THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
7.25% Convertible Senior Notes due
2014
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION,
REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
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Section 2.01. Designation and
Amount
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Section 2.02. Form of Notes
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Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of
Notes; Payments of Interest
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Section 3.01. Events of Default
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Section 3.02. Acceleration
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Section 3.03. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 3.04. Application of Moneys
Collected
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Section 3.05. Limitation on
Suits
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Section 3.06. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 3.07. Additional
Interest
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Section 3.08. Direction of Proceedings and
Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders
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Section 3.09. Notice of Defaults
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Section 3.10. Undertaking to Pay
Costs
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Section 4.01. Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Noteholders
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Section 4.02. Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Noteholders
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Section 4.03. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 4.04. Notation on Notes
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Section 4.05. Evidence of Compliance of
Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee
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Section 4.06. Notice of Execution of
Supplemental Indenture
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Section 5.01. Conversion
Privilege
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Section 5.02. Conversion
Procedure
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Section 5.03. Increased Conversion Rate
Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with
Make-Whole Fundamental Changes
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Section 5.04. Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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Section 5.05. Shares to Be Fully
Paid
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Section 5.06. Effect of Reclassification,
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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Section 5.07. Certain Covenants
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Section 5.08. Responsibility of
Trustee
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Section 5.09. Notice to Noteholders Prior
to Certain Actions
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 5.10. Stockholder Rights
Plans
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Section 5.11. Exchange in Lieu of
Conversion
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REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF
NOTEHOLDERS
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Section 6.01. Repurchase at Option of
Noteholders upon a Fundamental Change
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Section 6.02. Withdrawal of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice
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Section 6.03. Deposit of Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price
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Section 7.01. Ratification of
Indenture
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Section 7.02. Trustee Not Responsible for
Recitals
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Section 7.03. Waiver of Stay, Extension or
Usury Laws
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Section 7.04. Governing Law
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Section 7.05. Separability
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Section 7.06. Counterparts
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Section 7.07. Notices to
Noteholders
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A-1
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Exhibit B
Form of Notice of Conversion
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B-1
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Exhibit C
Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
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C-1
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Exhibit D
Form of Assignment and Transfer
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ii
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE , dated as of May 13, 2009
(this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), between US
Airways Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), to
the indenture, dated as of as of May 13, 2009 (the “
Base Indenture ”), between the Company and the
Trustee.
WHEREAS,
the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the
Trustee to provide for, among other things, the issuance from time
to time of the Company’s debt securities in one or more
series as might be authorized under the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS,
the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may
enter into an Indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to
establish the form and terms of any series of Securities (as
defined in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture) as provided by
Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS,
the Company desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture to
provide for the establishment of a series of Securities (as defined
in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture) to be known as the
7.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (each such Security being
hereinafter called a “ Note ”), the form,
substance, terms, provisions and conditions of which shall be set
forth in Article 2 of the Base Indenture as supplemented by
this Supplemental Indenture, as the same may be further amended and
supplemented from time to time (being hereinafter called this
“ Indenture ”);
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions
authorizing the Company to issue the Notes provided for in this
Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture and has satisfied all requirements necessary
to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in
accordance with its terms and (ii) the Notes provided for
hereby, when executed and delivered by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee, a series of Securities (as defined in
Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture) that are the valid
obligations of the Company.
NOW
THEREFORE, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the
other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes:
Section 1.01.
Definitions . Unless otherwise specified herein or the
context otherwise requires:
(a) a
term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used
in this Supplemental Indenture unless the definition of such term
is amended or supplemented pursuant to this Supplemental
Indenture;
(b) the
terms defined in this Article and in this Supplemental Indenture
include the plural as well as the singular;
(c) a
reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of
this Supplemental Indenture;
(d) Article
and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof;
and
(e) the
following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.01(e):
“
Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 3.07.
“
Base Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“
Business Day ” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which the banking
institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close or be closed.
“
Capital Stock ” means, for any entity, any and all
shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options,
participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) stock issued by that entity.
“
Cash Settlement Averaging Period ” means, with respect
to any Note surrendered for conversion, the twenty consecutive
Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third Trading
Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Note;
provided that, with respect to any Conversion Date occurring during
the period beginning on, and including, March 15, 2014 and
ending at the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day
immediately prior to the Maturity Date, the “ Cash
Settlement Averaging Period ” means the twenty
consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the
twenty-second Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity
Date.
“
close of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“
Common Equity ” of any Person means Capital Stock of
such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the
election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is
not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the
selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that
will control the management or policies of such Person.
“
Common Stock ” means, subject to Section 5.06(b),
shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share,
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.
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Continuing Director ” means a director who either was
a member of the Board of Directors on May 13, 2009 or who
becomes a member of the Board of Directors subsequent to that date
and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company is duly approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors on the Board of Directors 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 entire Board of
Directors in which such individual is named as nominee for
director.
“
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“
Conversion Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.08.
“
Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(c).
“
Conversion Obligation ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a).
“
Conversion Price ” means as of any date, $1,000,
divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“
Conversion Rate ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a).
“
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor
entity thereto.
“
Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each of the twenty
consecutive Trading Days during the Cash Settlement Averaging
Period, one-twentieth (1/20th) of the product of (a) the
then-applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and
(b) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such Trading
Day.
“
Daily Measurement Value ” is equal to the Specified
Dollar Amount, divided by twenty.
“
Daily Settlement Amount ,” for each of the twenty
consecutive Trading Days during the Cash Settlement Averaging
Period, shall consist of:
(a) cash equal to
the lesser of the Daily Measurement Value and the Daily Conversion
Value for such Trading Day; and
(b) to the extent
the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day exceeds the Daily
Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
Daily Share Amount.
“
Daily Share Amount ” means, to the extent the Daily
Conversion Value exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, (i) the
difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily
Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP of
the Common Stock for such Trading Day.
“
Daily VWAP ” for the Common Stock, in respect of any
Trading Day, means the per share volume-weighted average price on
the New York Stock Exchange as displayed under the heading
“Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “LCC.N
<equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page
is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled
opening of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the
primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of
one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined by
the Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) in a commercially
reasonable manner,
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using a
volume-weighted average price method) and will be determined
without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside
of the regular trading session.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Global Notes
the Person specified as the depositary with respect to such Notes,
until a successor shall have been appointed and become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter, “ Depositary ” shall mean or include
such successor.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03(a).
“
Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01.
“
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.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(e).
“
Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(e).
“
Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence after the
original issuance of the Notes of any of the following
events:
(a) any
“person” or “group” (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or its
Subsidiaries files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or
report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group
has become the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial
owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of
the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;
(b) consummation
of any binding share exchange, exchange offer, tender offer,
consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which all or
substantially all of the Common Stock will be converted into cash,
securities or other property or any sale, lease or other transfer
in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or
more of the Company’s Subsidiaries; (any such exchange,
offer, consolidation, merger, transaction or series of transactions
being referred to in this definition as an “event”);
provided , however , that any such event where the
holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
immediately prior to such event, own, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of all classes of the common equity of the continuing or
surviving person or transferee or the parent thereof immediately
after such event shall not be a Fundamental Change;
(c) the first day
on which Continuing Directors cease to constitute at least a
majority of the Board of Directors;
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(d) the
stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(e) the Common
Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then
convertible) ceases to be listed on at least one U. S. national
securities exchange,
provided , however , in the case of an event
described in clause (b) above, if (1) at least 90% of the
consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in
the transaction or event constituting the Fundamental Change
consists of shares of Publicly Traded Securities, and (2) as a
result of the event, the Notes become convertible into such
Publicly Traded Securities, excluding cash payments for fractional
shares (subject to the provisions of Section 5.02(a)), such
event shall not be a Fundamental Change (including under clause
(c) above); provided , further , if any
transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities
of another entity shall occur, following completion of any related
Make-Whole Fundamental Change period and any related Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, references to the Company in this
definition shall instead apply to such other entity; and
provided , further , that any filing that would
otherwise constitute a Fundamental Change under clause
(a) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if
(x) the filing occurs in connection with a transaction in
which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another
entity (including a parent entity) and (y) no such filing is
made or is in effect with respect to common equity representing
more than 50% of the voting power of such other entity.
For
purposes of this definition, whether a “ person
” is a “ beneficial owner ” shall be
determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act and “person” includes any syndicate or group that
would be deemed to be a “person” under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(b).
“
Fundamental Change Expiration Time ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(b)(ix).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(a)(i).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.01(a).
“
Global Note ” means a Note in global form registered
in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“
Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means each May 15 and
November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2009;
provided , however , that if any Interest Payment
Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such payment of
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) (or principal in
the case of the Maturity Date) will be postponed until the next
succeeding Business Day, and no interest or other amount will be
paid as a result of such postponement.
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Interest Record Date, ” with respect to any Interest
Payment Date, means the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not such
day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the relevant 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 Common Stock is listed for trading. The Last
Reported Sale Price will be determined without reference to
after-hours or extended market trading. If the Common Stock is not
listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange on the
relevant date, then the “Last Reported Sale Price” of
the Common Stock will be the last quoted bid price for the Common
Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as
reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or similar organization. If the
Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale
Price” of the Common Stock will be determined by a U.S.
nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected
by the Company for this purpose.
“
Make-Whole Conversion Rate Adjustment ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.03(a).
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change under clause
(a) or (b) of the definition thereof (in the case of any
Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition
thereof, determined without regard to the proviso in such
clause (b) but subject to the three provisos immediately
following clause (e) of the definition of Fundamental
Change.
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period ” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.03(a).
“
Market Disruption Event ” means (a) a failure by
the primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock
trades or is quoted, as the case may be, to open for trading during
its regular trading session or (b) the occurrence or existence
prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day for the
Common Stock of an aggregate one-half hour period, 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.
“
Maturity Date ” means May 15, 2014.
“
Merger Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.06.
“
Note ” has the meaning specified in the
Preamble.
“
Noteholder ” or “ holder ,” as
applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term
“beneficial holder”), means any person in whose name at
the time a particular Note is registered on the Security
Register.
“
Notice of Conversion ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(b).
“
opening of business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
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Paying Agent ” means any Person (including the Company
acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) of
any Notes on behalf of the Company.
“
Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture,
a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a
government or an agency or a political subdivision
thereof.
“
Predecessor Note ” of any particular Note means every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture in lieu of or in exchange
for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen
Note that it replaces.
“
Prospectus ” means the prospectus dated
October 4, 2006 as supplemented by the final prospectus
supplement dated May 7, 2009 relating to the offering and sale
of the Notes.
“
Publicly Traded Securities ” means shares of common
stock that are traded on a national securities exchange or that
will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with a
Fundamental Change described in clause (a) or (b) of the
definition thereof.
“
Record Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(f).
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.06(b).
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is
scheduled to be a Trading Day.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(a).
“
Settlement Method ” means, with respect to a
conversion of Notes, the relative proportions of cash and/or shares
of Common Stock with which such conversion is settled under this
Indenture, as elected (or deemed elected) by the
Company.
“
Settlement Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(a)(iii).
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any date of
determination, any Subsidiary that would constitute a
“significant subsidiary” within the meaning of
Article 1 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the
Securities Act as in effect on the date of this Supplemental
Indenture.
“
Specified Dollar Amount ” means an amount of cash per
$1,000 principal amount of a converted Note specified by the
Company in the Settlement Notice related to such converted
Note.
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(c).
“
Stock Price ” means (a) in the case of a
Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the
definition of 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
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average of the
Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the period
of five consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, 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 Conversion Rate that becomes
effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs, during such
five consecutive Trading Day period.
“
Successor Company ” means the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person resulting from the merger, consolidation, sale or
lease of substantially all of its assets of the Company.
“
Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
“
Trading Day ” means a day during which trading in the
Common Stock generally occurs on the primary exchange or quotation
system on which Common Stock then trades or is quoted and there is
no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock (or other security
for which a Last Reported Sale Price or Daily VWAP must be
determined) is not so traded or quoted, “ Trading Day
” means “ Business Day. ”
“
Trigger Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(c).
“
Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(c).
“
Weighted Average Consideration ” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.06(c)(iv).
ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.01.
Designation and Amount . The Notes shall be designated as
the “7.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014.” The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to
$172,500,000, and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon
registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of
other Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.06 and
Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture and Section 4.04,
Section 5.02 and Section 6.03 hereof. The Company may,
without the consent of the Noteholders, reopen this Indenture and
issue additional Notes under this Indenture with the same terms and
with the same CUSIP number as the Notes in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount, provided that no such additional Notes may be
issued unless they will be fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal
income tax and securities law purposes.
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
Indenture.
Any
Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text
thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the
Custodian, the Depositary, any regulatory body or required to
comply with any applicable law or regulation thereunder or with the
rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or
designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect
thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to
which any particular Notes are subject.
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Any
of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the
Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be
conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this 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 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.
A
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 a 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
Indenture. Payment of principal (including any Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price), accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, if any, on a 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.
The
terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as
Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the
Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be
bound thereby.
Section 2.03.
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest . The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and in integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess 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 (including Additional Interest, if
any) 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 Note) is
registered on the Security 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 (including Additional
Interest, if any) payable on such Interest Payment Date. Interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) shall be payable at the
office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such
purposes in The Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, which shall
initially be the office of the Trustee. The Company shall pay
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) (a) on any
Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register or
(b) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
ARTICLE 3
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 3.01.
Events of Default . Each of the following shall be an
“ Event of Default ”:
(a) default
in the payment in respect of the principal of any Note at its
maturity upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration
or otherwise;
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(b) default
in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if
any) upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the
Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a
default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt
with in clauses (a), (b), (d), (f) or (g) of this
Section 3.01), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 60 days after written notice thereof has been given
to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes;
(d) a
default or defaults under any bonds, debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (other than the Notes) by the Company or
any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary) having, individually or in the aggregate, a principal
or similar amount outstanding of at least $75.0 million,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created,
which default or defaults shall have resulted in the acceleration
of the maturity of such indebtedness prior to its express maturity
or shall constitute a failure to pay at least $75.0 million of
such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any
applicable grace period with respect thereto, without such
indebtedness having been paid or discharged within a period of
30 days after the occurrence of such indebtedness becoming or
being declared due and payable or the failure to pay, as the case
may be;
(e) the
failure to comply with the obligations to convert the Notes into
Common Stock, cash or a combination of cash and Common Stock, as
applicable, in accordance with Section 5.02 upon exercise of a
holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for five
days;
(f) the
failure to timely issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in
accordance with Section 6.01(b); or
(g)
(i) the Company, any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within
the meaning of the Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a
voluntary case,
(b) consents to
the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(c) consents to
the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially
all of its property,
(d) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(e) generally is
not paying its debts as they become due; or
(ii) a court of
competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under the
Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief
against the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary
case;
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(b) appoints a
custodian of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all
of the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
or
(c) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
Section 3.02.
Acceleration . In case one or more Events of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event
of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every
such case (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 3.01(g) with respect to the Company (and not solely
with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, or a group
of Subsidiaries of the Company that in aggregate would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company), unless the principal of all
of the Notes shall have already become due and payable (or waived),
either the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may
declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest
and accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any, on all the
Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be
immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the
Notes contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
If
an Event of Default specified in Section 3.01(g) with respect
to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant
Subsidiary of the Company, or a group of Subsidiaries of the
Company that in aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
of the Company) occurs and is continuing, the principal of all the
Notes and accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid
Additional Interest, if any, shall be immediately due and payable.
This provision, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at
any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the
payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and
unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any,
upon all Notes and the principal of any and all Notes that shall
have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on
overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and
unpaid Additional Interest, if any (to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law), and on such
principal at the rate borne by the Notes at such time) and amounts
due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Base
Indenture, then and in every such case the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, by
written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes (other than
a Default or an Event of Default resulting from a failure to
repurchase any Notes when required upon a Fundamental Change or a
failure to deliver, upon conversion, cash, shares of Common Stock
or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable,
due upon conversion) and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences (other than a declaration or consequences, as the case
may be, resulting from a failure to repurchase any Notes when
required upon a Fundamental Change or a failure to deliver, upon
conversion, cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash
and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, due upon conversion) and
such Default (other than a Default
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resulting from
a failure to repurchase any Notes when required upon a Fundamental
Change or a failure to deliver, upon conversion, cash, shares of
Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock,
as applicable, due upon conversion) shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom (other than a Default resulting
from a failure to repurchase any Notes when required upon a
Fundamental Change or a failure to deliver, upon conversion, cash,
shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of
Common Stock, as applicable, due upon conversion) shall be deemed
to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect
any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any
right consequent thereon. In case the Trustee shall have initiated
proceedings to enforce any right with respect to the Notes and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of
such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such
case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company
and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
Section 3.03.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee .
(a) The
Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the
payment of any installment of interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) on any of the Notes, and such default shall have
continued for a period of 90 Business Days, (ii) in case it
shall default in the payment of the principal of any of the Notes
when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon
maturity of the Notes or upon redemption or upon declaration or
otherwise, (iii) in case it shall fail to repurchase any Notes
when required or (iv) in case it shall fail to deliver cash,
shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of
Common Stock, as applicable, when required, upon conversion of the
Notes, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to
the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, the whole
amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such
Notes for principal or interest (including Additional Interest, if
any), or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue
principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) at the rate per
annum expressed in the Notes; and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture.
(b) If
the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Notes
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company
or other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
(c) In
case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property,
the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and
take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and
shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to
file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
and of the holders of Notes allowed for the entire amount due and
payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of
institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that
may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the
deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture; and any receiver, assignee
or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by
each of the holders of Notes to make such payments to the Trustee,
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such
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payments
directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due
it under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture.
(d) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the terms established with respect to Notes, may be
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such
Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding
relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for
payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06
of the Base Indenture, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of
the Notes.
In
case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it
by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem appropriate to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by
law.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights
of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such
proceeding.
Section 3.04.
Application of Moneys Collected. Any moneys collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to the Notes shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account
of principal (or premium, if any) or interest (including Additional
Interest, if any), upon presentation of the Notes, and notation
thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the
payment of all obligations of the Company under
Section 7.06(a) of the Base Indenture to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances and the Trustee
shall have a lien upon such moneys collected to satisfy such
payment obligations;
SECOND: To the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for
principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if any),
including, for the avoidance of doubt, amounts payable in respect
of any Conversion Obligation payable in settlement thereof, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for
principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if any),
respectively; and
THIRD: To the
payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other
Person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 3.05.
Limitation on Suits. No holder of any Note shall have any
right by virtue of or by availing itself of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or
at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance
thereof, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute such
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action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such
holders shall have offered to the Trustee such security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability
or expense to be incurred therein or thereby, (iv) the Trustee
for sixty days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding and (v) no direction that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request
shall have been given to the Trustee by the holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Notes Outstanding within such sixty-day
period pursuant to Section 3.08; it being understood and
intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of
every Note with every other taker and holder and the Trustee that
no one or more Noteholders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Noteholder, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under
this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all Noteholders (except as
otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of
this Section 3.05, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee
shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or
in equity.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any
Note, the right of any Noteholder to receive payment of the
principal of (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
upon repurchase pursuant to Section 6.01), and accrued and
unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any,
on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or
provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates against the Company shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Noteholder.
Anything
in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, the
holder of any Note, without the consent of either the Trustee or
the holder of any other Note, in its own behalf and for its own
benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any proceeding
suitable to enforce, its rights of conversion as provided
herein.
Section 3.06.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07 of
the Base Indenture, all powers and remedies given by this Article
to the Trustee or to the Noteholders shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers
and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Notes,
by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such
Securities.
No
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the
Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such
right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such
default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions
of Section 3.05, every power and remedy given by this Article
or by law to the Trustee or the Noteholders may be exercised from
time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Noteholders.
Section 3.07.
Additional Interest . Notwithstanding anything in this
Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, if the Company so
elects, the sole remedy of Noteholders for an Event of Default
relating to any obligation to file reports as required under
Section 5.03 of the Base Indenture (as amended by
Section 7.01 hereof) shall, for the first 180 days after
the occurrence of such an Event of Default which will be the 60th
day after written notice is provided to the Company in accordance
with Section 3.01(c)), consist exclusively of the right to
receive Additional Interest on the Notes at an annual rate equal to
(x) 0.25% of the Outstanding principal amount of the Notes for
the first 90 days an Event of Default is continuing in such
180-day period and (y) 0.50% of the Outstanding principal
amount of the Notes for the
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remaining
90 days an Event of Default is continuing in such 180-day
period. Additional Interest shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date following the occurrence of such Event of
Default in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes. The
Company may elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy
under this Section 3.07 by giving notice to the holders, the
Trustee and Paying Agent of such election on or before the close of
business on the 5th Business Day after the date on which such Event
of Default otherwise would occur. If the Company fails to timely
give such notice or pay Additional Interest, the Notes will be
immediately subject to acceleration as provided in
Section 3.02. On the 181st day after such Event of Default (if
such violation is not cured or waived prior to such 181st day), the
Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 3.02.
This Section 3.07 shall not affect the rights of the
Noteholders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of
Default. In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional
Interest upon an Event of Default in accordance with this
Section 3.07, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as
provided in Section 3.02. Whenever in the Base Indenture there
is mentioned, in any context, the payment of 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 this Section 3.07 to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect
thereof pursuant to the provisions of such sections, and express
mention of the payment of Additional Interest (if applicable) in
any provision shall not be construed as excluding Additional
Interest in those provisions where such express mention is not
made.
Section 3.08.
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Noteholders . The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee with respect to Notes;
provided , however , that (a) such direction
shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and (b) the Trustee may take any other action
deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder
or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at
the time Outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the
Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder (except
(i) a default with respect to the nonpayment of principal or
interest, including Additional Interest, if any, (ii) a
failure by the Company to repurchase any Notes when required or
(iii) a failure by the Company to deliver cash, shares of
Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock,
as applicable, upon conversion of the Notes) and rescind any
acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences if (a)
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction and (b) all existing Events of
Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and
interest, including Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes that
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waved. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee
and the holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default
hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this
Section 3.08, said Default or Event of Default shall for all
purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been
cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Section 3.09.
Notice of Defaults . The Trustee shall, within ninety days
after the occurrence and continuance of a Default of which a
Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, mail to all Noteholders
as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Security
Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer,
unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the
giving of such notice; and provided that , except in the
case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, accrued and
unpaid interest or accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any,
on any of the Notes, including without limiting the generality of
the foregoing any Default in the payment of any
Fundamental
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Change
Repurchase Price, then in any such event the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee
of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Noteholders. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee,
within 30 days of the occurrence thereof, written notice of
any events which would constitute a default, their status and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect
thereof.
Section 3.10.
Undertaking to Pay Costs . All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall
be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion,
require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard for the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; provided that the provisions of this
Section 3.10 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of accrued and unpaid
interest or accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any, on any
Note (including, but not limited to, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price with respect to the Notes being repurchased as
provided in this Indenture) on or after the due date expressed or
provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the
right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of
Article 5.
ARTICLE 4
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 4.01.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders . The
Company and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from
time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental to this Indenture for one or more of the following
purposes:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this
Indenture or the Notes in a manner that does not materially
adversely affect the rights of any holder;
(b) to
conform the terms of the Indenture or the Notes to the description
thereof in the Prospectus;
(c) to
provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture pursuant to
Article 10 of the Base Indenture (as amended by
Section 7.01 hereof);
(d) to
add guarantees with respect to the Notes;
(f) to
add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions or conditions for the benefit of the Noteholders or
surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(g) to
make any change that does not materially adversely affect the
rights of any holder of Notes or to execute and deliver a
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5.06 of this Supplemental Indenture;
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(h) to
appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes;
or
(i) to
comply with any requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
For
the avoidance of doubt, this Article 4 shall not prevent the
Company from entering into indentures supplemental to the Base
Indenture for the purpose of establishing or amending the terms and
conditions applicable to any series of Securities other than the
Notes; provided that such supplemental indenture shall have no
applicability to the Notes other than as permitted hereby and
provided therein.
Upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee is hereby
authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee
shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into
any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any
supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section 4.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee
without the consent of the holders of any of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 4.02.
Section 4.02.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders . With
the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase
of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company and
the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time
and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
to this Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the holders of the Notes or waiving any past
default; provided , however , that no such
supplemental indenture shall:
(a) reduce
the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes Outstanding
necessary to modify or amend this Indenture or to waive any past
Default or Event of Default;
(b) reduce
the rate or extend the stated time for payment of interest,
including Additional Interest, if any, on any Note;
(c) reduce
the principal of, or extend the Maturity Date of, any
Note;
(d) make
any change that impairs or adversely affects the conversion rights
of any Notes;
(e) reduce
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note or amend or
modify in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes the
Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through
an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions
or otherwise;
(f) make
any Note payable in a currency other than that stated in the Note
or change any Note’s place of payment;
(g) change
the ranking of the Notes; or
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(h) impair
the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of and
interest, including Additional Interest, if any, on such
holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to such holder’s Note,
in each case
without the consent of each holder of an Outstanding Note
affected.
Upon
the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of Noteholders as aforesaid and
subject only to Section 4.05, the Trustee shall join with the
Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders under
this Section 4.02 to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. After an amendment
under this Indenture becomes effective, the Company shall provide
all the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.
However, the failure to give such notice to all the holders, or any
defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the
amendment.
Section 4.03.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures . Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article 4, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective
rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the
Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced
hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and
amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
purposes.
Section 4.04.
Notation on Notes . Notes authenticated and delivered after
the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 4 may, at the Company’s
expense, bear a notation as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new
Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of
Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any
such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be
prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee
or Authenticating Agent and delivered in exchange for the Notes
then Outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then
Outstanding.
Section 4.05.
Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished
to Trustee . In addition to the documents required by
Section 13.07 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, upon request, an Officers’ Certificate
and/or an Opinion of Counsel (each as defined in Section 1.01
of the Base Indenture) to the effect that any supplemental
indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements
of this Article 4 and is permitted or authorized by the
Indenture and may rely on any such Officers’ Certificate
and/or Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such
supplemental indenture so complies and is so permitted or
authorized.
Section 4.06.
Notice of Execution of Supplemental Indenture . After the
execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental
indenture with respect to the Notes pursuant to the provisions of
this Article, the Trustee shall provide a written notice, prepared
by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of
such supplemental indenture, to the Noteholders affected thereby as
their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any
failure of the Trustee to provide
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such notice, or
any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE 5
CONVERSION OF NOTES
Section 5.01.
Conversion Privilege .
(a) Upon
compliance with the provisions of this Article 5, a Noteholder
shall have the right, at such holder’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 Note prior to the
close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the Maturity Date, in each case, at an initial conversion
rate (the “ Conversion Rate ”) of 218.8184
shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 5.03 and Section 5.04) per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes (subject to the settlement provisions of
Section 5.02, the “ Conversion Obligation
”).
Section 5.02.
Conversion Procedure .
(a) Subject
to this Section 5.02, upon any conversion of any Note, the
Company shall deliver to converting Noteholders, in respect of each
$1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, solely cash,
solely shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common
Stock (the “ Settlement Amount ”), at the
Company’s election, as set forth in this
Section 5.02.
(i) All
conversions on or after March 15, 2014 will be settled using
the same Settlement Method.
(ii) Prior to
March 15, 2014, the Company will elect (or be deemed to have
elected) the same Settlement Method for all conversions occurring
on any given Conversion Date. Except for any conversions that occur
on or after March 15, 2014, the Company need not elect the
same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on
different Trading Days.
(iii) If, in
respect of any Conversion Date (or the period beginning on, and
including, March 15, 2014 and ending on, and including, the
second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date, as the case may be), the Company elects to deliver a notice
(the “ Settlement Notice ”) of the relevant
Settlement Method in respect of such Conversion Date (or such
period, as the case may be), the Company, through the Trustee,
shall deliver such Settlement Notice to converting Noteholders no
later than the second Business Day immediately following the
relevant Convers
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