THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
Dated as of March 30,
2009
Supplemental to
Indenture
Dated as of November 1,
1995
5.50% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2014
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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Scope of
Supplemental Indenture
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Definitions
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ARTICLE 2
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THE SECURITIES
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Title and
Terms; Payments
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Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes
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CUSIP
Numbers
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Reporting
Requirement
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ARTICLE 3
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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 Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of Notes
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Repayment to
the Company
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ARTICLE 4
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CONVERSION
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Right to
Convert
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Conversion
Procedures
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Payments
Upon Conversion
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Adjustment
of Conversion Rate
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Certain
Other Adjustments
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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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Taxes on
Shares Issued
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Reservation
of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance With Governmental
Requirements; Listing of Common Stock
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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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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
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ARTICLE 5
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REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Additional
Interest
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Company
Compliance Certificates and Notice of Defaults
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ARTICLE 6
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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
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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
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INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE
ORIGINAL INDENTURE
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Limitations
on Liens
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ARTICLE 9
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Governing
Law
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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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Execution in
Counterparts
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Severability
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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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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, dated as of March 30, 2009, between Newell
Rubbermaid Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A, as
trustee (the “Trustee” ) under the Indenture
dated as of November 1, 1995, between the Company and the
Trustee (as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof, the “ Original Indenture
”).
WHEREAS, the
Company executed and delivered the Original Indenture to the
Trustee to provide, among other things, for the issuance, from time
to time, of the Company’s unsecured Securities, in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or more series to be
established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered
as provided in, the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS,
Section 901(7) of the Original Indenture provides for the
Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to
the Original Indenture to establish the form and terms of
Securities of any series as contemplated by Sections 201 and
301 of the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company
to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Original Indenture, the Company desires to
establish a new series of its Securities to be known as its
“5.50% 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 Original Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Form
of Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note
and the Form of Notice of Conversion, Form of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice and Form of Assignment and Transfer contemplated
under the terms of the Notes are to be substantially in the forms
hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, the
Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make
(i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in
accordance with its terms, and (ii) 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 have been
duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of
the premises and the purchases of the Notes by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of the Company and the equal
and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01.
Scope of Supplemental Indenture . The changes, modifications
and supplements to the Original Indenture effected by this
Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to,
and shall only govern the terms of, the Notes, which may be issued
from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Securities that
may be issued under the Original Indenture unless a supplemental
indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically
incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any
corresponding provisions in the Original Indenture.
SECTION 1.02.
Definitions . For all purposes of the Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i) the terms
defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(ii) all words,
terms and phrases defined in the Original Indenture (but not
otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meanings as in the
Original Indenture;
(iii) all other
terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted at the date of this instrument; and
(v) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02.
“
Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
“
Additional Shares ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(a).
“ Agent
Members ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02.
“ Bid
Solicitation Agent ” means the Company or such other
Person (including the Trustee) as may be appointed, from time to
time, by the Company to solicit market bid quotations for the Notes
in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(ii).
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Business Day ” means, with respect to any Note, any
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or
executive order to close or to be closed.
“Cash
Percentage” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.03(c).
“Cash
Percentage Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.03(c).
“ Clause
A Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ Clause
B Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ 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 $1.00
per share, of the Company as such shares of common stock exist on
the date of this Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section
4.07.
“
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 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, 116.1980 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 40 consecutive
Trading Days during the Observation Period, one fortieth (1/40th)
of the product of (i) the applicable Conversion Rate and
(ii) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such Trading
Day.
“ Daily
Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.03(b).
“Daily
Share Amount” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.03(b)(ii).
“ Daily
VWAP ” means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days
during the Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted
average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg
VWAP” on Bloomberg page “NWL.N <equity>
AQR” (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from
the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading
of
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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.
“
Depositary ” or “Depository ” has
the meaning set forth in the Original Indenture, which shall
initially be 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.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(c).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
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
(used to determine the Last Reported Sale Price), regular way,
without the right to receive such dividend or
distribution.
“
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, 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 any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company or
any other transaction or series of transactions 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 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;
(3) the
Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(4) the
Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then
convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on a national securities
exchange in the United States.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Fundamental Change as a result of clause
(2) above will not be deemed to have occurred if 100% of the
consideration received or to be received by the holders of the
Common Stock, 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 the Notes become
convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities, excluding cash
payments for fractional shares, 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 Registered Security in
global form.
“
Indenture ” means the Original Indenture, as
originally executed and as supplemented from time to time by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, including this Supplemental
Indenture, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Indenture, 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 the
Original Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such
supplemental indenture, respectively.
“ Initial
Dividend Threshold ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(d)(i).
“ Initial
Notes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to the
payment of interest on the Notes, each March 15 and
September 15 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 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 a 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.
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“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change (determined after
giving effect to any exceptions or exclusions to such definition,
but without regard to the proviso in clause (2) of the
definition thereof).
“ Market
Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the
principal United States national securities 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 for more than a one
half-hour period in the aggregate on any Scheduled Trading Day for
the Common Stock of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading
(by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the
stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options,
contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock, and
such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before
1:00 p.m., New York City time.
“
Measurement Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(ii).
“Merger
Common Stock” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(c)(i).
“Merger
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“Merger
Valuation Percentage” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(d)(i).
“Merger
Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(d)(ii).
“
Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning
specified in the fourth 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) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to
November 15, 2013, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period
beginning on and including the second Scheduled Trading Day after
such Conversion Date, and (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date
occurs on or after November 15, 2013, the 40 consecutive
Trading Days beginning on and including the 42nd Scheduled Trading
Day immediately preceding March 15, 2014.
“ opening
of business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
“
Original Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the
first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
“ Paying
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Original
Indenture, which shall initially be the Trustee, and shall be the
Person 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.
“
Physical Notes ” means certificated Notes that are not
in global form and are Registered Securities issued in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and multiples
thereof.
“ Place
of Payment ” means, for purposes of the Notes, New York,
New York.
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“
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 the New York
Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Global
Select Market (or any or their respective successors) or which will
be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with
a Fundamental Change.
“ Regular
Record Date ” means, with respect to the payment of
interest on the Notes, the March 1 (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on March 15 and
the September 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately
preceding an Interest Payment Date on September 15.
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled
to be a Trading Day on the principal United States national or
regional 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).
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ Stated
Maturity ” means, with respect to any Note and the
payment of the principal amount thereof, March 15,
2014.
“ Stock
Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(c).
“ Trading
Day ” means, except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.03(g), 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, in 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 $5 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 selected by the Company; provided that,
if three bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation
Agent but only 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 $5 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.
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“ Trading
Price Condition ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(ii).
“ Trigger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“
Underwriters ” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Friedman
Billings Ramsey.
“
U.S. ” means the United States of America.
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
SECTION 2.01.
Title and Terms; Payments . There is hereby established a
series of Securities designated the “5.50% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2014” initially limited in aggregate principal
amount to $345,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant
to Section 303 of the Original Indenture.
The principal
amount of Notes then outstanding shall be payable at Stated
Maturity.
The Company may,
without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, hereafter issue
additional notes (“ Additional Notes ”) under
the Indenture with the same terms and with the same CUSIP numbers
as the Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture (the
“Initial Notes” ) in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount; provided that such Additional Notes must
be part of the same issue as the Initial Notes for federal income
tax purposes. Any such Additional Notes shall constitute a single
series together with the Initial Notes for all purposes hereunder,
including, without limitation, for purposes of any waivers,
supplements or amendments to the Indenture requiring the approval
of Holders of the Notes and any offers to purchase the
Notes.
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 to be necessary or appropriate by the officers of the
Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of
the Notes.
The Company shall
pay the principal of and interest on any Global Note in immediately
available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may
be, as the registered Holder of such Global Note. The Company shall
pay the principal of any Physical Notes at the office or agency
designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has
initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Security
Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in New York, New
York as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for
registration of
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transfer. The
Company may, however, change the Paying Agent or Security Registrar
for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders thereof, and the
Company may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar for the
Notes. Interest on any Physical Notes will be payable (i) to
Holders of Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of
Notes of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of such
Notes at their address in the Security Register and (ii) to
Holders having an aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes in
excess of $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder at its
address in the Security Register or, upon application by a Holder
to the Registrar not later than the relevant Regular 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 2.02.
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . (a) The Notes
initially shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes
without interest coupons (i) registered in the name of Cede
& Co., as nominee of the Depositary and (ii) delivered to
the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.
Members of, or
participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members
”) shall have no rights under this Supplemental Indenture or
the Original Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or
under the Global Note, and Cede & Co., or such other Person
designated by the Depositary as its nominee, may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as
the absolute owner of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of any
Holder.
(b) Transfers
of Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in
part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective
nominees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 305 of the Original Indenture, interests of beneficial
owners in a Global Note may be transferred or exchanged, in whole
or in part, for Physical Notes, only: (i) pursuant to the
sixth paragraph of Section 305 of the Original Indenture
regarding the Depositary being unwilling, unable or ineligible to
continue in its capacity as Depositary for the Notes, including as
a result of ceasing to be registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed within
60 days or (ii) if an Event of Default with respect to
the Notes has occurred and is continuing, in each case in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. Other
than as set forth in this Section 2.02(b), the Notes shall
remain in global form as Global Notes.
(c) In
connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in the Global Note to beneficial owners
pursuant to Section 305 of the Original Indenture, the
Security Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be
issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in
the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to
be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like
tenor and amount in accordance with Section 305 of the
Original Indenture.
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(d) In
connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to Section 305 of the Original
Indenture, the Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner
identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Physical Notes of authorized denominations and the same
tenor.
(e) The
Holder of Global Notes may grant proxies and otherwise authorize
any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder
is entitled to take under this Supplemental Indenture, Original
Indenture or the Notes.
SECTION 2.03.
CUSIP Numbers . In issuing the Notes, the Company may use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders of the Notes;
provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers as
printed on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the “CUSIP” numbers of the Notes.
SECTION 2.04.
Reporting Requirement . The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed
with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and
of the information, documents and other reports, if any, that the
Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (giving effect to any
grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act),
and the Company shall otherwise comply with the requirements of
Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a). Any quarterly or annual
report or other information, document or other report that the
Company files with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act on the Commission’s EDGAR system
shall be deemed to constitute delivery of such filing to the
Trustee. 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 and does
not have a duty to verify the accuracy of such information,
documents or reports.
ARTICLE 3
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND PURCHASES THEREUPON
SECTION 3.01.
Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change .
(a) Generally. If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time
prior to March 15, 2014, 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 $1,000 or
a multiple of $1,000, 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 to, but
excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “
Fundamental Change Purchase Price ”); provided
,
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however, that
if a Fundamental Change Purchase Date is after a Regular Record
Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such
Regular 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 Regular 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 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, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or in compliance with the
Depositary’s procedures for tendering interests in Global
Notes, if the Notes are not Physical Notes, in each case prior to
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date ; and
(ii) delivery of
the Notes, in the case of Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent
appointed by the Company (together with all necessary endorsements
for transfer), or book-entry transfer of the Notes, in compliance
with the procedures of the Depositary, such delivery or transfer
being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental
Change Purchase Price therefor.
The Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased
shall state:
(i) if such Notes
are Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of such
Notes;
(ii) the portion
of the principal amount of such Notes, which must be $1,000 or a
multiple thereof; and
(iii) 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 in
global form, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must also
comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the
Paying Agent 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 Paying Agent in accordance with
Section 3.03 below.
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.
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(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 the 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 notice shall be sent 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 New York, New York or shall 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;
(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 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 purchase rights of the Holders of Notes 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 there
has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to
the Notes (other than an Event of Default that is cured by the
payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes). The
Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof
any Physical Notes held by it during the continuance of an
Event
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of Default
(other than an Event of Default that is cured by the payment of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to the Notes) and
shall deem canceled any instructions for book-entry transfer of the
Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in which
case, upon such return and cancelation, 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 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 or book-entry transfer 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 (in whole or in
part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the
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;
(ii) if Physical
Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes; and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the
original Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which portion must be
in principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000;
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 Physical
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
11:00 a.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit 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
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sufficient to
pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes 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 Notes will cease to be
outstanding and interest will cease to accrue thereon (whether or
not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or such Notes have
been delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights
of the Holders in respect thereof will terminate (other than the
right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and
previously accrued and unpaid interest upon delivery or book-entry
transfer of such Notes).
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 in the case of Physical Notes, 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.
SECTION 3.06.
Covenant to Comply With Applicable 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 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 Paying
Agent 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 equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000
thereof, at the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date
for such Notes, (x) prior to the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding November 15, 2013, only upon
satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described in clauses
(i) through (iv) below and (y) on or after
November 15, 2013, at any time prior to the close of business
on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding
March 15, 2014 irrespective of the conditions described in
clauses (i) through (iv) below:
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(i) Prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
November 15, 2013, a Holder of Notes may surrender all or a portion
of its Notes for conversion 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. The Company shall notify the Trustee and
the Conversion Agent if the Notes become convertible in accordance
with this Section 4.01(a)(i).
(ii) Prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
November 15, 2013, a Holder of Notes may surrender its Notes for
conversion 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 Trading Day of such period was
less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Conversion Date (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 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. The Company shall
instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to determine (or, if the
Company is then acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall
determine) the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next
Trading Day promptly following the receipt of such evidence and on
each successive Trading Day until such Trading Day on which 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 (or, if
the Company is then acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company
does not 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 or equal
to 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 to purchase, for a period expiring within
45 days after the announcement date of such issuance, shares
of Common Stock at less
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than the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of a share 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 at least 50
Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such
issuance. Once the Company has given such notice, Holders may
surrender Notes for conversion at any time until the earlier of the
close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to such
Ex-Dividend Date or the Company’s announcement that such
issuance or distribution will not take place, even if the Notes are
not otherwise convertible at such time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Holder of Notes may not convert its Notes under the
provisions of this Section 4.01(a)(iii) if such Holder will
participate in such issuance or distribution, at the same time and
upon the same terms as a holder of Common Stock, as if such Holder
held, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, a number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately
prior to the Ex-Dividend Date.
(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 sale, transfer
or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets,
in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted
into cash, securities or other assets, Holders may surrender Notes
for conversion at any time from or after the date which is 50
Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of
such transaction until 35 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 shall notify Holders and the Trustee as promptly
as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces
such transaction, but in no event less than 50 Scheduled Trading
Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction
.
(b) Notes may
not be converted after the close of business on the second
Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding March 15,
2014.
SECTION 4.02.
Conversion Procedures . (a) Each Note shall be
convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent and, if
applicable, in accordance with the procedures of the
Depositary.
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(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 or the Conversion
Agent, and pay the funds, if any, required by Section 4.03(e) and
any taxes or duties if required pursuant to Section 4.08, and
the Conversion Agent must be informed of the conversion in
accordance with the 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(e); and
(v) if required,
pay all transfer or similar taxes as set forth in
Section 4.08.
The date on
which the Holder satisfies all of the applicable requirements set
forth above is the “ Conversion Date .” The
Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in any event
within two (2) Business Days of the receipt thereof, provide
the Company with notice of any conversion by a Holder 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 $1,000 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.
Each conversion
shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (or
portion thereof) surrendered for conversion on the relevant
Conversion Date; provided , however , that the person
in whose name the certificate or certificates for the number of
shares of Common Stock, if any, that shall be issuable upon such
conversion in respect of any Trading Day during an Observation
Period, if applicable, shall become the Holder of record of such
shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on the last
Trading Day of such Observation Period.
(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
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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 . (a) Except as provided in
Section 4.06(b), upon conversion of any Note, on the third
Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the
relevant Observation Period, the Company shall deliver to
converting Holders, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of
Notes being converted, a “Settlement Amount”
equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 40
Trading Days during the applicable Observation Period for such
Note.
(b) The
“Daily Settlement Amount,” for each of the 40
Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist
of:
(i) cash equal to
the lesser of $25 and the Daily Conversion Value, and
(ii) to the extent
the Daily Conversion Value exceeds $25, a number of shares of
Common Stock (the “Daily Share Amount” ) equal
to (x) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and
$25, divided by (y) the Daily VWAP for such day, subject to
the Company’s right to pay cash in lieu of all or a portion
of such number of shares, as provided in Section
4.03(c).
(c) By the
close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day prior to the first
Scheduled Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period, the
Company may specify a percentage of the Daily Share Amount that
will be settled in cash (the “Cash Percentage”
), and the Company will notify converting Holders by notifying the
Trustee (the “Cash Percentage Notice” ). With
respect to any Notes that are converted on or after
November 15, 2013, the Cash Percentage specified by the
Company in the Cash Percentage Notice for the corresponding
Observation Period will apply to all such conversions. If the
Company elects to specify a Cash Percentage, the amount of cash
that the Company will deliver in lieu of all or the applicable
portion of the Daily Share Amount in respect of each Trading Day in
the
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