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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION
COPY
HUMANA INC.,
Issuer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.,
Trustee
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 5,
2008
7.20% Senior Notes due
2018
Supplemental to Indenture
dated as of August 5, 2003
THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”) is made
the 5th day of June, 2008, between HUMANA INC., a corporation duly
incorporated and existing under the laws of Delaware and having its
principal executive office at 500 West Main Street, Louisville,
Kentucky 40202 (hereinafter called “the Company”), and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as successor to The Bank
of New York), a national banking association, as Trustee
(hereinafter called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE
COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company entered
into an Indenture, dated as of August 5, 2003 with the Trustee
(the “Original Indenture,” and together with this Third
Supplemental Indenture, referred to herein as the
“Indenture”) (all capitalized terms used in this Third
Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture), for the
purposes of issuing its Securities, evidencing its senior unsecured
indebtedness, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates
of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one
or more series and to have such other provisions as authorized by
or pursuant to the authority granted in one or more resolutions of
the Board of Directors of the Company; and
WHEREAS, Section 901 of
the Original Indenture provides that without the consent of the
Holders of the Securities of any series issued under the Original
Indenture, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may, in certain circumstances, enter into one or more
indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes
to issue a series of Securities designated as its 7.20% Senior
Notes due 2018, the terms of which shall be set forth in, or
determined in the manner provided in, an Officers’
Certificate of the Company as provided in Section 301 of the
Original Indenture (such senior notes being referred to herein as
the “2018 Senior Notes” and all references to
Securities in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to refer also
to the 2018 Senior Notes unless the context otherwise provides);
and
WHEREAS, the entry into this
Third Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all
respect authorized by the provisions of the Original Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, all conditions
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Third
Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding
obligation of the Company have been done or performed;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of
the promises and the purchase of the 2018 Senior Notes by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the 2018 Senior
Notes, as follows:
Section 1. The
Original Indenture is hereby amended solely with respect to the
2018 Senior Notes as follows:
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(A) |
By amending Section 101 to insert the following
definitions in their entirety in the appropriate alphabetical order
as follows: |
“Change of
Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person other than to the
Company or a Subsidiary; (2) the consummation of any
transaction (including without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any Person becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50%
of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or the Voting Stock
of any Parent Company (as defined below) or other Voting Stock into
which the Voting Stock of the Company or the Voting Stock of any
Parent Company is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed,
measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the
Company or any Parent Company consolidates with, or merges with or
into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with
or into, the Company or any Parent Company, in any such event
pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting
Stock of the Company, the Voting Stock of such Parent Company or
the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or
exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any
such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the
Company or the Voting Stock of such Parent Company outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted
into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the
surviving Person or any Parent Company of the surviving Person
immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the
first day on which the majority of the members of the
Company’s Board of Directors or the board of directors of any
Parent Company cease to be Continuing Directors; or (5) the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not
be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause
(2) above if (i) the Company becomes a subsidiary of a
Parent Company and (ii) the holders of the Voting Stock of the
Company or the Voting Stock of any Parent Company immediately prior
to such transaction hold at least a majority of the Voting Stock of
such Parent Company immediately following such transaction;
provided that any series of related transactions shall be treated
as a single transaction. The term “Person,” solely as
used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“Change of Control
Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of
Control and a related Rating Event.
“Common Stock”
means, with respect to any Principal Subsidiary, Capital Stock of
any class, however designated, except Capital Stock which is
non-participating beyond fixed dividend and liquidation preferences
and the holders of which have either no voting rights or limited
voting rights entitling them, only in the case of certain
contingencies, to elect less than a majority of the directors (or
persons
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performing similar functions)
of such Principal Subsidiary, and also includes securities of any
class, however designated, which are convertible into Common
Stock.
“Continuing
Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member
of the Company’s Board of Directors who:
(1) was a member of the Board
of Directors on the Issue Date; or
(2) was nominated for
election, elected or appointed to the Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election
or appointment.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any Person (without duplication):
(1) any liability of that
Person (A) for borrowed money, or under any reimbursement
obligation relating to a letter of credit or similar instrument;
(B) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar
instrument; (C) to pay the deferred purchase price of property
or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business; or (D) for the payment of money relating
to any obligations under any capital lease of real or personal
property which has been recorded as a capitalized lease
obligation;
(2) any liability of others
described in the preceding clause (1) that the Person has
guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability or which is
secured by a lien on that Person’s Property; and
(3) any amendment,
supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding
of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) or
(2) above.
“Investment
Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or
its equivalent under any successor rating category) and a rating of
BBB- or better by Standard & Poor’s (or its
equivalent under any successor rating category).
“Issue Date”
means the first date on which 2018 Senior Notes are issued, which
shall be June 5, 2008.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
“Parent Company”
means any holding company that, directly or indirectly, owns 100%
of the Voting Stock of the Company.
“Principal
Subsidiary” means a consolidated subsidiary of the Company
that, as of the relevant time of determination, is a
“significant subsidiary” as defined under Rule 405
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (as that Rule is in
effect on June 3, 2008, without giving effect to any further
amendment of that Rule).
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“Rating Agency”
means:
(1) each of Moody’s and
Standard & Poor’s, and
(2) if either or both of
Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s ceases to rate
the 2018 Senior Notes or fails to make a rating of the 2018 Senior
Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s
control, a Substitute Rating Agency in lieu thereof.
“Rating Event”
means (i) the rating of the 2018 Senior Notes is lowered by
both Rating Agencies during the related Trigger Period and
(ii) the 2018 Senior Notes are rated below an Investment Grade
rating by both Rating Agencies on any day during such Trigger
Period. If either Rating Agency is not providing a rating of the
2018 Senior Notes on any day during such Trigger Period for any
reason, the rating of such Rating Agency shall be deemed to be
below Investment Grade on such day and such Rating Agency will be
deemed to have lowered its rating of the 2018 Senior Notes during
the Trigger Period.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Rating
Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or any successor
thereto.
“Substitute Rating
Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization” within the meaning of Rule
15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company
(as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors and
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) as a replacement agency for
Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, or both of them,
as the case may be.
“Trigger Period”
means the period commencing on the earlier of the first public
notice of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control or
(b) the Company’s intention to effect a Change of
Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of
Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of
the 2018 Senior Notes is under publicly announced consideration for
a possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies).
“Voting Stock”
means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock
of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in
the election of the board of directors (or other analogous managing
body) of such Person.
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(B) |
By replacing the definition of “Notice of Default”
in Section 101 of the Original Indenture in its entirety as
follows: |
“Notice of
Default” has the meaning specified in Sections 501(3) and
501(4).
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(C) |
By replacing Section 105(2) of the Original Indenture in
its entirety as follows: |
(2) the Company by such
Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (except as provided in paragraphs (3) and
(4) of Section 501) if furnished in writing and mailed,
first class postage prepaid, addressed to it, to the attention of
the Chief Financial Officer, at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to such Trustee by the
Company, or if sent by facsimile transmission, to a facsimile
number provided to the Trustee by the Company, with a copy mailed,
first class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it as
provided above.
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(D) |
By adding Section 314 to the Original Indenture as
follows: |
Section 314. Interest
Rate Adjustment .
Interest on the 2018 Senior
Notes shall be subject to adjustment as provided in this
Section 314.
(a) If the rating from
Moody’s or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof of the 2018
Senior Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the table in
this Section 314(a), the interest rate on 2018 Senior Notes
shall increase from the interest rate payable on the 2018 Senior
Notes on the Issue Date by the percentage points set forth opposite
that rating:
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Moody’s Rating*
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Percentage Points |
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Ba1
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0.25 |
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Ba2
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0.50 |
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Ba3
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0.75 |
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B1 or below
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1.00 |
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* Including the equivalent
ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency
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(b) If the rating from
Standard & Poor’s or any Substitute Rating Agency
thereof of the 2018 Senior Notes is decreased to a rating set forth
in the table in this Section 314(b), the interest rate on the
2018 Senior Notes shall increase from the interest rate payable on
the 2018 Senior Notes on the Issue Date by the percentage points
set forth opposite that rating:
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Standard & Poor’s
Rating*
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Percentage Points |
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BB+
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0.25 |
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BB
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0.50 |
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BB-
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0.75 |
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B+ or below
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1.00 |
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* Including the equivalent
ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency
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(c) If at any time the
interest rate on the 2018 Senior Notes has been adjusted upward
pursuant to Section 314(a) or 314(b) and either Moody’s
or Standard & Poor’s (or, in either case, a
Substitute Rating Agency thereof), as the case may be, subsequently
increases its rating of the 2018 Senior Notes to any of the ratings
set forth in the table in either Section 314(a) or 314(b), as
applicable, the interest rate on the 2018 Senior Notes shall be
decreased such that the interest rate for the 2018 Senior Notes
equals the interest rate payable on the 2018 Senior Notes on the
Issue Date plus the applicable percentage points set forth opposite
the ratings in the tables in either 314(a) or 314(b), as
applicable, in effect immediately following the
increase.
(d) If Moody’s or any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof subsequently increases its rating
of the 2018 Senior Notes to Baa3 (or its equivalent, in the case of
a Substitute
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