WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE
CORPORATION
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 20,
2008
3.50% Convertible Notes due
2012
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Other
Provisions of General Application
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Definitions
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ARTICLE 2
The
Securities
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Designation
and Principal Amount
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Maturity
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Further
Issues
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Form of
Payment
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Global Notes
and Denomination of Notes
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Interest
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Reporting
Requirement
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ARTICLE 3
Fundamental Changes and
Purchases Thereupon
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Purchase at
Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
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Effect of
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
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Withdrawal
of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
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Deposit of
Fundamental Change Purchase Price
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Notes
Purchased in Whole or in Part
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Covenant to
Comply With Notes Laws Upon Purchase of Notes
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Repayment to
the Company
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ARTICLE 4
Conversion
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Right to
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Conversion
Procedures
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Payments
Upon Conversion
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Exchange in
Lieu of Conversion
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Adjustment
of Conversion Rate
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Adjustments
of Average Prices
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Adjustments
Upon Certain Fundamental Changes
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Effect of
Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or
Sale
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Responsibility of Trustee
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Notice to
Holders Prior to Certain Actions
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Stockholder
Rights Plan
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ARTICLE 5
Events of
Default
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Events of
Default
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Additional
Interest
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ARTICLE 6
Satisfaction and
Discharge
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of the Supplemental Indenture
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Deposited
Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee
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Paying Agent
to Repay Monies Held
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Return of
Unclaimed Monies
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 7
Supplemental
Indentures
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Amendments
or Supplements Without Consent of Holders
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Amendments,
Supplements or Waivers With Consent of Holders
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ARTICLE 8
Inapplicable Provisions of
the Base Indenture
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Redemption
of Securities
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Satisfaction
and Discharge; Defeasance
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ARTICLE 9
Merger, Consolidation And
Sale Of Assets
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Merger,
Consolidation and Sale of Assets
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ARTICLE 10
Additional
Amounts
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Additional
Amounts
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ARTICLE 11
Form of
Notes
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Form of
Notes
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ARTICLE 12
Original Issue of
Notes
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Original
Issue of Notes
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ARTICLE 13
Miscellaneous
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Ratification
of Indenture
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Trustee Not
Responsible for Recitals
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Governing
Law
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Separability
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Counterparts; Originals
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Payments on
Business Days
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No Security
Interest Created
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Trust
Indenture Act
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Benefits of
Indenture
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Calculations
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Table of
Contents, Headings, Etc
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EXHIBITS
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Form of
Note
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A-1
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Form of Notice
of Conversion
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B-1
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Form of
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
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C-1
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Form of
Assignment and Transfer
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D-1
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iii
SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 19, 2009 (this “
Supplemental Indenture ”), between Wyndham Worldwide
Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at 22
Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (the “ Company
”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, organized and in good standing under the laws of the
United States, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
WHEREAS, the
Company executed and delivered the indenture, dated as of
November 20, 2008, to the Trustee (the “Base
Indenture” and as hereby supplemented, the
“Indenture”), to provide for the issuance of the
Company’s debt Securities, to be issued in one or more
series;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide
for the establishment of a new series of its Securities under the
Base Indenture to be known as its “3.50% Convertible Notes
due 2012” (the “ Notes ”), the form and
substance and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be
set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors and the pricing committee thereof, pursuant to
resolutions duly adopted on November 20, 2008, May 11,
2009 and May 13, 2009, have duly authorized the issuance of
the Notes, and have authorized the proper officers of the Company
to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or
appropriate to effect each such issuance;
WHEREAS, this
Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to the
provisions of Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the
Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, and to make
the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company,
have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all
respects;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of
the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting
forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the forms and terms of
the Notes, the Company covenants and agrees, with the Trustee, as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Other
Provisions of General Application
SECTION 1.01 .
Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) each term
defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in
this Supplemental Indenture;
(b) the
singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(c) headings
are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(d) a
reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of
this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated;
and
(e) the
following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.01(e):
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02.
“
Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
“ Base
Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
“ Bid
Solicitation Agent ” means an independent nationally
recognized securities dealer selected by the Company to solicit
market bid quotations for the Notes, which shall in no event be an
Affiliate of the Company.
“ Cash
Make-Whole Premium ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07.
“ Change
in Domicile ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01.
“ Clause
A Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(a).
“ Clause
B Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(b).
“ Clause
C Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ Close
of Business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“ Common
Stock ” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Company as they exist on the date of this
Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section 4.08.
“
Continuing Director ” means a director who either was
a member of the Board of Directors on May 14, 2009 or becomes
a member of the Board of Directors subsequent to May 14, 2009
and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors on the Board of
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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.
“
Conversion Agent ” means the Trustee or such other
office or agency designated by the Company where Notes may be
presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent shall initially be
the Trustee.
“
Conversion Consideration ” has the meaning specified
in Section 4.07(a).
“
Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
“
Conversion Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
“
Conversion Price ” means, in respect of each Note, as
of any date, $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of
such date.
“
Conversion Rate ” means, initially, 78.5423 shares of
Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to
adjustment as set forth herein.
“
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with
respect to the Notes (so long as the Notes constitute Global
Notes), or any successor entity.
“ Daily
Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 30 consecutive
Trading Days during the Observation Period:
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the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to February 1, 2012,
31/3 % of the product of (i) the applicable Conversion Rate
and (ii) the Daily VWAP of Common Stock on such Trading Day;
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if
the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after February 1,
2012, the greater of (a) 31/3 % of the product of (1) the
applicable Conversion Rate and (2) the Daily VWAP of Common
Stock on such Trading Date and (b) $33.3333.
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“ Daily
VWAP ” means, for each of the 30 consecutive Trading Days
during the Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted
average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg
VWAP” on Bloomberg page “WYN.N <equity>
AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not
available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open 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 Common Stock
on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average
method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking
firm retained for such purpose by the Company). The Daily VWAP will
be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other
trading outside of the regular trading session trading
hours.
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Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company until
a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “
Depositary ” shall mean such successor
Depositary.
“
Designated Financial Institution ” has the meaning
specified in Section 4.07(a).
“
EDGAR ” means the SEC’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system or any successor
thereto.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“
Exchange Election ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means, in respect of any dividend
or distribution, the first date upon which the shares of Common
Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market,
regular way, without the right to receive such issuance or
distribution in question.
“
Fundamental Change ” will be deemed to have occurred
at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the
following occurs:
(1) a
“person” or “group” within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its
Subsidiaries, and its and their employee benefit plans, 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 “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;
(2) consummation
of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of
Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or
combination of Common Stock or any such recapitalization,
reclassification or change that is effected solely to change the
Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and results in a
reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of
Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving
entity) as a result of which Common Stock would be converted into,
or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets
or (B) consummation of any share exchange, consolidation or
merger of the Company pursuant to which 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
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 of the Company’s Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that a transaction where the
holders of more than 50% of all classes of the Company’s
common equity immediately prior to such transaction that is a share
exchange, consolidation or merger own, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of all classes of common equity of the continuing or
surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof
immediately after such event shall not be a Fundamental
Change;
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(3) Continuing
Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of
Directors;
(4) the
Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(5) the
Common Stock (or other common stock underlying the Notes) ceases to
be listed or quoted on a national securities exchange in the United
States.
For purposes of
this definition of Fundamental Change, any transaction or event
that constitutes a Fundamental Change under both clause
(1) and clause (2) of this definition of Fundamental
Change will be deemed to be solely a Fundamental Change under
clause (2).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Fundamental Change under clause (2) above
will not be deemed to have occurred if 90% of the consideration
received or to be received by the Company’s common
stockholders, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in
connection with the transaction or transactions constituting the
Fundamental Change consists of Publicly Traded Securities and as a
result of such transaction or transactions daily VWAP will be
determined based solely on the value of such Publicly Traded
Securities, subject to the provisions set forth under
Section 4.03 of this Supplemental Indenture.
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(b).
“
Fundamental Change Purchase Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a)(i).
“
Fundamental Change Purchase Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a).
“ Global
Note ” means any Note that is a Global
Security.
“
Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented
by this Supplemental Indenture as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this Supplemental Indenture and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively.
“ Initial
Dividend Threshold ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.05(d)(i).
“
Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to the
payment of interest on the Notes, each May 1 and November 1 of each
year.
“ Last
Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date
means the closing sale price per share of Common Stock (or if no
closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid
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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. securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for
trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the
relevant date, the “ Last Reported Sale Price ”
shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by Pink
Sheets LLC or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so
quoted, the “ Last Reported Sale Price ” shall
be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for
the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three
nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected
by the Company for this purpose.
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change in clause (1),
clause (2) or clause (5) of the definition of Fundamental
Change (determined after giving effect to any exceptions or
exclusions to such definition, but without regard to the
proviso in the clause (2) of the definition
thereof).
“ Market
Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the
primary United States national or regional securities exchange or
market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading
to open for trading during its regular trading session or
(ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York
City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for
more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular
trading hours for the Common Stock of any suspension or limitation
imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding
limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in
the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts
relating to the Common Stock.
“
Measurement Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(ii).
“ Merger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.08.
“ Merger
Common Stock ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.08.
“ Merger
Valuation Percentage ” for any Merger Event shall be
equal to (x) the arithmetic average of the Last Reported Sale
Prices of one share of such Merger Common Stock over the relevant
Merger Valuation Period (determined as if references to
“Common Stock” in the definition of “Last
Reported Sale Price” were references to the “Merger
Common Stock” for such Merger Event), divided by (y) the
arithmetic average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of one share of
Common Stock over the relevant Merger Valuation Period.
“ Merger
Valuation Period ” for any Merger Event means the five
consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding, but
excluding, the effective date for such Merger Event.
“ Mixed
Consideration Transaction ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.08.
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Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning
specified in the fifth paragraph of the recitals of this
Supplemental Indenture, and shall include any Additional Notes
issued pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
“
Observation Period ” with respect to any Note means
(i) prior to February 1, 2012, the 30 consecutive Trading
Day period beginning on and, including, the second Trading Day
after the related Conversion Date and (ii) if the relevant
Conversion Date occurs on or after February 1, 2012, the 30
consecutive Trading Days beginning on and including, the 32nd
Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding May 1,
2012.
“ Opening
of Business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
“ Paying
Agent ” means any Person (including the Company)
authorized by the Company to pay the principal amount of, interest
on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price of, any Notes on behalf of
the Company. The Paying Agent shall initially be the
Trustee.
“
Physical Notes ” means permanent certificated Notes
that are registered on the Register issued in denominations of
$2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
“ Place
of Payment ” means, for purposes of the Notes, New York
City, New York.
“
Principal Property ” means an asset or assets owned by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary having a gross book value
in excess of $50,000,000.
“
Publicly Traded Securities ” means, in respect of a
transaction described in clause (2) of the definition of
Fundamental Change, shares of common stock traded on a national
securities exchange or which will be so traded or quoted when
issued or exchanged in connection with a Fundamental
Change.
“ record
date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.05(f).
“ Record
Date ” means, with respect to the payment of interest on
the Notes, the April 15 (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on May 1 and the
October 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately
preceding an Interest Payment Date on November 1.
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.08.
“
Restricted Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the
Company (other than a Securitization Entity) that (i) is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more of
the Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and by one or
more of the Subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) is incorporated
under the laws of the United States or a state thereof and
(iii) owns a Principal Property.
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Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled
to be a Trading Day on the primary United States national
securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or
admitted for trading, “ Scheduled Trading Day ”
means a Business Day.
“
Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.03(a).
“
Securitization Entity ” means any Subsidiary or other
Person that is engaged solely in the business of effecting asset
securitization transactions and related activities.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.05(c).
“ Stated
Maturity ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02.
“ Stock
Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“
Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01.
“ Trading
Day ” means, except as provided in Section 4.03(c),
a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally
occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is
not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal
other United States national or regional securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is
not then listed on a United States national or regional securities
exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock
is then traded, and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the
Common Stock is available on such securities exchange or market. If
the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price
must be determined) is not so listed or traded, “ Trading
Day ” means a Business Day.
“ Trading
Price ” of the Notes on any date of determination means
the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the
Bid Solicitation Agent for $2 million principal amount of the
Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such
determination date from three independent nationally recognized
securities dealers the Company selects; provided that, if
three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid
Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average
of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can
reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid
shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably
obtain at least one bid for $2 million principal amount of the
Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed
to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price
of the Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate.
“ Trading
Price Condition ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(ii).
“ Trigger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.05(b).
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“
Underwriters ” means Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated,
Barclays Capital Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC, Corp.
“
Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting
Agreement, dated May 13, 2009, entered into by the Company and
the Underwriters in connection with the sale of the
Notes.
“
U.S. ” means the United States of America.
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.05(c).
SECTION 2.01 .
Designation and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized
and established a new series of Securities under the Base
Indenture, designated as the “3.50% Convertible Notes due
2012,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount.
The initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued
under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $230,000,000. Any
additional amounts of Notes to be issued shall be set forth in a
Company Order.
The Form of Note,
the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer shall be
substantially as set forth in Exhibits A, B, C and D, respectively,
hereto, which are incorporated into and shall be deemed a part of
this Supplemental Indenture, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the
rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Notes,
as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.
SECTION 2.02 .
Maturity. The stated maturity (“ Stated Maturity
”) of principal for the Notes shall be May 1,
2012.
SECTION 2.03 .
Further Issues. The Company may from time to time, without the
consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional notes
(“ Additional Notes ”) of such series, but only
if such Additional Notes are issued as part of a “qualified
reopening” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such
Additional Notes shall have the same ranking, interest rate,
maturity date and other terms as the Notes. Any such Additional
Notes, together with the Notes herein provided for, shall
constitute a single series of Securities under the
Indenture.
SECTION 2.04 .
Form of Payment. Payment of, and interest on the Notes shall be
payable in U.S. dollars.
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SECTION 2.05 .
Global Notes and Denomination of Notes. Upon the original
issuance, the Notes shall be represented by one or more Global
Notes. The Company shall issue the Notes in minimum denominations
of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and
shall deposit the Global Notes with the Trustee as custodian for
the Depositary and register the Global Notes in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee.
SECTION 2.06 .
Interest. The Notes shall bear interest (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from
May 19, 2009 at the rate of 3.50% per annum, payable
semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment
Date shall include interest accrued from May 19, 2009, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable are May 1 and November 1, commencing
on November 1, 2009; and the record date for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date is the Close of Business on
April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next
preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the
Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) will be payable
(i) to Holders of the Notes having an aggregate principal
amount of Notes of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the
Holders of these Notes at their address in the Register and
(ii) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of Notes
in excess of $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder at
its address in the Register or, upon application by a Holder to the
Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date, by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account
within the United States, which application shall remain in effect
until that Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the
contrary.
SECTION 2.07.
Reporting Requirement . (a) Any documents, reports or
other information that the Company is required to file with the SEC
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be
filed by the Company with the Trustee within 15 days after the
same are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to
any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange
Act). The Company shall otherwise comply with the requirements of
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Documents, reports or
other information filed by the Company with the SEC via EDGAR shall
be deemed to be filed with the Trustee as of the time such
documents, reports or other information are filed via EDGAR. The
Trustee does not have the duty to review such information,
documents or reports, is not considered to have notice of the
content of such information, documents or reports or any defaults
or Events of Default discernable therefrom and does not have a duty
to verify the accuracy of such information, documents or
reports.
(b) Delivery
of such information, documents and reports to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its
covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).
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ARTICLE 3
Fundamental Changes and
Purchases Thereupon
SECTION 3.01 .
Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change. ( a)
If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to May 1,
2012, then each Holder of Notes shall have the right, at such
Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase for cash
any or all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the
principal amount thereof, that is equal to $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, on a date specified by the
Company that is no earlier than the 20th calendar day following the
date of, and no later than the 35th calendar day following the date
of, delivery of the Fundamental Change Company Notice (as defined
below) (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Date
”), at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
including Additional Interest, to, but excluding, the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase
Price ”); provided , however , that if a
Fundamental Change Purchase Date is after a Record Date and on or
prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Record Date
relates, the interest payable in respect of such Interest Payment
Date shall be payable to the Holders of record as of the
corresponding Record Date and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price
shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
purchased pursuant to this Article 3. The requirement for the
Company to purchase any Notes on the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date will be subject to extension to comply with applicable
law.
Purchases of Notes
under this Section 3.01 shall be made, at the option of the
Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery to
the Paying Agent by a Holder, prior to the Close of Business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date of a duly completed notice (the “ Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice ”) in the form set forth on the reverse
of the Note as Exhibit C thereto; and
(ii) delivery or
book-entry transfer of the Notes to the Trustee (or other Paying
Agent appointed by the Company) (together with all necessary
endorsements) at any time prior to the Close of Business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date at the applicable Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), such delivery being a
condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change
Purchase Price therefor; provided that such Fundamental
Change Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this
Section 3.01 only if the Notes so delivered to the Paying
Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in
the related Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.
The Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased
shall state:
(iii) if such
Notes are Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of such
Notes;
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(iv) the portion
of the principal amount of such Notes, which must be $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and
(v) that such
Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture;
provided , however , that if such Notes are not in
global form, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must comply
with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by this
Section 3.01 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in
part, such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice at any time prior to
the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of
withdrawal to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the
Company) in accordance with Section 3.03 below.
The Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify
the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(b)
Fundamental Change Company Notice . On or before the 20th
calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the
Company shall provide to all Holders of record of the Notes, the
Trustee and Paying Agent (in the case of any Paying Agent other
than the Trustee) a notice (the “ Fundamental Change
Company Notice ”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental
Change and of the purchase right at the option of the Holders
arising as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be by first class
mail or, in the case of any Global Notes, in accordance with the
procedures of the Depositary for providing notices. Simultaneously
with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company
shall publish a notice containing the information included therein
in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or
publish such information on the Company’s website or through
such other public medium as the Company may use at such
time.
Each Fundamental
Change Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the events
causing a Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of
the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the last
date on which a Holder of Notes may exercise the repurchase right
pursuant to this Article 3;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
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(vi) the name and
address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if
applicable;
(vii) if
applicable, the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to
the applicable Conversion Rate;
(viii) if
applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be
converted into cash only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the Indenture;
and
(ix) the
procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to
purchase their Notes.
No failure of the
Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall
limit the Holders of Notes purchase rights or affect the validity
of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.01.
(c) No
Payment During Events of Default . There shall be no purchase
of any Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01 if the principal
amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has
not been rescinded, on or prior to such date. The Paying Agent will
promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Notes held by
it during the continuance of an acceleration of the principal
amount of the Notes, in which case, upon such return, the
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be
deemed to have been withdrawn.
SECTION 3.02 .
Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice. Upon receipt by
the Trustee or Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice specified in Section 3.01 hereof, the Holder of the
Note in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
was given shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is
withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof) thereafter
be entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price
in cash with respect to such Note. Such Fundamental Change Purchase
Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by
the Paying Agent, on the later of (x) the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date with respect to such Note ( provided the
conditions in Section 3.01 hereof have been satisfied) and (y)
the time of delivery of such Note to the Paying Agent by the Holder
thereof in the manner required by Section 3.01
hereof.
SECTION 3.03 .
Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice. A Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written
notice of withdrawal delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent in
accordance with the Fundamental Change Company Notice at any time
prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
specifying:
(i) the principal
amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted;
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(ii) if Physical
Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes; and
(iii) the
principal amount of such Notes that remains subject to the original
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which portion must be in
principal amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof;
provided , however , that if Physical Notes have
not been issued, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures
of the Depositary.
The Paying Agent
will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Notes
with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been
withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of this
Section 3.03.
SECTION 3.04 .
Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price. Prior to
10:00 a.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the
Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided herein)
an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on
such Business Day) sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change
Purchase Price, of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be
purchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date. If the Paying
Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase
Price of any Note for which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this
Supplemental Indenture on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
then as of such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, (a) such
Note will cease to be outstanding and interest, including any
Additional Interest, if any, will cease to accrue thereon (whether
or not book-entry transfer of such Note is made or such Note is
delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights of the
Holder in respect thereof will terminate (other than the right to
receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.
SECTION 3.05 .
Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part. Any Note that is to be
purchased, whether in whole or in part, shall be surrendered at the
office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note,
without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal
amount of the Note so surrendered that is not purchased. Any Notes
that are purchased or owned by the Company whether or not in
connection with a Fundamental Change shall be submitted to the
Trustee for cancellation and shall be duly retired by the
Company.
SECTION 3.06 .
Covenant to Comply With Notes Laws Upon Purchase of Notes. In
connection with any offer to purchase Notes under Section 3.01
hereof, the Company shall, in each case if required (i) comply
with Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer
rules
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under the
Exchange Act that may then be applicable, (ii) file a
Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange
Act and (iii) otherwise comply with all federal and state
securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under
Section 3.01 to be exercised in the time and in the manner
specified in Section 3.01.
SECTION 3.07 .
Repayment to the Company. To the extent that the aggregate
amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.04 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase
Price of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is
obligated to purchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
then, following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Trustee
or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly return any
such excess to the Company.
SECTION 4.01 .
Right to Convert. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with
the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, each Holder of Notes
shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert the
principal amount of any such Notes, or any portion of such
principal amount that is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof, into cash at the applicable Conversion Rate then
in effect, (x) prior to the Close of Business on the Business
Day immediately preceding February 1, 2012, only upon
satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described in clauses
(i) through (iv) below and (y) on or after
February 1, 2012, at any time prior to the Close of Business
on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding
May 1, 2012 irrespective of the conditions described in
clauses (i) through (iv) below:
(i) Prior to the
Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding
February 1, 2012, a Holder of Notes may surrender all or a portion
of its Notes for conversion into cash during any fiscal quarter
(and only during such fiscal quarter) commencing after June 30,
2009 if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at
least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the
period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading
Day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or
equal to 130% of the applicable Conversion Price in effect on each
applicable Trading Day.
(ii) Prior to the
Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding
February 1, 2012, a Holder of Notes may surrender its Notes for
conversion into cash during the five Business Day period after any
10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Measurement
Period ”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder of
Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
4.01(a)(ii), for each day of such period was less than 98% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
applicable Conversion Rate (the “ Trading Price
Condition ”). The Bid Solicitation Agent shall have no
obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes in
accordance with this Section 4.01(a)(ii) unless requested by
the Company, and the Company shall
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have no
obligation to make such request unless a Holder of Notes provides
the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than 98% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
applicable Conversion Rate. Promptly (but in any event within two
Business Days) after receiving such evidence, the Company shall
instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to determine the Trading Price
of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day after the Company
has delivered such instructions and on each successive Trading Day
until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is
greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported
Sale Price of the Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate.
If the Company does not so instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to
obtain bids when required, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of the Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
applicable Conversion Rate on each day the Company fails to do so.
If the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Company shall so
notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent. If, at any
time after the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Trading
Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than 98% of
the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and
the Conversion Rate for such date, the Company shall so notify the
holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent.
(iii) If the
Company elects to:
(A) issue to all
or substantially all holders of Common Stock certain rights or
warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 45 calendar
days after the announcement date of such issuance to subscribe for
or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock for
the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance;
or
(B) distribute to
all or substantially all holders of Common Stock assets, debt
securities or certain rights to purchase securities of the Company,
which distribution has a per share value, as reasonably determined
by the Board of Directors, exceeding 10% of the Last Reported Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day preceding the date of
announcement for such distribution,
then, in each
case, the Company shall notify the Holders of the Notes, in the
manner provided in Section 16.04 of the Base Indenture, at
least 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for
such issuance or distribution. Once the Company has given such
notice, Holders may surrender Notes for conversion into cash at any
time until the earlier of the Close of Business, on the Business
Day immediately prior to such Ex-Dividend Date and the
Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution
will not take place, even if the Notes are not otherwise
convertible at such time.
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(iv) If a
transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change or a
Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, regardless of whether a
Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase the Notes
pursuant to Article 3 hereof, or if the Company is a party to
a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, or transfer or
lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets,
pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash,
securities or other assets, Holders may surrender Notes for
conversion into cash at any time from and after the date that is
the later of (i) 40 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the
anticipated effective date of such transaction and (ii) the
date the Company publicly announces such date until the date that
is 45 Trading Days after the actual effective date of such
transaction (or, if such transaction also constitutes a Fundamental
Change, until the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date). The
Company will publicly announce and shall notify Holders and the
Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date the Company
determines the anticipated effective date of such transaction. If a
Holder converts its Notes prior to the Close of Business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the actual effective date of any
transaction described in this Section 4.01(a)(iv) and the
relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to February 1, 2012,
irrespective of whether one or more other conditions to conversion
described in Section 4.01 have been satisfied, such conversion
will be deemed to have occurred pursuant to this
Section 4.01(a)(iv).
(b) Notes may
not be converted into cash after the Close of Business on the
second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding May 1,
2012.
SECTION 4.02 .
Conversion Procedures. ( a) Each Note shall be convertible into
cash at the office of the Conversion Agent.
(b) In order
to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any interest
in a Global Note, the Holder must complete the appropriate
instruction form for conversion pursuant to the Depositary’s
book-entry conversion program, furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents if required by the Company, the Trustee or
Conversion Agent, and pay the funds, if any, required by
Section 4.03(b) and, if required, pay all taxes or duties, if
any. The Trustee or Conversion Agent must be informed of the
conversion in accordance with customary practice of the Depositary.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any
Physical Notes, the Holder of any such Notes to be converted, in
whole or in part, shall:
(i) complete and
manually sign the conversion notice provided on the back of the
Note (the “ Conversion Notice ”) or a facsimile
of the Conversion Notice;
(ii) deliver the
Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the
Conversion Agent;
(iii) if required,
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents,
(iv) make any
payment required under Section 4.03(b); and
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(v) if required,
pay all transfer or similar taxes.
The date on
which the Holder satisfies all of the applicable requirements set
forth above is the “ Conversion Date .” The
Trustee will, as promptly as possible, and in any event within two
(2) Business Days, provide the Company with notice of any
conversion by Holders of the Notes.
(c) Each
Conversion Notice shall state the name or names (with address or
addresses) in which any certificate or certificates for shares of
Common Stock which shall be issuable on such conversion shall be
issued. All such Notes surrendered for conversion shall, unless the
shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as
the registration of such Notes, be duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company duly executed by, the Holder or his duly authorized
attorney.
(d) In case
any Notes of a denomination greater than $2,000 shall be
surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the
Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized
denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the surrendered Notes.
(e) Upon the
conversion of an interest in Global Notes, the Trustee (or other
Conversion Agent appointed by the Company) shall make a notation on
such Global Notes as to the reduction in the principal amount
represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of any conversions of Notes effected through any Conversion
Agent other than the Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Note in respect of which a Holder has delivered a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice exercising such Holder’s
option to require the Company to purchase such Note may be
converted only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in
accordance with Article 3 hereof prior to the Close of
Business on the Business Day prior to the relevant Fundamental
Change Purchase Date.
SECTION 4.03 .
Payments Upon Conversion. Except as set forth in
Section 4.07(a), upon any conversion of any Note, on the third
Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the
relevant Observation Period, the Company shall pay cash to
converting Holders, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of
Notes being converted, in an amount (the “ Settlement
Amount ”) equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values
for each of the 30 consecutive Trading Days during the applicable
Observation Period for such Note.
(a) Subject
to Section 4.03(b) below, upon conversion, Holders shall not
receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest
unless such conversion occurs between a Record Date and the
Interest Payment Date to which it relates.
(b) Upon the
conversion of any Notes, the Holder will not be entitled to receive
any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest, if any, except to the extent specified below.
The Company’s payment to the Holder of the full amount of
cash into which a Note is convertible, will be deemed to satisfy in
full the Company’s obligation to
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pay the
principal amount of the Notes so converted and accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not including,
the Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Conversion
Date will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled,
extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes
are converted after the Close of Business on a Record Date for the
payment of interest, Holders of such Notes at the Close of Business
on such Record Date will receive the full amount of interest and
Additional Interest, if any, payable on such Notes on the
corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion.
Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from Close of
Business on any Record Date to the Opening of Business, on the
immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by
funds equal to the full amount of interest and Additional Interest,
if any, payable on the Notes so converted; provided that no
such payment need be made (i) if the Company has specified a
Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Record Date and on
or prior to the third Trading Day after the corresponding Interest
Payment Date; (ii) for conversions following the Record Date
immediately preceding May 1, 2012 or (iii) to the extent
of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time
of conversion with respect to such Note.
(c) Solely
for purposes of determining the consideration due upon conversion
under this Section 4.03, and notwithstanding the definition of
“Trading Day” contained in Section 1.01, “
Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) there is
no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in the Common
Stock generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the
Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on
the principal other United States national or regional securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common
Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional
securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the
Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock (or other security
for which a Daily VWAP must be determined) is not so listed or
traded, “ Trading Day ” means a Business
Day.
SECTION 4.04 .
Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.
(a) When a
Holder surrenders its Notes for conversion, the Company may, at its
election (an “ Exchange Election ”), direct the
Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the second Business
Day following the Conversion Date, such Notes to a financial
institution designated by the Company (the “ Designated
Financial Institution ”) for exchange in lieu of
conversion. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for
conversion, the Designated Financial Institution must agree to
timely pay, in exchange for such Notes (together with such
Holder’s Conversion Notice and, if required, appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents), the cash that would otherwise
be due upon conversion pursuant to Section 4.01 (the “
Conversion Consideration ”) and in respect of which
the Company has notified converting Holders. If the Company makes
an Exchange Election, the Company will, by the Close of Business on
the Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date, notify the
Holder surrendering its Notes for conversion that it has made such
an Exchange Election and will notify the Designated Financial
Institution of the relevant deadline for delivery of the Conversion
Consideration.
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(b) Subject
to the immediately following sentence, any Notes exchanged by the
Designated Financial Institution will remain outstanding. If the
Designated Financial Institution agrees to accept any Notes for
exchange but does not timely deliver the cash due upon conversion,
or if such Designated Financial Institution does not accept the
Notes for exchange, the Company will deliver the cash due upon
conversion as if the Company had not made an Exchange
Election.
(c) For the
avoidance of doubt, in no event will the Company’s
designation of a Designated Financial Institution pursuant to this
Section 4.04 require the Designated Financial Institution to
accept any Notes for exchange.
SECTION 4.05 .
Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following
events occurs, except that the Company will not make any adjustment
to the Conversion Rate if Holders of Notes participate, at the same
time as holders of Common Stock and as a result of holding the
Notes, in any of the transactions described in this
Section 4.04, at the same time as holders of the Common Stock
participate, without having to convert their Notes as if such
Holders held the full number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
product of the Conversion Rate and the applicable principal amount
of such Holders’ Notes.
(a) If the
Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Notes
are outstanding, exclusively issues shares of its Common Stock as a
dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, or if the
Company effects a share split or share combination, then the
Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following
formula:
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the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Opening of
Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution,
or immediately prior to the Opening of Business on the effective
date of such share split or share combination, as
applicable;
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CR 1 =
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the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Opening of Business
on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date;
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OS 0 =
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the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such
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