$425,000,000 6.125 % Notes due
2014
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Indenture Dated as of March 15,
2000
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
This
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “ Second Supplemental
Indenture ”) dated as of May 13, 2009 between
HASBRO, INC., a Rhode Island corporation (the “
Company ”), and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered
to the Trustee an Indenture dated March 15, 2000 (the “
Original Indenture ”, and together with the First
Supplemental Indenture dated September 17, 2007 and this
Second Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture
”) to provide for the issuance of the Company’s debt
securities in one or more series;
WHEREAS,
Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 of the Original Indenture
provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may,
without the consent of Holders, enter into indentures supplemental
to the Original Indenture to provide for specific terms applicable
to any series of notes and to add to the covenants of the Company
for the benefit of the Holders of each series of notes (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series);
WHEREAS,
the Company desires to provide for the issuance of a new series of
debt securities to be designated as the “6.125% Notes due
2014” (the “ Notes ”), and to set forth
the terms that will be applicable thereto and the forms thereof;
and
WHEREAS,
all action on the part of the Company necessary to make this Second
Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and to
authorize the issuance of the Notes under the Original Indenture
(as supplemented hereby) has been duly taken;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
APPLICATION OF SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
AND CREATION OF NOTES
Section 1.01
Application of this Second Supplemental Indenture
.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the
provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, including the
covenants set forth herein, are expressly and solely for the
benefit of the Notes.
Section 1.02
Effect of Second Supplemental Indenture .
With
respect to the Notes only, the Original Indenture shall be
supplemented pursuant to Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 thereof
to establish the terms of the Notes as set forth in this Second
Supplemental Indenture, including as follows:
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(a)
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the
definitions set forth in Article One of the Original Indenture
shall be modified to the extent provided in Article II of this
Second Supplemental Indenture;
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(b)
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the
forms and terms of the securities representing the Notes required
to be established pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the
Original Indenture shall be established in accordance with
Sections 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07 and 1.08 of this Second
Supplemental Indenture; and
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(c)
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the
provisions of Article Ten of the Original Indenture regarding
certain covenants of the Company shall be supplemented and amended
by the provisions of Article IV of this Second Supplemental
Indenture.
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Section 1.03
Designation and Amount of Notes .
The
Notes shall be known and designated as the “6.125% Notes due
2014.” The initial maximum aggregate principal amount of the
Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Second
Supplemental Indenture shall not exceed $425,000,000 except for
Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of,
or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Notes pursuant to
Sections 2.02, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06 or 9.05 of the Original
Indenture (unless the issue of this series of Notes is
“reopened” by issuing additional Notes of such series
(the “ Additional Notes ”)), in an amount or
amounts and registered in the names of such Persons as shall be set
forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication
and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 of the
Original Indenture.
Section 1.04
Terms; Form of Security.
The
Notes shall constitute one series for purposes of the Original
Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture, including,
without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to
purchase. The Company shall issue any Additional Notes by adopting
a Board Resolution in the manner set forth in Section 3.01 of
the Original Indenture providing for the terms of such issuance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Notes are issuable in fully
registered form as a global Security (unless otherwise permitted by
Section 2.03 of the Original Indenture) without coupons and
shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto. Upon
request by the Depository, within 14 days after the occurrence
of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 of the
Original Indenture, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon
receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for the Notes in global form, the Notes in certificated
form in authorized denominations for an aggregate principal amount
requested by the Depository up to the principal amount of the Notes
in global form. The Notes are not issuable in bearer form. The
terms and provisions contained in the form of Note shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Second
Supplemental Indenture and the Company, by its execution and
delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, expressly agrees to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereto. Any of the Notes
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such notations, legends and
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endorsements as
the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to
be conclusive evidence of such approval) and are not inconsistent
with the provisions of the Indenture (and which do not affect the
rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee), 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.
Section 1.05
Payment of Principal and Interest .
(a) The
Notes shall mature, and the principal of the Notes shall be due and
payable in Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 15,
2014.
(b) The
Notes shall bear interest at 6.125% per annum from and including
May 13, 2009 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on
which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal
thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and
(to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same
rate per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the
Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears in Dollars on
May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on
November 15, 2009 (each such date, an “ Interest
Payment Date ” for the purposes of the Notes under this
Second Supplemental Indenture). Payments of interest shall be made
to the Person in whose name a Note (or predecessor Note) is
registered (which shall initially be the Depositary) at the close
of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “
Regular Record Date ” for the purposes of the Notes
under this Second Supplemental Indenture).
(c) For
so long as the Notes are represented in global form by one or more
global Securities, all payments of principal and interest shall be
made by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds
in Dollars to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as
the registered owner of the global Security representing such
Notes. In the event that definitive Notes shall have been issued,
all payments of principal and interest shall be made by the Company
by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars to the
accounts of the registered Holders thereof; provided , that
the Company may elect to make such payments at the office of the
Paying Agent in The City of New York; and provided further ,
that the Company may at its option pay interest by check to the
registered address of each Holder of a definitive Note.
(d) The
Notes shall trade in the Depositary’s Same-Day Funds
Settlement System until Stated Maturity (or until they are subject
to acceleration pursuant to Article VI of the Original
Indenture) and secondary market trading activity in the Notes may
be required by the Depositary to settle in immediately available
funds.
(e) The
Notes are subject to redemption by the Company in whole or in part
in the manner described herein.
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(f) The
interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustments
from time to time if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch
downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) the debt rating assigned to
the Notes, as set forth below.
If
the rating on the Notes from Moody’s, S&P or Fitch is a
rating set forth in the immediately following table, the per annum
interest rate on the Notes will increase from 6.125% by the
percentage set forth opposite that rating:
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Rating
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Rating Agency
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Level
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Moody’s
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S&P
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Fitch
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Percentage
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Ba1
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BB+
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BB+
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0.25
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Ba2
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BB
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BB
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Ba3
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BB-
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BB-
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B1 or below
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B+ or below
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B+ or below
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1.00
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If
any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch subsequently increases its
rating with respect to the Notes to any of the threshold ratings
set forth above, the per annum interest rate on such Notes will be
decreased such that the per annum interest rate equals 6.125% plus
the percentages applicable to the lowest two ratings levels of
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch in effect immediately following
the increase.
In
determining the increase or decrease, if any, the percentage
applicable to the lowest two ratings levels of Moody’s,
S&P and Fitch shall be used.
Each
adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set
forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s,
S&P or Fitch, shall be made independent of any and all other
adjustments. In no event shall (1) the per annum interest rate
on the Notes be reduced below 6.125%, and (2) the total
increase in the per annum interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.00%
above 6.125%.
If
any of two of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to provide a
rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the
interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase
in the rating by the agency continuing to provide the rating shall
be twice the percentage set forth in the table above. No
adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely
as a result of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceasing to provide a
rating. If all of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch cease to provide
a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase
to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the interest rate
payable on the Notes on the date of their issuance.
Any
interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect
from the first day of the interest period during which a rating
change requires an adjustment in the interest rate.
The
interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to
any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent
decrease in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the
Notes become rated A3, A- or A- or higher by any two of
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, respectively (or one of these
ratings if only rated by one rating agency), with a stable
or
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positive
outlook by both such rating agencies (or only one rating agency, if
only rated by one rating agency).
The
Notes shall be general unsecured obligations of the Company. The
Notes shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and senior
in right of payment to all subordinated indebtedness of the
Company.
Section 1.07
Security Registrar and Paying Agent .
The
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent and
Security Registrar for the Notes. The Company may change the Paying
Agent and Security Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of
the Notes, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Paying Agent or Security Registrar.
Section 1.08
Sinking Fund
The
Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
Section 2.01
Definitions .
(a) All
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Original
Indenture.
(b) The
following are definitions used in this Second Supplemental
Indenture and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and
in the Original Indenture, the definition in this Second
Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the
Notes.
“
Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes
are rated below Investment Grade by all the Rating Agencies on any
date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that
could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day
period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of
Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of
the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible
downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a
Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of
a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have
occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus
shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for
purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event
hereunder) if any of the Rating Agencies making the reduction in
rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not
announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at
its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part,
of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result
of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or
not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the
time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
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“
Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1)
the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one
or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of
the Company’s properties or assets and those of the
Company’s Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
“person” or “group” (as that term is used
in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended), other than the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries;
(2)
the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation
or dissolution;
(3)
the first day on which a majority of the members of the
Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors;
or
(4)
the consummation of any transaction or series of related
transactions (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
or “group” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended), other than the Company or one of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the
Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than
number of shares; provided that a merger shall not
constitute a “change of control” under this definition
if (i) the sole purpose of the merger is the Company’s
reincorporation in another state and (ii) the Company’s
shareholders and the number of shares of the Company’s Voting
Stock, measured by voting power and number of shares, owned by each
of them immediately before and immediately following such merger
are identical.
“
Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the
occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade
Rating Event.
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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States
Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the
date of redemption) of the Notes to be redeemed that would be
utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such
Notes.
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Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any
redemption date, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or
(iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received,
such quotation.
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Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors
who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
the issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election
or elected to such Board of Directors
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with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or
election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the
Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a
nominee for election as a director).
“
Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings.
“
Investment Grade ” means a rating of BBB- or better by
Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of
Fitch), Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under
any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and a rating of
BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor
rating categories of S&P) or the equivalent investment grade
credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies
selected by the Company.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.
“
Rating Agency ” means (1) any Fitch,
Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch,
Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make
a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the
Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization” within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, selected by the Company as a replacement agency
for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Quotation Agent ” means any Reference Treasury Dealer
appointed by the Company.
“
Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (i) each of
Banc of America Securities LLC and RBS Securities Inc. (or their
respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) and their
respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the
foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer in New York City (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer
”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary
Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer
selected by the Company.
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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with
respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date,
the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as
a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the
Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date.
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Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any redemption
date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield
to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
redemption date.
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Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any person,
capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for
the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions)
of such person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by
the happening of such a contingency.
Section 2.02
Other Definitions .
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Term
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Defined in
Section
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1.03
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Introduction
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1.05(b)
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1.05(b)
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“Second
Supplemental Indenture”
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Section 3.01
Optional Redemption .
(a) The
Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time
to time, at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal
to the greater of:
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(i)
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100% of the principal amount of the
Notes to be redeemed; and
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(ii)
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the
sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such
payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption),
discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points,
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plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of
redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest
on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling
on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the
Interest
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Payment Date to
the registered Holders as of the close of business on the Regular
Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.
(b) Notice
of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the
Notes to be redeemed by the Company or by the Trustee on the
Company’s behalf; provided that notice of redemption
may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if
the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes
or a satisfaction and discharge of the Notes. Unless the Company
defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the
redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or
portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the
Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected by lot by The Depository Trust Company, in the case of
Notes represented by a global Security, or by the Trustee by a
method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of
Notes that are not represented by a global Security.
Section 4.01
Change of Control.
(a) If
a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has
exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Company will make an
offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in
integral multiples of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a
repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal
amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase. Within 30 days
following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the
Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after
the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the
Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the
Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute
or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and
offering to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the
notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The
notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the
Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned
on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to
the payment date specified in the notice.
(b) The
Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other
securities laws and regulations there
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