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1.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012 INDENTURE

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Title: 1.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012 INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 9/9/2008
Industry: Office Equipment     Sector: Technology

1.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012 

INDENTURE, Parties: cede & co , global security shall be limited , us bank national association , verifone holdings  inc
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Exhibit 4.5

VERIFONE HOLDINGS, INC.

1.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 22, 2007

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee

 


 

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust Indenture

 

 

 

 

Act Section

 

 

 

Indenture Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§ 

310

(a)(1)

 

 

 

7.10

 

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

 

 

7.10

 

 

 

 

(a)(3)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(4)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(5)

 

 

 

7.10

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

7.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.10

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

§ 

311

(a)

 

 

 

7.11

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

7.11

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§ 

312

(a)

 

 

 

2.07

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

11.03

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

11.03

 

 

§ 

313

(a)

 

 

 

7.06

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

7.06

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

7.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.02

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

 

 

7.06

 

 

§ 

314

(a)

 

 

 

4.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.05

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(c)(1)

 

 

 

11.04

 

 

 

 

(c)(2)

 

 

 

11.04

 

 

 

 

(c)(3)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(d)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(e)

 

 

 

11.05

 

 

§ 

315

(a)

 

 

 

7.01

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

7.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.01

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

7.01

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

 

 

7.01

 

 

 

 

(e)

 

 

 

6.11

 

 

§ 

316

(a)(1)(A)

 

 

 

6.05

 

 

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

 

 

6.04

 

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

6.07

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

9.04

 

 

§ 

317

(a)(1)

 

 

 

6.08

 

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

 

 

6.09

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

2.06

 

 

§ 

318

(a)

 

 

 

11.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

11

 

SECTION 1.03

 

Rules of Construction

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01

 

Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.02

 

Form of the Notes

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.03

 

Date and Denomination of Notes; Payment at Maturity; Payment of Interest

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.04

 

Execution and Authentication

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.05

 

Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.06

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.07

 

Noteholder Lists

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.08

 

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.09

 

Replacement Notes

 

 

21

 

SECTION 2.10

 

Outstanding Notes

 

 

21

 

SECTION 2.11

 

Temporary Notes

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.12

 

Cancellation

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.13

 

CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.14

 

Additional Notes

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.15

 

Share Cap Additional Interest

 

 

23

 

SECTION 2.16

 

Defaulted Interest

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 REPURCHASE OF NOTES

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01

 

Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change

 

 

25

 

SECTION 3.02

 

Company Repurchase Notice

 

 

26

 

SECTION 3.03

 

Effect of Repurchase Notice; Withdrawal

 

 

27

 

SECTION 3.04

 

Deposit of Repurchase Price

 

 

28

 

SECTION 3.05

 

Notes Repurchased in Part

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01

 

Payment of Notes

 

 

28

 

SECTION 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.03

 

144A Information

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.04

 

Existence

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.05

 

Compliance Certificate

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.06

 

Further Instruments and Acts

 

 

30

 

SECTION 4.07

 

Additional Interest Notice

 

 

30

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 4.08

 

Reporting Obligation

 

 

30

 

SECTION 4.09

 

Covenant to Obtain Stockholder Approval

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.10

 

Incurrence of Indebtedness

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR COMPANY

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01

 

When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets

 

 

31

 

SECTION 5.02

 

Successor to be Substituted

 

 

32

 

SECTION 5.03

 

Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01

 

Events of Default

 

 

32

 

SECTION 6.02

 

Acceleration

 

 

34

 

SECTION 6.03

 

Other Remedies

 

 

35

 

SECTION 6.04

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

35

 

SECTION 6.05

 

Control by Majority

 

 

35

 

SECTION 6.06

 

Limitation on Suits

 

 

36

 

SECTION 6.07

 

Rights of Noteholders to Receive Payment

 

 

36

 

SECTION 6.08

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

36

 

SECTION 6.09

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

36

 

SECTION 6.10

 

Priorities

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.11

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.12

 

Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.13

 

Sole Remedy for Failure to Report

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01

 

Duties of Trustee

 

 

38

 

SECTION 7.02

 

Rights of Trustee

 

 

40

 

SECTION 7.03

 

Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

41

 

SECTION 7.04

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

41

 

SECTION 7.05

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

41

 

SECTION 7.06

 

Reports by Trustee to Noteholders

 

 

42

 

SECTION 7.07

 

Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

42

 

SECTION 7.08

 

Replacement of Trustee

 

 

43

 

SECTION 7.09

 

Successor Trustee by Merger

 

 

43

 

SECTION 7.10

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

44

 

SECTION 7.11

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01

 

Discharge of Liability on Notes

 

 

44

 

SECTION 8.02

 

Application of Trust Money

 

 

44

 

SECTION 8.03

 

Repayment to Company

 

 

45

 

SECTION 8.04

 

Reinstatement

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01

 

Without Consent of Noteholders

 

 

45

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 9.02

 

With Consent of Noteholders

 

 

46

 

SECTION 9.03

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

48

 

SECTION 9.04

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers

 

 

48

 

SECTION 9.05

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

49

 

SECTION 9.06

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10 CONVERSION OF NOTES

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01

 

Right to Convert

 

 

49

 

SECTION 10.02

 

Exercise of Conversion Right; Issuance of Common Stock on Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends

 

 

51

 

SECTION 10.03

 

Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares

 

 

53

 

SECTION 10.04

 

Conversion Rate

 

 

53

 

SECTION 10.05

 

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

 

 

54

 

SECTION 10.06

 

Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

 

 

64

 

SECTION 10.07

 

Taxes on Shares Issued

 

 

65

 

SECTION 10.08

 

Reservation of Shares, Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock

 

 

65

 

SECTION 10.09

 

Responsibility of Trustee

 

 

66

 

SECTION 10.10

 

Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

 

 

67

 

SECTION 10.11

 

Settlement Upon Conversion

 

 

67

 

SECTION 10.12

 

Conversion After a Public Acquirer Change of Control

 

 

68

 

SECTION 10.13

 

Stockholder Rights Plans

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.02

 

Notices

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.03

 

Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.04

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

71

 

SECTION 11.05

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

71

 

SECTION 11.06

 

When Notes Disregarded

 

 

71

 

SECTION 11.07

 

Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.08

 

Business Day

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.09

 

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.10

 

No Interpretation of or by Other Agreements

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.11

 

Successors

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.12

 

Multiple Originals

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.13

 

Table of Contents; Headings

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.14

 

Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations

 

 

72

 

SECTION 11.15

 

Severability

 

 

73

 

SECTION 11.16

 

Benefits of Indenture

 

 

73

 

SECTION 11.17

 

Calculations

 

 

73

 

SECTION 11.18

 

Qualification of Indenture

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A — Form of Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B — Form of Restrictive Legend for Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion

 

 

 

 

 


 

     INDENTURE dated as of June 22, 2007, between VERIFONE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

     WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 1.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012 (the “ Notes ”), having the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions hereinafter set forth, and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes, when the Notes are duly executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized,

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

      SECTION 1.01 Definitions.

     “ Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified for “Additional Amounts” in any Registration Rights Agreement, including in Section 3(a) of the Initial Registration Rights Agreement.

     “ Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.

     “ Additional Notes Board Resolutions ” means resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and delivered to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate providing for the issuance of Additional Notes.

     “ Additional Shares ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).

     “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “ Agent Members ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b)(vi).

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     “ American Depositary Receipt ” means a negotiable certificate issued by a U.S. bank representing a specified number of shares (or one share) in a foreign stock that is traded on a U.S. securities exchange.

     “ Bankruptcy Law ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

     “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or, other than in the case of the definition of “Continuing Directors,” any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.

     “ Business Day ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.08.

     “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

     “ Closing Date ” means June 22, 2007, the date as of which this Indenture was originally executed and delivered.

     “ Closing Sale Price ” of any share of Common Stock or any other security on any Trading Day means:

          (i) the closing sale price per share of such security (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and closing ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which such security is traded; or

          (ii) if such security is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price of such security on that date in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or a similar organization; or

          (iii) if such security is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange and is not quoted by Pink Sheets LLC or a similar organization, as determined by a nationally recognized securities dealer retained by the Company for that purpose.

The Closing Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after hours trading. The Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock may be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.05(j).

     “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “ Common Stock ” means Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, as designated by the Company at the Closing Date or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof, provided that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from

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all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

     “ Company ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

     “ Company Order ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04.

     “ Company Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.

     “ Company Website ” means, as of any date of determination, the principal website maintained by the Company on the Internet, which is located at http://www.verifone.com as of the date hereof.

     “ Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who (i) was a member of the Board of Directors on the Closing Date; or (ii) was nominated for election or elected 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 new director’s nomination or election.

     “ Conversion Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

     “ Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02.

     “ Conversion Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02.

     “ Conversion Period ” means, with respect to any Note delivered for conversion, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period:

(a) with respect to Conversion Notices in respect of such Note received during the period beginning 25 Scheduled Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date and ending on the second Business Day preceding the Maturity Date, beginning on the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date; and

(b) in all other cases, beginning on the third Trading Day following the receipt by the Company of the Conversion Notice in respect of such Note.

     “ Conversion Price ” on any date of determination means $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.

     “ Conversion Rate ” means initially 22.7190 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

     “ Conversion Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.11.

     “ Corporate Trust Office ” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business as it relates to this Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the Closing Date, located at 100 Wall Street, Suite

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1600, EX-NY-WALL, New York, New York 10005, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.

     “ Current Market Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(h)(i).

     “ Custodian ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

     “ Daily Conversion Value ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.11.

     “ Daily Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.11.

     “ Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

     “ Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in 0.

     “ Depositary ” means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as the Depositary for the Global Notes. DTC shall be the initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “ Depositary ” shall mean or include such successor.

     “ Depositary Entity ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04.

     “ Distributed Assets ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(d).

     “ Distribution Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b).

     “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

     “ Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).

     “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

     “ Ex-Dividend Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(h)(ii).

     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “ Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(f).

     “ Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(f).

     “ Fair Market Value ” means the amount which a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction as determined by the Board of Directors.

     “ Fiscal Quarter ” means, with respect to the Company, the fiscal quarter publicly disclosed by the Company. The Company shall confirm the ending dates of its fiscal quarters for the current fiscal year to the Trustee upon the Trustee’s request.

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     “ Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence of any of the following after the Closing Date:

     (a) 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 these terms are defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s Capital Stock that is at the time entitled to vote by the holder thereof in the election of the Board of Directors (or comparable body);

     (b) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors;

     (c) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

     (d) the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, or the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and those of the Company’s Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than:

          (i) any transaction (x) that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, and (y) pursuant to which the holders of 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction have the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors of the continuing or surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or

          (ii) any merger primarily for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares of capital stock of the surviving entity.

     (e) the termination of trading of the Common Stock, which will be deemed to have occurred if the Common Stock or other Capital Stock or American Depositary Receipts in respect of shares of Capital Stock into which the Notes are convertible is neither listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved for listing on any United States system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Fundamental Change will be deemed not to have occurred if more than 90% of the consideration in the transaction or transactions (other than cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights) which otherwise would constitute a Fundamental Change under clauses (a) or (d) above consists of shares of Capital Stock or American Depositary Receipts in respect of shares of Capital Stock traded or to be traded immediately following such transaction on a national securities exchange,

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and, as a result of the transaction or transactions, the Notes become convertible into such Capital Stock or American Depositary Receipts and other applicable consideration.

     “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).

     “ Global Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

     “ Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “ Initial Purchasers ” means Lehman Brothers Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

     “ Initial Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

     “ interest ” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes, including Defaulted Interest, if any, Additional Interest, if any, Reporting Additional Interest, if any and Share Cap Additional Interest, if any.

     “ Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

     “ Issue Date ” means the date of initial issuance of Notes pursuant to this Indenture.

     “ Market Disruption Event ” means (a) a failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded to open for trading during its regular trading session, or (b) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day for the Common Stock of an aggregate one-half hour of suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by a stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any option contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

     “ Maturity Date ” means June 15, 2012.

     “ Non-Stock Change of Control ” means a transaction constituting a Fundamental Change of the type described under clause (a) or clause (d) in the definition of Fundamental Change pursuant to which 10% or more of the consideration for Common Stock (other than cash payments for fractional shares, if applicable, and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights, if applicable) in such transaction consists of cash or securities (or other property) that are not shares of Capital Stock or American Depositary Receipts in respect of shares of Capital Stock traded or scheduled to be traded immediately following such transaction on a U.S. national securities exchange.

     “ Noteholder ” or “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

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     “ Notes ” means any Notes issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including any Global Notes and any Additional Notes.

     “ Notice of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

     “ Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

     “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers. One of the officers executing an Officers’ Certificate in accordance with Section 4.05 shall be the chief executive, chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may, but need not be, an employee of the Company.

     “ Paying Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

     “ PORTAL Market ” means The PORTAL Market operated by the Nasdaq Stock Market or any successor thereto.

     “ Preferred Stock ”, as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

     “ protected purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09.

     “ Public Acquirer Change of Control ” means a Non-Stock Change of Control in which the acquirer has a class of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or that shall be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with such Non-Stock Change of Control (the “ Public Acquirer Common Stock ”). If an acquirer does not itself have a class of common stock satisfying the foregoing requirement, it shall be deemed to have Public Acquirer Common Stock if a corporation that directly or indirectly owns at least a majority of the acquirer has a class of common stock satisfying the foregoing requirement, provided that such corporation fully and unconditionally guarantees the Notes, in which case all references to Public Acquirer Common Stock shall refer to such class of common stock. Majority owned for these purposes means having “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of all shares of the respective entity’s capital stock that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

     “ Public Acquirer Common Stock ” has the meaning specified in the definition of Public Acquirer Change of Control.

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     “ Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase Agreement, dated June 18, 2007, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

     “ Record Date ” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

     “ Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06.

     “ Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

     “ Registrar ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

     “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Initial Registration Rights Agreement and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements between the Company and the other parties thereto relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes and the Common Stock into which such Additional Notes are convertible under the Securities Act.

     “ Regular Record Date ” means (i) with respect to an Interest Payment Date that falls on June 15, the June 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date and (ii) with respect to an Interest Payment Date that falls on December 15, the December 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

     “ Reporting Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13 hereof.

     “ Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c).

     “ Restricted Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(c).

     “ Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act as it may be amended from time to time hereafter.

     “ Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day on which the primary U.S. national securities exchange or market on which Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading is scheduled to be open for trading.

     “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “ Share Cap ” means 10.2766 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.

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     “ Share Cap Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.

     “ Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning specified in Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

     “ Special Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

     “ Special Record Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

     “ Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(d).

     “ Spin-Off Distributed Assets ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(d)(B).

     “ Spin-Off Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(d).

     “ Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

     “ Stockholder Approval ” means the authorization and approval by stockholders holding the requisite number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws, applicable law and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or other securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and at a meeting duly called and held in accordance with such organizational documents, applicable law and rules, of a proposal by the Company to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized by the Company’s certificate of incorporation such that the Company is authorized to issue a number of additional shares of Common Stock equal to at least (i) the Conversion Rate multiplied by (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding divided by $1,000.

     “ Stock Price ” means:

          (i) in the case of a Non-Stock Change of Control in which holders of the Common Stock receive only cash as consideration for their share of Common Stock, the amount of cash paid per share of the Common Stock in such Non-Stock Change of Control; or

          (ii) in the case of all other Non-Stock Changes of Control, the average of the last reported sale prices of Common Stock on the five consecutive Trading Days prior to but not including the Effective Date of such Non-Stock Change of Control.

     “ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or

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other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

     “ TIA ” or “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

     “ Trading Day ” means a day during which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs, and (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event.

     “ Trading Price ” means, with respect to a Note on any date of determination, the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of Notes obtained by the Trustee for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from two independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company, which may include one or more of the Initial Purchasers; provided that if at least two such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but one such bid can be reasonably obtained by the Trustee, then this one bid shall be used; and provided further that, if the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer or in the Company’s reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of the secondary market value of the Notes then, for the purpose of determining the convertibility of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01(a)(6) only, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such determination date and (b) the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on such determination date.

     “ Trigger Event ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(d).

     “ Trust Officer ” means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

     “ Trustee ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

     “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

     “ Volume Weighted Average Price ” per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day means such price as displayed on Bloomberg (or any successor service) Page PAY.N <equity> AQR in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Trading Day or, if such price is unavailable, the market value per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company.

     “ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company, all the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

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      SECTION 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

     “ Commission ” means the SEC.

     “ indenture securities ” means the Notes.

     “ indenture security holder ” means a Noteholder.

     “ indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture.

     “ indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee.

     “ obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

      SECTION 1.03 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (2) “or” is not exclusive;

     (3) “including” means including without limitation; and

     (4) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.

ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES

      SECTION 2.01 Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes . The Notes shall be designated as “1.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012.” The Notes initially will be issued in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (i) $316,250,000 plus (ii) such additional aggregate principal amount of Notes as may be issued from time to time as Additional Notes in accordance with Section 2.14. Notes may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication as provided in Section 2.04.

      SECTION 2.02 Form of the Notes . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

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     Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by the custodian for the Global Notes, the Depositary or by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in order for the Notes to be tradable on the PORTAL Market or as may be required for the Notes to be tradable on any other market developed for trading of securities pursuant to Rule 144A or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

     Except as contemplated by Section 2.08(b), all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Notes in global form registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (“ Global Notes ”). The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary; and beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be subject to all rules and procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.08(b), beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.

     Any Global Notes shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of and interest on any Global Notes shall be made to the Depositary in immediately available funds.

      SECTION 2.03 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payment at Maturity; Payment of Interest . The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A hereto.

     Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period that is less than a whole month shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such less than whole-month period divided by 360.

     If any payment date is not a Business Day, payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue thereon.

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     On the Maturity Date, each Holder shall be entitled to receive on such date $1,000 principal amount per Notes and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date. With respect to Global Notes, such principal and interest will be paid to the Depositary in immediately available funds. With respect to any certificated Notes, such principal and interest will be payable at the Company’s office or agency maintained for that purpose, which initially will be the office or agency of the Trustee located at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, EX-NY-WALL, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Richard Prokosch.

     Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of 1.375% per annum, from June 22, 2007 until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing December 15, 2007, to the Person in whose name any Note is registered on the Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Regular Record Date with respect to the applicable Interest Payment Date, except that the interest payable upon the Maturity Date will be payable to the Person to whom the principal amount is paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Notes or portion thereof surrendered for conversion after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Regular Record Date for an Interest Payment Date but prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date shall be accompanied by payment, in immediately available funds or other funds acceptable to the Company, of an amount equal to the interest (excluding any Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest) otherwise payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount being converted; provided that no such payment need be made:

          (i) with respect to conversions after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date;

          (ii) with respect to a conversion in connection with a Fundamental Change and the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; and

          (iii) with respect to any Defaulted Interest or interest that is otherwise overdue, if any such interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Notes.

The Company shall pay interest:

          (i) on any Global Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee;

          (ii) on any Notes in certificated form having a principal amount of less than $5,000,000, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Register, provided , however , that at maturity interest will be payable at the office of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee; and

          (iii) on any Notes in certificated form having a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more, by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of the Holder of such Notes duly delivered to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, provided , however , that at maturity interest will be payable at the

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office of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee.

      SECTION 2.04 Execution and Authentication . One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

     If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

     A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

     The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Notes for original issue, upon receipt of a written order or orders of the Company signed by an Officer (a “ Company Order ”): (i) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in the aggregate principal amount of up to $316,250,000 and (ii) from time to time, in such aggregate principal amount as shall be established for any Additional Notes established pursuant to the respective Officers’ Certificate in respect thereof delivered pursuant to Section 2.14. The Company Order shall specify the number, principal amount and registered Holder of the Notes to be authenticated and shall state the date on which such Notes are to be authenticated.

     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

      SECTION 2.05 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent . The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”). The Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (the “ Register ”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent, the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional conversion agent. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as (i) Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent in connection with the Notes and (ii) the custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

     The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to

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such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

     The Company may remove any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent upon written notice to such Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and to the Trustee; provided , however , that no such removal shall become effective until (1) acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (2) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (1) above. The Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may resign at any time upon written notice; provided , however , that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.

      SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Prior to each due date of the principal and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. 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 Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money 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 pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

      SECTION 2.07 Noteholder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Company shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Noteholders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA.

      SECTION 2.08 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer . (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office the Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time.

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     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Notes to the Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.08, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.

     Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

     All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

     All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and the Notes shall be duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of, transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes.

     Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange, issue or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 10 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Article 3.

     (b) The following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes:

          (i) Each Global Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian for the Global Notes therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all purposes of this Indenture.

          (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless

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     (A) the Depositary (x) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days, or

     (B) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Notes represented by Global Notes.

Any Global Notes exchanged pursuant to this Section 2.08(b)(ii) shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part.

          (iii) In addition, certificated Notes will be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in a Global Note upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures following the request of a beneficial owner seeking to enforce its rights under the Notes or this Indenture, including its rights following the occurrence of an Event of Default.

          (iv) Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Notes or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Notes to be exchanged shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar, provided that pending completion of the exchange of a Global Note, the Trustee acting as custodian for the Global Notes for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Notes, shall reduce the principal amount thereof, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Notes issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

          (v) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above or upon any request described in clause (iii) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a sufficient supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

          (vi) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Notes registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Notes 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 such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any

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other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Notes.

          (vii) At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been repurchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is repurchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note, be appropriately reduced by the Trustee and the Depositary in their records.

     (c) Every Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) that bears or is required under this Section 2.08(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.08(c) (together with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and required to bear the legend set forth in Exhibit B , collectively, the “ Restricted Securities ”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.08(c) (including those set forth in the legend below and the legend set forth in Exhibit B ) unless such restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company following receipt of legal advice supporting the permissibility of the waiver of such transfer restrictions, and the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.08(c), the term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest therein.

     Prior to the date two years following the later of the Closing Date and the date of the last subsequent issuance of the Notes, if any, any certificate evidencing a Restricted Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (or as set forth in Exhibit B , in the case of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes), unless such Restricted Security has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing as set forth above, with written notice thereof to the Trustee:

THE SECURITY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT OF 1933”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ACQUISITION HEREOF OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933;

(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO THE DATE TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE 1.375% SENIOR

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CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2012 OF VERIFONE HOLDINGS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE COMMON STOCK THAT MAY BE ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, (C) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER, OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING UNDER RULE 144, IF AVAILABLE, SUBJECT TO OUR AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH TRANSFER, TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO US AND THE TRUSTEE; AND

(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(C) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

     In connection with any transfer of the Notes prior to the date two years following the later of the Closing Date and the date of the last subsequent issuance of the Notes, if any (other than a transfer pursuant to clause (2)(C) above), the Holder must complete and deliver the transfer certificate contained in this Indenture to the Trustee (or any successor Trustee, as applicable). If the proposed transfer is pursuant to clause (2)(D) above, the Holder must, prior to such transfer, furnish to the Trustee (or any successor Trustee, as applicable), such certifications, legal opinions or other information as the Company may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The legend set forth above will be removed upon the earlier of the transfer of the Notes evidenced thereby pursuant to clause (2)(C) above or the expiration of two years from the last date of original issuance of the Notes (including any Additional Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.14).

     Any Notes that are Restricted Securities and as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or as to conditions for removal of the foregoing legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Notes for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.08, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.08(c). If such Restricted Security surrendered for exchange is represented by a Global Note bearing the legend set forth in this Section 2.08(c), the principal amount of the legended Global Notes shall be reduced by the appropriate principal amount and the principal amount of a Global Note without the legend set forth in this Section 2.08(c) shall be increased by an equal principal amount. If a Global Note without the legend set forth in this

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Section 2.08(c) is not then outstanding, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an unlegended Global Note to the Depositary.

     In the event Rule 144(k) as promulgated under the Securities Act is amended to change the two-year period under Rule 144(k), then, the references in the restrictive legend set forth above to “two years,” and in the corresponding transfer restrictions described above included in this Indenture and the Notes and with respect to shares of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes will be deemed to refer to such changed period, from and after receipt by the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel evidencing such changes. However, such changes will not be made if they are otherwise prohibited by, or would otherwise cause a violation of, the federal securities laws applicable at the time. As soon as practicable after the Company knows of the effectiveness of any such amendment to change the two-year period under Rule 144(k), unless such changes would otherwise be prohibited by, or would otherwise cause a violation of, the federal securities laws applicable at the time, the Company will provide to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel evidencing such changes as to the effectiveness of such amendment and the effectiveness of such change to the restrictive legends and transfer restrictions.

     (d) Any Restricted Securities, prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), purchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Affiliate unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction which results in such Notes or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144).

     (e) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders of Notes and all payments to be made to Holders of Notes under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders of Notes (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Notes shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members.

     The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among Agent Members) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

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      SECTION 2.09 Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Noteholder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Noteholder (i) satisfies the Company and the Trustee within a reasonable time after it has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (ii) makes such request to the Company and the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “ protected purchaser ”) and (iii) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the Company. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Noteholder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss, liability and expense that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Noteholder for their expenses in replacing a Note. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been properly tendered for repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn), as the case may be, or is to be converted into Common Stock, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or wrongful taking, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or wrongful taking of such Notes and of the ownership thereof.

     Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company.

     The provisions of this Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.

      SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

     If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

     If the Paying Agent holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on the Business Day immediately following a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or on the Maturity Date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or

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portions thereof) to be repurchased or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

      SECTION 2.11 Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

      SECTION 2.12 Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures or deliver canceled Notes to the Company upon its request therefor. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

      SECTION 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in all notices issued to Noteholders as a convenience to such Noteholders; provided , however , that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any changes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers.

      SECTION 2.14 Additional Notes . The Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture, without the consent of the Noteholders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional Notes (“ Additional Notes ”)

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having terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A identical to those of the other outstanding Notes, except that Additional Notes may:

     (1) have a different Issue Date from the Issue Date for other outstanding Notes;

     (2) have a different issue price than other outstanding Notes; and

     (3) have terms specified in the Additional Notes Board Resolutions for such Additional Notes making appropriate adjustments to this Article 2 and Exhibit A (and related definitions) applicable to such Additional Notes in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable securities laws) and any registration rights or similar agreement applicable to such Additional Notes, which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any outstanding Notes (other than such Additional Notes);

provided , that no adjustment pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall cause such Additional Notes to constitute, as determined pursuant to an Opinion of Counsel, a different class of securities than the Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and provided further , that the Additional Notes have the same CUSIP number as other outstanding Notes. No Additional Notes may be issued if on the Issue Date therefor any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     In order to issue Additional Notes, the Notes originally issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and any Additional Notes must be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, offers to purchase and, in the opinion of Counsel, United States federal tax purposes.

     With respect to any issuance of Additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate in respect of such Additional Notes, which shall together provide the following information:

          (1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

          (2) the Issue Date, issue price, pre-issuance accrued interest, amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date, first Interest Payment Date, CUSIP number and corresponding ISIN of such Additional Notes; and

          (3) such matters as shall be applicable to such Additional Notes as described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph.

      SECTION 2.15 Share Cap Additional Interest . In the event that the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or before the 365th day after the Closing Date, the Company shall pay additional interest (“ Share Cap Additional Interest ”) on the Notes in an amount equal to (i) 2.0% per annum, from and including June 21, 2008 to June 21, 2009, (ii) 2.25% per annum from and including June 22, 2009 to June 21, 2010, (iii) 2.5% per annum from and including June 22, 2010 to June 21, 2011, (iv) 2.75% per annum from and including June 22, 2011 to June 15, 2012,

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which Share Cap Additional Interest shall in each case continue to accrue until the date on which the Company receives the Stockholder Approval.

      SECTION 2.16 Defaulted Interest . Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due and payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of thirty (30) calendar days, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and such defaulted interest and interest (to the extent lawful) on such defaulted interest at the annual rate borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall be paid by the Company at its election, in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

     (a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than thirty (30) calendar days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “ Special Interest Payment Date ”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “ Special Record Date ”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall promptly cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given to each Noteholder, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).

     (b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.16 each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

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ARTICLE 3
REPURCHASE OF NOTES

      SECTION 3.01 Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change . (a) If there shall occur a Fundamental Change at any time prior to maturity of the Notes, then each Holder of Notes shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion thereof that is a multiple of $1,000 principal amount, on a date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ”) specified by the Company, that is not less than 20 calendar days nor more than 35 calendar days after the date of the Company Repurchase Notice related to such Fundamental Change at a cash repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, subject to the satisfaction by the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 3.01(c); provided that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, then the interest payable on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date shall be paid on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the Holders of record of the Notes on the applicable Regular Record Date instead of the Holders surrendering the Notes for repurchase on such date.

     (b) On or before the fifth calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of record of the Notes on the date of the Fundamental Change at their addresses shown in the Register (and to beneficial owners of the Notes to the extent required by applicable law) a Company Repurchase Notice as set forth in Section 3.02 with respect to such Fundamental Change. The Company shall also deliver a copy of the Company Repurchase Notice to the Trustee and the Paying Agent at such time as it is mailed to Holders of Notes.

     No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the repurchase rights of Holders of Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01.

     (c) For Notes to be repurchased at the option of the Holder, the Holder must deliver to the Paying Agent, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, (i) a written notice of repurchase (a “ Repurchase Notice ”) in the form set forth on the reverse of the Notes duly completed (if the Notes are certificated) or stating the following (if the Notes are represented by a Global Note): (A) the certificate number of the Notes which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased or compliance with the appropriate Depositary procedures, (B) the portion of the principal amount of the Notes which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 and (C) that such Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Notes and in this Indenture, together with (ii) such Notes duly endorsed for transfer (if the Notes are certificated) or book-entry transfer of such Notes (if such Notes are represented by a Global Note). The delivery of such Notes to the Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of the Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the repurchase price therefor; provided , however , that such repurchase price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.01 only if the Notes so delivered to

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the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the Repurchase Notice. All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Notes for repurchase shall be determined by the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error.

     (d) The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.01, a portion of a Note, if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Note also apply to the repurchase of such portion of such Note.

     (e) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

     Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.01 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of the book-entry transfer or delivery of the Notes.

      SECTION 3.02 Company Repurchase Notice . In connection with any repurchase of Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, the notice contemplated by such provision (the “ Company Repurchase Notice ”) shall:

     (1) state the repurchase price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to which the Company Repurchase Notice relates;

     (2) state the circumstances constituting the Fundamental Change and the date of the Fundamental Change;

     (3) state that the repurchase price will be paid in cash;

     (4) state that Holders must exercise their right to elect repurchase prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

     (5) include a form of Repurchase Notice;

     (6) state the name and address of the Paying Agent;

     (7) state that Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the repurchase price;

     (8) state that a Holder may withdraw its Repurchase Notice in whole or in part at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivering a valid written notice of withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.03;

     (9) state whether the Notes are then convertible, and if so, the then applicable Conversion Rate, and any adjustments to the applicable Conversion Rate resulting from the Fundamental Change transaction and expected changes in the cash, shares or other property

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deliverable upon conversion of the Notes as a result of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change;

     (10) state that Notes as to which a Repurchase Notice has been given may be converted only if the Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

     (11) state the amount of interest accrued and unpaid per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

     (12) state the CUSIP number of the Notes.

     A Company Repurchase Notice may be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request in writing, the Trustee shall give such Company Repurchase Notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided , that the text of the Company Repurchase Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

     The Company will, to the extent applicable, comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may be applicable at the time of the repurchase of the Notes, file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act and comply with all other federal and state securities laws in connection with the repurchase of the Notes.

      SECTION 3.03 Effect of Repurchase Notice; Withdrawal . Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Repurchase Notice specified in Section 3.01, the Holder of the Notes in respect of which such Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Repurchase Notice is validly withdrawn in accordance with the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the repurchase price with respect to such Notes. Such repurchase price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds and/or the Notes by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (x) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to such Notes (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 3.01) and (y) the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Notes to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.01. The Notes in respect of which a Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted pursuant to Article 10 hereof on or after the date of the delivery of such Repurchase Notice unless such Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn.

     A Repurchase 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 in accordance with the Repurchase Notice at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date specifying:

     (a) the certificate number, if any, of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, or the appropriate Depositary information, in accordance with appropriate Depositary procedures, if the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted is represented by a Global Note,

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     (b) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and

     (c) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes which remains subject to the original Repurchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for repurchase by the Company.

     If a Repurchase Notice is properly withdrawn, the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase the Notes listed in such Repurchase Notice.

      SECTION 3.04 Deposit of Repurchase Price . Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City Time, on the Business Day immediately following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 6.04, an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), sufficient to pay the aggregate repurchase price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be repurchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

     If on the Business Day immediately following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Paying Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the repurchase price of the Notes that Holders have elected to require the Company to repurchase in accordance with Section 3.01, then, as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, such Notes will cease to be outstanding, interest will cease to accrue and all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate, other than the right to receive the repurchase price upon delivery or book-entry transfer of the Notes. This will be the case whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Paying Agent.

      SECTION 3.05 Notes Repurchased in Part . Upon presentation of any Notes repurchased only in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unrepurchased portion of the Notes presented.

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS

      SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes . The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

     The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

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      SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or for conversion or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. As of the date of this Indenture, such office is located at the office of the Trustee located at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, EX-NY-WALL, New York, New York 10005 and, at any other time, at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

     The Company may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

     So long as the Trustee is the Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.08. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Company and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

      SECTION 4.03 144A Information . The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not required to file with the SEC reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes or holder or beneficial owner of any Common Stock (collectively, for purposes of this Section 4.03, “holder”) issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be Restricted Securities and any prospective purchaser of Notes or such Common Stock designated by such holder, the information, if any, required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act upon the request of any holder of the Notes or such Common Stock, until such time as such securities are no longer “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, assuming such securities have not been owned by Affiliate of the Company.

      SECTION 4.04 Existence . Except in compliance with Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of Notes.

      SECTION 4.05 Compliance Certificate . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 calendar days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the

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Company, stating whether or not, to the knowledge of such officer, any Default or Event of Default occurred during such period and if so, describing each Default or Event of Default, its status and the action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act. Except with respect to receipt of Note payments when due and any Default or Event of Default information contained in the Officer’s Certificate delivered to it pursuant to this Section 4.05, the Trustee shall have no duty to review, ascertain or confirm the Company’s compliance with, or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.

      SECTION 4.06 Further Instruments and Acts . The Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

      SECTION 4.07 Additional Interest Notice . In the event that the Company is required to pay any Additional Interest, any Reporting Additional Interest or any Share Cap Additional Interest, as applicable, to Holders of Notes, the Company will provide written notice to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest, as the case may be, no later than two calendar days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date for Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest, as the case may be, and such notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest, as the case may be, to be paid by the Company on such Interest Payment Date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine the Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest, as the case may be, or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of the amount of Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest, as the case may be, when made, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest, Reporting Additional Interest or Share Cap Additional Interest, as the case may be.

      SECTION 4.08 Reporting Obligation . (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 calendar days after the Company has filed with the SEC, copies of its annual reports and of information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company shall also comply with the other applicable provisions of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA.

     (b) Delivery of reports, information and other documents under this Section 4.08 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein. The Trustee is entitled to assume such compliance and correctness unless a responsible officer of the Trustee is informed otherwise.

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      SECTION 4.09 Covenant to Obtain Stockholder Approval . (a) The Company hereby agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to seek Stockholder Approval on or prior to the date that is 365 calendar days after the Closing Date. In the event that the Company receives Stockholder Approval, the Company shall promptly provide written notice to the Trustee thereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the sole remedy for the failure by the Company to receive Stockholder Approval shall be the payment of Share Cap Additional Interest as provided in Section 2.15.

     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Notes by delivery of purchased shares of Common Stock which are then held in the treasury of the Company.

      SECTION 4.10 Incurrence of Indebtedness . The Company shall not permit VeriFone, Inc., directly or indirectly, to incur or guarantee any unsecured indebtedness in excess of $20,000,000 in the aggregate, unless prior to or concurrently with such incurrence or guarantee, VeriFone, Inc. guarantees the Notes on an equal and ratable basis.

ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANY

      SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets . The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, or sell, convey, transfer or lease the Company’s property and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person unless:

     (a) either (i) the Company is the continuing corporation, or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if other than the Company) is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person assumes, by a supplemental indenture, all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture, and, to the extent then operative, by a supplemental agreement, all of the Company’s obligations under each Registration Rights Agreement, in each case in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

     (b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction described above, no Default or Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing;

     (c) if as a result of such transaction the Notes become convertible into common stock or other securities issued by any Person other than the Company or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person, such other Person fully and unconditionally guarantees all obligations of the Company or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if other than the Company), as applicable, under the Notes and this Indenture and, to the extent then operative, each Registration Rights Agreement; and

     (d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee the Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 5.03.

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      SECTION 5.02 Successor to be Substituted . In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease in which the Company is not the continuing corporation and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Notes, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or satisfied by the Company, and, to the extent then operative, by supplemental agreement, executed and delivered to the Trustee and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, of all of the obligations of the Company under each Registration Rights Agreement, such successor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company, and may exercise every right and power of the Company with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of this first part, and the Company shall be discharged from its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and each Registration Rights Agreement. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the n


 
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