ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
$402,500,000 principal amount
of
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due
2014
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SECTION 1.01. Capitalized Terms
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SECTION 1.03. Definitions
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General Terms and Conditions of the
Notes
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SECTION 2.01. Designation and Principal
Amount
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SECTION 2.03. No Optional Redemption
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SECTION 2.04. No Sinking Fund
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SECTION 2.05. No Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance
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SECTION 2.06. Limited Satisfaction and
Discharge
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SECTION 2.07. Form and Payment
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Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon
a Fundamental Change
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SECTION 4.01.
Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon a Fundamental
Change
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SECTION 4.02. Further Conditions and Procedures
for Purchase at the Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental
Change
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SECTION 5.01. Conversion of Notes
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SECTION 5.02. Adjustments to Conversion
Rate
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SECTION 5.03. Effect of Reclassification,
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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SECTION 5.04. Adjustment upon Certain
Fundamental Changes
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SECTION 5.05. Stockholder Rights Plan
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SECTION 5.06. Trustee Adjustment
Disclaimer
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Events of Default and Remedies
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SECTION 6.01. Additional Events of
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SECTION 6.02. Exception to Remedies
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Modification and Amendment
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SECTION 7.01. Modification and
Amendment
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SECTION 8.01. Ratification of Base
Indenture
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SECTION 8.02. Application of Supplemental
Indenture
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SECTION 8.03. Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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SECTION 8.04. Conflict with Base
Indenture
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SECTION 8.05. Withholding Offset
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SECTION 8.06. Calculations in Respect of
Notes
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SECTION 8.07. Governing Law
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SECTION 8.09. Counterparts
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SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Conversion
Agent
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SECTION 8.11. Trustee Disclaimer
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SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 2, 2009 (this “
Supplemental Indenture ”), to the Indenture (defined
below) between ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under
the Indenture (the “ Trustee ”).
WHEREAS,
the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an
Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the “ Base
Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to
time of its Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture), to be
issued in one or more series as therein provided (“
Securities ”);
WHEREAS,
Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture provide
that the Company, when authorized by an Establishment Action (as
defined in the Base Indenture), and the Trustee may, without the
consent of the Holders (as defined in the Base Indenture) of
Securities, enter into one or more supplemental indentures, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, to establish the form or terms of
Securities of any series permitted by the Base
Indenture;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the
“ Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented ”),
the Company duly authorized the creation and issuance of a series
of its Securities designated as the 9.375% Senior Notes due 2019,
of which $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount were issued and
are Outstanding on the date hereof;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to
provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to
be known as its 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (the
“ Notes ”), the form and substance of such Notes
and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as
provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture
(together, the “ Indenture ”);
WHEREAS,
the Company has duly authorized the creation and issuance of such
Notes under the Base Indenture, and has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to supplement
the Base Indenture and to provide certain additional provisions as
hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS,
the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its
terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, and all acts and things
necessary have been done and performed to make this Supplemental
Indenture enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized in all respects.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained
herein, each party agrees for the benefit of each other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as
follows:
SECTION
1.01. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.
SECTION
1.02. References. References in this Supplemental Indenture
to article and section numbers shall be deemed to be references to
article and section numbers of this Supplemental Indenture unless
otherwise specified.
SECTION
1.03. Definitions. For purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them
as follows:
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Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 6.02.
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Additional Shares ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.04(a).
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Adjustment Event ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.02(l).
“
Base Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the
recitals.
“
Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented ” has the
meaning provided in the recitals.
“
Beneficial Owner ” means any person who is considered
a beneficial owner of a security in accordance with Rule 13d-3
promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act.
“
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking
S.A.
“
Common Stock ” means the Common Stock, par value $0.10
per share, of the Company existing on the Issue Date or any other
shares of capital stock into which such Common Stock shall be
reclassified or changed.
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Company Notice ” has the meaning provided in
Section 4.01(b).
“
Company Notice Date ” has the meaning provided in
Section 4.01(b).
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Conversion Agent ” means the office or agency
appointed by the Company where Notes may be presented for
conversion. The Conversion Agent shall initially be the
Trustee.
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Conversion Date ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.01(a).
“
Conversion Price ” means, in respect of each $1,000
principal amount of Notes, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate,
as may be adjusted from time to time as set forth
herein.
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Conversion Rate ” means, in respect of each $1,000
principal amount of Notes, initially 23.9263 shares of Common
Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
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Depositary ” has the meaning provided in
Section 2.07.
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Determination Date ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.02(l).
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Effective Date ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.04(c).
“
Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as
operator of the Euroclear System.
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means the first date on which the
shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in
the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive
the issuance or distribution in question.
“
Expiration Time ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.02(e).
“
Fair Market Value ” means the amount that a willing
buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm’s length
transaction.
A
“ Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have
occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued that 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, a Subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plans
of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company files a
Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule,
form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing that such
person 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 all shares of the Company’s common equity
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless
such Beneficial Ownership arises as a result of a revocable proxy
delivered in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation
made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act; provided that no person or group shall be
deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities tendered
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on
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behalf of such
person or group until such tendered securities are accepted for
purchase or exchange under such offer;
(2) consummation
of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the
Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or
combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be
converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other
property or assets or (B) any statutory share exchange,
consolidation or merger involving the Company pursuant to which the
Common Stock shall 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 the Company’s
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or
more of the Company’s Subsidiaries, other than any
transaction:
(a) involving a
consolidation or merger that does not result in a reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancellation of the outstanding Common
Stock;
(b) where the
Holders of more than 50% of all classes of the Company’s
common equity immediately prior to such transaction that is a
statutory share exchange, consolidation or merger own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of common equity of the
continuing or surviving entity or transferee or the parent entity
thereof immediately after such transaction; or
(c) 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; or
(3) the Common
Stock (or other capital stock or American Depositary Receipts into
which the Notes are then convertible pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture) ceases to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or their
respective successors);
provided , however , that a Fundamental Change as
a result of clause (2) above shall not be deemed to have
occurred if 90% or more of the consideration received or to be
received by the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments
for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to
dissenters’ appraisal rights) in connection with the
transaction or transactions constituting the Fundamental Change
consists of shares of capital stock or American Depositary Receipts
traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select
Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or their respective successors)
or which shall be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection
with the transaction that would otherwise be a Fundamental Change
(these securities being referred to as “ Publicly Traded
Securities ”) and as a result of this transaction
or
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transactions
the Notes become convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities,
excluding cash payments for fractional shares.
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Fundamental Change Purchase Date ” has the meaning
provided in Section 4.01(a).
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Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” has the meaning
provided in Section 4.01(c).
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Fundamental Change Purchase Price ” has the meaning
provided in Section 4.01(a).
“
Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the
recitals.
“
Initial Dividend Threshold ” has the meaning provided
in Section 5.02(d).
“
Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning provided in
Section 2.08(a).
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Issue Date ” means June 2, 2009.
“
Last Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any
Trading Day 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 average ask prices) of the Common Stock on that
Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal
United States national or regional securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed for
trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange
on the relevant Trading Day, 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 Trading Day as reported by
the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization selected by
the Company. If the Common Stock is not so listed or 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 such
purpose.
“
Notes ” has the meaning provided in the
recitals.
“
Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any
Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the
Company.
“
Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in
Section 2.07.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or political subdivision thereof.
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Publicly Traded Securities ” has the meaning provided
in the definition of Fundamental Change in this
Section 1.03.
“
Record Date ” means, in respect of a dividend or
distribution to holders of Common Stock, the date fixed for
determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution.
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.03(a).
“
Regular Record Date ” for the payment of interest on
the Notes (including Additional Interest, if any), means the
May 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding
the Interest Payment Date on June 1 and the November 15
(whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date on December 1.
“
Reorganization Event ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.03(a).
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled
to be a Trading Day on the primary securities exchange or market on
which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading. If the
Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to trading, “
Scheduled Trading Day ” means a Business
Day.
“
Securities ” has the meaning provided in the
recitals.
“
Security Registrar ” means the Trustee.
“
Settlement Date ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.01(a).
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Spin-Off ” has the meaning provided in
Section 5.02(c).
“
Stated Maturity Date ” means June 1,
2014.
“
Stock Price ” means, with respect to a Fundamental
Change, (i) if such Fundamental Change is a transaction
described in clause (1) or (2) of the definition thereof
and holders of Common Stock receive only cash as a result of such
Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share of the Common
Stock and (ii) in all other cases, the average of the Last
Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive
Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the Effective Date.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the
“ parent ”) at any date, any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
owning a majority of the shares of securities or other interests
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
another governing body (other than securities or interests having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at
the time beneficially owned directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, or both by the parent.
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“
Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning provided in
the preamble.
“
Trading Day ” means a day during which trading in
securities generally occurs on the principal United States national
or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then
listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed or admitted to trading on a United States national or
regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on
which the Common Stock is then traded; provided ,
however , that if the Common Stock is not so listed or
traded, “ Trading Day ” means a Business
Day.
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Withholding Agent ” means the office or agency
appointed by the Company to withhold the appropriate amount from
any payment, to which withholding applies, made by the Company to a
Holder in respect of the Notes. The Withholding Agent appointed by
the Company shall initially be the Trustee.
“
$ ” means United States dollars.
General Terms and Conditions of
the Notes
SECTION
2.01. Designation and Principal Amount. The Notes are hereby
authorized and are designated the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2014, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$402,500,000. The Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount
of $350,000,000, which amount shall be set forth in the Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture. in addition, the Company
may issue, from time to time in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture, additional Notes having the same terms and
conditions as the Notes issued on the date hereof in all respects
(except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue
date of such additional Notes), so that such additional Notes shall
be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes issued on
the date hereof and shall be governed by the terms of the
Indenture[; provided , however , that any such
additional Notes must be part of the same issue as the previously
issued Notes for U.S. Federal income tax purposes].
SECTION
2.02. Maturity. The principal amount of the Notes shall be
payable on June 1, 2014.
SECTION
2.03. No Optional Redemption. The Notes issued under this
Supplemental Indenture shall not be redeemable at the election of
the Company prior to their Stated Maturity.
SECTION
2.04. No Sinking Fund. No sinking fund will be provided with
respect to the Notes.
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SECTION
2.05. No Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Notes shall
not be subject to Article XIII of the Base
Indenture.
SECTION
2.06. Limited Satisfaction and Discharge. The Notes shall
not be subject to Section 4.01(1)(B)of the Base
Indenture.
SECTION
2.07. Form and Payment. The Notes shall be issued in
substantially the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto and shall
have the terms set forth in such form and shall initially be Global
Securities for purposes of the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be
issued in fully registered book-entry form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
The
Depositary in respect of the Notes represented by Global Securities
shall be The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”).
The Global Securities representing the Notes shall be deposited
with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered in
the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. Except as otherwise set
forth in Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture, the Global
Securities may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to
another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor of the
Depositary or its nominee.
The
Trustee shall act as Paying Agent for the Notes. The Company may
choose to pay interest by mailing checks or making wire transfers.
All money paid by the Company to any Paying Agent that remains
unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due to
Holders shall be repaid to the Company, subject to any applicable
abandoned property laws. After such two-year period, Holders may
look only to the Company for payment and not to the Trustee, any
other Paying Agent or anyone else. The Company may also arrange for
additional payment offices, and may cancel or change these offices,
including any use of the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office.
The Company may appoint and change the Paying Agent without prior
notice to the Holders.
SECTION
2.08. Interest. (a) Interest on the Notes shall accrue
at the rate of 4.25% per annum from and including the date
specified on the face of such Notes until the principal thereof is
paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment. Interest on the
Notes shall be payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and
December 1, commencing on December 1, 2009 (each an
“ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the
Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date (other than an
Interest Payment Date coinciding with the Stated Maturity Date or
earlier required repurchase date upon a Fundamental Change) of a
Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest
Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day
and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from
the Interest Payment Date to the next succeeding Business Day. If
the Stated Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day,
any required payments of interest and principal shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day and no interest (or Additional
Interest) on such payment shall accrue for the period from and
after the Stated Maturity Date to such next succeeding Business
Day. If a Fundamental Change Purchase Date falls on a day that is
not a Business Day, the Company shall purchase the Notes tendered
for purchase on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest
(or Additional
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Interest) on
such Notes shall accrue for the period from and after the earlier
Fundamental Change Purchase Date to such next succeeding Business
Day.
(b) Holders
of Notes at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Regular Record
Date shall receive payment of interest (including any Additional
Interest) payable on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion of such Notes at any time after
5:00 p.m., New York City time on such Regular Record Date.
Notes surrendered for conversion during the period after
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Regular Record Date to
9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to
the interest (including any Additional Interest) that the Holder is
to receive on the Notes on such Interest Payment Date;
provided , however , that no such payment need be
made (i) for conversions following the Regular Record Date
immediately preceding the Stated Maturity Date; (ii) if the
Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is
after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding
Interest Payment Date or (iii) to the extent of any overdue
interest (including any overdue Additional Interest), if any
overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to
such Note. The Company’s delivery to the Holder of the shares
of Common Stock, together with any cash payment for any fractional
shares into which a Note is convertible, shall be deemed to satisfy
in full the Company’s obligation to pay (i) the
principal amount of the Note and (ii) accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not including,
the Conversion Date.
Purchase of Notes at the Option
of Holders upon a Fundamental Change
SECTION
4.01. Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon a
Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change
occurs at any time, each Holder shall have the right, at such
Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase any or
all of the Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the principal
amount thereof, that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest,
including Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change
Purchase Price ”); provided , however ,
that if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date occurs after a Regular
Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment
Date, the Company shall pay accrued and unpaid interest plus
Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date to the record Holder on the Regular Record
Date corresponding to such Interest Payment Date and the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price payable to the Holder who
presents the Note for repurchase shall be 100% of the principal
amount of such Note. The
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Fundamental
Change Purchase Date shall be a Business Day specified by the
Company that is no later than the 35th calendar day following
the date of the Company Notice delivered in connection with such
Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 4.01(b) (subject to
extension to comply with applicable law, as provided in
Section 4.02(d)) (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase
Date ”). Any Notes purchased by the Company shall be paid
for in cash.
(b)
Notice of Fundamental Change. The Company shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered in accordance with the last paragraph of this
Section 4.01(b), notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change and of the purchase rights arising as a result thereof
(each, a “ Company Notice ”) to the Holders at
their addresses shown in the Security Register maintained by the
Security Registrar, and to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, on or
before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of the
Fundamental Change (each such date of delivery, a “
Company Notice Date ”). Each Company Notice shall
include a form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to be
completed by a Holder and shall state:
(i) the events
causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of
the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the last
date on which a Holder may exercise its repurchase rights under
Section 4.01;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
(vi) the name and
address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vii) the
applicable Conversion Rate and, if applicable, any adjustments to
the applicable Conversion Rate as a result of such Fundamental
Change;
(viii) that the
Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder
withdraws the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with
the terms of this Supplemental Indenture; and
(ix) the
procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to
purchase its Notes pursuant to Section 4.01.
Simultaneously
with providing such Company Notice, the Company shall publish a
notice containing the information in such Company Notice in a
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish
such information on its then existing website or through such other
public medium as it may use at that time.
(c)
Exercise of Option. For a Note to be so purchased at the
option of the Holder, the Holder must deliver, on or before the
Business Day immediately preceding
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the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply with
applicable law, the Notes to be purchased, duly endorsed for
transfer, together with a written purchase notice (a “
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ”) in the form
entitled “Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”
on the reverse side of the Notes duly completed, to the Paying
Agent. The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must include the
following information:
(i) if the Notes
are certificated, the certificate numbers of the Holder’s
Notes to be delivered for purchase;
(ii) the portion
of the principal amount of the Holder’s Notes to be
purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof; and
(iii) that the
Holder’s Notes shall be purchased as of the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date pursuant to applicable provisions of the Notes
and this Supplemental Indenture.
(d)
Procedures. The Company shall purchase from a Holder on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply
with applicable law, pursuant to this Section 4.01, Notes if
the principal amount of such Notes is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof if so requested by such Holder.
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all cash held by the Paying Agent
for the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and shall
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the cash held by it as Paying
Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to deliver all cash held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent.
Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for
the cash delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION
4.02. Further Conditions and Procedures for Purchase at the
Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change. (a) Upon
receipt by the Company of the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
specified in, and the Notes to be purchased as provided in,
Section 4.01(c), the Holder of the Notes in respect of which
such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given shall (unless
such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified
in this Section 4.02(a)) thereafter be entitled to receive
solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such
Notes. Such Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid by the
Paying Agent, solely from funds received from the Company for such
purpose, to such Holder promptly following the later of
(x) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to such
Notes (provided the conditions in this Article IV have been
satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer
of such Notes to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the
manner required by Section 4.01. Notes in respect of which a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder
thereof may not be converted on or after the date of the delivery
of such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice unless such
Fundamental
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Change Purchase
Notice has first been validly withdrawn as specified in this
Section 4.02(a). Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice contemplated by Section 4.01(c), shall
have the right at any time prior to the close of business on the
Business Day immediately prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date to withdraw such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (in whole
or in part) by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the
Paying Agent in accordance with this
Section 4.02(a).
The
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it
of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of
withdrawal thereof.
On
or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying
Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting
as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) cash
sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price
of the Notes to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.01. If the
Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of this
Supplemental Indenture, cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental
Change Purchase Price of such Notes on the second Business Day
after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then (i) the Notes
tendered for purchase and not withdrawn shall cease to be
Outstanding, and interest, including Additional Interest, if any,
shall cease to accrue on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date
(whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or
whether or not the Note is delivered to the Paying Agent); and
(ii) all other rights of the Holders with respect to Notes
tendered for purchase shall terminate on the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date (other than the right to receive the Fundamental
Change Purchase Price upon delivery or transfer of the Notes).
Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding of tax required by
law.
A
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn, in whole or in
part, by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the
office of the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the
Business Day immediately prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date. The notice of withdrawal shall state:
(i) the principal
amount of the withdrawn Notes;
(ii) if
certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the
withdrawn Notes, or if not certificated, the notice must comply
with appropriate DTC, Clearstream and/or Euroclear procedures;
and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice.
If
the Notes are certificated, the Paying Agent shall promptly return
to the respective Holders thereof any Notes with respect to which a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance
with this Supplemental Indenture.
(b)
Notes Purchased in Part. Any Notes that are to be purchased
only 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
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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 or the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Notes, 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
Notes so surrendered which is not purchased.
(c)
Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Notes. In
connection with any offer to purchase, or purchase of, Notes under
Section 4.01, the Company shall, to the extent applicable,
(a) comply with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 (and any successor
provisions thereto) under the Exchange Act; (b) file the
related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act; and (c) otherwise comply with
all applicable Federal and state securities laws. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture as described in
this Article IV, compliance by the Company with such laws and
regulations shall not in and of itself cause a breach of the
Company’s obligations described in this
Article IV.
(d)
Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall return to the Company any cash or property that remains
unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due to
Holders, together with interest that the Trustee or Paying Agent,
as the case may be, has expressly agreed in writing to pay, if any,
that is held by them for the payment of a Fundamental Change
Purchase Price; provided , however , that to the
extent that the aggregate amount of cash or property deposited by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(b), as applicable,
exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the
Notes or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to
purchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then promptly
on and after the second Business Day following the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return
any such excess to the Company together with interest that the
Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, has expressly agreed
in writing to pay, if any.
(e)
Officers’ Certificate. At least three Business Days
(or such lesser period as agreed to by the Trustee) before the
Company Notice Date, the Company shall deliver an Officers’
Certificate to the Trustee specifying whether the Company desires
the Trustee to give the Company Notice required by
Section 4.02(a) hereof.
SECTION
5.01. Conversion of Notes. Subject to the procedures for
conversion set forth in this Article V and at any time prior
to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day
preceding the Stated Maturity Date of the Notes, a Holder may
convert its Notes at their full principal amount, or any portion of
their principal amount that is equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, into shares of Common
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Stock at the
Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion. No payment or
adjustment shall be made for dividends on, or other distributions
with respect to, any Common Stock, except as expressly provided in
this Article V.
(a)
Conversion Procedures. The following procedures shall apply
to convert Notes:
(i) in respect of
a beneficial interest in a Global Security, a Beneficial Owner must
comply with the procedures of the Depositary for converting a
beneficial interest in a Global Security and, if required pursuant
to Section 2.08(b), pay funds equal to interest and Additional
Interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such
Beneficial Owner is not entitled, and if required, pay all taxes or
duties, if any; and
(ii) in respect of
a certificated Note, the Holder must (A) complete and manually
sign the conversion notice on the back of the note, or a facsimile
of the conversion notice; (B) deliver such conversion notice,
which is irrevocable, and the Note to the Conversion Agent;
(C) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents as
may be required by the Conversion Agent; (D) if required
pursuant to Section 5.02(c), pay all transfer or similar
taxes; and (E) if required pursuant to Section 2.08(b),
pay funds equal to interest and Additional Interest payable on the
next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not
entitled.
The
date a Holder complies with the foregoing requirements is the
“ Conversion Date ” hereunder. At the Conversion
Date the rights of the Holders of such converted Notes as Holders
shall cease, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated
for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common
Stock as and after such time. The Company shall issue and shall
deliver at such office or agency a certificate or certificates for
the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion,
together with payment in cash in lieu of any fractional shares, as
provided in Section 5.01(b), by the third Business Day
immediately following the Conversion Date (the “
Settlement Date ”). A Holder may convert a portion of
its Notes only if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof.
In
the case of any Note that is converted in part only, upon such
conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations in
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the
principal amount of such Note.
If
a Holder has already delivered a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
in connection with a Fundamental Change, with respect to a Note,
the Holder may not surrender that Note for conversion until the
Holder has validly withdrawn the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture.
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If
more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time
by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions
thereof) so surrendered.
(b)
Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares. The Company
shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion
of Notes. Instead the Company shall deliver cash, rounded to the
nearest whole cent, for such fractional shares based on the Last
Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the applicable
Conversion Date.
(c)
Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts Notes, the Company
shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax
due on the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such conversion;
provided , however , the Holder shall pay any such
tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common
Stock to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name.
The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name
other than the Holder’s name until the Conversion Agent
receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which shall be due because
the shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s
name, but the Conversion Agent shall have no duty to determine if
any such tax is due. Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding
of tax required by law.
(d)
Certain Covenants of the Company. (i) The Company
shall, prior to issuance of any Notes hereunder, and from time to
time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but
unissued Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held in treasury,
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock, free of preemptive
rights, to permit the conversion of the Notes, calculated assuming
the maximum number of Additional Shares are issuable upon
conversion of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.04.
(ii) All shares of
Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Notes shall be newly
issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly issued
and fully
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