Exhibit 4.2
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
by and among
GLOBALSTAR, INC.
AS ISSUER,
AND
U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AS TRUSTEE
5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028
Dated as of April 15, 2008
Supplemental To Indenture For Senior Debt
Securities
Dated as of April 15, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section 1.01.
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Scope of First Supplemental
Indenture
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Section 1.02.
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Definitions
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Section 1.03
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Other
Definitions
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Section 1.04
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Rules of
Construction
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ARTICLE 2
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THE
SECURITIES
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Section 2.01
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Title; Amount and Issue of
Securities; Principal and Interest
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Section 2.02
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Form of
Securities
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Section 2.03
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Legends
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Section 2.04
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Registrar and Paying
Agent
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Section 2.05
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General Provisions Relating
to Transfer and Exchange
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Section 2.06
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Book-Entry Provisions for the
Global Securities
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ARTICLE 3
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COVENANTS
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Section 3.01
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Payment of
Securities
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Section 3.02
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Further Instruments and
Acts
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Section 3.03
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Statement by Officer as to
Default
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Section 3.04
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Special
Interest
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Section 3.05
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Pledge and Escrow Agreement
Deposit
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Section 3.06
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Reports by
Company
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ARTICLE 4
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REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 4.01
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Optional
Redemption
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Section 4.02
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Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 4.03
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Notice of
Redemption
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ARTICLE 5
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DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES
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Section 5.01
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Additional Events of
Default
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Section 5.02
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Sole Remedy for Failure to
Report
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ARTICLE 6
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DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
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Section 6.01
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Discharge of Liability on
Securities
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Section 6.02
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Reinstatement
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Section 6.03
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Officer’s Certificate;
Opinion of Counsel
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ARTICLE 7
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AMENDMENTS
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Section 7.01
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With Consent of
Holders
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Section 7.02
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Without Consent of
Holders
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ARTICLE 8
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PURCHASE AT THE
OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON A FUNDAMENTAL
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CHANGE; PURCHASE
AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
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Section 8.01
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Purchase at the Option of the
Holder Upon a Fundamental Change
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Section 8.02
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Purchase of Securities at the
Option of the Holder
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Section 8.03.
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Further Conditions and
Procedures for Purchase at the Option of the Holder Upon a
Fundamental Change and Purchase of Securities at the Option of the
Holder
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Section 8.04
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Purchase of Securities in
Open Market
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ARTICLE 9
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CONVERSION
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Section 9.01
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Conversion of
Securities
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Section 9.02
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Conversion
Procedures
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Section 9.03
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Settlement Upon
Conversion
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Section 9.04
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Adjustments to Base
Conversion Rate
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Section 9.05
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Adjustment to Common Stock
Delivered Upon Make Whole Fundamental Change
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Section 9.06
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Interest Make Whole Upon
Conversion
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Section 9.07
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Fractional
Shares
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Section 9.08
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Notice of
Adjustment
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Section 9.09
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Notice of Certain
Transactions
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Section 9.10
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Effect of Recapitalizations,
Reclassifications, and Changes of Common Stock
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Section 9.11
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Responsibility of
Trustee
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Section 9.12
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Stockholder Rights
Plan
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Section 9.13
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Taxes on
Conversion
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Section 9.14
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Certain Covenants of the
Company
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ARTICLE 10
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.01.
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No Defeasance
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Section 10.02
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company
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Section 10.03
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Communication by Holders with
other Holders
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Section 10.04
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Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Registrar
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Section 10.05
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Legal Holidays
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Section 10.06
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Governing Law
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Section 10.07
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Incorporators, Shareholders,
Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from Individual
Liability
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Section 10.08
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Successors and
Assigns
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Section 10.09
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Multiple
Originals
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Section 10.10
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Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 10.11
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Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 10.12
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Separability
Clause
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Section 10.13
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Benefits of the First
Supplemental Indenture
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Section 10.14.
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Calculations
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Section 10.15.
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Ratification and
Incorporation of Original Indenture
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of the
Security
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE dated as of April 15, 2008, between
Globalstar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”) and U.S. Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
Each party agrees
as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s 5.75%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2028 (the “ Securities
”) on the date hereof.
W I
T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, this
First Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Original
Indenture; and
WHEREAS, for its
lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the
issue of the Securities, initially in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $135,000,000 (or $150,000,000 if the Underwriters
exercise their overallotment option, as described in
Section 2(b) of the Underwriting Agreement, in full), and
in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
First Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 3.1 of the Original Indenture, the Company may
establish one or more series of Securities (as such term is defined
in the Original Indenture) from time to time as authorized by a
supplemental indenture, of which the Securities shall be one such
series; and
WHEREAS, the
Form of Security, the certificate of authentication to be
borne by each Security, the Assignment Form, the Form of
Conversion Notice, the Form of Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice and the Form of Purchase Notice to be borne by the
Securities are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter
provided for; and
WHEREAS, all acts
and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly
authorized authenticating agent, as in the Indenture provided, the
valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to
constitute these presents a valid agreement according to its terms,
have been done and performed, and the execution of this First
Supplemental Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Securities
have in all respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to
declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in
consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of
the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and
agrees with the Trustee for the
equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time
of the Securities (except as otherwise provided below), as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Scope of First
Supplemental Indenture. The changes, modifications and
supplements to the Original Indenture affected by this First
Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to,
and shall only govern the terms of, the Securities, which shall
initially be limited to $135,000,000 (or $150,000,000 if the
Underwriters exercise their overallotment option, as described in
Section 2(b) of the Underwriting Agreement, in full)
aggregate principal amount Outstanding and which may be issued from
time to time, and shall not apply to any other Securities that may
be issued under the Original Indenture unless a supplemental
indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically
incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The
provisions of the First Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any
corresponding or inconsistent provisions in the Original
Indenture.
Section 1.02. Definitions
. The terms defined in this Section 1.02 (except as
herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and
for purposes of the Original Indenture as it relates to the
Securities shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section 1.02. Except as otherwise provided in this First
Supplemental Indenture, all words, terms and phrases defined in the
Original Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have
the same meaning herein as in the Original Indenture. All other
terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act or that are by reference therein defined in
the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
First Supplemental Indenture. The words “herein,”
“hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar
import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
“
Allocable Collateral ” has the meaning specified in
the Pledge and Escrow Agreement.
“ Base
Conversion Price ” at any time means a dollar amount
equal to $1,000 divided by the Base Conversion Rate at such
time, rounded to the nearest cent.
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“ Base
Conversion Rate ” shall initially be 166.1820 shares of
Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to
adjustment as provided in Article 9.
“
Beneficial Owner ” shall mean, with respect to any
security, any Person who is considered a beneficial owner of such
security in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC
under the Exchange Act.
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Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New
York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive
order to close.
“ 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, but excluding any debt securities convertible into
such equity.
“ Change
of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(1)
any “person” or “group” (as such terms are
used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is
or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a
Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares
that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock representing 50% or more
(or, if such person is Thermo Capital Partners LLC, 70% or more) of
the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of the
Company; or
(2)
the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another
Person or the Company sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or
otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person; provided , however , that any such
transaction will not be a Change of Control if immediately after
such transaction the Person or Persons that “beneficially
owned” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act) immediately prior to the transaction, directly or
indirectly, Voting Stock representing a majority of the total
voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of the Company,
“beneficially own or owns” (as so determined), directly
or indirectly, Voting Stock representing a majority of the total
voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving or
transferee person; or
(3)
the first day on which the Continuing Directors cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors (defined
without regard to the words “or any duly authorized committee
of that board to which the powers of that board have been lawfully
delegated” in such definition); or
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(4)
the adoption of a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the
Company.
The number of
shares of “outstanding Voting Stock of the Company” for
purposes of clause (1) of the definition of Change of Control,
shall include (without duplication) all shares of Common Stock that
any Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an event or transaction described in clause
(2) above will not constitute a Change of Control if at least
90% of the consideration for the Common Stock (excluding cash
payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of
dissenters’ appraisal rights) in the transaction or
transactions constituting the Change of Control consists of common
stock and any associated rights listed on a United States national
securities exchange or approved for quotation and trading on a
national automated dealer quotation system or established automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States, or that will
be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with
the transaction, and as a result of such transaction the Securities
become convertible solely into such common stock, subject to the
settlement provisions of Section 9.03 (including, but not
limited to, the Company’s right to deliver cash in respect of
all or a portion of the Conversion Shares).
“ Close
of Business ” means 5:00 p.m. New York City
time.
“ Closing
Sale Price ” of the Common Stock (or any other securities
on any date) means the last reported sale price per share (or if no
last reported sale price is reported, the average of the bid and
ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the
average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in
composite transactions for the principal United States national or
regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such
securities, as applicable, are listed for trading. If the Common
Stock or the other security, as applicable, is not listed for
trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange
on the relevant date, the Closing Sale Price will be the last
quoted bid price for Common Stock or the other security, as
applicable, in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as
reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization. If Common
Stock or the other security, as applicable, is not so quoted the
Closing Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last
bid and ask prices for Common Stock or the other security, as
applicable, on the relevant date from each of three nationally
recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the
Company for this purpose (which determination shall be conclusive
and shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered
to the Trustee).
“ Common
Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share at the date of this First Supplemental Indenture
or, subject to
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Section 9.10,
shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification
or reclassifications thereof and that have no preference in respect
of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and that are not subject to redemption by the Company;
provided that if at any time there shall be more than one
such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so
issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such
classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
“
Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors who was
(a) a member of the Board of Directors on the date of this
First Supplemental Indenture or (b) 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 nomination or election. Solely
for purposes of this definition, the term “Board of
Directors” shall be defined without regard to the words
“or any duly authorized committee of that board to which the
powers of that board have been lawfully delegated” in such
definition.
“
Conversion Agent ” means the office or agency
appointed by the Company where Securities may be presented for
conversion. The Conversion Agent appointed by the Company
shall initially be the Trustee.
“
Conversion Reference Period ” means:
(1)
for Securities that are converted during the period beginning on,
and including, March 1, 2028, and ending on the Close of
Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Stated
Maturity for the payment of principal of the Securities, the 40
consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the third
Trading Day immediately following the Stated Maturity for the
payment of principal of the Securities;
(2)
for Securities that are converted after the Company has specified a
Redemption Date, the 40 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and
including, the third Trading Day immediately following the
Redemption Date; and
(3)
in all other instances, the 40 consecutive Trading Days beginning
on, and including, the third Trading Day immediately following the
Conversion Date.
“ Daily
Conversion Rate ” for any Trading Day means (a) if
the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on such
Trading Day is less than or equal to the Base Conversion Price,
then the Daily Conversion Rate will mean the Base Conversion Rate,
or (b) if the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Common
Stock on such Trading Day is greater than the Base Conversion
Price,
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then the Daily
Conversion Rate will be determined in accordance with the following
formula:
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