Exhibit 4.4
EXECUTION
COPY
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC.
(FORMERLY ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS,
INC.)
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of February 26, 2009
Supplementing the Indenture
Dated as of July 18, 2005
1.375% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due
2025
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this
“Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
February 26, 2009, between Abbott Medical Optics Inc., a
Delaware corporation (formerly Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.)
(the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee (the “Trustee”), under the Indenture, dated as
of July 18, 2005 (as amended and supplemented, the
“Indenture”). Terms used herein but not otherwise
herein defined have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee
have heretofore executed and delivered the Indenture providing for
the issuance by the Company of 1.375% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Company is a party to
an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2009
(as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Merger
Agreement”), by and among Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois
corporation (“Abbott”), Rainforest Acquisition Inc., a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott (the
“Purchaser”), and the Company, pursuant to which the
Purchaser merged with and into the Company (the
“Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger and
becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott;
WHEREAS, the Merger became effective
at 4:35 p.m., Eastern time, on February 26, 2009 (the
“Effective Time”) and, from and after the Effective
Time, each share of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (other than Common Stock owned by the
Company, Abbott, the Purchaser (prior to the Merger) or any of
their respective subsidiaries and Common Stock held by dissenting
holders of Common Stock who properly exercise appraisal rights
under Delaware law), by virtue of the Merger and without any action
on the part of the holders of the Common Stock, was cancelled in
exchange for the right to receive $22.00 per share, net to the
seller in cash, without interest and subject to any withholding
taxes;
WHEREAS,
Section 15.06(a) of the Indenture provides that in
connection with the Merger the Company shall execute with the
Trustee a supplemental indenture providing for the conversion and
settlement of Notes as set forth in the Indenture;
WHEREAS,
Section 15.06(b) of the Indenture provides that the
Conversion Value with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of
Notes tendered for conversion on or after the second Trading Day
immediately preceding the effective date of the Merger shall be
calculated based on the kind and amount of consideration receivable
by a holder of Common Stock holding, immediately prior to the
Merger, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the Merger;
WHEREAS,
Section 11.01(a) of the Indenture provides that the
Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board