FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
by and between
FERRO CORPORATION,
and
U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Dated as of August 19, 2008
Supplemental to Indenture
Dated as of March 5, 2008
6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013
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Scope of
Supplemental Indenture
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Definitions
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ARTICLE 2
Issue, Description, Execution, Registration
and Exchange of Notes
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Designation and
Amount; Ranking
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Form of
Notes
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Date and
Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest
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Payments of
Additional Interest
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Exchange and
Registration of Transfer of Notes; Depositary
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CUSIP
Numbers
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Additional
Notes; Repurchases
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ARTICLE 3
Particular Covenants of the Company
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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Additional
Interest
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Further
Instruments and Acts
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Reporting
Obligations
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ARTICLE 4
Defaults and Remedies
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Events of
Default
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Sole Remedy for
Failure to Report
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Acceleration.
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Other
Remedies.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults.
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Control by
Majority
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Limitation on
Suits.
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Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
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Collection Suit
by Trustee.
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim.
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Priorities.
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Undertaking for
Costs.
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ARTICLE 5
Modifications and Amendments
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Modifications
and Amendments Without Consent of Noteholders
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Modifications
and Amendments With Consent of Holders of Notes
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Table of Contents
(continued)
ARTICLE 6
Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
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ARTICLE 7
Conversion of Notes
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Right to
Convert
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Conversion
Procedure; Payment Upon Conversion
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Increase of
Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon
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Make-Whole
Fundamental Changes Adjustment of Base Conversion Rate
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[RESERVED]
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Effect of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale; Treatment of
Reference Property
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Certain
Covenants
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Responsibility
of Trustee
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Notice to
Holders Prior to Certain Actions
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Shareholder
Rights Plans
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ARTICLE 8
Repurchase of Notes at Option of Holders
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Repurchase at
Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change
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Withdrawal of a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
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Deposit of
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
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ARTICLE 9
Subsidiary Guarantees
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Future
Subsidiary Guarantors
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Mergers,
Etc:
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Release
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ARTICLE 10
Defeasance and Discharge Section
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No
Defeasance
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Discharge of
the Indenture.
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ARTICLE 11
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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Table of Contents
(continued)
ARTICLE 13
Miscellaneous Provisions
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Ratification
and Incorporation of Base Indenture
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Governing
Law
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No Security
Interest Created
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Trust Indenture
Act
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Benefits of
Indenture
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Calculations
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Table of
Contents, Headings, Etc.
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Execution in
Counterparts
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Severability
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Form of
Note
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A-1
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Form of Notice
of Conversion
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B-1
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Form of
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
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C-1
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Form of
Assignment and Transfer
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D-1
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Form of
Subsidiary Guarantee
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
THIS FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of August 19, 2008 (this
“ Supplemental Indenture ”), is entered into by
and between Ferro Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “
Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association organized under the laws of the United
States of America, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
A. The
Company and the Trustee entered into that certain Indenture, dated
as of March 5, 2008 (the “ Base Indenture
”), pursuant to which the Company may from time to time issue
its Securities.
B. Section 901(6)
of the Base Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by
a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the
Trustee may, without the consent of the holders of the Securities,
enter into a supplemental indenture to establish the form or terms
of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and
301 of the Base Indenture.
C. The
Company has duly authorized the issue of 6.50% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2013 (as they may be issued from time to time under this
Supplemental Indenture, including any additional Notes, the “
Notes ”), and in connection therewith, the Company has
duly determined to make, execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture to set forth the terms and provisions of the Notes as
required by the Base Indenture.
D. The
Company has determined that this Supplemental Indenture is
authorized or permitted by Section 901 of the Base Indenture
and has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that all conditions precedent provided for in the Base
Indenture to the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture have been complied with.
E. The Form
of Note, the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be
borne by each Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and
Transfer to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the
forms hereinafter provided for.
F. All things
necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized
Authenticating Agent, as provided in the Base Indenture, the valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company have been
done.
G. All things
necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally
binding indenture and agreement according to its terms, and a valid
and legally binding amendment of, and supplement to, the Base
Indenture have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set forth
herein, the parties hereto agree, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, as follows for the benefit of the
Trustee and the Noteholders:
Section 1.01
Scope of Supplemental Indenture. The changes, modifications
and supplements to the Base Indenture affected by this Supplemental
Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall only
govern the terms of, the Notes, except as otherwise provided
herein, and shall not apply to any other
Securities that
may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental
indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically
incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any
corresponding or inconsistent provisions in the Base
Indenture.
Section 1.02
Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.02
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture and for purposes of the Base Indenture as it relates to
the Notes shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section 1.02. Except as otherwise provided in this
Supplemental Indenture, all words, terms and phrases defined in the
Base Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have the
same meaning herein as in the Base Indenture. All other terms used
in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or that are by reference therein defined in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture
Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the
execution of this Supplemental Indenture. The words
“herein,” “hereof,”
“hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this
Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this
Article include the plural as well as the singular.
“
Additional Interest ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 4.02.
“
Additional Shares ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 7.03(a).
“
Applicable Conversion Rate ” means, with respect to
any Note being converted, the sum of the Daily Conversion Rate
Fractions for each Trading Day during the 20 Trading Days in the
relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period for such Note.
“
Applicable Daily Conversion Rate ” on any day will be
(a) if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the
Trading Day immediately preceding such day is less than or equal to
the Base Conversion Price, the Base Conversion Rate and (b) if
such Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock is greater than
the Base Conversion Price, the Base Conversion Rate plus a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the
Incremental Share Factor and (ii) (A) the difference between
such Last Reported Sale Price and the Base Conversion Price
divided by (B) such Last Reported Sale
Price.
“
Applicable Stock Price ” per share of Common Stock on
any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price
as displayed under the heading “ Bloomberg VWAP
” on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page FOE.N
<Equity> AQR (or any equivalent successor page) in respect of
the period from the scheduled open of trading on the principal U.S.
national or regional securities exchange or quotation system on
which the Common Stock is traded on such Trading Day, or, if such
volume-weighted average price is not available, the Applicable
Stock Price means the volume-weighted average price per share of
Common Stock on such day as determined by a nationally recognized
investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company.
The Applicable Stock Price of other securities that constitute
Reference Property and that are traded on a National Securities
Exchange shall be determined in a manner substantially equivalent
to the foregoing as determined in good faith by the
Company.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“ Base
Conversion Price ” is a dollar amount (initially $32.336)
equal to $1,000 divided by the Base Conversion Rate.
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“ Base
Conversion Rate ” is initially 30.9253 shares of Common
Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
“Base
Dividend Amount” means $0.145 in the aggregate in any
single quarterly period per share of Common Stock outstanding,
subject to adjustment. The Base Dividend Amount is subject to
adjustment under the same circumstances under which the Base
Conversion rate is subject to adjustment; provided ,
however , that no adjustment will be made to the Base
Dividend Amount for any adjustment made to the Base Conversion Rate
pursuant to 7.04(d).
“ Base
Indenture ” shall have the meaning set forth in Recital
A.
“ Bid
Solicitation Agent ” means the agent of the Company
appointed to obtain quotations for the Notes as set forth under the
definition of Trading Price, which agent shall at no time be an
Affiliate of the Company. The Company may, from time to time,
change the Bid Solicitation Agent.
“ Cash
Settlement Averaging Period ” with respect to any Note
being converted means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period
beginning on and including the second Trading Day after the
Conversion Date, except that with respect to any Conversion Date
that is on or after the 24th Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the Maturity Date, the Cash Settlement Averaging period
means the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on and including
the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity
Date.
“ close
of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“ Common
Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company, which stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange at the date of this Supplemental Indenture, or shares of
any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or
reclassifications thereof and that have no preference in respect of
dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and that are not subject to redemption by the Company;
provided that if at any time there shall be more than one
such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so
issuable shall be substantially in the proportion that the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such
classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
“
Company ” means Ferro Corporation, an Ohio
corporation, and subject to the provisions of Article 6 hereof
and Article V of the Base Indenture, shall include its
successors and assigns.
“
Conversion Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.02.
“
Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.02(d).
“
Conversion Obligation ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(a).
“ Credit
Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated June 8, 2007, among the Company, certain of
its subsidiaries, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as term
loan administrative agent, National City Bank, as revolving loan
administrative agent and collateral agent, KeyBank National
Association, as documentation agent, Citigroup Global Markets,
Inc., as syndication agent, and various financial institutions as
lenders, providing for up to $665 million of revolving credit
and term loan borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees,
collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith.
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Custodian ” means U. S. Bank National Association, as
custodian for the Depositary, with respect to the Notes in global
form, or any successor entity thereto.
The “
Daily Conversion Rate Fraction ” for each Trading Day
during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period shall be
determined as follows:
(a) if the
Applicable Stock Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day is
less than or equal to the Base Conversion Price, the Daily
Conversion Rate Fraction for such Trading Day shall be equal to
1/20th of the Base Conversion Rate; and
(b) if the
Applicable Stock Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day is
greater than the Base Conversion Price, the Daily Conversion Rate
Fraction for such Trading Day shall be equal to 1/20th of the
following:
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Base Conversion Rate +
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Applicable Stock Price
of Common Stock on such
Trading Day
— Base Conversion Price
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x Incremental Share Factor
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Applicable Stock Price
of Common Stock on such
Trading Day
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Daily Conversion Rate Fraction for any
Trading Day in the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period would
otherwise be greater than the Daily Share Cap, the Daily Conversion
Rate Fraction for such Trading Day shall be equal to the Daily
Share Cap.
“ Daily
Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 20 consecutive
Trading Days during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the
product of (a) the Daily Conversion Rate Fraction for such day
and (b) the Applicable Stock Price of the Common Stock on such
day. For purposes of the foregoing, the Daily Conversion Value of
Reference Property will be determined by reference to (a) in
the case of Reference Property or part of Reference Property that
is traded on a National Securities Exchange, the Applicable Stock
Price of such security or common stock, (b) in the case of any
other property other than cash, the value thereof as determined by
two independent nationally recognized investment banks as of the
effective date of the transaction and (c) in the case of cash,
100% of the amount thereof.
“ Daily
Settlement Amount ” means for each of the 20 consecutive
Trading Days during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period
(1) cash equal to $50 or, if less, the Daily Conversion Value;
and (2) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value exceeds $50, the
Daily Share Amount.
“ Daily
Share Amount ” means a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to (A) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value
and $50, divided by (B) the Applicable Stock Price of
the Common Stock for such day.
“ Daily
Share Cap ” means, in respect of each $1,000 principal
amount of Notes, 1/20th of 49.4805 shares of Common Stock, subject
to adjustment in the same manner as the Base Conversion Rate as set
forth herein.
“
Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered
in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.05 hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the
Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note attached hereto.
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Designated Institution ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 7.02(l).
“
Distributed Property ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 7.04(c).
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Effective Date ” means, with respect to a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change, a Merger Event, a consolidation, merger, share
exchange, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets or other similar transaction, the date on which such event
or transaction becomes effective.
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means, with respect to any
issuance, dividend or distribution in which the holders of Common
Stock (or other security) have the right to receive any cash,
securities or other property, the first date on which the shares of
the Common Stock (or other security) trade on the applicable
exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the
right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in
question.
“
Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence after the
original issuance of the Notes of any of the following
events:
(a) a
“person” or “group” within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act becomes the direct or
indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of shares of the Common
Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common
Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and
(i) files a Schedule 13D or Schedule TO or any other
schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing such
beneficial ownership or (ii) the Company otherwise becomes
aware of any such person or group; provided that this clause
(a) shall not apply to a transaction covered in clause
(d) below, including any exception thereto; or
(b) the
Common Stock or shares of common stock, depositary receipts or
other certificates representing common equity interests into which
the Notes are then convertible cease to be listed for trading on a
National Securities Exchange for a period of 20 consecutive Trading
Days; or
(c) the first
day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of
the Company does not consist of continuing directors; or
(d) a
consolidation, merger or binding share exchange to which the
Company is a party, or any conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or
other disposition in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties and assets other than (i) any transaction that does
not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or
cancellation of outstanding shares of the Company’s capital
stock and pursuant to which holders of the Company’s capital
stock immediately prior to the transaction have the entitlement to
exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting
power of all shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in
elections of directors of the continuing or surviving or successor
Person (or any parent thereof) immediately after giving effect to
such transaction or (ii) which is effected solely to change
the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and results in a
reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of
Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving
Person; or
(e) the
Company’s shareholders approve any plan or proposal for the
Company’s liquidation or dissolution.
For purposes of
this Fundamental Change definition: (a) “ board of
directors ” means the board of directors or other
governing body charged with the ultimate management of any person;
(b) “ continuing director ” means a director who
either was a member of the board of directors of the Company on the
date hereof, or who becomes a member of the board of directors
subsequent to that date
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and whose
initial election, appointment or nomination for election by the
Company’s shareholders is duly approved by a majority of the
continuing directors on the board of directors of the Company at
the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval
of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the board
of directors of the Company in which such individual is named as a
nominee for director; and (c) “ person ”
includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a
“person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Fundamental Change will be deemed not to have
occurred if 90% or more of the consideration in the transaction or
transactions (other than cash payments for fractional shares and
cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal
rights) which otherwise would constitute a Fundamental Change under
clause (d) above consists of shares of common stock,
depositary receipts or other certificates representing common
equity interests traded or to be traded immediately following such
transaction on a National Securities Exchange and, as a result of
the transaction or transactions, the Notes become convertible, upon
satisfaction of the conditions to conversion, into such common
stock, depositary receipts or other certificates representing
common equity interests (and any rights attached thereto) and other
applicable consideration.
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8.01(b).
“
Fundamental Change Expiration Time ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8.01(b).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8.01(a).
“ Global
Note ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(b).
“
Incremental Share Factor ” means initially 18.5552
shares of Common Stock, subject to the same proportional adjustment
as the Base Conversion Rate as set forth herein.
“
Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, as amended and
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture and, if further amended
or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented.
“
interest ” means, when used with reference to the
Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes, including
(unless context otherwise requires) Defaulted Interest, if any, and
Additional Interest, if any.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means each February 15
and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15,
2009.
“
Interest Record Date ,” with respect to any Interest
Payment Date, shall mean the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not
such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable
February 15 or August 15 Interest Payment Date,
respectively.
“ Last
Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date
means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price
is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than
one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average
ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for
the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on
which the
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Common Stock is
listed for trading. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading
on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant
date, then the “ Last Reported Sale Price ” will
be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Common
Stock is not so quoted, the “ Last Reported Sale Price
” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and
ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of
at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking
firms selected by the Company for this purpose.
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change as described in
clause (a) or clause (d) of the definition of Fundamental
Change.
“ Market
Disruption Event ” means (a) failure by the
principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or
quotation system on which the Common Stock trades or is quoted to
open for trading during its regular trading session or (b) the
occurrence or existence on any Trading Day for the Common Stock of
any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of
movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange
or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or
future contracts relating to the Common Stock for an aggregate
period in excess of one half hour.
“
Maturity Date ” means August 15, 2013.
“ Merger
Event ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.06.
“
National Securities Exchange ” means a U.S. national
securities exchange or quotation system, including the New York
Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the NASDAQ
Global Market.
“
Noteholder ” or “ Holder ,” as
applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term
“beneficial holder”), shall mean any person in whose
name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note
Register.
“ Note
Register ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a).
“ Note
Registrar ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a).
“
Notes ” shall have the meaning specified in Recital
C.
“ Notice
of Conversion ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.02(b).
“ open of
business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
“ Paying
Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.02.
“ Record
Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.04(f).
“
Reference Property ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 7.06(a).
“
Rights ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.10.
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is
scheduled to be a Trading Day.
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“ Senior
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 up to $765 million of 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, 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.
“
Settlement Amount ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 7.02(a).
“
Shareholder Rights Plan ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 7.10(a).
“
Significant Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning
specified in Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act.
“
Spin-Off ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.04(c).
“ Stock
Price ” means (a) in the case of a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change in which holders of Common Stock receive solely
cash consideration in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change, the amount of cash paid per share of the Common Stock and
(b) in the case of all other Make-Whole Fundamental Changes,
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common
Stock over the period of five consecutive Trading Days ending on
the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of such
Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Board of Directors will make
appropriate adjustments, in its good faith determination, to
account for any adjustment to the Base Conversion Rate that becomes
effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Base
Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs,
during such five consecutive Trading Days.
“
Subsidiary Guarantors ” means any other Subsidiary of
the Company that provides a Guarantee of the Notes in accordance
with Section 9.01 hereof and their successors.
“ Trading
Day ” means a day during which trading in the Common
Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading
and during which there is no Market Disruption Event;
provided that if the Common Stock is not listed for trading
on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange or quotation
system, “ Trading Day ” will mean a Business
Day.
“ Trading
Price ” with respect to the Notes, on any date of
determination means the average of the secondary market bid
quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for
$5.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes at
approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination
date from three independent nationally recognized securities
dealers selected by the Company, which may include any of the
Underwriters; provided that if three such bids cannot
reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, but two such
bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used,
and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid
Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used.
“ Trigger
Event ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.10.
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this
Supplemental Indenture, except as provided in Section 7.06;
provided , however , that in the event the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term
“ Trust Indenture Act ” shall mean, to the
extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as so amended.
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“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person
who is then a Trustee hereunder.
“Underwriters” means Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital
Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, NatCity
Investments, Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co. and Greenwich Capital
Markets, Inc.
ARTICLE 2
Issue, Description, Execution, Registration
and Exchange of Notes
Section 2.01
Designation and Amount; Ranking. The Notes shall be
designated as the “6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due
2013” and shall constitute a series of Securities under the
Base Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is
initially limited to $172,500,000 aggregate principal amount
(including up to $22,500,000 of Notes that may be issued upon
exercise of the option to purchase additional Notes granted to the
Underwriters with respect to the initial sale of the Notes),
subject to Section 2.07 and except for Notes authenticated and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of other Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture or
the Base Indenture.
Section 2.02
Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate
of Authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially
in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, which are
incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental
Indenture.
Any of the Notes
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such notations, legends or endorsements as the officers executing
the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence
of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Supplemental Indenture, or as may be required to comply
with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto
or with any rule or regulation of any U.S. national or regional
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to
usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to
which any particular Notes are subject.
The Global Note
shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as
shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from
time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to
time be increased or reduced to reflect repurchases, conversions,
transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of the
Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in
the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made
by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
in such manner and upon instructions given by the holder of such
Notes in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture. Payment of
principal, accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any
(including any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Repurchase
Price), on the Global Note shall be made to the holder of such Note
on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of
determining holders eligible to receive payment is provided for
herein.
Section 2.03
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral
multiples
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thereof. Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear
interest from the date specified on the face of the form of Note
attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months.
The Person in
whose name any Note (or its predecessor security) is registered on
the Note Register at the close of business on any Interest Record
Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to
receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date.
Interest shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes in the United States,
which shall initially be the office of the Trustee at 1350 Euclid
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 and its agency in New York, New York.
The Company shall pay interest (a) on any Notes in
certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register (or upon
written application by such Person to the Trustee and Paying Agent
(if different from the Trustee) not later than the relevant
Interest Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to such Person’s account within the United States, if
such Person is entitled to interest on an aggregate principal
amount of Notes in excess of $1,000,000, which application shall
remain in effect until the Noteholder notifies the Trustee and
Paying Agent to the contrary) or (b) on any Global Note by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the
Depositary or its nominee.
Section 2.04
Payments of Additional Interest. If required by
Section 4.02, each Note shall bear Additional Interest in the
manner set forth herein. Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture
there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on, or in respect of, any Note,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
“Additional Interest” provided for in Section 4.02
to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or
would be payable in respect thereof and express mention of the
payment of Additional Interest (if applicable) in any provisions
hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Section 2.05
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes;
Depositary.
(a) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the corporate trust office a
register (the register maintained in such office or in any other
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 3.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to
as the “ Note Register ”) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Notes and transfers of Notes. Such
register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being
converted into written form within a reasonable period of time. The
Trustee is hereby appointed “ Note Registrar ”
and shall constitute a Security Registrar for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The
Company may appoint one or more co-registrars in accordance with
Section 3.02.
Notes may be
exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be
exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.02. Whenever any Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the
Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing
registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
None of the
Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-registrar shall
be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any
Notes surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is
surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for
conversion or (ii) any Notes, or a portion of any Note,
surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with
Article 8 hereof.
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All Notes issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in
accordance with this Supplemental Indenture shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Supplemental Indenture as the Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(b) The
Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. Except as
provided below and except as otherwise required by law, all Notes
shall be represented by one or more Notes in the form of Global
Securities (each, a “ Global Note ”) registered
in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary.
Initially, the Global Notes shall be issued to the Depositary,
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the
Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as Custodian for the
Depositary. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a
Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Definitive
Note, shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with
this Supplemental Indenture and the procedures of the Depositary
therefor.
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of the Indenture (other than the provisions
set forth in this Section 2.05(b)), a Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole or in part except by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a
nominee of such successor Depositary.
If (i) the
Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is
unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes
and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 calendar
days, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a
clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary
is not appointed within 90 calendar days or (iii) an Event of
Default in respect of the Notes has occurred and is continuing, and
any Noteholder has requested that the Notes be issued in definitive
form in exchange for a Global Note, the Company will execute, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, will
authenticate and deliver Notes in definitive form to each person
that the Depositary identifies as a beneficial owner of the related
Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such
Global Note, and upon delivery of the Global Note to the Trustee
such Global Note shall be canceled.
Definitive Notes
issued in exchange for all or a part of a Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.05(b) shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the
Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Definitive Notes are so registered.
At such time as
all interests in a Global Note have been converted, canceled,
redeemed, repurchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be,
upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with
standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for
Definitive Notes, converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred
to a transferee who receives Definitive Notes therefor or any
Definitive Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global
Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance
with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or
increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on
such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
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None of the
Company, the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 2.06
CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices
issued to Noteholders as a convenience to holders of the Notes;
provided , that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of
any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
Section 2.07
Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, without the
consent of the Noteholders and notwithstanding Section 2.01,
reopen this Supplemental Indenture and issue additional Notes
hereunder with the same terms and with the same CUSIP number as the
Notes initially issued hereunder in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount, which will form the same series with the Notes
initially issued hereunder; provided that no such additional
Notes will be treated as part of the same series as the Notes
unless such additional Notes will be part of the same issue as the
Notes initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such
matters required by Section 102 of the Base Indenture. The
Company may also from time to time repurchase the Notes in open
market purchases or negotiated transactions without prior notice to
Noteholders.
ARTICLE 3
Particular Covenants of the Company
Section 3.01
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company
covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal of
and premium, if any (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price), and accrued and unpaid interest on each of the Notes at the
places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein
and in the Notes.
Section 3.02
Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain
in the United States, an office or agency of any Person authorized
by the Company to pay the principal of or premium and interest on
the Notes on behalf of the Company, where the Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for
presentation for payment or repurchase (“ Paying Agent
”) or for conversion (“ Conversion Agent
”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of such office or agency within five
(5) calendar days of such change. If at any time the Company shall
fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail
to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the corporate trust office or the office or agency of the
Trustee.
The Company may
also from time to time designate as co-registrars one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States,
for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency. The terms
“Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent”
include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as
applicable.
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The Company hereby
initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Note
Registrar, Custodian, Bid Solicitation Agent and Conversion Agent
and the corporate trust office and the office or agency of the
Trustee each shall be considered as one such office or agency of
the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes; provided
that the Trustee may appoint an agent, reasonably acceptable to the
Company, to perform the duties of the Bid Solicitation Agent and
Conversion Agent.
Section 3.03
Additional Interest. If Additional Interest is payable by
the Company, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, on or before
the Interest Record Date preceding the date that such Additional
Interest is payable, an Officers’ Certificate to that effect
stating (a) the amount of such Additional Interest that is
payable and (b) the date on which such interest is payable.
Unless and until the Trustee has received at the corporate trust
office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry
that no such Additional Interest is payable.
Section 3.04
Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee,
the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and
do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to
carry out more effectively the purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture.
Section 3.05
Reporting Obligations. Notwithstanding that the Company may
not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the
Commission (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing)
within the time periods specified in the Exchange Act and, within
15 days of filing, or attempting to file, the same with the
Commission, furnish to the Trustee and the holders of the
outstanding Notes:
(a) all
quarterly and annual financial and other information with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if
the Company were required to file such forms, including a
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the
annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s
certified independent accountants; and
(b) all
current reports that would be required to be filed with the
Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such
reports.
So long as the
Company is required to file periodic reports under Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the Company’s obligation to deliver the information referred
to above shall be deemed satisfied upon the filing of such
information in the EDGAR system and the giving of notice to the
Trustee as to the public availability of such information from such
source.
ARTICLE 4
Defaults and Remedies
With respect to
the Notes, Article Five of the Base Indenture shall be
replaced in its entirety with the following:
Section 4.01
Events of Default.
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Each of the
following is an “ Event of Default ”:
(a) default
by the Company in the payment of any principal amount or any
Fundamental Change Purchase Price, in each case when due and
payable, whether at the Maturity Date, upon required purchase,
acceleration or otherwise;
(b) default
by the Company in the payment of any interest under the Notes,
which default continues for 30 days;
(c) failure
by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice when
such notice becomes due in accordance with
Section 8.01(b);
(d) failure
by the Company to deliver when due of all cash and any shares of
Common Stock or other consideration payable upon conversion with
respect to the Notes, which failure continues for
10 days;
(e) failure
by the Company to comply with Section 6.01 hereof upon the
Company’s receipt of written notice of such default from the
Trustee or from Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding, and the failure to cure (or
obtain a waiver of) such default within 30 days after receipt
of such notice;
(f) failure
by the Company to comply with or to perform any of its other
agreements in the Notes or the Indenture upon receipt of notice of
such default from the Trustee or from Holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and
the failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within
60 days after receipt of such notice;
(g) a 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 the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries), which default is caused by a failure
to pay principal of or premium or interest on such indebtedness
prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such
indebtedness, including any extension thereof (a “payment
default”), or results in the acceleration of such
indebtedness prior to its stated maturity 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 in excess of $25.0 million and
provided , that if any such default is cured or waived or
any such acceleration rescinded, or such indebtedness is repaid,
within a period of 10 days from the continuation of such
default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence of
such acceleration, as the case may be, such Event of Default and
any consequential acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically
rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any
judgment or decree;
(h) the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or
within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a
voluntary case,
(ii) consents to
the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(iii) consents to
the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially
all of its property,
(iv) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
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(i) a court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief
against the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries;
(ii) appoints a
custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or
for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any
of its Significant Subsidiaries; or
(iii) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries;
and the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive
days.
The Company is
required to notify the Trustee in writing within five business days
upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default under
this Supplemental Indenture known to the Company. The Trustee shall
not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any
Event of Default unless written notice of such Event of Default
from the Company or any Holder is received by the Trustee at its
corporate trust office, and such notice references the Notes and
this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 4.02
Sole Remedy for Failure to Report. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Indenture, if the Company so elects, the sole
remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply
with the reporting obligations under Section 3.05 will, for
the period beginning on the 91st calendar day after the written
notice of the occurrence of such failure to report from the Trustee
or Holders of 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes,
consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on
the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal
amount of the Notes (the “ Additional Interest
”). This Additional Interest will be payable in the same
manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the
Notes. If the Company so elects, this Additional Interest will
accrue on all outstanding Notes from and including the 91st day
following the date of such written notice of the failure to comply
with Section 3.05 to but not including the date on which the
Event of Default relating to the reporting obligations as set forth
in Section 3.05 shall have been cured or waived. On the 180th
calendar day after the commencement of such Additional Interest (if
such violation is not cured or waived prior to such 180th calendar
day), the Notes will be subject to acceleration upon written notice
from the Trustee or holders of 25% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes.
In order to
exercise the extension right and elect to pay the Additional
Interest as the sole remedy following the occurrence of any Event
of Default relating to the failure to comply with Section 3.06
in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Company must notify
all Noteholders and the Trustee and Paying Agent of such election
prior to the close of business on the 91st calendar day after the
written notice to the Company of such failure to report (or, if
such date is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day
thereafter). Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such
notice, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided
above.
Notwithstanding
the preceding paragraph, if an Event of Default occurs under any
other series of the Company’s debt securities issued
subsequent to the issuance of the Notes resulting from its failure
to comply with such reporting obligations and such Event of Default
is not subject to extension on terms similar to the above and
results in the principal amount of such debt securities becoming
due and payable, then the extension right will no longer apply and
the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided
above.
For the avoidance
of doubt, the provisions of this Section 4.02 will not affect
the rights of Noteholders in the event of the occurrence of any
other Event of Default.
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Section 4.03
Acceleration.
In the case of an
Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of
Section 4.01 hereof, with respect to the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary, the principal amount of all outstanding
Notes and any accrued interest thereon through the date of such
event 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 aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all
outstanding Notes and any accrued interest thereon through the date
of such declaration to be due and payable immediately.
Upon any such
declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable
immediately.
The holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the
Noteholders, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing default
or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture
except a continuing default or Event of Default in the payment of
interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the
Notes.
Section 4.04 Other
Remedies.
If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may
commence and maintain a suit or other proceeding to collect any
indebtedness or enforce its rights or the rights of the Holders
even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce
any of them in the proceeding, but will be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Notes unless such
Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or
security against any loss, liability or expense. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any
right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair
the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in
the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent
permitted by law.
Section 4.05 Waiver of Past
Defaults.
Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the
holders of all of the Notes waive an existing default or Event of
Default and its consequences hereunder, except
(a) a
continuing default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including
in connection with an offer to purchase); or
(b) a
continuing default or Event of Default in the delivery of cash,
Common Stock or other consideration due upon conversion of any
Note.
Section 4.06
Control by Majority.
Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture that the Trustee determines may be prejudicial to the
rights of other holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
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Section 4.07 Limitation on
Suits.
Except to enforce
the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest when due, no Holder of a Note may institute any suit,
action, or proceeding for the enforcement of the Supplemental
Indenture and applicable provisions of the Base Indenture for
execution of any trust under this Supplemental Indenture, and may
not pursue any remedy against the Trustee with respect to this
Supplemental Indenture or the Notes unless:
(i) such Holder
has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of
Default is continuing;
(ii) Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes have requested in writing the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(iii) such
Noteholders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;
(iv) the Trustee
has not complied with such written request within 15 days
after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or
indemnity; and
(v) Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes have not given the Trustee a direction or instruction
inconsistent with such request within such 15-day
period.
A Holder of a Note
may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 4.08 Rights of Holders of Notes
to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a
Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest
on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Holder.
Section 4.09 Collection Suit by
Trustee.
If an Event of
Default specified in Section 4.01(a) or (b) hereof occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company
for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal
and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and after
provision for such costs and expenses, such trust shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment
has been recovered.
Section 4.10 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim.
In case of any
judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Notes), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the TIA in
order to have claims of
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the Noteholders
and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the
Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to
make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607 of the Base Indenture.
No provision of
this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder
in any such proceeding.
If the Trustee
collects any money pursuant to this Article 4, it shall pay
out the money in the following order:
First : to
the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under
Section 607 of the Base Indenture hereof, including payment of
all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of
collection;
Second :
to holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any and
interest, respectively; and
Third : to
the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction
shall direct.
The Trustee may
fix a record date and payment date for any payment to holders of
Notes pursuant to this Section 4.11.
Section 4.12 Undertaking for
Costs.
In any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in
any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it
as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any
party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 4.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a
suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 4.08 hereof, or
a suit by holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE 5
Modifications and Amendments
Section 5.01
Modifications and Amendments Without Consent of
Noteholders.
With respect to
the Notes, the numbered paragraphs (1) through (12) in
Section 901 of the Base Indenture shall be replaced in their
entirety with the following:
(a) to
evidence a successor to the Company and the assumption by that
successor of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture
and the Notes;
(b) to add to
the Company’s covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to
surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(c) to secure
the Company’s obligations in respect of the Notes;
(d) to
evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a
successor Trustee under the Indenture;
(e) to comply
with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or
maintain qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act, as contemplated by the Indenture or otherwise;
(f) to
provide for conversion rights of Holders if any reclassification or
change of common stock or any consolidation, merger or sale of all
or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets
occurs or otherwise comply with the provisions of the Indenture in
the event of such a transaction;
(g) to
increase the Conversion Rate in accordance with the terms of the
Notes;
(h) to cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture;
or
(i) to make
any change that does not adversely affect the rights of the Holders
in any material respect;
(j) to
conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of
the “Description of the Notes” section of the
Company’s prospectus supplement, dated August 13, 2008,
relating to the initial offering of the Notes;
(k) to permit
the authentication and delivery of additional Notes; or
(l) to
provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of
certificated notes.
Section 5.02
Modifications and Amendments With Consent of Holders of
Notes.
With respect to
the Notes, numbered paragraphs (1) through (3) in
Section 902 of the Base Indenture shall be replaced in its
entirety with the following:
(a) alter the
manner of calculation or rate of accrual of interest on the Note or
change the time of payment of any installment of
interest;
(b) make the
Note payable in money or securities other than that stated in the
Note;
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(c) change
the stated maturity of the Note;
(d) reduce
the principal amount or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with
respect to the Note;
(e) make any
change that adversely affects the rights of a Holder to convert the
Note or, except as provided for in this Indenture, changes the
consideration to be received upon any such conversion;
(f) make any
change that adversely affects the right to require the Company to
purchase the Note;
(g) impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment with
respect to the Note or with respect to conversion of the Note;
or
(h) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of the Notes, the consent of
whose holders is required in order to modify or amend the Indenture
or waive any past defaults in the payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes.
ARTICLE 6
Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease
Section 6.01
Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 801 of the
Base Indenture, the Company shall not consolidate with or merge
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to
any successor Person in a single transaction or series of related
transactions, unless:
(i) the resulting,
continuing, surviving or transferee Person is the Company;
or
(ii) the
resulting, continuing, surviving or transferee Person, if other
than the Company, is organized and validly existing under the laws
of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of
the Company under the Notes and the Indenture;
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the transaction and such
supplemental indenture comply with the Indenture.
Any reference in
the Base Indenture to Section 801 therein shall, for the
Notes, be deemed a reference to this Section 6.01.
ARTICLE 7
Conversion of Notes
Section 7.01
Right to Convert.
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(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Article 7, on or prior to the close
of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date, each Noteholder shall have the right, at such
Noteholder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the
portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral
multiple thereof) of such Noteholder’s Note into cash, and,
if applicable, Common Stock as provided herein. The o
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