1.375% Senior Convertible Notes
due 2012
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:
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Trust Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture Section
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310
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(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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Not
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(a)(4)
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.08
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7.10
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(c)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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2.07
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(b)
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11.03
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11.03
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7.06
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7.06
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(c)
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7.06
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11.02
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4.08
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4.05
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(b)
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(c)(1)
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11.04
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(d)
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11.05
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7.01
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7.05
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7.01
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7.01
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7.01
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6.11
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6.05
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6.04
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6.07
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6.08
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2.06
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11.01
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Note:
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This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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Page
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1
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Definitions
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1
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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11
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Rules of
Construction
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11
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ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
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11
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Designation,
Amount and Issuance of Notes
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11
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Form of the
Notes
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11
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Date and
Denomination of Notes; Payment at Maturity; Payment of
Interest
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Execution and
Authentication
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Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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Noteholder
Lists
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Exchange and
Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer
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Replacement
Notes
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Outstanding
Notes
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Temporary
Notes
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Cancellation
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CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers
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Additional
Notes
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Share Cap
Additional Interest
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Defaulted
Interest
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ARTICLE 3
REPURCHASE OF NOTES
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Repurchase at
Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
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Company
Repurchase Notice
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Effect of
Repurchase Notice; Withdrawal
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Deposit of
Repurchase Price
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Notes
Repurchased in Part
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
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Payment of
Notes
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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144A
Information
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Existence
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Compliance
Certificate
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Further
Instruments and Acts
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Additional
Interest Notice
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Reporting
Obligation
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Covenant to
Obtain Stockholder Approval
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Incurrence of
Indebtedness
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
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When Company
May Merge or Transfer Assets
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Successor to be
Substituted
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Opinion of
Counsel to be Given Trustee
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration
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Other
Remedies
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Control by
Majority
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Limitation on
Suits
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Rights of
Noteholders to Receive Payment
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Priorities
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Undertaking for
Costs
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Waiver of Stay,
Extension or Usury Laws
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Sole Remedy for
Failure to Report
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
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Duties of
Trustee
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Rights of
Trustee
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Notice of
Defaults
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Reports by
Trustee to Noteholders
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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Replacement of
Trustee
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Successor
Trustee by Merger
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Discharge of
Liability on Notes
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Application of
Trust Money
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Repayment to
Company
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
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Without Consent
of Noteholders
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With Consent of
Noteholders
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents and Waivers
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Notation on or
Exchange of Notes
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments
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ARTICLE 10
CONVERSION OF NOTES
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Right to
Convert
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Exercise of
Conversion Right; Issuance of Common Stock on Conversion; No
Adjustment for Interest or Dividends
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Cash Payments
in Lieu of Fractional Shares
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Conversion
Rate
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Adjustment of
Conversion Rate
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Effect of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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Taxes on Shares
Issued
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Reservation of
Shares, Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental
Requirements; Listing of Common Stock
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Responsibility
of Trustee
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Notice to
Holders Prior to Certain Actions
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Settlement Upon
Conversion
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Conversion
After a Public Acquirer Change of Control
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Stockholder
Rights Plans
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ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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Notices
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Communication
by Noteholders with Other Noteholders
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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When Notes
Disregarded
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Rules by
Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar
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Business
Day
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Governing Law;
Waiver of Jury Trial
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No
Interpretation of or by Other Agreements
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Successors
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Multiple
Originals
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Table of
Contents; Headings
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Indenture and
Notes Solely Corporate Obligations
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Severability
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Benefits of
Indenture
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Calculations
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Qualification
of Indenture
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Exhibit B — Form of Restrictive
Legend for Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion
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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.
(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.
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
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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.
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
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