchase the Notes and the Third Priority Notes; (iv) amends the "Maintenance of Consolidated EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become " covenant such that it will not apply until the four consecutive quarters ending December 31, 2006 and will require minimum "Consolidated EBITDA", as defined in the Indenture governing the Notes, of $23.0 million.

The foregoing summary is for convenience only and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2006.

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 and the leading provider in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, the largest market in which it operates. The Company has contracts to provide school bus transportation in 111 school districts in New York List of school districts in New York State, USA.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) divides the state into ten Joint Management Team (JMT) Regions.[1] Each JMT contains one or more BOCES and each BOCES supports several school districts.
, Missouri, Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania California is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, along the Monongahela River. The population was 5,274 at the 2000 census. It includes the campus of California University of Pennsylvania. , New Jersey and Illinois. The Company generally provides services for the transportation of open enrollment students through the use of standard school buses, and the transportation of physically or mentally challenged students through the use of an assortment of vehicles, including standard school buses, passenger vans and lift-gate vehicles, which are capable of accommodating wheelchair-bound students. The Company has a fleet of approximately 6,000 vehicles to service its school bus operations, consisting of school buses, minivans and cars, lift and ramp-equipped vehicles, coaches and service and support vehicles.

Information contained in this news release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements subject to various risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove correct. Factors that could cause the Company's results to differ materially from the results in such forward-looking statements include failure to obtain the requisite consent of the holders of the Notes as currently contemplated.
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